YEMEN (Al Jazeera) – At least 45 people have drowned after a boat carrying them from Somalia across the Gulf of Aden capsized in deep waters off Yemen.

The boat, transporting 46 migrants from Somalia and Ethiopia, capsized …

This is a sad story about an Ethiopian Air Force officer, Captain Teshome Tenkolu, who was forced to spend two years in underground jails by the regime of the Tigrean Peoples Liberation Front (Woyanne). When he was released after …

CHICAGO, USA (The Cleveland Leader) – A Chicago man has been arrested for allegedly sending President Barack Obama and his staff envelopes containing HIV-infected blood in the hopes of killing or causing harm to them. A spokesman for …

By Francis Hweshe | Cape Argus

Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA – TWO foreign shopkeepers, both immigrants from Ethiopia, have been killed in their store in Milnerton, a suburb of Cape Town. The robbers took the fruit and fled when they …

EDITOR’S NOTE: Investigations would reveal that there is far more extrajudicial killing by Meles Zenawi’s security agents in Ethiopia. Last month, for example, several bodies were seen inside the Ethiopian Federal Police detention center (Maikelawi), when a building came down …

An Ethiopian judge from south Gondar region of Ethiopia, Ato Abuye Ayalew, has joined the Ethiopian People’s Patriotic Front (EPPF) earlier this month, according to EPPF sources.

While he was still in Ethiopia working as a judge, Abuye Ayalw had …

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By Andy Worthington

As British resident (and Ethiopian-born) Binyam Mohamed stepped off a plane at RAF Northolt on Monday February 23, six years and ten months since he was first abducted by the Pakistani authorities at Karachi airport, it was …

(The Daily Nation) – The International Criminal Court in The Hague will announce on March 4 whether it will issue an arrest warrant for Sudan’s president, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in …

A Quieter Approach to Spreading Democracy Abroad?

By PETER BAKER | The New York Times

WASHINGTON — Fresh from orchestrating a historic victory, President Obama’s campaign manager, David Plouffe, headed to the remote seaside town of Baku for a lucrative …

This can be a good propaganda song for the new tribalist party that has just been formed by Gebru, Seye, Beyene and Birtukan’s UDJ to participate in the 2010 fake elections. Despite what the singer is saying, Ethiopians are forced …

ONLF Fighters put out of action 289 Woyane Soldiers, Ethiopian residents in UK vow to support EPPF forces, and other news. Watch below:
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The genuine version of YeGazetegnaw Mastawesha (The Journalist’s Memoir) by Tesfaye Gebreab is now available online. To order, write to Selama Distribution at [email protected] or click here here.

In Atlanta, it is available at Merkato Ethiopian Grocery.
MERKATO MARKET, …

Ethiopia’s superstar distance runner Meseret Defar, who lost her 5000m world record to Tirunesh Dibaba last summer, evened the score tonight (Feb. 18, 2009) at the GE Galan meeting at the Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm, clocking a new world …

By Nkwazi Mhango

I do not understand what geared Kenyan belligerent first lady Lucy Kibaki to demand written explanations from a minister for Internal Security, George Saitoti. Mrs. Kibaki wanted to know why many people perished in the Molo inferno …

EDITOR’S NOTE: We cannot say the same thing about the cannibalistic Woyannes.

Jonathan Leake, Science Editor
TIMES ONLINE

MONKEYS and apes have a sense of morality and the rudimentary ability to tell right from wrong, according to new research.

In …

The Most Dangerous Place in the World

By Jeffrey Gettleman | Foreign Policy

When you land at Mogadishu’s international airport, the first form you fill out asks for name, address, and caliber of weapon. Believe it or not, this disaster …

PRESS RELEASE

Member of European Parliament Ana Gomes asks Ethiopian Parliament Speaker to help release Birtukan Midekssa

MEP Ana Gomes asked the Speaker of the Ethiopian Parliament “not to leave a stone unturned until Birtukan Midekssa is released”. The request …

By Paulos Milkias

I do not believe that Ethiopia’s dictator Meles Zenawi is going to quit. He is simply posturing. Here are reasons why?

