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Judgement Day: Capitain FikreSelassie Wogderes DPRE Premier, Lt Col. Fisseha Desta Vice Premier, Col. Kassahun Tafesse East Showa Administrator and Captain Legesse Asfaw Political Affairs Commissar, finally ending a marathon trial which ultimately sentenced them to life imprisonment on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity.
Former PDRE President Colonel Mengistu HaileMariam, sentenced in absentia.
By Eskinder Michael
The trial of former Ethiopian dictator and author of the ‘Red Terror’ killing spree, Mengistu Hailemariam and other top-level officials from the former military junta came to an end with the court sentencing them all to life imprisonment.
Ethiopia's former Marxist leader, who escaped an expected death sentence, was also found guilty of illegal imprisonment and abuse of power. Though death sentences were expected for the former leaders, the three-man panel of judges ruled that they must temper justice with mercy, which was the reason why the defendants did not get the death penalty.
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Council approves broadcast bill
By Groum Abate
The Council of Ministers in its 28th regular meeting held on Friday January 12, approved the long awaited broadcasting bill.
The cabinet discussed the Bill on Broadcast Services which has been prepared with a view to ensuring the rights to information, the freedom of expression, and of thought which are stipulated in the Constitution.  MORE Ethiopia’s FDI account over 60%
By our staff reporter
Multinational firms from the developing world are moving into the global spotlight. A report by the UN shows that the consequences will be profound. When the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development was set up in 1963, international business meant western business.
But the latest World Investment Report produced by UNCTAD, shows that foreign direct investment is no longer one-way traffic originating in the richest economies.
Shell’s million dollar rest center
By our staff report
Shell Ethiopia Ltd is constructing a drivers' rest centre in Semera town at a cost of over one million dollars to ensure its drivers safety.
This was revealed at Shell Customers' Day by general manager Edgar Eric Omoto. The new general manager took his post as of July 2006m, replacing Michel Goury.
The drivers' rest centre is part of its project for Road Transport Safety, which is a major challenge in Ethiopia. |
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The New Ethiopian Millennium, and the New IES Library |
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Professor Richard Pankhurst is the son of Miss Sylvia Pankhurst, the great British suffragette and advocate of Ethiopia during and after Fascist Italy's occupation of Ethiopia. Professor Pankhurst taught for many years at Addis Ababa University and has written widely on Ethiopian history and culture. He is also the founder of Addis Ababa University's Institute of Ethiopian Studies and a founding member of the Axum Obelisk Return Committee and the Association for the Return of the MaqdalaEthiopian Treasures (AFROMET)
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