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Ethiopian weekly says Obama represents "great African expectations"

Obama in Ethiopia, During a trip to Africa in 2006
Source: Afriquenligne.fr

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia- Not only the United States but also Africa and the rest of the world await with bated breath who turns in at the White House at the conclusion of the presidential race on 4 November 2008, writes Ethiopia's business weekly Capital.

Apparently disappointed by the lack of commitment of President George W. Bush's administration as regards dealing with burning issues in Africa, the paper point s out that the continent's dream is the same as the vision of Democratic Party's candidate, Barack Obama for his own country.

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Obama, McCain: Change and the Status-quo

By Ephrem Madebo
Enset.blogspot

 I spent a good part of this week watching the Republican Party Convention from Saint Paul, Minnesota. I listened to many of the convention speakers including Laura Bush, Cindy McCain, George Bush, Fred Thomason, the ‘neo-Republican’ Joseph Lieberman, Carly Fiorina, Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee and Lindsey Graham. I found out the hard way that republicans are good at one thing. They don’t have anything new, they just keep on singing the same old song over and over again, and they sing it loud. Republicans and Senator McCain say things because they have to say them.

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The golden age of Ethiopian music


BBC News:

One of the surprise highlights of this year's festival season could be a band from Ethiopia. Nicola Stanbridge reports on the musicians whose experience spans the time of Emperor Haile Selassie, the Golden age of swinging 60s Addis Ababa and the challenges of the Marxist Derg regime.

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