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The Federal Police Commission has put into its custody two key terror suspects whom it alleges as members of the outlawed Oromo Liberation Front (OLF)
The Daily Monitor (Addis Ababa)
August 23, 2004
Posted to the web August 23, 2004
Dawit Ketema
Addis Ababa
The Federal Police Commission has put into its custody two key terror suspects whom it alleges as members of the outlawed Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), The Daily Monitor learnt.
A one Bandira Olimo was arrested in Oromia Region's Shashemene town by the local police two weeks ago. Bandira was accused by police of recruiting terror executioners in different parts of ethnic Oromo resident regions.
Police said Bandira was the mastermind and executioner for the bombing of a heavy duty gas truck in Kaliti Akaki, Addis Ababa's suburb, a few months ago. Bandira is believed to have been one of the allegedly major OLF terror command.
In a related development, a one Omer Abubeker was arrested in Nazreth while he was allegedly carrying out terror activities in Arsi and Oromia's East Shao Zone, police accused.
Omer was accused of recruiting new members for OLF and collecting money for the cause. He has also been supporting and sheltering OLF fugitives coming from rebel areas enabling them to carry out terror activities, according to police.
Omer has been a logistics bridge to Bandira Olimo, the alleged terror architect, it was stated.
Fortunately for the police, Omer was nabbed along with a list of names that are supposed to be fighting for OLF's stated cause of carving the independent Oromia Republic from the colonizing Ethiopia. Omer was arrested a week ago in Nazreth and passed into custody to the Federal Police Commission.
The later had presented both suspects at the Federal First Instance Court and was granted a 14-days custody warrant, it was learnt.
Annan to press Eritrea over curbs on UN actions
Sunday July 4, 2004 |
NAIROBI (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan met Eritrean President Isayas Afewerki on Saturday to try to kick-start a peace process with neighbouring Ethiopia and seek an end to movement limits on U.N. staff, a U.N. official said.
Annan hopes to jolt a stalled peace process between the tiny Horn of Africa country and its neighbour on a half-day visit to the capital Asmara, a representative of the U.N. Mission to Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) told Reuters by telephone. Read more |
Kenyan
police
use
clubs,
tear
gas
on
protesters
Hundreds
demonstrate
after
delay
announced
for
constitution
Saturday,
July
3,
2004
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July
3,
2004
Posted:
8:32
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GMT)
NAIROBI,
Kenya
(AP)
--
Riot
police
used
water
cannons,
tear
gas
and
clubs
Saturday
to
disperse
hundreds
of
Kenyan
protesters
angry
at
the
government's
failure
to
introduce
a
new
constitution
this
week.
At
least
seven
people
were
hurt,
an
official
said.
Full
Story
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African Union targets war in drive to end poverty
03 Jul 2004 15:16:47 GMT
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By
William
Maclean
ADDIS
ABABA,
July
3
(Reuters)
-
For
rich
foreigners
and
Africa's
elite,
the
trip
from
Nairobi
to
Addis
Ababa
involves
nothing
more
strenuous
than
an
hour
and
40
minutes
relaxing
in a
brand
new
Ethiopian
Airlines
Boeing.
...dangers
posed
by
mini-wars
between
Ethiopian
troops
and
Oromo
rebels
and
raids
by
well
armed
criminal
gangs.
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more
As
many
as
44
percent
of
Twin
Cities’
Somalis,
Oromos
may
have
suffered
torture
July
2,
2004
Nearly
100
people
gathered
on a
nondescript
lawn
along
East
River
Road
in
Minneapolis
last
Friday,
June
25,
to
commemorate
the
United
Nations
International
Day
in
Support
of
Victims
of
Torture.
More
story
X-ray
fund
for
hospital
in
Ethiopia
grows
slowly
July
2,
2004
Friends
and
former
colleagues
at
St.
Luke’s
Wood
River
Medical
Center
are
a
lot
closer
to
purchasing
a
portable
X-ray
machine
for
radiological
technician
Ryan
Schmidt
and
his
work
among
the
poorest
of
poor
in
Ethiopia.
More
story
International
Association
of
Athletics
Federations
Athletics:
BEKELE
IS
THE
BEST
AGAIN
IN
THE
MONTH
OF
JUNE
-
IAAF
WORLD
RANKINGS
2
July
2004
Monte-Carlo
-
This
new
feature
of
the
IAAF
World
Rankings
was
launched
just
last
month
honouring
the
best
athletes
in
various
categories
each
month.
Ethiopia’s
Kenenisa
Bekele
was
the
best
performer
in
the
month
of
May
with
his
5000m
World
record
set
in
Hengelo.
