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Discussion on Ethiopian Review investigation of Al Amoudi’s disappearance

Some Ethiopian Review readers expressed concerned that our report on Al Amoudi’s disappearance might have been contaminated by a Woyanne disinformation campaign. As we reported earlier, it appears the billionaire and business partner of the late Ethiopian dictator Meles Zenawi …

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Al Amoudi is alive (video)

Al Amoudi

Billionaire Mohammed Al Amoudi appears to be alive — and well enough to continue looting and plundering Ethiopia. The following video was recorded by Bereket Simon’s rat named Ben at Bole Airport today.

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Al Amoudi upate

Ethiopia First website editor named Ben claims that he saw Al Amoudi today at Bole Airport and presented the photo below as evidence. Ben is Bereket Simon’s apprentice, so it is hard to believe any thing that comes from him. …

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Addis Ababa abuzz over the news of Al Amoudi’s death/disappearance

Here is what we have been able to gather so far:

1. The biggest news in Addis Ababa and other cities in Ethiopia yesterday and today has been the reported death/disappearance of Ethiopian-Saudi Billionaire Mohammed Al Amoudi, even though the …

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Woyanne mass hyteria spreads to North America – (video)

A disgusting scene at a Tigrean Church in Seattle, USA. They are crying for the late Ethiopian dictator Meles Zenawi.

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Now it is children’s turn

The picture says it all.

Meles Zenawi

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From the cold case files: Where is the coffee?

One of the most astonishing legacy of Meles Zenawi as the dictator who ruled Ethiopia for the past 21 years is the wholesale looting of the country by him and his TPLF junta. The most egregious example of the looting …

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Ethiopian tour operators ordered to display photographs of late dictator Meles Zenawi (photo)

The TPLF junta has ordered all tour operators in Ethiopia to display photographs of the late dictator Meles Zenawi on their cars. See the photo below.

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Bereket Simon office denies Al Amoudi is dead

Ethiopian Review editor has called Bereket Simon’s office this morning to verify if the TPLF regime propaganda minister knows whether Ethiopian-Saudi billionaire Al Amoudi is dead. His assistant refused to connect us to Bereket but denied the report. Click here

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BREAKING NEWS: Al Amoudi is dead

Ethio-Saudi billionaire Ato Mohamed Al Amoudi, one of the late dictator Meles Zenawi’s closest friends, has died today in Saudi Arabia after receiving medical treatment in London, Ethiopian Review Intelligence Unit sources reported this afternoon.

Ethiopian Review could not confirm …

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Seyoum Mesfin, Sufian Ahmed and Indrias Eshete critically ill

Indrias EsheteUPDATE: A local newspaper is reporting that Prof Indrias Eshete is dead. Read here.

Acting head of the ruling TPLF junta in Ethiopia, Seyoum Mesfin, Finance Minister Sufian Ahmed and former Addis Ababa University President Indrias Eshete are …

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The Misguided Drama of TPLF Diehards

Selam Beyene, PhD

Without regard to the opportunity presented by the death of the late autocrat Meles Zenawi to initiate dialogue, atone for the crimes committed by the ethnic-based regime, and reach out to the vast majority of the Ethiopian …

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Addis Ababa homeless say goodbye to the fallen dictator (video)

Some of the 1 million homeless people in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa went to the National Palace to bid farewell to Meles Zenawi and express their appreciation for every thing he did for them. The homeless people seemed to be …

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Ethiopian Review expanding its information infrastructure inside Ethiopia

Dear Ethiopian Review reader:

This week we are launching a regular monthly fund raising campaign to help us meet our 2012 budget goals. One week every month until the end of 2012 we will conduct an online fund raising.

With …

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Gondar University staff ordered to attend Meles Zenawi funeral (photo)

Gondar University president Dr Mengesha Admassu ordered all employees to wear dark cloth and attend a memorial service for the dead dictator Meles Zenawi. Fearing opposition activity, the university excluded students from the invitation. See below the letter that was …

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Addis Ababa hospital patients dragged out of bed to visit Meles Zenawi’s body (video)

This is unbelievable! Even the North Koreans have not thought about dragging people out of hospitals to cry when they organized a mass hysteria last year following the death of their ‘beloved’ leader Kim Jong II. This is indeed the …

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This could be the fate of the TPLF junta (video)

The people of Romania were subjected to one of the most brutal dictatorship in the world for so many years, almost as brutal as what we have now in Ethiopia. One day in 1989, Romanians said enough in unison and …

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Bereket Simon forcing Teddy Afro to sing for Meles Zenawi

Teddy AfroWoyanne propaganda chief Bereket Simon, aka Addis Bob, sent his goons to pressure popular Ethiopian singer Teddy Afro to sing a song in memory of the deceased dictator Meles Zenawi, Ethiopian Review has learned.

