A bad week in Ethiopia

After months of only hearing about the latest on the election, I was initially glad to read some different news about Ethiopia. Unfortunately, it's all bad. About 20 people being eaten by lions, flooding killing 6 and polio on the rise. Why is it that the only good news you hear is about Ethiopians kicking butt in distance running?

Anyway, here's hoping they get the lions, water and disease under control soon.

Unity government = one party system?

I'll be honest, I don't get all this talk about a "unity government". Perhaps it's just a matter of perspective, but doesn't a democracy need to have an opposition? Wouldn't having one big party defeat the whole purpose? And how would it change anything? The CUD and UEDF would still have exactly the same percentage of people in government.

I'm no politician, but I think the CUD and UEDF need to just accept the result - flawed or not - and move on to the job of keeping the government accountable. They probably wouldn't be trying so hard if the next elections weren't five years away...

Now that's what I call a bonfire

Now that's what I call a bonfire
Originally uploaded by bitmeizer.

I've just discovered Flickr and am planning on pushing my whole photo collection (most of which was taken in Ethiopia) up to it over the next little while. That's not going to happen with a 20Mb/month limit, so I'm going to have to upgrade to 'Pro', which isn't a big deal since it's currently so cheap. However, I'm having some trouble with PayPal, which does all their payment stuff, so it may take a while. In the meantime, there are some shots of Meskel 2003 up for your enjoyment.