Meles Talks to Dr. Phil (satire) ... Weichegud
Ethiopian Review and Tensae Radio interview with Dr Taye Woldesemayat
... audio, July 31
Anti-Yara prize committee in Norway invites all concerned Ethiopians to contribute on our effort to stop the award to Meles. We are looking for informations, references and contributions on the following lines... more
Rescue operation for the eight Ethiopian air force pilots who defected in Belarus has been successfully carried out by a group of Ethiopians. The eight pilots and their rescuers are now in a safe location ... details ... comment
A public meeting organized by the support group of United Ethiopian Democratic Forces (UEDF) in Denver, Colorado, raised $5,500 on July 28. UEDF secretary Ato Dereje Kebede was the guest speaker at the meeting.
"...more than half voted to replace the present regime." Prof. Donald Levine talks about Ethiopia on Chicago Public Radio - audio
Tim Clarke implies that EPRDF has the majority ... Capital
Head of the EU delegation in Ethiopia, Ambassador Tim Clarke, said today that the international community strongly believes that the opposition parties should take up their seats in the parliament and work in a constructive way... Dialogue and peaceful negotiations are the way to overcome disputes ... ENA
It seems that to Tim Clarke there is a lower standard of democracy for Ethiopia. It is becoming clear that he and his U.S. counterpart want the Meles regime to stay in power no matter what the people's choice is.
To allow EPRDF to stay in power for five more years knowing that it has lost the election will be the worst option, and the opposition leaders understand that," CUD official Ato Andargachew Tsige told Ethiopian Review and Tensae Radio last night at a teleconference
Ethiopian demonstration in front of the Belarus Embassy, Washington DC
Ethiopians in Norway formed Anti-Yara Award Committee. It's reported that Meles Zenawi will be in Norway on September 3 to receive the Yara award.
"The opposition were told by the prime minister they have to make a choice in the coming days on whether they are in or out of the process and face the consequences," Clarke said.
Why do the opposition parties continue to deal with this man, Tim Clarke? His intention is clear: to ignore the people's choice and allow Meles to continue to rule. And why do the opposition parties meet with Meles Zenawi and allow themselves to be lectured by a mass murderer who is rejected by the people? The opposition parties are now on the wrong path, a path that will lead to more suffering, repression and misery for the people of Ethiopia. People need to start speaking out before it's too late. The opposition parties need to start holding town hall meetings and hear from the people who voted for them.
Instead of being an impartial observer and mediator, EU's head of delegation in Ethiopia, Ambassador Clarke, is trying to force the opposition parties to accept the Election Board's decision. The ambassador is destroying the small democratic gain in our country that was obtained by the sacrifice of many fellow citizens. Please write or call Ambassador Tim Clarke and ask him to stop facilitating illegitimate election victory for the Meles dictatorial regime.
Phone: 011-251-61-25-11
Please also give moral support and encouragement to CUD and UEDF to stay firm in their position that the people of Ethiopia have the same right as the people of Ukraine, Georgia and other countries to exercise their constitutional rights to conduct all forms of peaceful activities, such as general strikes and demonstrations, to make sure that the choice they made on May 15, 2005, is respected. Please act now before it's too late.
A young heroine pays the ultimate sacrifice ... ER, Jul 26
Demonstration in Washington DC on behalf of Ethiopian air force pilots in Belarus - today ... details
Belarus denied asylum to the eight Ethiopian pilots. They are in danger of being deported ...more
"All who live in tyranny and hopelessness can know: The United States will not ignore your oppression or excuse your oppressors. When you stand for your liberty, we will stand with you”. This is what the Ethiopian people are appealing for... WAFE
Denver - meeting and fund raising program - July 23
Urgent Appeal Regarding Ethiopian Pilots in Belarus... EAD - July 22
Ato Andargachew Tsige, a member of the Kestedemena Party leadership, has arrived in London today after surviving arrest and torture by the Meles regime at the Ziway prison camp last month ... ER - July 22
Djibouti has confirmed that two Ethiopian airmen who defected there in June have been returned to Ethiopia. Interior Minister Yassin Elmi Bouh told the BBC the pilots were handed over last week... ... COMMENT ... TAKE ACTION
Prize to Meles at this critical time is insensitive ... NES - July 20
We believe it is unhelpful to ignore the massive killings and instead call on “all parties to renounce violence.” You suggest a moral equivalence between right and wrong, between a government that has monopoly over the instruments of violence and a peaceful opposition that is at the receiving end of much harassment, jail and even death... to ambassadors Aurelia E. Brazeal and Timothy Clarke, July 19
We find ourselves at this juncture in an extremely difficult position and we seriously believe that not only the process is in an utter jeopardy, but also neither would the results of the process to date serve the purpose they were intended for
A protest rally was held at the Djibouti Embassy today (July 18) to demand that Djibouti respect the rights of the Ethiopian pilots... details
Bereket Simon has been found after disappearing from the public view for over ten days. He's in Awassa harassing the people there to accept EPRDF rule for the next five years... Aug. 21
The newly elected members of the Addis Ababa City Council convened today (Aug 20) and elected Dr Berhanu Nega, Mayor; Dr Admasu Gebeyehu, Deputy Mayor; Ato Assefa Habtewold, Speaker; and Wzr. Shewaye Kiros, Assistant Speaker.