Teddy has two choices: 1. Sing …

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TPLF junta orders Addis Ababa residents to set up tents for Meles Zenawi funeral

Meles Zenawi 'mourned'
The TPLF junta is pushing its fake grief over the death of the late khat-addicted dictator Meles Zenawi too far. The junta has now ordered Addis Ababa idirs (self-help associations) to setup tents throughout the city to mourn the dictator.…

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Hailemariam Desalegn moves to consolidate power

Boosted by a call from U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday, the acting prime minister of Ethiopia, Hailemariam Desalegn, is taking steps to assert his authority, according to Ethiopian Review sources in Addis Ababa.

The ruling TPLF junta is intending …

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Remembering Meles Zenawi – in the words of former TPLF member (video)

A former member of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) talks about his experience with the late dictator Meles Zenawi, Azeb Mesfin, Samora Yenus and others current senior TPLF junta leaders.

Part I

Part II

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Barack Obama hold talks with Hailemariam Desalegn

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Obama Administration continues to push the TPLF junta to accept Hailemariam Desalegn as the new “prime minister.” President Obama’s call to Hailemariam yesterday was part of the U.S. effort to strengthen Hailemariam’s position. However, the mid- and

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Meles Zenawi died of liver cancer – CPJ

* Meles died Monday of liver cancer
* In Ethiopia, Feteh editor jailed during trial

Ethiopian authorities must immediately release Temesghen Desalegn, editor of the leading weekly Feteh, who was ordered jailed today pending his trial on defamation, the Committee …

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The convening of parliament postponed because of TPLF internal revolt

Meles Zenawi tries to cling to power after death
The rubber-stamp parliament in Ethiopia was scheduled to meet today to formally appoint Hailemariam Dessalegn as prime minister, but Ethiopian Review sources in Addis Ababa reported this afternoon that the meeting was abruptly canceled yesterday after Meles Zenawi’s wife Azeb …

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CNN’s Erin Burnett blasts U.S. foreign policy on Ethiopia

Erin Burnett of CNN’s Outfront seems to be one of the few Western journalists who have not received DLA Piper’s talking about about Meles Zenawi. In her commentator last night she blasted the U.S. anti-human rights policy in Ethiopia. Thank …

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Meles ‘fooled only those who wanted to be fooled’ – Ana Gomes

After the death of Ethiopian prime minister Meles Zenawi, S&D Group spokeswoman for foreign affairs Ana Gomes today made the following statement:

“Meles Zenawi was a dictator. His rhetoric on development, democracy and combatting terrorism only convinced those in the …

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The West’s dramatic hypocrisy in praising Ethiopian tyrant – Forbes

By Thor Halvorssen and Alex Gladstein | Forbes

With the dust beginning to settle on yesterday’s death of Meles Zenawi—ruler of Ethiopia since 1991—Western leaders have been quick to lavish praise on his legacy. A darling of the national security …

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Do these Ethiopians mourn Meles?

Azeb, we mourn this Ethiopians you and your husband have terrorized and made to die a horrible death.

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A capital murder warrant has been issued for Abey Belette Girma, 37, in the killing of the owners of Desta, an Ethiopian restaurant, at around midnight on Aug. 15. Yayehyirad Lemma and Yenenesh Desta were gunned down on the front …

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Dallas murder suspect Abey Belete Girma fled the state

Abey Belette Girma(THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS) — Dallas police believe a man wanted on an arrest warrant in connection with the shooting deaths of a couple who owned an Ethiopian restaurant has fled the state.

Police continue to look for …

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Suspect identified in murder of Ethiopian couple in Dallas

Yayehyirad and YeneneshDALLAS, TEXAS (FOX) — Dallas police have identified a murder suspect in the shooting deaths of a Dallas couple.

