SEW BEZA YE-REHAB NEGER BEZA (More people, more hunger)
Kinijit and OLF held their first joint public meeting in Washington DC
Four armed groups formed an alliance at conference in Sweden. EPPF did not join the alliance... statement
Kinijit-South Africa sends a message of support and good wishes to Kinijit International Leadership ... Kinijit, May 28
Statutes of the Alliance for Freedom and Democracy (AFD) ... pdf, English
Kinijit-Vanouver's statement of support ... statement
Photos of one of the bombed hotels in Jijjiga ... photos
Riot in Nazreth, police killed and wounded several people ... ER May 27
Kinijit International Leadership message to Ethiopians around the world
Kinijit Washington DC Support Committee expresses good wishes to the new Kinijit International Leadership ... Kinijit-DC, May 26
Five armed Ethiopian opposition groups, including EPPF and ENUPF, will hold a conference this weekend in Sweden to discuss how to coordinate their armed struggle against the Meles Zenawi dictatorship. It is expected that the conference will declare its support for the newly formed Alliance for Freedom and Democracy. Ethiopian Review will report on the progress of the conference as more details become available ... ER May 26
The New School for Social Research presented the 2006 Distinguished Alumnus Award to Berhanu Nega ... savenega.org, May 26 ... webcast
World Bank decided to give $1.05 billion in loans and grants to the Meles regime so that it can intensify its repressive policies against the people of Ethiopia
World Bank is helping to perpetuate tyranny, corruption, and poverty in the continent of Africa by giving life to dying regimes. By its decision today, the World Bank is undermining the effort of the European Parliament to pressure the Meles dictatorship to stop its gross violation of the civil rights of Ethiopians. This is a criminal collaboration with one of the most brutal dictatorships in Africa.
A statement in support of the new Kinijit international leadership ... Kinijit-Calgary
UEDF congratulates and wishes success to the new Kinijit political leadership
CUD and OLF are organizing a public meeting in Washington DC on Sunday, May 28
The roll of the Meles regime in the abusing of the Quran and the violence in Jijjiga
The Meles regime instigates religious tension in eastern Ethiopia ... ST, May 24
Jijiga residents told Ethiopian Review that there has never been a problem between Christians and Muslims in the region, and blame the Meles regime cadres for spreading rumors about Christians desecrating Koran. They say it is a malicious rumor intended to instigate violence.
Once again Freedom has taken a shot in Ethiopia. But will its defenders rise to the task of defending it? ... Scott Morgan, May 24
Meseret Defar leads Ethiopians at Reebok Grand Prix in New York City on June 3
CPJ said it is deeply troubled by reports that the Meles regime in Ethiopia may be censoring the Internet, one of the few remaining avenues for free expression in the country ... CPJ, May 24
Desperate Meles is reaching out to opportunists and discredited politicians for support ... ENA, May 24
Ethiopian Review sources are reporting that there is a major clash underway in eastern Ethiopian towns, particularly Jijjiga. The clashes are between the Meles regime security forces and the local people ... ER May 24
World Bank is coming to the rescue of the Meles dictatorship by providing funds that are necessary to keep the regime functioning. According to ER sources, WB is prepared to give $200 million to the regime. There is no doubt how most of the money will be used--to buy weapons to massacre our people. Ethiopianwinet is organizing a rally in front of the WB's Washington DC office tomorrow morning... flyer
Several websites critical of the Meles regime have been inaccessible in Ethiopia
The cooperation of OLF and other organizations will help to promote the peoples rejection of the EPRDF rule to more active action of ousting it through any necessary means ... Olaana Abboma, May 23
Reply to Mr. Ishac Diwah’s Letter from the World Bank ... NES, May 23
The conference involving Kinijit, EPPF, ONLF, OLF, SLF and UEDF ended yesterday after creating a new alliance ... ER May 22
Statement from families of the jailed Kinijit leaders in support of the appointment of the new political leadership ... text
The unity of opposition parties means the end of the Woyanne era ... ER May 20
"I found it morally indefensible to continue to convey the policies and explain the conducts of the Meles regime... Thus I am quitting serving the regime vacating my post as Ambassador designate to Cote d’Ivoire and seeking political asylum in the USA" ... Amb. Yohannes Genda, May 20, 2006
Ethiopians in the Bay Area invite you to a reception to support Ron Dellums Candidate for Mayor of Oakland ... invitation
Mengistu to be sentenced Tuesday ... News24-SA
A high-level meeting between CUD, UEDF, OLF, ONLF, and EPPF is underway in Holland today. Stay tuned for details and outcome of the meeting ... ER May 19
First Anniversary of the May 15 elections observed in the San Francisco Bay Area
The new Meles ambassador in Washington DC ... photo, text
London celebrated the first anniversary of Ethiopian Elections Day, May 15, 2005
Local governments in Ethiopia are running out of money ... ER May 17
Kinijit support group in Oakland held a successful fund raising event
If they U.S. government stops supporting the illegitimate, corrupt, incompetent regime, Ethiopians can do themselves what the U.S. military is doing in Goday
Bush has issued a travel ban on President Lukashenka and other members of the Belarusian government who were involved with alleged electoral fraud in the March 19 Belarusian presidential election, human rights abuses, and corruption that undermines the transition to democracy in Belarus... Radio Free Europe