Just
a
week
later
– on
June
8 -
Bekele
assured
his
“Performer
of
the
Month”
title
for
June
as
well
by
breaking
the
10,000m
World
record
in
Ostrava.
His
time
of
26:20.31
earned
him
1497
points
in
the
Ranking,
the
most
by
any
athlete
this
year
in
any
level
of
competition.
Read
more
June
29,
2004
“The
Sudanese
government’s
campaign
of
‘ethnic
cleansing’
in
Darfur
is
the
root
cause
of
this
humanitarian
crisis,”
said
Jemera
Rone,
Sudan
researcher
for
the
Africa
Division
of
Human
Rights
Watch.
“Powell
should
press
the
Sudanese
authorities
to
reverse
this
‘ethnic
cleansing’
and
permit
full
humanitarian
access.”
More
story
Freedom
of
Expression
Organisations
Condemn
Media
Freedom
And
Freedom
of
Expression
Violations
in
Eight
African
Countries
June
28,
2004
The
following
members
of
the
International
Freedom
of
Expression
eXchange
(IFEX),
an
international
network
of
freedom
of
expression
organisations
from
around
the
world,
are
deeply
concerned
about
ongoing
media
freedom
and
freedom
of
expression
violations
taking
place
in
Côte
d'Ivoire,
Democratic
Republic
of
Congo,
Equatorial
Guinea,
Eritrea,
Ethiopia,
Somalia,
Swaziland
and
Zimbabwe.
More
story
Ethiopia:
Government
to
Supply
Free
Anti-Aids
Drugs
June
27,
2004
Nearly
200,000
HIV
positive
Ethiopians
will
receive
free
antiretroviral
treatment
over
the
next
five
years,
Health
Minister
Kebede
Tadesse
has
said.
More
story
Ethiopia:
Gambela
Prisons
Service
Boss
Sacked
in
Government
Purge
June
25,
2004
Minister
of
Federal
Affairs
Abay
Tsehaye
told
parliament
last
week
that
the
crisis
- in
the
course
of
which
about
US
$400,000-worth
of
property
was
destroyed
-
was
now
under
control.
According
to
local
press
reports,
he
also
criticised
"independent
newspapers
and
human
rights
organisations"
for
issuing
"misleading
statements"
about
the
violence.
More
story
Ethiopia:
Focus
On
the
Problems
of
Pastoralists
in
the
South
June
24,
2004
A
traditional
clan
elder,
Golisa
Roba,
fears
for
Ethiopia's
10
million
pastoralists.
At
73,
he
believes
the
threat
to
their
future
has
never
been
greater.
Drought,
conflict
and
the
gradual
encroachment
of
pastoral
lands
by
farmers
have
eroded
the
lifestyle
of
the
500,000-strong
Boran
pastoralists
in
the
south,
he
adds.
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story
HIV
cases
increase
among
African-born
Minnesotans
June
23,
2004
African-born
Minnesotans
made
up
less
than
1
percent
of
the
state's
population
but
more
than
20
percent
of
the
new
HIV
cases
last
year.
More
story
Ethiopia:
Likely
Food
Shortages
Reported
As
Planting
Season
Approaches
June
22,
2004
Unless
donors
provide
additional
food
aid
to
Ethiopia,
there
could
be
shortages
as
early
as
July
when
the
"hungry
season"
that
precedes
the
November-December
harvest
starts,
the
USAID-funded
Famine
Early
Warning
Network
(FEWS
Net)
reported.
More
story
Ethiopia:
Somali
Region
Polls
Marred
By
Abuses
-
Human
Rights
Group
June
22,
2004
The
Ethiopian
Human
Rights
Council
(EHRCO)
accused
members
of
the
ruling
party
of
harassing
voters
and
police
of
arresting
opposition
members
in
the
run
up
to
the
polls.
One
of
EHRCO's
observers
was
threatened
with
death
while
others
had
to
flee
for
their
safety
from
some
polling
stations,
the
organisation
said
in
its
latest
report.
More
story
Former
Highlanders
footballer
helps
fight
AIDS
June
22,
2004
He
has
parlayed
his
15
minutes
of
fame
on
reality
TV
into
an
embrace
of
an
unvarnished
reality:
helping
fight
AIDS
in
Africa
through
Grassroot
Soccer,
an
international
nonprofit
AIDS
awareness
foundation
that
uses
former
and
current
professional
players
from
Africa,
where
millions
of
people
have
the
virus
that
causes
the
disease.
More
story
Ethiopia:
Peace
Needed
to
Tackle
Aids
-
Former
President
June
21,
2004
Former
Ethiopian
President
Negaso
Gidada
has
said
that
peace
was
essential
in
the
struggle
against
HIV/AIDS.