Investigators said Abey Belette Girma followed Yayehyirad Lemma and Yenenesh Desta home from their restaurant, the Desta Ethiopian Restaurant …

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57th day since Ethiopia’s tinpot dictator Meles Zenawi disappeared

Today is the 57th day since Ethiopia’s khat-addicted zombie dictator Meles Zenawi disappeared. While the regime’s propaganda chief says that Meles will return to work before September 11, Ethiopian New year, very few people within the ruling party TPLF’s hierarchy …

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WBAI Radio in New York holds discussion on Meles Zenawi’s disappearance

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Ethiopians in Dallas grieve the loss of Yayehyirad and Yenenesh; Police close to solving the murder

Police may be close to solving couple’s murder, reward retracted

DALLAS (FOX) — Just a few hours after a local business offered a $10,000 reward to help catch those responsible for a couple’s murder, Dallas police announced the …

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Aba Gebremedhin (formerly Abune Paulos) dies

Abune Paulos

UPDATE: Ethiopian Review spoke with a staff member at Bete Kehenet this morning and was able to confirm that the “patriarch” is dead. Currently the Bete Kehenet compounded is surrounded by police, and several people, including priests and church …

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56th day since Ethiopia’s dictator Meles Zenawi disappeared; his patriarch died today

Today is the 56th day since Ethiopia’s tin-pot dictator Meles Zenawi disappeared.

The patriarch he installed, Aba Gebremedhin (formerly Abune Paulos) died this morning after being admitted at Balcha Hospital in Addis Ababa on Tuesday.

Today is also the 21st …

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Owners of Desta Ethiopian Restaurant in Dallas TX found dead in front of their home

Tragedy struck the Ethiopian community in Dallas this morning when police found Ato Yayehyirad Lemma and Wzr. Yenenesh Desta lying dead in front of their home. The husband and wife were owners of the popular Desta Ethiopian Restaurant in Dallas,

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ENTC seeks diplomatic relations with the Government of Sweden

PRESS RELEASE
12 August 2012

ENTC asks Government of Sweden for diplomatic recognition

The Ethiopian National Transitional Council (ENTC) has sent a communique to Mr. Carl Bildt, Foreign Affairs Minister of Sweden, requesting a diplomatic recognition.
The letter was submitted …

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Ethiopian dictator’s absence grips nation, fuels speculation (CNN)

It took 55 days for CNN to report about the disappearance of Ethiopia’s tin-pot dictator. Even now, the CNN report appeared only on its website. This goes to show how inconsequential Meles Zenawi is to the international community after 21

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55th day since Ethiopia’s dictator Meles Zenawi disappeared

Today is the 55th day since Ethiopia’s dictator Meles Zenawi has disappeared. The regime’s spokesman Bereket Simon says Meles will return before September 11, which is Ethiopian New Year. But who believes Bereket the pathological liar?

A latest puzzling development …

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TPLF federal police savagely attack civilians (video)

The ruling party security forces in Ethiopia brutally attack peaceful Muslim civilians – 10 August 2012

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Sebhat Nega interview on ESAT (audio)

Founder and former chairman of Tigray People’s Liberation Front (Woyanne) talks to ESAT about Meles Zenawi’s condition and who is going to replace him. Listen below.

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Day 54 since Ethiopia’s dictator disappeared

Today is the 54th day since Ethiopia’s dictator Meles Zenawi has disappeared. The Woyanne regime’s propaganda chief Bereket Simon told Australian reporter over the weekend that Meles will return from his ‘vacation’ before Ethiopian New Year on Sept. 11.…

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Day 52: Where is Ethiopia’s dictator Meles Zenawi

Today is the 52nd day since Ethiopia’s khat-addicted zombie dictator Meles Zenawi has disappeared from public view. His wife Azeb Mesfin, aka the mother of corruption, has disappeared for the past 22 days.

Meanwhile, the Woyanne junta is facing an …

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Fierce battle in London Men’s 5000m (video)

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Meseret Defar and Tirunesh Dibaba in the Women’s 5000m (full video)

Ethiopian women dominate the London 5000m

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London: Ethiopians victorious in Women’s 5,000 (video)

Ethiopia’s Meseret Defar, Tirunesh Dibaba, and Gelete Burka represent Ethiopia in the Women’s 5,000

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Day 51 of Ethiopian dictator Meles Zenawi’s disappearance

The Woyanne junta’s propaganda chief Bereket Simon said yesterday that dictator Meles Zenawi will return from where ever he is before Ethiopia’s New Year, which is September 11. Nothing that comes out of Bereket’s mouth can be believed, so we …

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Attack on Ethiopian Muslim press must stop – CPJ

(CPJ) — At least eight police officers raided the home of Yusuf Getachew, editor of YeMuslimoch Guday (Muslim Affairs), in the evening of July 20 in the capital, Addis Ababa, and took the journalist to the Maekelawi Federal Detention Center, …

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Day 50 since Ethiopia’s dictator Meles Zenawi disappeared

Today is the 50th day since Ethiopia’s khat junkie dictator Meles Zenawi disappeared, and 20th day since his wife, Azeb Mesfin, the mother of corruption, disappeared.

