http://dorsinafrica.blogdrive.com/ dorsinafrica Thu, 06 Oct 2005 22:25:03 PDT http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2005. http://dorsinafrica.blogdrive.com/archive/60.html Fri, 07 Oct 2005 06:21:59 GMT you can find my latest blog on http://dorsinthailand.blogdrive.com http://dorsinafrica.blogdrive.com/comments?id=60 http://dorsinafrica.blogdrive.com/archive/59.html Sun, 10 Jul 2005 12:43:39 GMT email from the good boss Dear Dora, How nice to hear from you. As you already noticed the school is in fact closed. Sadly, the immigration and labour office had accepted bribes from T and his lawyer to fabricate charges against me. I got back from the UK to find 2 charges brought against me by the Ethiopian High Court: 1= aiding and abetting illegal immigrants into Ethiopia, 2= working in Ethiopia without an investor's licence. Both charges we know were trumped up by disgrantled competitors and corrupt officials. I cannot take the risk of working in an environment where... (more) http://dorsinafrica.blogdrive.com/comments?id=59 http://dorsinafrica.blogdrive.com/archive/58.html Wed, 15 Jun 2005 15:18:55 GMT a morning at immigration with the awful people. but this has led to satisfactory results - ie. i'm being deported, which is exactly what i wanted. on sarturday, off i go. HURRAY!!! http://dorsinafrica.blogdrive.com/comments?id=58 http://dorsinafrica.blogdrive.com/archive/57.html Wed, 15 Jun 2005 11:33:13 GMT I'M OUT!!! I'M OUT!! I'M OUT!!! WATCH ME GO!!! http://dorsinafrica.blogdrive.com/comments?id=57 http://dorsinafrica.blogdrive.com/archive/56.html Tue, 14 Jun 2005 12:23:54 GMT after all these weeks, and after having begun to formulate an escape plan that i didn't want to write about online in case the info fell into the wrong hands, involving sneaking across and around borders, finally some action to spare me any form of real adventure. summoned to court this morning and made to appear before a judge in a little smelly room. 'What do you plead?' asked the funny looking man. The question kind of took me by surprise. I suppose I had never really thoughtabout it that much before, but somehow I always just kind of assumed that they only ask that question in the... (more) http://dorsinafrica.blogdrive.com/comments?id=56 http://dorsinafrica.blogdrive.com/archive/55.html Mon, 13 Jun 2005 11:01:44 GMT the world really has gone mad. I've found myself stuck in the middle of a civil war with no passport. I'm searching for the easiest, safest, quickest way out of this city but every option seems to have a risk involved. I'm full of shoulda-woulda-coulda-s and each day brings the same sense of hopelessness. I'm tired of this place. And it's so hot. Thank god the city hasn't run out of beer... http://dorsinafrica.blogdrive.com/comments?id=55 http://dorsinafrica.blogdrive.com/archive/54.html Fri, 10 Jun 2005 10:06:23 GMT thousands of people have been arrested now, nationwide, at least that's what they're telling us on www.ethiomedia.com , but people say they're a little prone to exaggeration. well it's true their reprting style ain't the most objective I've ever seen. but then it would be hard not to agree that our friend meles zenawi has a tendency to be a little on the unfriendly side... the selfish person in me knows that, now that half of bloody addis has been arrested, my pending court case is likely to be shelved, and i am likely to be chained to this country until my hair goes grey (which,... (more) http://dorsinafrica.blogdrive.com/comments?id=54 http://dorsinafrica.blogdrive.com/archive/53.html Tue, 07 Jun 2005 14:45:42 GMT thoughts of escape... http://dorsinafrica.blogdrive.com/comments?id=53 http://dorsinafrica.blogdrive.com/archive/52.html Tue, 07 Jun 2005 14:27:29 GMT Ethiopia police battle students Hundreds of students have been taken awayEthiopian police have clashed with students protesting over last month's elections for a second day in the capital, Addis Ababa. The students threw rocks at the police who responded by storming a technical college and arresting about 100 people. The students were beaten with batons and rifle butts by police, who also fired shots in the air, witnesses said. On Monday, a girl died in clashes which began when students defied a ban on protests following the poll. They accused the ruling... (more) http://dorsinafrica.blogdrive.com/comments?id=52 http://dorsinafrica.blogdrive.com/archive/51.html Tue, 07 Jun 2005 09:00:11 GMT a student demonstration yesterday against the cheating government, seven hundred people arrested. seven hundred! one woman shot dead by the police. that's what they feel like telling us, anyway. the streets are filling up with troops. how dare they claim to promote freedom of speech? http://dorsinafrica.blogdrive.com/comments?id=51