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Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru

WASHINGTON DC (Tadias) – A benefit concert featuring a live performance for the first time in 35 years by the Ethiopian Nun Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru, a world reknowned classical pianist and composer, is taking place …

PARIS: Tirunesh Dibaba will arrive in Beijing for the Olympic Games as hot favourite for gold in the women’s 5,000m or 10,000m, or both if she decides to double up, after a stunning start to her season.

The diminutive 22-year-old, …

This article is an appeal to our respected scholar and human rights advocate Prof. Mesfin Woldemariam to leave Ethiopian freedom fighters alone, stop ridiculing their sacrifices, and instead focus on the Woyanne fascist regime.

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ከጽናት ፍቅሩ…

(BBC News) — There are fears that the stimulant khat is contributing to mental health problems within the UK’s east African communities. Dil Neiyyar of the BBC’s Asian Network reports.

In a courtyard, two men sitting on a …

Kinijit North America Press Release

The “Unity for Democracy & Justice Party (UDJ)” held a historic meeting on July 6, 2008, at the Marriott Hotel in Washington DC. The meeting, organized by Kinijit North America Association of Support Organizations (KNAASO), …

Network of Ethiopian Scholars (NES)

Putting Unity First: Sharing the Values of Human Rights, Social Solidarity and Social Justice in Ethiopia!

There are many things that can easily be used to create distance, to separate people from one another, to …

United Ethiopian Democratic Forces (UEDF) held its 3rd Shengo (congress) and passed a number of resolutions. Click here to read.…

… to Ethiopian freedom fighters
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Kinijit Switzerland Paltalk Discussion Room will hold a discussion on cooperation between Ethiopian opposition forces and the government of Eritrea. The discussion will also be aired live vie Ethiopian Review Broadcasting Network. Click here to listen.

Date/Time: Monday, July …

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By Scott A Morgan

In Recent Weeks there has been some focus on events in the Horn of Africa. A Border Clash between Djibouti and Eritrea appears to have stablized and intervention by France and the United States is not …

EDITOR’S NOTE: Meles Zenawi, Azeb Mesfin, Sebhat Nega and their Woyanne criminal gang no doubt will face justice similarly for their crimes against the people of Ethiopian and Somalia. It’s only a matter of time.

(UN News Service) NEW YORK …

Aba Qewstos, who is an agent of Aba Gebremedhin (formerly Aba Paulos), the fake patriarch of Ethiopia, has been busy in the Washington DC area for the past several months turning priests against priests and worshipers and against each other. …

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Ethiopian Community Finds Home In His Song
Church Musician’s Work Honored With NEA Fellowship

By Sandhya Somashekhar, Washington Post

Moges Seyoum

For more than 80 hours a week, Moges Seyoum works in the parking garage at the Kennedy Center and …

By Alysia Patterson, Medill Reports

WASHINGTON–The teams at this year’s African soccer tournament in Washington are playing to a nearly empty stadium. Ethiopian community groups have been boycotting the annual event until today to protest the tournament’s funder, a member …

Ethiopian Review will ask the following questions at the July 6 (Sunday) public meeting in Washington DC with UDJ representatives Prof. Mesfin Woldemariam and Ato Asrate Tase.

We encourage the UDJ representatives to study these questions in advance and give …

By Cristina Fernandez-Pereda, New America Media

Editor’s Note: An Ethiopian community thrives in Washington D.C., and is branching out beyond small businesses and cab driving to professional fields. NAM contributor Cristina Fernandez-Pereda is a journalism student. Her profile of Little …

ONLF kill or wound 159 Woyanes; EPPF kill 50. Woyane instigated ethnic violence in Angerna and Dedesa region of Ethiopia, killed 400 people, women and children included. Plus recent interview with 3 Ethiopian MPs that defected to the UK.
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After exhibiting arrogance for the past few days, officials of the Ethiopian Sports Federation in North America (ESFNA) have been forced to finally hold a press conference and answer questions regarding the donation of money to the Federation by Woyanne …

Tadelech Dalacho
Minister of Culture
and Tourism

Ethiopian Review’s Intelligence Unity (EIU) has learned that all 17 artists who have been touring the U.S. with the Ethiopian Minister of Culture and Tourism, Wzr. Tadelech Dalacho, have defected today and are …

Kassa Yafet Gerbrevold had been the subject
of an international manhunt.
PHOTO: POLITIET/SCANPIX

(AFTENPOSTEN) — A body found floating in the harbour at Fredrikshavn, at the tip of northern Denmark, is believed to be that of a man …

NAIROBI (Reuters) — Ethiopia’s parliament has passed a new media law which bans censorship of private media and detention of journalists, but which critics said on Wednesday retained other threats to free expression.

The parliament, led by Prime Minister Meles …

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is what the U.S. ambassador in Ethiopia calls “stability” in Somalia.