The hottest topic of conversation in Addis Ababa today is not the power struggle …

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Perils and opportunities ahead of Ethiopia

By Fekade Shewakena

According to speculations and rumors Ato Meles Zenawi’s conditions range from he is resting to he is dead and anywhere in between. Thanks to the opacity of the officials in charge of the country, it is like …

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49th day since Ethiopia’s dictator Meles Zenawi disappeared

It is now almost 2 months since Ethiopia’s khat-addicted dictator Meles Zenawi disappeared from public view. The country currently is being led by a secretive cabal of thugs from Adwa Awraja who are unable to decide who will replace Meles. …

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Leasing Ethiopian athletes to foreign governments

By Daliah Solomon

Maryam Jamal

Leaders and citizens start asking questions when the national sports team they support fails to win expected medals. If a national Olympic team repeatedly suffers unexpected defeat, patriotic citizens will begin to scrutinize the National Olympic Committee …

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Day 48: The disappearance of Ethiopia’s dictator Meles Zenawi

Today is the 48th day since Ethiopia’s dictator Meles Zenawi has disappeared from the public view. His wife Azeb Mesfin has also disappeared for the past 18 days.

The silence of the international media and world leaders on Meles Zenawi’s …

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Tirunesh Dibaba advances to Women’s 5,000-meter

Tirunesh DibabaEthiopia’s superstar athlete Tirunesh Dibaba and teammates Meseret Defar, Gelete Burka, Tejitu Daba and Shitaye Eshete have advanced to Women’s 5,000 meters final.

Previously, Ethiopian Olympic Committee did not schedule Tirunesh to run in the 5,000-meter, but after her powerful …

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Day 47: The disappearance of Ethiopia’s tin-pot dictator

It’s been 47 days since Ethiopia’s dictator Meles Zenawi has disappeared.

Here are the latest updates:

1. The ruling junta still claims Meles is alive and getting rest at an undisclosed location.
2. The TPLF junta’s leadership is holding a …

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A hunger strike for free speech and free press in Ethiopia

A group of concerned Ethiopians in the Washington DC area have created an organization named FREE MEDIA FOR ETHIOPIA and one of their first actions is to hold a hunger strike. The following is their press release.

Hunger strike for

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VOA interviews ENTC leaders; Addisu Abebe’s conduct was shameful

VOA’s Addisu Abebe was unfair, abusive, disrespectful, and hostile toward the ENTC leaders in this interview that was broadcast Saturday, Aug. 4. Throughout the interview, he didn’t conduct himself as a professional journalist by any standard. I hope he apologizes …

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VIDEO: Ethiopia’s Tiki Gelana at the London Marathon (the last 10 min.)

The exciting finish of the London Marathon. Watch below.

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Women’s Marathon: Ethiopia, Kenya and Russia battle to the finish (video)

Ethiopia, Kenya and Russia battle to the finish line in the London Women’s Marathon. Watch the video below.

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Day 45: Where is Ethiopian dictator Meles Zenawi?

It is day 45th since Ethiopia’s dictator Meles Zenawi has disappeared and there is still no officials information on his whereabouts. His wife Azeb Mesfin has also disappeared since July 20. …

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Agonizing defeat in London men’s 10,000-meter (video)

The throne is transferred to a new king of the 10,000-meter run.

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Meles Zenawi personal assistant placed under house arrest

Personal Assistant to the disappeared Ethiopian dictator Meles Zenawi has been placed under house arrest a few days ago, Ethiopian Review sources in Addis Ababa reported.

Ato Gebretensai Gebremichael was one of the most trusted assistants of the dictator. It …

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Day 44: Where is dictator Meles Zenawi?

Today is the 44th day since Ethiopia’s chigaram dictator Meles Zenawi disappeared. It is also the 14th day since his wife Azeb Mesfin, the mother of corruption, has disappeared.