After the 2000 elections, the Addis Ababa City Council elected the city's leaders in a similar way, but a few months later Meles Zenawi disbanded the Council, fired the mayor, and appointed his own mayor and other officials. The same thing will happen again unless Meles is forced to resign and a democratic government is in place at the national level.
UEDF leaders from Ethiopia and around the world are in Washington DC for a two-day conference that will start Saturday, August 20, in Rockville, Maryland...
MEISON's proposed agenda for UEDF's conference ... amharic
What's the obssession with NUG? Please come up with workable ideas.
A tribute to victims of June 8 massacre
July 18
Prime Minister Blair: Having been victims of terror of a different kind, one committed by the autocratic regime of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, Ethiopians fully understand the depth of the grief and pain of those who have lost loved ones in the horrible tragedies in London... more
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July 15
UNHCR calls for access to three Ethiopian defectors in Djibouti... UNHCR
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A human rights groups in Djibouti reported that the government of Djibouti returned Ethiopian Air Force pilots who sought political asylum
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July 14
The Meles regime is putting a lot of pressure on the Belarus government to deport the 8 Ethiopian pilots back to Ethiopia. One of the pilots told Ethiopian Review today that their condition is precarious. He is appealing to Ethiopians around the world to contact UNHCR and ask that they demand the Belarus government uphold international law protecting political asylum seekers. Please contact Ilia Todorovic, UNHCR rep. in Belarus, before it's too late.
Tel: +375172983335. Also write to Mrs Tatiana Selivanova, the person in charge, at
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July 14
United States, European Union Urge Ethiopian Political Dialogue
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July 14
A court in Arba Minch, Ethiopia, sentenced Ato Assefa Chabo, former head of the Pubic Organization Affairs "to 16 years prison terms starting from the day of his arrest," a government media reported today. The court also handed down ten year imprisonment on the former Deputy Administrator of the Gamo-Gofa province, Captain Paulos Bogale and the Gamo-Gofa province Special Police Force Commander, Captain Gebremikael Gebremariam.
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Independent investigators have confirmed that at least 40 people were killed and 74 others were shot and wounded by police during last month's protests against suspected electoral fraud in Ethiopia... Seventeen people are missing.
Teachers Association will convene its general assembly on August 6... ER-July 27
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An artist is brutally attacked by an Ethiopian Embassy security guard in Washington DC for showing a painting that mocks EPRDF... The U.S. Secret Service, which is investigating the crime, confirmed the news to Ethiopian Review today, July 25
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Black leaders resist 'Little Ethiopia' designation in DC
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CUD will pursue legal recourse
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Is CUD infiltrated?
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Amnesty International fears that the two pilots are currently at risk of further torture or ill-treatment, and of prolonged detention without charge or trial, or a military trial which may fall short of international fair trial standards and in which they may be sentenced to death for desertion... AI - July 22
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Ethiopia’s future in the next five years: Seize the moment and seize the time... NES
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Feeling is not good' after Ethiopia vote - USA Today
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Meles Zenawi has been named the winner of a Norwegian US$200,000 (euro156,000) prize that promotes U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's call for a green revolution in Africa ... COMMENT
What an insult to Ethiopia!
Please contact Dr. Thorleif Enger, President and CEO of Yara International ASA, and inform him about the true nature of the Meles regime.
Telephone (+47) 24 15 73 01 or (+47) 24 15 72 46
July 13
Ethiopian authorities will lift a ban on demonstrations in Addis Ababa this week because "emotions have run out of steam," Propaganda Minister Bereket Simon told Reuters on Wednesday.
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July 13
A judge in South Dakota sentenced an Ethiopian man, Alemu Berhanu, to 40 years in prison for trying to run over a co-worker ... AP
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July 13
An Ethiopian beauty queen, Dina Fekadu, who was due to represent her country in a Malaysian pageant is being held under quarantine after arriving without health documents...
