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Background: Unique among African countries, the ancient Ethiopian monarchy maintained its freedom from colonial rule, with the exception of the 1936-41 Italian occupation during World War II. In 1974 a military junta, the Derg, deposed Emperor Haile SELASSIE (who had ruled since 1930) and established a socialist state. Torn by bloody coups, uprisings, wide-scale drought, and massive refugee problems, the regime was finally toppled in 1991 by a coalition of rebel forces, the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF). A constitution was adopted in 1994 and Ethiopia's first multiparty elections were held in 1995. A two and a half year border war with Eritrea ended with a peace treaty on 12 December 2000. Final demarcation of the boundary is currently on hold due to Ethiopian objections to an international commission's finding requiring it to surrender sensitive territory.

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By JohnnyLamoney
July 19th 2009

The Missing Week... Africa » Ethiopia

This blog entry is the missing week of Chris’s visit. I thought it would be a fun twist to have a new set of eyes tell you the story of what happened in his week vacation. I just want to warn any Ethiopians that nothing in this is meant to be critical of the culture. This was Chris’s first visit to Africa so anything that isn’t part of normal American Culture stuck out to him. Some parts may be a little harsh but I agree that all these things happen. I hope you guys enjoy. So I really don’t know where [View Full Entry]

By Al and Sara
July 11th 2009

Le singe est dans l'arbre... Africa » Ethiopia » Benishangul-Gumuz Region » Asosa

Bread of heaven

...and the Ferengis are in the pool :) Dave and Dee had very kindly rented both a gite and a car for the week in France. The main reason was Ondine's wedding of course, but we were also really looking forward to a true, blue skies and beer, trashy novel by the pool-type holiday! We also were keen to enjoy the variety of food and drink tastes that are generally so limited in Assosa. - Apples! (golf clap) - Cheese! (sincere round of applause) - Bread! (cheers and the odd whistle) - Crisps! (hoots of "you da man") - Chocolate! (toss [View Full Entry]

By GoKulbisGo
July 11th 2009

Shoe Donations Africa » Ethiopia » Addis Ababa Region » Addis Ababa

The joy of new shoes!

Ruta writing...It is always fun to see the joy that donations bring. Here are photos from the distribution of donations of shoes and socks from my colleagues in Accenture. Upon seeing some of our past pictures from Ethiopia, on their own initiative, Rob and Beth organized a shoe collection drive. They gathered sports shoes, cleats and baby shoes. These children live in tin shacks in our area or they basically live on the streets. Shoes are a tremendous gift to them, particularly now that the rainy season has started. The rain comes down in buckets and the weather can get quite [View Full Entry]

By Al and Sara
July 10th 2009

Beautiful Day Africa » Ethiopia » Benishangul-Gumuz Region » Asosa

Le Chateau

Billy Idle? May the fleas of a thousand scabby camels infest the underwear of my children's children for being so slack on the blog front. Not because I haven't done enough entries over the last month, it's just I still haven't finished the updates from our trip the UK and France!! (I know. What a slacker). I could use the excuse that the power here is still only available 50% of the time... ...so, hmm, yes, why don't I? Yep, sitting in the dark while the rain pings so loudly onto the tin roof that you can't hear Sara speak is [View Full Entry]

By GoKulbisGo
July 9th 2009

Feeding the Hyenas Africa » Ethiopia » Addis Ababa Region » Addis Ababa

Kovas Feeding Hyenas with Mouth

Kovas writing… No, I didn’t feed a sibling to the hyenas at the city of Harar, but I did hand feed the wild hyenas meat. It was crazy! There is actually a man whose job it is to feed hyenas in the walled city of Harar in eastern Ethiopia. Every night he goes to a certain place and shouts a continuous call to attract the hyenas. He throws meat to them. Courageously, he also hangs the strips of meat on a stick and lets the wild hyena come very close to him gobble up the meat. Because we heard from friends [View Full Entry]

By GoKulbisGo
July 9th 2009

Jumping Out of a Crashing Taxi Africa » Ethiopia » Addis Ababa Region » Addis Ababa

A Line-Taxi

Kovas writing… It was a tough day at my summer job teaching at the Somalian School. On my way home, my head hurt, and I was physically tired. As a taxi finally arrived, I got into the front seat and waited to get to my destination. Our taxi driver stopped at the side of the road to drop off a few people. Since there was a parked car in front of him, he had to veer into the left lane of traffic. This caused an argument with a big, yellow truck full of rocks that was behind. In retaliation, the driver [View Full Entry]

By GoKulbisGo
July 9th 2009

Dancing the night away Africa » Ethiopia » Addis Ababa Region » Addis Ababa

tadas dancing with his shoulders

Lukas writing...At home (America) when we went to Lithuanian school on Saturdays, we learned how to dance some Lithuanian folk dances. Here in Ethiopia people dance very different. Here people mostly dance alone, but sometimes they dance with two people, in pairs. When people dance in pairs, usually there is one man with one woman in front. They look at each other first over one shoulder, then over the other shoulder. When one person dances, a circle forms with people watching him/her. Here in Ethiopia, people do not really dance with lines and circles. When people dance, they usually move t [View Full Entry]

By GoKulbisGo
July 3rd 2009

My First Job Africa » Ethiopia » Addis Ababa Region » Addis Ababa

Kovas teaching at Shiloh International School

Kovas writing… At fifteen years old my first job is not caddying or working at McDonalds, but it’s teaching Somali citizens displaced in Addis Ababa. I have been working for over a month. I like it, and I’m good at it. I am a teacher at the Shiloh International School, which has students from Saudi Arabaia, Egypt, Dubai, and many from Somalia. This is one of the few schools they are able to attend, because it is an inexpensive international school. Ethiopia does not allow non-Ethiopians to attend their public schools. Because it is a new school, they are happy with [View Full Entry]

By Kimbj
July 3rd 2009

Just a few observations Africa » Ethiopia » Addis Ababa Region » Addis Ababa

Sitting on your feet

Just some observations... Traveling on the other side of the world shows you how things can be so different then what we are use too and also shows you how many things are exactly the same. These are just a few observations that I found interesting. Bottles… glass returnable bottles that some of us remember from our youth. (You actually need a bottle opener to open them). They are totally recyclable and they do not litter the streets since you get money back on each bottle. Why did we change that system here in the developed world? It just seems to [View Full Entry]

By Al and Sara
July 2nd 2009

Banksy vs. Bristol Museum Africa » Ethiopia » Benishangul-Gumuz Region » Asosa

Respect to the man in the ice cream van

Banksy vs Bristol Museum So I'm sitting here in Assosa. It's a dark and stormy night. No chance of a burglary (the three robbers are sat in a cave, telling tales). We just spent the afternoon waiting at the airport for a flight to Addis that never came. Delayed from 12.30 to 2, then 3.30, then 6. Right on cue at 5.15, just as the plane left Jimma, the sky goes black and we huddle in the departure lounge while the rain hammers down on the tin roof. Finally we get the good news. No plane today. Let's try again tomorrow. [View Full Entry]

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