An official who is determined to quit will not qualify it by another possibility. An excellent …

MALAWI (Nyasa Times) – Police in Mozambique are keeping in custody about 100 Ethiopians arrested this week for illegally attempting to cross Malawi for South Africa.

The 100 are said to have escaped from Dzaleka Refugee Camp in …

It was 25 years ago today that the famous Ethiopian writer and journalist, Baalu Girma, was abducted by the military junta (Derg) in Ethiopia. He hasn’t been heard from since, but his legacy continues.

We are happy to announce that …

By Mark Gomez | Mercury News

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA – Police have arrested two men whom they say played a role in the death of a 25-year-old immigrant from Ethiopia whose body was found Monday morning in a South San …

The University of Minnesota’s entry into January’s final University Nanosatellite Program competition won’t be launched into space.

However, the U.S. Air Force has selected the University team to participate again. Team members are already recruiting new students, while some are …

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Sudan’s president on Tuesday to fully cooperate with the International Criminal Court if it decides to issue an arrest warrant over for his alleged role in atrocities in Darfur.

The world’s …

An Ethiopian-American human rights advocacy group writes a letter to former President Bill Clinton expressing its concern about a large donation made to the Clinton Foundation by a high-profile member of the brutal dictatorship in Ethiopia.

The Honorable William Jefferson …

By Mark Gomez | Mercury News

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA – San Jose police say the death of a man whose body was found in a South San Jose neighborhood early Monday morning has been ruled a homicide.

Police identified the …

Interview with Major Yehualashet Alebachew, an Ethiopian Police Inspector from the “Amhara Killil” (Region) who recently defected to Eritrea; Libyan leader and current Chairman of the African Union Muammar Al-Khadafiʼs trip to Massawa; Foreign currency shortage in Ethiopia; More Ethiopians …

Leaders of Ginbot 7 Movement, Dr Berhanu Nega and Ato Muluneh Eyoel, will hold a town hall meeting with Ethiopians in Seattle next Saturday.

Date/Time: Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009
Time: 1:00 – 4:00 PM
Place: Yesler Community Center, 917 …

By Alice Klein | Telegraph.co.uk

Recent news that the Ethiopian government has cracked down on charities which receive funding from overseas should be a major cause for concern.

The Charities and Societies Act states that any organisation receiving more than …

By Kriston Capps | DCist.com

An arrest is pending for the driver who crashed his cab into Solly’s Tavern last night, an accident that caused several minor injuries and opened up a wall in the U Street corner bar. …

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By Aungelique Proctor | My Fox Atlanta

DEKALB COUNTY, GEORGIA – A suspect is in police custody following a fatal shooting at a DeKalb County beauty shop. The 23-year-old owner of the beauty shop was shot and killed at Ermy’s …

The following is a letter from Bereket Simon, the propaganda chief of Meles Zenawi’s brutal dictatorship in Ethiopia, to the author of “Journalist’s Memoir,” Tesfaye Gebreab. Seiko Toure is Bereket’s nom de guerre.

From: [email protected]
Date: 2009/2/2
Subject: testimony of …

Rome, Italy – An Ethiopian Airlines jet was forced to make an emergency landing today in Rome due to engine failure.

The Rome fire department said that nine rescue teams have rushed to Fiumicino’s airport this morning due to a …

By Jiro Honda | IMF African Department

The IMF approved a $50 million loan for Ethiopia to help its economy adjust to the steep increases in international prices of fuel, fertilizer, and cereals in 2008.

The price increases considerably …

By Jake Tapper, ABC News’ Senior White House Correspondent

The White House had no comment Saturday on the arrest in Kenya of President Barack Obama’s half-brother George for possession of marijuana and resisting arrest.

President Obama barely knows George, 26, …

Influential Ethiopian composer and musician Mulatu Astatke will be backed by a 15-piece orchestra during a special performance on Sunday, February 1 at the Harriet and Charles Luckman Fine Arts Complex in Los Angeles. Known for combining Ethiopian music with …

The puppet president of the Oromiya Region of Ethiopia, Ato Aba Dula Gemeda, earlier this month donated his huge villa to his party, the Oromo People’s Democratic Organizaton (OPDO). (Read here) The following excerpt from Tesfaye Gebreab‘s just …

By MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somali insurgent group Al-Shabab seized the seat of the Somali parliament and said Tuesday that it will establish sharia law in the city.