A major official announcement was planned for this past week, but …

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Tirunesh Dibaba blazes to victory (video)

Ethiopia’s Tirunesh Dibaba in London, August 3, 2012

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ENTC sends request for diplomatic recognition to Italian government

PRESS RELEASE
3 August 2012

ENTC sends request for diplomatic recognition to Italian government

The Ethiopian National Transitional Council (ENTC) has sent a communique to Mr. Giulio Terzi di Sant’Agata, Foreign Affairs Minister of Italy, requesting a diplomatic recognition.

The …

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Starve the TPLF beast: Boycott Ethiopian Airlines

Statement by Boycott TPLF Task Force

Don’t hand over your hard-earned dollars, euros, any foreign currency to them! And save your own money in the process!

Meles Zenawi is either dead, or if he is not actually clinically dead, he …

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Day 43: Where is Meles Zenawi?

It’s has been 43 days since Ethiopia’s dictator Meles Zenawi disappeared.

The international news media finally has started to ask questions. The Economist writes that the dictator’s absence is causing jitters in the ruling party.

A member of European Parliament, …

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Day 42: Meles Zenawi’s body arrives in Addis Ababa – unconfirmed report

Today is the 42nd day since Ethiopia’s dictator Meles Zenawi has disappeared. This morning, Ethiopian Review has received an unconfirmed, but credible, report that his body has arrived in Addis Ababa from Belgium.

Abay WolduPower struggle in the ruling party TPLF …

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Day 41: Where is Meles Zenawi? Where is Azeb Mesfin?

Meles Zenawi and Azeb Mesfin

It has been 41 days since Ethiopia’s khat-addicted dictator Meles Zenawi disappeared. Today, Woyanne propaganda chief Bereket Simon told BBC that Meles is in “a good condition and recuperating,” but declined to give details on his whereabouts.

His wife Azeb …

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Federal Police terrorize children in Ethiopia (photo)

This picture was taken today in Addis Ababa near Bole MedhaneAlem Church. It shows Meles Zenawi’s Federal Police in Ethiopia rounding up and terrorizing children as young as 12. The police round up such children, take them to prison and …

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Meles Zenawi’s house of card starts to unravel

Meles Zenawi on feeding tube

A whisper campaign against Meles Zenawi, who disappeared 40 days ago, has started among members of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF/Woyanne) as many of them became convinced that he is dead or permanently incapacitated.

Yesterday and today, the whisper …

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Meles Zenawi’s 21-year tyrannical rule comes to a screeching halt (Abebe Gellaw)

By Abebe Gellaw

ESAT’s decision to report that Prime Minister Meles Zenawi is dead, according to reliable sources, has never been easy. It was two weeks ago that we received the news from highly credible sources in Brussels. Our sources …

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Day 40: Where is dictator Meles Zenawi?

Today is the 40th day since Ethiopia’s khat junkie dictator Meles Zenawi has disappeared. ESAT has reported yesterday that its sources have confirmed his death. However, there is no official word from the ruling junta yet.

The dictator’s absence is …

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ENTC to hold a town hall meeting in Washington DC – Aug. 5

The Washington DC chapter of recently formed Ethiopian National Transitional Council (ENTC) will hold a town hall meeting in Washington DC on Sunday, August 5, 2012, at 2:00 PM.

Date/Time: Sunday, August 5, at 2:00 PM
Place: Sheraton
Address: 1201 …

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33 days since Ethiopia’s drug junkie dictator disappeared

Meles Zenawi
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It’s been 33 days now since Ethiopia’s khat-addicted dictator Meles Zenawi disappeared from the public view. There are strong indications that he has expired, but the ruling Woyanne junta insists that he …

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Joint Communiqué of ALEJE and OLF

July 21, 2012

It is to be noted that the alliance of the Ethiopian opposition political forces has been the persistent demand of the Ethiopian people ever since the TPLF dictatorial regime of the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) has …

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Terrorizing Ethiopians in the name of counter-terrorism

By Jillian C. York | EFF

Last week, EFF was dismayed to learn that Ethiopian journalist and blogger Eskinder Nega had been sentenced to eighteen years in prison under a sweeping and overbroad Anti-Terrorism Proclamation.  More than one hundred …

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ENTC requests diplomatic relations with Australian government

PRESS RELEASE
23 JULY 2012

ENTC requests diplomatic relations with Australian government

The Ethiopian National Transitional Council (ENTC) has sent a communique to Mr. Bob Carr, Foreign Affairs Minister of Australia, requesting a diplomatic recognition. The letter was submitted to …

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