... Mosissa is being held by health authorities at a quarantine centre near the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, south of the capital.
this is outrageous!
... pageant organiser Alaric Soh complained that Malaysian authorities had handled Mosissa's situation badly.
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July 12
The City of Atlanta officially welcomed Sheikh Al-Amoudi ... presented him with a proclamation and an award
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CUD is preparing to take over Addis Ababa administration
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July 11
Ethiopia's ruling party and opposition groups were virtually neck and neck after the first partial official election results were released on Friday
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July 11
Canadian students called on the Meles regime to "stop using state violence to quash protests..."
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July 11
Two hundreds students are still detained ... Reuters
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July 9
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John Garang returned to Khartoum... inaugurated as vice president of Sudan
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July 8
Election Board released official results for 307 constituencies ... details
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July 8
Authorities target journalists reporting on post-elections unrest... CPJ
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July 8
Dr Taye Woldesemayat speech for July 8 worldwide rallies ... AUDIO
Opposition leaders met with American, EU ambassadors, expressed their disappointment
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July 18
Prisoners of conscience in Asmera are held inside metal shipping containers. Sweltering in the daytime and cold at night, the containers have no sanitation. Infectious diseases and diarrhea are common
These dictators and people who support them are sick!
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July 18
The Christian Relief and Development Association, an umbrella body representing more than 250 international and local charities in Ethiopia, is being threatened by the Meles regime after voicing concerns over post-election violence
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July 17
"EPRDF is impeding the vote probing process... Ultimately, the people will have to take action to enforce their choice..." CUD spokesperson Dr Hailu Araya
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July 17
Sweden is sending additional election observers to Ethiopia
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July 16
The outgoing Addis Ababa mayor, Arkebe Oqubay, stopped collecting trash. The city is now full of uncollected trash. Angry over his defeat at the May 15 election, Arkebe and his EPRDF colleagues are also plundering the Addis Ababa city resources. The CUD leadership is consulting with its lawyers on what legal actions to take against Ato Arekebe. Meanwhile, ER has been informed by inside sources that CUD will name Dr Admassu Gebeyehu as the next mayor of Addis Ababa. Official announcement will not be made until the transition committee finishes its work
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July 16
Dr Berhanu Nega talks to VOA about transfer of Addis Ababa administration... audio
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July 16
Dr Taye on Finote Selam Radio ... audio
July 15
Elizabeth Teodros: Katie Couric got Nothing on Her
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July 14
Mles Zenawi, who got very little in a war that was so costly, loses face if he loses Badme, whose possession was the tripwire for the war
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July 9
HIOPIAN WORLDWIDE RALLY FOR DEMOCRACY
July 7
European Parliament "Condemns the violent repression of civilians, opposition leaders and supporters and the killing of at least 36 persons..."
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July 7 - 2:20 PM
CUD spokesman Dr Hailu Araya told Ethiopian Review that CUD has NOT withdrawn... "The BBC and Reuters information is not correct."
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CUD has withdrawn from panels investigating complaints, the European Union representative in Ethiopia, Tim Clarke, told the BBC
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Daylight robbery of the people's vote
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July 6
We are writing to ask you to apply to Ethiopia the same standards that were used to force a rerun of elections in places such as the Ukraine.
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July 6
Huge Ethiopian rally at the G8 Summit in Scotland ... ER
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July 5
The unraveling of a liar ... Ajibew
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July 5
We call upon the G8 to endorse peaceful transition and good government in Ethiopia... NES
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July 4
Popular sport talkshow on FM Addis 97.1 canceled
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CUD says uprisings in Ukraine and Georgia were constitutional ... ER July 4
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July 3
Soldiers blocked roads near the town of Fiche
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Meles tries to justify his order to gun down unarmed civilians
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July 1
People in the Somali region desire change
... EPRDF promises secession
... CUD promises peace and prosperity
... Elections are scheduled for August 21
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July 4
Meles and other African leaders to meet G8 leaders Friday ... NYT
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July 4
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The plights of Ethiopian asylum seekers in Switzerland!
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European Parliament to pass resolution on Ethiopia on July 7 ... Europal
July 8
Your action stands as a clear warning to friend and foe that the United States Congress will never tolerate dictators who oppress and abuse their citizens...
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The Ethiopian protest march in Atlanta ended at the World Congress Center in Downtown at 2 PM. About 10,000 Ethiopians participated in the march. The protestors condemned the mass arrest, torture and killing of unarmed civilians by Meles Zenawi, and demanded his resignation. Similar protest rallies were held today in several cities around the world.
