Custom Search
sodere

Sodere.com blog post has moved to a new website address

Sodere.Blogpost.com has moved to www.sodere.com
sodere.blogspot.com still has news posts that are posted before December 11, 2010.
for latest news and other information check out our new website. Take me to Sodere. 

Sodere introduces Amharic AutoMagic Facebook App.

Amharic AutoMagic application allows users to type Amharic words in English letters and when users press space, it turns the words into Amharic letter words automagically.
Help this app to be accepted by Facebook by using it regularly. If more people use it, Facebook will include it in the facebook application directory. Add Amharic AutoMagic you your page. Like Amharic AutoMagic on Facebook, use it and recommend it to friends.
               (If you are not on facebook, Click the Amharic tab on Sodere.com)

A man involved in murder\suicide is identified as Michael Gebreneguse (2nd Video)


Last Vegas, NV(KTNV)
A man believed to kill his girlfriend is now identified as 31 years old cab driver, Michael Gebreneguse, ABC affiliate Action News 13 reports. His girlfriend, stabbed to death, was found by her room mate. Police believe that Michael took his own life by jumping to a moving car on high traffic high way.

Ethiopian press: Egypt using Burundi Muslims to drum up support on Nile

<p></p>
Egypt is bribing officials of the East African country of Burundi in an effort to gain support on the Nile water issue, according to an Ethiopian newspaper.
The independent Jimma Times daily newspaper quoted anonymous media sources in Burundi as saying that Egypt was paying bribes and putting pressure on both Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) not to sign a new water-sharing treaty.

How to Speak Rastafarian English



Rastafarian English (or Iyaric) is an English dialect primarily spoken by Jamaican Rastafarians. It's much easier to learn than Jamaican English (or Jamaican Creole) because instead of being a whole different dialect, it is mainly a set of vocabulary that reflects Rasta beliefs by eliminating negative words (such as death and hate) and replacing them with positive ones (like live and love).

Wikileaks US cable: "President Isaias Afeowrki was pre-occupied to unseat Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi." Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni


This about the meeting between Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and Africa Bureau Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer. President Museveni told Frazer that Afeowrki was pre-occupied to unseat Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi.
Here is an excerpt from the Cable
13. (C) Another problem in Somalia was Eritrea, according to Museveni. He described his visit with President Isaias Aforkwi in March and said that although the two promised to talk, they had not communicated since.

Wikileake US Cables: Djibouti's officials talk about Eritrea and Isaias Afewerki. “This man is a lunatic”



Sunday, 20 April 2008, 17:11
1. (S) SUMMARY. On April 20, senior Djiboutian officials--including Djibouti’s defense minister, intelligence chief, and deputy CHOD--were involved in talks with Eritrean military officials in an attempt to defuse tensions arising from Eritrea’s establishment of a military outpost on disputed territory at Ras Doumeira, along the Bab al Mandab strait.

Wikileake US Cables:"Eritreans are mad about soccer especially about the British Premier League"

SUMMARY: Things are getting worse and worse in Eritrea. The regime is facing mounting international pressure for years of malign behavior in the neighborhood. Human rights abuses are commonplace and most young Eritreans, along with the professional class, dream of fleeing the country, even to squalid refugee camps in Ethiopia or Sudan. The economy continues to sink; exports for 2008 totaled only $14m and vital hard-currency remittances have fallen to 43% of the 2005 level. “He is sick,” said one leading Eritrean businessman, referring to President Isaias’ mental health.

Barcelona sign $165 Million sponsorship deal

By Paul Kelso 6:02PM GMT 10 Dec 2010
telegraph.co.uk
Barcelona sell shirt sponsorship for the first time as Qatar Foundation pay £125m to share space with Unicef.
Barcelona have ended their 111 year-tradition of not having a shirt sponsor, signing a world-record £125 million deal with the Qatar. Foundation that raises fresh questions about the emirate’s successful 2022 World Cup campaign.

“Ethiopian people are very loving. They appreciate anything you do for them.”

By Kendra Bolling
Andalusiastarnews.com
In today’s world, messages are sent almost instantaneously, but local resident Jennifer Dansby traveled thousands of miles to deliver a message of hope and health to the people of Ethiopia.
“My brother has been to Ethiopia three times, and he wanted me to go with him,” she said. “I really have a heart for missions, so I was happy to go.”

Ethiopia a unique land worth exploring

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — For many people around the world, mentioning Ethiopia brings to mind its devastating 1984 famine. The specter of the disaster haunts the country’s international image and still hurts the growth of its fledgling tourism industry.
But here’s the reality that awaits those few adventurous visitors who do make the trip:

U.S. supports Ethiopia’s agriculture policy, investment framework

Addis Ababa, December 10, 2010 (Addis Ababa) - Ambassador Patricia Haslach, the U.S. Deputy Coordinator for Diplomacy under the U.S. Government’s new Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative: Feed the Future, pledged further U.S. support for agriculture development in Ethiopia, the U.S. Embassy in Ethiopia said.
According to a statement the embassy sent to ENA on Friday, the ambassador pledged the support at the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development (CAADP) High Level Business Meeting held December 6-7.

Zemen Bank raises interest rate as much as 5.75 for higher balances

Zemen Bank, a publicly owned Ethiopian lender, raised its deposit rate to 5.5 percent on balances above 25,000 Ethiopian birr ($1,500), according to an e-mailed statement today.
The announcement comes after the central bank raised the minimum deposit rate to 5 percent from 4 percent on Dec. 2.

CECAFA Cup Semi-Final: Ethiopia 0 Ivory Coast 1


New iPhone 4 for $25

By Matt Brownell
Thursday, December 9, 2010
The iPhone 4 came out earlier this year, and it's still a hot enough product that you'll have a hard time getting it for less than $200 with a new or renewed contract. But RadioShack earlier this week announced it will be offering it for just $25.

TOP Reasons to stay in Ethiopia

Pentagon Fires Intelligence Analyst With No Explanation

Nyota Minerals exploration of gold at Tulu Kapi in Ethiopia is showing "excellent potential"

Nyota Minerals (ASX: NYO, LON: NYO) has discovered a feeder zone style mineralisation characterised by abundant visible gold and associated high gold grades at its Tulu Kapi gold project in Ethiopia.
Investors cheered the news, sending Nyota shares surging more than 21% to £0.27 by late morning in the UK.

Top Reasons to get out of Ethiopia


Africa Oil Signs New Study Area Block With Government of Ethiopia

Africa Oil Corp.
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Dec. 9, 2010) - Africa Oil Corp. ("Africa Oil" or "the Company") (TSX VENTURE:AOI)(OMX:AOI) is pleased to announce that it has signed a definitive agreement with the Government of Ethiopia to jointly study the Rift Valley Block. The Block is located north of the Company's South Omo Block and encompasses the remainder of the Tertiary age East Africa Rift Trend in Ethiopia (please see attached map).

Wednesday's Champions league Highlights

Arsenal-v-FK-partizan-beograd
Real Madrid v Auxerre

US embassy cables: Eritrea's president is 'unhinged dictator'

Bill Gates Foundation Launches Pilot Project in Ethiopia