In August, 1991, Prime Minister Tamrat Layne presented his economic proposals for public debate. The 35-page (Amharic) booklet entitled Draft Transitional Economic Policy for Ethiopia sought to comprehensively address the country's diverse economic problems. Generally, the proposals are uninspired, timid and cumulatively favor maintenance of the status quo... - Alemayehu Gebremariam, Dec 1991
EPRDF's so-called "National Conference" of July 1991, attended by hand-picked individuals who had no popular mandate, approved the separation of Eritrea from Ethiopia... - Aleme Eshete, Dec 1991
Marcus and I spent a week in Zimbabwe tracking down Mengistu. We begin by taking a cab out to Norton, a rural community thirty miles southwest of the capital, where The New York Times had reported he had bought a farm... - Alex Shoumatoff, Dec 1991
For 17 years Ethiopia has suffered the most inexplicable tragedies this universe had ever witnessed with the advent of the most egregious leadership and policies imposed upon her. Five to six million of her children were ravaged by famine, war and involuntary displacement. An arrogant, malevolent, and obnoxious leader navigated the country to complete disintegration and chaos rallying the country to a stupendous shrine of economic and political paralysis... - Daniel Gizaw, Dec 1991
ETHIOPIAN REVIEW has become the voice of Ethiopians residing in North America and elsewhere. Provocative and timely ideas concerning Ethiopia's past, present, and future are articulated... - Fantu Agonafer, Dec 1991
It all seems unreal. Four months into the Transitional Government's administration, Addis Ababa still remains an enigma. Apart from the removal of the disgraced top echelons of the former Derg regime, and the wholesale incarceration of the remnants of what used to be "the mighty" armed forces of Ethiopia at various concentration camps around the city, little seems to have changed. Addis Ababa still maintains the air and trappings of a drab and gloomy Marxist city. The outdated and faded slogans and banners are still in display on old and dilapidated arches and public buildings. These are the silent and symbolic legacies of the Mengistu era... - Getachew Mekasha, Dec 1991
The thirty years of civil war, including seventeen years of brutal Communist dictatorship have ended in Ethiopia. At last, Ethiopia has the opportunity to concentrate on forming a government that will enable its people to earn a livelihood and have a say in the political and economic decisions which affect their lives. While Ethiopia needs and will probably receive substantial assistance from the international community, the issue of whether or not permanent peace and stability are achieved will be up to the Ethiopian people themselves... - Herman J. Cohen, Dec 1991
In his sour and vile commentary (Ethiopian Review, August 1991) projecting his parochialism and ethnocentric resonances, Ato G.E. Gorfu displayed his difficulty in distinguishing between fact and fantasy. He accused Menelik and the Shoans of treason and deceit. Surely, if he is a historian even without the credentials and the gift of masterfully narrating his subject as does Dr. Getachew Mekasha, one might forgive him. However... - Dr. Araya D. Negash and Dr. Afrasa M. Zamanel, Dec 1991
After twenty years of departure, I visited my home country on a two-week trip in August. The trip was filled with excitement, sadness, and at times hopelessness. My remarks focus on my observations of the current developments in Ethiopia primarily along an economic front. I would then hope that my remarks would stimulate our attention to opportunities and obligations facing us as Ethiopians here toward Ethiopia... - Lemma W. Senbet, Dec 1991
In the August 1991 issue, Tekle Menelik of San Francisco commented on my commentary, "Worthwhile Considerations For A New Government," (July, 1991). It is not, as Mr. Menelik states, "the essential mandate of any legitimate government to defend the independence and dignity of the nation." The essential mandate of any "legitimate government" is to use the police force of government to protect the inalienable right to life and liberty of its citizens. Defending the citizens of the nation from external force is only an extension of that use of force... - Dr. Robert Ingram Powell, Dec 1991
What are the characteristics that make one women hate another? Beauty, success, intelligence, or confidence. Generally, the appearance of `having it all' brings out negative reactions in women who feel that they lacke these qualities. Conversely, these characteristics are what appear to be attractive to men, yet, also make them uncomfortable. My observation and discussions with both men and women provide evidence and give credence to both kinds of behavior...
If one looks for troops in their usual encampments in Addis Ababa today, one does not find them. The old 4th division military camp is empty. So are other military garrisons in the city. THE EPRDF chose to house all its troops in private villas and other buildings, mostly previously owned by Derg/WPE high officials who are now in detention...
The Eritrean People Liberation Front (EPLF) is actively seeking diplomatic recognition. It also made it clear by preventing the German Ambassador to Ethiopian from visiting Asmara that it wants foreign relations directly and not through embassies in Addis Ababa...
Tens of thousands of tons of food for starving refugees in Ethiopia are rotting on arrival piers, the U.N. High commissioner for refugees said early in November...
Amidst prayers, and religious ceremony, Mo Anbessa, Ethiopians for Constitutional Monarchy, held its first public meeting in Addis Ababa on November 18 at the former Haile Selassie I Theater (renamed National Theater by the Derg)...
Disarming a section of the population, while leaving others untouched has proved to be an invitation to disaster--sometimes of genocidal proportions...
Thousands of people carrying banners and placards in Amharic, Oromigna, Tigrinya, English, and Arabic demonstrated in Addis Ababa Meskal Square to give moral support to EPRDF and its government's Charter in early November...
President George Bush on November 5 recognized Dr. Mekonnen Meshesha of Boston, Massachusetts, as "The 606th Daily Point of Light" for the Nation. Dr. Meshesha, a native of Ethiopia, helps to resettle and support African refugees in his community...
Pawlos Nio Nio is receiving Medical treatment in Germany after he was diagnosed with Prosta Carcinoma, a disease curable with medication...
The EPLF has systematically stripped Eritrea of any trace of the former regime. The battlefields around Dekemhare, Ghinda and Keren have been meticulously cleaned of debris. The word 'Ethiopia' has been effaced from every public building. Ethiopian Airlines, whose daily flights from Asmara to Addis Ababa are fully booked until next year, have had their Asmara office and airport installations painted in the blue and green of the Eritrean flag...