Al-Shabab took over Baidoa late Monday, a day after …

A new book by Ethiopian author and journalist Tesfaye Gebre-Ab entitled “The Journalist’s Memoir” is creating a huge political wave already. So far the book is available only in Europe and it will hit Ethiopian markets in the U.S. around …

By Fikre Tolossa

People often wonder whether the concept of prime ministry and presidency of the present government of Ethiopia was modeled after the structure of West European governments with their active and too powerful chancellors/prime ministers (the heads of …

By R. Jeffrey Smith, Candace Rondeaux and Joby Warrick | Washington Post

Two remote U.S. missile strikes that killed at least 20 people at suspected terrorist hideouts in northwestern Pakistan yesterday offered the first tangible sign of President Obama’s commitment …

By John Prendergast and John Norris | EnoughProject.org

Reframing the Overall Approach to U.S. Relations with Africa

Strategy Paper

Activist Brief

Audio

The Obama administration has an opportunity to fundamentally remake U.S. relations with Africa during its tenure, and a …

The following are excerpts from Tesfaye Gebre-Ab’s recently published book, “Journalist’s Memoir.” The book is an explosive expose of Ethiopia’s ruling party, the Tigray People Liberation Front (TPLF). The excerpts below [posted here with the author’s permission] shed …

Tigray People Democratic Movement (TPDM) killed 294 Woyanne troops in the Tigray region earlier this month. Watch the video report below:
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Tesfaye Gebre-Ab, an Ethiopian journalist and former high-level official with an intimate knowledge of the ruling Tigray People Liberation Front’s inner workings, has just written an explosive book entitled “The Journalist’s Memoir” that lays bare a great deal …

American freedom is being protected with such impressive firepower. Our knucklehead opposition politicians, on the other hand, tell us we can save Ethiopia by being nice to the Woyanne fascist regime.

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By JAY WINIK | The Wall Street Journal

Now that the grandeur of the inauguration is over, this morning is President Barack Obama’s first in the Oval Office, and the hard work of governing finally begins. More than any president …

To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.

The former president of Ethiopia’s western region of Benishangul-Gumuz, Ato Yaregal Aysheshum, has changed his story about defecting and now he claims that he is in Canada for medical treatment. Click here to listen:
[podcast]http://www.ethiopianreview.info/audio/yaregal_ayshesum_jan2009b.mp3[/podcast]

On January 17, Ethiopian Review …

By Sun Media

WINNIPEG, CANADA – Police have indentified the woman killed on Balmoral Street this weekend and charged a man with murder for her death.

Police say the incident was reported as a domestic disturbance around 3:50 a.m. Sunday …

HOUSTON — Ethiopia’s Deriba Merga broke the 20-year-old Chevron Houston Marathon course record by more than two minutes en route to winning the 37th annual race with the fastest marathon run in Texas.

Aided in the early stages of the …

YEMEN (AP) – Hundreds of people are missing and feared dead after boats carrying about 400 African migrants capsized near Yemen on Saturday, the UN says.

At least a dozen bodies have washed ashore in Yemen, said Laila Nassif, who …

U.S. Senators Russell D.Feingold, Johnny Isakson, Patrick J. Leahy, and Richard J. Durbin wrote the following letter to Ethiopia’s dictator Meles Zenawi [pdf]:

Dear Mr. Prime Minister,

We write to express our concern about several recent developments in …

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Haile Gebrselassie easily won the Dubai Marathon on Friday, but said steady rain throughout the race hampered his bid to claim the $1 million bonus on offer for breaking his own world record.

Gebrselassie …

By Elias Kifle

Supporters of Meles Zenawi’s dictatorship in Ethiopia are losing it. They know their end is coming soon and they are desperate. Just listen to the kind of death threats they continue to make against Ethiopian Review. Listen …

In its January 2009 report, Human Rights Watch accuses Meles Zenawi’s regime in Ethiopia of war crimes and assault on civil society:

The Ethiopian government’s human rights record remains poor, marked by an ever-hardening intolerance towards meaningful political dissent or