Read
more
story
Kenyan
soldiers
battle
Ethiopian
rebels
By
Martin
Mutua
June
20,
2004
An
intense
exchange
of
fire
at
the
Kenyan/Ethiopian
border
in
Moyale
has
left
several
suspected
Ethiopian
rebels
injured,
the
Sunday
Standard
has
learnt.
More
story
Border
Raid
On
Aliens
Leads
to
Big
Arms
Cache
June
19,
2004
70
Ethiopians
arrested
in
the
crackdown
were
still
in
military
custody.
They
are
suspected
to
be
members
of
Oromo
Liberation
Front,
a
guerrilla
movement
fighting
President
Meles
Zenawi's
government.
Full
story
ETHIOPIA:
Democratic
reform
a
new
phenomenon,
says
think-tank
June
19,
2004
ADDIS
ABABA,
17
Jun
2004
(IRIN)
-
Democratic
reform
is a
new
phenomenon
in
Ethiopia,
despite
a
history
stretching
back
over
3,000
years,
and
has
been
largely
driven
by
local
pressure
rather
than
by
the
international
community,
a
new
report
says.
More
story
Search
for
Ethiopian
Rebels
is
Stepped
Up
Full
story
June
18,
2004
Kenyan
army
'abusing
human
rights'
The
Kenyan
army
has
been
accused
of
committing
human
rights
abuses
in
recent
operations
near
Ethiopia.
Full
story
June
18,
2004
"The
Weakest
Cliques"
of
Ancient
Ethiopianism
era
are
still
crawling
against
Oromos.
They
are
living
in
the
most
civilized
country
but
learned
nothing.
June
16,
2004
Read
Full
story
of
responses
from
concerned
Oromos
Movement
against
Oromo
language
and
Oromos
June
16,
2004
Full
story
Material
Witness
Nipped
in
Mecha-Tulema
Charges
Suspect
Accuses
Custody
Beating
The
Daily
Monitor
(Addis
Ababa)
Posted
to
the
web
June
15,
2004
A
security
guard
working
for
the
Mecha-Tulema
Charity
Association
has
been
taken
into
custody
where
police
said
the
suspect
is a
material
witness
and
a
perpetrator
of
terror
attack
against
Addis
Ababa
University
(AAU)
students.
Full
story
Djibouti:
Government
Repatriates
Asylum
Seekers
From
Awr
Aoussa
Camp
UN
Integrated
Regional
Information
Networks
June
15,
2004
Posted
to
the
web
June
15,
2004
Djibouti
The
Djiboutian
government
has
started
repatriating
nearly
4,000
asylum
seekers
whose
applications
to
stay
in
the
country
have
been
rejected,
Interior
and
Decentralisation
Minister
Abdoulkader
Doualeh
Wais
said.
Those
being
repatriated
were
3,091
Ethiopians
and
521
from
Somaliland.
"These
people
have
been
here
for
10
years,"
Abdoulkader
Doualeh
told
reporters
on
Saturday.
"There
is
no
war,
no
combat,
in
Ethiopia
now.
There
is
democracy,"
he
added,
referring
to
the
Ethiopians.
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more
Life-saving
drugs
just out
of reach
in
Ethiopia
...
Surely,
a
nebulous
political
party
based
nowhere
in
Ethiopia
cannot
be
seriously
troubling
...
bombing
the
cinema
to
advance
the
political
aims of
the
Oromo
people
...
...It
was done
so with
the aim
of
incriminating
the
Metcha
Tulema
Development
and
Self-Help
Association.
Four of
its
leaders
were
seized,
summarily
tried
and
found
guilty
of
bombing
the
cinema
to
advance
the
political
aims of
the
Oromo
people.
One of
them
was, in
fact,
executed.
Read
more
Ethiopia:
Major
Relief
Effort
in
Progress
for
Resettled
People
A
major
relief
effort
is under
way to
avert a
potential
crisis
from
affecting
the
government's
controversial
resettlement
scheme,
humanitarian
sources
told
IRIN on
Tuesday.
Some
250,000
people
are
being
provided
with
supplementary
food as
families
who
moved
under
the
scheme
face
serious
shortages.
Two
therapeutic
feeding
centres
have
been
established
in one
resettlement
region
to
prevent
children
from
starving,
and to
combat
the
malnutrition
that is
breaking
out.
Mobile
food
storage
centres,
plastic
sheeting
to
shelter
families
and
64,000
mosquito
nets to
prevent
malaria
are all
being
moved in
to avert
a
crisis.
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more