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By Abdi Sheikh

MOGADISHU (Reuters) – At least 53 people were killed in Somalia when …

EDITOR’S NOTE: The U.S. ambassador tries to portray the Meles brutal dictatorship in Ethiopia as a role model even as the rubber-stamp parliament today passed a highly restrictive press law and just two weeks ago, human rights organizations provided evidences …

‘Wofe-Yared’, an interesting poem by Dr Fikre Tolossa. Click here to read >> [Amharic, pdf]…

THE LALIBELA PROJECT

Ethiopia, as seen through a child’s lens

A PHOTO Exhibit

15 Children

12 Digital Cameras

27 Photographs Available

July 17^th – July 31^st

Reception:

Thursday, July 17^th, 2008, 6 to 8 …

Inflation in Ethiopia has been on the rise for nearly three years. Notwithstanding past policy measures to
address the phenomenon, it reached about 40 percent in May 2008, far exceeding the authorities’ policy target of single-digit inflation.2 At this level, …

EDITOR’S NOTE: African gangsters and mass murderers who are raping the continent are currently meeting in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss how to continue sucking the blood of Africans.

No public criticism for Mugabe at African summit

By ANNA JOHNSON and …

Muluneh Eyuel

Secretary General of Ethiopia’s major opposition party, the Coalition for Unity and Democracy (Kinijit), Ato Muluneh Eyuel, has joined the Ginbot 7 Movement for Justice, Democracy and Freedom.

Ato Muluneh had resigned from Kinijit (which later was forced …

EDITOR’S NOTE: Bravo, Somali freedom fighters. The people of Ethiopia are with you in your struggle to liberate your country from the Woyanne brutal occupation. We also want to let you know that each Woyanne you kill is a big …

(Human Rights Watch) NEW YORK — Ethiopia’s [dictatorial regime] should immediately abandon plans to impose strict government controls and draconian criminal penalties on nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said today.

The two groups called …

(Arab Times) KUWAIT CITY — Police are looking for two unidentified persons for kidnapping and raping a 26-year-old Ethiopian housemaid in Kuwait, reports Alam Al-Yawm daily.

According to police sources, the men lay in wait for the maid …

HARARE – The African Union observer mission has added voice in condemning Friday’s presidential election in which President Robert Mugabe was declared winner saying the electoral process fell short of accepted AU standards.

The mission noted the violence which preceded …

About 200 people went to the RFK Stadium in Washington DC on Monday to watch the soccer tournament that is organized by the Ethiopian Sports Federation in North America (ESFNA).

The Stadium, that has a capacity to accommodate 26,000 spectators, …

Lundin and Range Resources in Way Over Their Heads

Among its areas of operation, Lundin Petroleum counts Sudan, Ethiopia, and Somalia, countries whose displaced populations total some 7,200,000 persons, according to 2007 figures of the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center. These …

Don’t feast on the blood our people back home. Boycott the ESFNA events in Washington DC this week. Tegbar.org
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Yonatan Gezahegne Mekonnen

(CityNews.ca) ONTARIO, CANADA — A 24-year-old resident of Brampton (Ontario) is charged in a terrible case of aggravated sexual assault. But it’s what police say Yonatan Gezahegne Mekonnen didn’t tell his alleged 21-year-old victim that …

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MOGADISHU (Xinhua) — Insurgent fighters took over the provincial capital of central Somali region of Beledweyn hours after Ethiopian Woyanne troops withdrew from the city, residents said Saturday.

The fighters arrived in the town early in the morning …

Source: Missionary International Service News Agency (MISNA)

There are reports of clashes between the the ONFL and the regular Ethiopian army Woyanne in Ethiopia’s eastern region of Ogaden.

Local sources said that thirty people, mostly regular soldiers, were killed in …

Press Release
OROMOS IN EUROPE CALL FOR THE SAFEGUARDING OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN ETHIOPIA

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM — On Monday 30 June 2008, over one hundred members of the Oromo diaspora from across Europe will gather in the Place Jean Rey …

Amara and Tigre of today’s Ethiopia and Eritrea, were the founders of ancient Gebts over 5100 years ago for the primary purpose of selling goods and produce. For more information and lists of ancient Amarigna and Tigrigna words written 5100 …

EDUCATION INTERNATIONAL

Late on June 26, Education International (EI) received a disturbing update from Gemoraw Kassa, General Secretary of the ETA, established in 1949 and EI Member, informing EI that the court of cassation at the Federal Supreme Court ruled …

… do the right thing and you will be celebrated as heroes. Or continue to kill and mayhem for Woyanne, and you are nothing but pigs.