July 8, 12:15 PM
Thousands of Ethiopians are holding a proterst march in Atlanta right now ...
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July 8
Rally hears of horrors in Ethiopia
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July 8
CUD public meeting in Atlanta yesterday raised over $20,000 according to the organizers of the event. Prof. Mesfin Woldemariam was among the invited speakers.
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July 7
When the Group of 8 leaders survey Africa this week, Ethiopia stands out as a special problem. A recent flawed election in Ethiopia and the subsequent killing of pro-democracy protesters by Ethiopia's leftist strongman, Meles Zenawi, has embarrassed Western leaders and highlighted the common flaw in their approaches: They permit Meles to maintain power and in doing so they perpetuate the poverty and instability the G-8 seeks to end ...
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July 7 - 12:30 PM
Ethiopian rally in Atlanta just ended. Over a thousand people gathered in front of the Carter Center. They appealed to President Jimmy Carter to hold the vote in Ethiopia to the same standard as in other countries. Another bigger rally will be held in Atlatna tomorrow at the CNN Center starting at 9 AM.
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July 6
Some 190 Addis Ababa University students are still in custody at Sendafa police training college, and are at risk of torture. Many detainees were reportedly tortured or ill-treated during arrest or while in custody.
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July 6
Ethiopian media crackdown continues, 11 journalists now facing charges ... AFP
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July 5
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July 5
Hailu Shawel on BBC's Hardtalk
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Sweden summoned the Ethiopian ambassador
July 4
"... punishing Meles for his most recent transgressions is not enough." - Chris Albin-Lackey
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July 3
Urgent appeal of students detained at Sendafa Prison
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July 3
BLOGS ROUND UP
Big Ethiopian rally this week
Countdown Ethiopia
Sullivan Principles
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July 2
... why are things so bad in Ethiopia?
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Oromo Liberation Front believes the road forward is to adopt a brand new model in which individual liberties are guaranteed...
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The Role of the Opposition Inside and Outside Ethiopia
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Dr Negede Gobezie's speech at the European Parliament
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July 1
We believe what was good for Ukraine should be good for Ethiopia. If electoral fraud necessitated a revote in a European country, it should not be pushed under the rug when it comes to an African country."
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July 1
How can the West help Africa?
... how about stopping support to corrupt dictators like Meles
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Meles Zenawi responds to the U.S. Congress ... MFA
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June 29
EPRDF hate speech faced opposition in Columbus OH, boycotted by Tigreans ... ER
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Ethiopian Students at Risk
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June 29
The Ethiopian government's lack of transparency and the ruling party's tight grip on power undercut the country's struggle toward full democracy. Independent media outlets are small and weak, and Ethiopia's strategic role in the fight against international terrorism has allowed the government to avoid donor scrutiny.
July 1
It's hard to believe that the Meles regime will peacefully hand over power if it loses..."
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June 30
Investigative team #25 on a wild goose chase
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June 30
Government arrested five more journalists ... released on bail
Reporters Without Borders has called on the Ethiopian authorities to "stop using journalists as scapegoats for the country's instability."
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June 30
Oromo National Congress Vice President Wzr Almaz Seifu thanked Ethiopian Review today for releasing the news of her kidnaping a few minutes after it happened. She said the immediate attention ER gave to the kidnapping may have pressured her captors to release her, and also the police to launch an investigation. At first, the police called the news a fabrication.
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June 30
Ethiopia's post-electoral crackdown could not have come at a more awkward time for Tony Blair's Commission for Africa
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June 29
The CUD leadership made a decision to continue to participate in the vote probing process. Tomorrow, 26 investigative teams composed of representatives of opposition parties, the ruling party and the Election Board will be sent to different regions of the country. Last Saturday, CUD leader Ato Hailu Shawel had said that unless all detained CUD members are released he will call off the meetings with the Election Board. It's not clear what made CUD decide to continue with the probing process. The government continues to arrest more CUD members, let alone release those it is holding. ER was unable today to contact Ato Gizachew Shiferraw, who is responsible for CUD's election related affairs. He's been on meetings all day.
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June 29
"We are deeply concerned by signs of a crackdown on independent media in Ethiopia," the CPJ said
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June 28
Hundreds of Ethiopians confronted the EPRDF ambassador Kassahun Ayele and World Bank officials at the Ethiopian Embassy in Washington DC tonight
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EPRDF cadres shot and killed CUD election observer Ato Aschalew Gelem in Debre Sina
ETHIOPIAN WORLDWIDE RALLY
