Events in Ethiopia have taken a disturbing turn following reports that a teacher in his late 20s burnt himself to death last week in protest against the ongoing brutal clampdown on dissent in the country. According to reports Yenesew Gebre made an impassioned plea at a protest gathering before dowsing himself in petrol and setting himself on fire. Addressing fellow protestors he is reported to have said: ’I want to show to all that death is preferable than a life without justice and liberty and I call upon my fellow compatriots to fear nothing and rise up to wrench their freedom and rights from the hands of the local and national tyrants.’ It is understood that Gebre died from his injuries three days later at the Tercha city local hospital. Ethiopia’s terrorism charges against journalists critical of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s government are becoming vague and ludicrous. The authorities have failed to provide any hard evidence and should drop these charges immediately. Tom Rhodes, Committee to Protect Journalists Source

^LoooooooooL...qaaraan in la'aruuriyo waaye

^Yes, my daily fix

I just realized SOL has become our daily trip to Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts.

'DNS service for this domain has expired' is the message that came up when I try to access SOL but I was told AS shut it down:-) Maxaa ka jira

Never heard of him.

Carafaat....You have tried but failed, A for Effort :-)

Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar;761677 wrote: Waxaa la yaabay the most die-hard, extremist goosashodoon folks are the most who advocate against Sool iyo Sanaag or even Awdal inay ka kasoo horjeestaan their unrealized dream. It is so weird of them not realizing they are against their own beliefs. Now, they are telling us they are Somali nationalists....lool

Secession and Somali nationalism-an oxymoron

moving pictures

^Partnership............? Who told that?

^looooooooooool...in that case, I will sit this one out.

^loooooool...this came to my mind "Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get"

Source?

I could do all of that but only in my dreams:-)

Xaaji realizes the greater danger facing all Somalis :-)

Everybody needs a piece of the pie.

^Not Somali patriotism, just your tribal/region centric patriotism if which prefectly fine in your context.

^looooooooooool....you just wanna throw a party where Xalimos from everywhere come. N here we thought you were going for genuine dialogue.

^Is there reverse migration trend here? I love Somali moms...they always side with their sons:-)

Jacaylbaro;761211 wrote: UDHIS looks like a construction company to me ... loooooool

Good progress.

^In the words of an old man, war ninyahow dhareerka iska dow

^loooooool...Go figure

^We don't kill as many turkeys in Xmas as we do in thanksgiving but they will be on someone's dining table that's sure. The only real challengers he has are two Mormons and one crazy Texan. The Mormons still face a lot of prejudice specially among Evangelical Christians who consider Mormonism a cult. Many would rather vote in black man than Mormon as just they would vote for black than woman in this case of Hilary.