Freedom House released its annual report titled “Freedom in the World 2013.” In the report, Ethiopia is included in a list of 47 countries in the world that are identified as not free. Not surprisingly, it is in these 47 countries that poverty run rampant. Therefore, the only way we can lift Ethiopia out of […]

The faction of Ethiopian armed opposition group, the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), led by General Kemal Gelchu now survives only in name after the Eritrean government put Kemal and all his comrades under house arrest and disarmed the troops who were camped in eastern Eritrea near Assab, according to the latest information Ethiopian Review has […]

The Ethiopian National Transitional Council (ENTC) will conclude its 3-day midterm conference today. This afternoon, the ENTC leadership will host a town hall meeting starting at 3 PM to discuss its plans for the next six months with patriotic Ethiopians in the Washington DC area. Saturday’s session discussed and decided several important issues, including objectives, […]

Event Ethiopia: Suppressing Protest during Electoral Crises When Tuesday, February 26, 2013 from 12:00pm to 1:30pm Where Mortara Building Mortara Center Conference Room Event details Suppressing Protest during Electoral Crises: The Geographic Logic of Mass Arrests in Ethiopia by Leonardo Arriola, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, UC BerkeleyHow do authoritarian governments respond to the threat of opposition protest […]

The Ethiopian National Transitional Council (ENTC) general assembly meeting continues today, Saturday, Feb. 23. The leadership adjourned the morning session to participate in a protest rally organized by the Ethiopian Muslim community in the Washington DC area in front of the White House. The entire ENTC leadership and local representatives stood together with Ethiopian Muslims […]

The Ethiopian National Transitional Council (ENTC) has convened its mid-term general assembly in Washington DC this morning. Delegates from several cities across the world are participating in the 3-day meeting. Those who are unable to come in person will participate via a live video link. The ENTC leadership will present a 6-month progress report to […]

VOA reports about Federal Police house-to-house searches in Addis Ababa that targets Ethiopian Muslims. Listen below:

(CPJ) — The death of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi in August in a Belgian hospital brought an end to a 21-year rule characterized by repression of dissent and iron-fisted control of the independent press. … After Meles disappeared from public view in June, the government played down rumors of his illness and suppressed in-depth domestic […]

Ethiopian Review stands by the report. We believe that General Kemal Gelchu gave the interview under duress. In an interview with ESAT Radio yesterday, General Kemal Gelchu, a leader of one of the factions of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), has denied that he has been detained or placed under house arrest. Ethiopian Review has […]

Yesterday, Ethiopian Review has reported that a leader of one of the factions of OLF, Gen. Kemal Gelchu, has been detained. Another friend of the general called Ethiopian Review last night and said that the information that we have received is not accurate. We asked to speak with General Kemal and the friend agreed but […]