Egypt’s Military Promises No Force Against Protests

After the fall of African dictatorships

Egyptian reform leader calls for Mubarak to resign
ElBaradei urges U.S. to abandon Mubarak
Al-Yom Ya Mesr, Yela Yela Mesr!

Clinton Calls for Egypt’s Transition to Democracy, Urges Path to Avoid Power Vacuum
police clash with students in Khartoum
Egypt’s ElBaradei joins protesters in main Cairo square

Protesters return to Cairo streets, calling for end to Mubarak regime

Several hundred Somalis from the Twin Cities, St. Cloud and other communities protested a visit to Minneapolis Sunday by Abdi Mohamud Omar, president of the Ogaden region of Ethiopia, where ethnic Somalis have been fighting for more than a decade against Ethiopian rule. More on Ethiopian somalis protest visit by Ethiopian official

By Alemayehu G. Mariam

“Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive,” said Sir Walter Scott, the English novelist and poet. It looks like the U.S. of A is really in a pickle tangled in a web of lies, deceit and diplomatic chicanery about its role and involvement in the 2006 invasion of Somalia by the dictator in Ethiopia, Meles Zenawi. The truth about the “fantastic Somalia job” (invasion), as the crown prince of Abu Dhabi called it, is now coming to light in the diplomatic cables acquired by Wikileaks, the organization dedicated to publishing sensitive documents from anonymous sources and whistleblowers. David Axe (Wired.com) citing Wikileaks cables last week argued that the U.S. had actually hired Zenawi to “do its dirty work” in Somalia. Axe wrote[1 More on The “fantastic Somalia job”

A Comedy of Errors: (Act I)

Rodney King’s videotaped brutal beating by members of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) eventually triggered the L.A. riots of 1992. Rodney made a public appearance on the third day of the anarchy and pleaded in his inimitable style: More on Ethiopia: Why Can’t We Just Get Along?