Somali Galbeed people are caught in two thorny issues: leadership crisis and Federal government killing machine. Today, we have self made and weak leaders in Somali Region who do not have a clue about the reality of past history of Somali Galbeed. Sadly, they are destroying the country along clan lines. More on Call for All Somali Galbeed to Discuss the Current Issues on Teleconference

Mr. Makhtal was one of Somali Region’s best known and respected elder in the contemporary Somali Galbeed history in local parlance. Among the more than one hundred conflict managements in which he played significant leading roles and mounted brilliant scores of military guerrilla tactic against the emperor of Haile Sillasie, More on Somali Galbeed: But We Are All Kidnapped

An international tribunal in The Hague has ruled that Eritrea will have to pay Ethiopia millions of dollars in compensation for war damages. Both were ordered to pay each other damages for the 1989-2000 border war, but the verdict leaves Eritrea with $10m (£6m) more to pay. READ MORE

(CNN) — Ethiopian legend Kenenisa Bekele secured his fourth successive men’s 10,000 meter world title with another gold medal winning performance at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin. More on Legend Bekele powers to fourth world title

The Actions of Our Enemies, the Silence and Indifference of Our Friends

“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends,” said Dr. Martin Luther King. The silence and indifference of our friends could be just as harrowing. Thank you Gasha (Shield) for Ethiopians for remembering the thousands of political prisoners languishing in Ethiopia today. More on Remembering Ethiopian Political Prisoners

Close to 14 million Ethiopians — 20% of the country’s total population — now have difficulty finding enough to eat, including, according to UNICEF, 62,000 children under five in the worst-affected areas who received treatment for severe acute malnutrition during the first half of 2009. And that number is set to rise. READ More On Time

ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia’s most famous singer Tewodros Kassahun (popularly known as Teddy Afro) has been released today after spending 16 months in jail. More on Ethiopia’s pop music star Teddy Afro released