Somali pilot returns to city he refused to bomb

Fri Jun 27, 2008 5:29am …

By Joe Michael

The Ethiopian Sport Federation in North America (ESFNA) is a money-spinning organization owned by few individuals who never care for sport at all. The organization maintained its tax exempt status from the Federal and State governments by …

By Andrei Engstrand-Neacsu in Wolayita
International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies

In Wolayita, one of the most affected areas of Ethiopia, recurrent drought has reduced to almost nothing the availability of food for a chronically food-insecure population. …

UNDP PRESS RELEASE

Strengthening Local Capacity for the Achievement of the MDGs

(A joint press release between the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development of the Federal Democratic Republic Government of Ethiopia and the United Nations Development Programme)

The Government …

By Indrias Getachew, UNICEF Ethiopia

UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Hilde Johnson
speaks with the mother of two severely malnourished
children at a UNICEF-supported centre in Kembata
Tembaro, near Ethiopia’s Gurage Zone
© UNICEF Ethiopia/2008/Getachew

GURAGE ZONE, Ethiopia – Mubarek weighed …

… and the hodams accept the money. The following is what Ethiopian Sports Federation in North America (ESFNA) posted on its web site:

THANK YOU DR. SHEIKH MOHAMMED HUSSIEN AL AMOUDI

The entire family of ESFNA, players, coaches, board members …

Rahmona Ahmedin

(Islington Gazette) LONDON, U.K. — A YOUNG woman whose body was found dumped in a burning suitcase in Islington (a suburb of London) had not been seen for weeks by her friends and neighbours.

This week …

The film “Live and Become” opens in Los Angeles area on Friday, June 27 at the Laemmle Playhouse 7 in Pasadena, Laemmle’s Music Hall 3 in Beverly Hills and Laemmle’s Town Center 5 in Encino.

The film was a huge …

Network of Ethiopian Scholars (NES)

The Resolution of Food Crises in Africa Requires Building an Integrated African National Economy

People often say when Africans argue for an integrated national African economy, they are self-indulgent entertaining nothing but a futile illusion. …

By Teddy Fikre

During the most trying times, when hope is a glimmer that seems too distant to be tangible, it is our children that serve as our bridge to hope. We — Ethiopian-Americans — immigrated to the United States …

Kinijit Washington DC Metro chapter is hosting a public meeting with Prof. Mesfin Woldemariam, UDJ council member, and Ato Asrate Tase, UDJ secretary general in Washington DC, July 6, 2008.

Place: Washington Marriott
Address: 1221 22nd Street NW, Washington DC…

The Gonder Mutual Association of Seattle has issued a statement denouncing the recent give away of Ethiopia’s fertile land to Sudan in a secret deal between Woyanne chief Meles Zenawi and Sudan’s al-Bashir.

The Association also condemned the arrest and …

By Douglas McGill , TC Daily Planet

An Ethiopian A Woyanne government official seeking to distance himself from what he says is a continuing attempt by Ethiopia to eradicate an African tribe, has defected to the United States.

Obang Oman, …

By Dan Robson, The Star

BRAMPTON, ONTARIO — Yonatan Gezahegne Mekonnen, a city of Brampton resident, has been charged with failing to disclose his positive HIV status to a female he had consensual sex with.

Peel Police say a man …

(Pana) ABUJA — Ethiopia’s tribal dictatorship on Tuesday asked Nigeria to deploy a contingent of its troops for ‘peace-keeping mission’ the border with Eritrea.

Making the request when he paid a courtesy call on Nigeria’s Minister of State for Defence, …

Bezawit Solomon found murdered
in Oslo, Norway

A 19-year-old woman named Bezawit Solomon, who is a Norwegian citizen of Ethiopian descent, was found murdered in Norway yesterday (Monday) morning.

The victim’s body was found in one of the apartments in …

By Andra Jackson, watoday.com

Abdalla Ahmed
[Photo: Penny Stephens]

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA — FERRYING passengers around in a Melbourne taxi, Abdalla Ahmed might seem to be one more refugee dreaming of bringing out those he left behind.

But Mr Ahmed harbours …

By H. Menelik

In this short article an effort is made to compare Meles Zenaw’s behaviour and actions against Machiavellian principle.I don’t know how historians will judge him, but for me undoubtedly he is the most feared than loved Ethiopian …

By Obang Metho

The failures of the Meles regime are rapidly accumulating and not only Ethiopians know about it now. The news and incriminating evidence is reaching out into the international community and it will soon become increasingly difficult to …

Berhanu Nega and Andargachew Tsege in London

Leaders of Ginbot 7 Movement for Justice, Freedom and Democracy continue to tour Europe, meeting with Ethiopians in several European countries, as well as officials of various governments.

On Saturday, Dr Berhanu Nega …

(afrol) — Sheikh Ibrahim Abdalla Mah, the 1991-98 chairman and spiritual leader of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), died this morning in Abu Dhabi. The 67-year-old was among the founding members of the Ethiopian Somali rebel group, now posing …

Statement by Senator Russell Feingold [Democrat – Wisconsin:

Mr. President, Ethiopia has increasingly been an active participant in the international community and a leader on the African continent–as a charter member of the United Nations, a cofounder of what are …

Zimbabwe’s opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says he is pulling out of Friday’s presidential run-off. Mr Tsvangirai said there was no point running when elections would not be free and fair and “the outcome is determined by… Mugabe himself”.

He called …

This means Woyanne donkeys Addisu Legesse and Kuma Demeksa are living on borrowed time.

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The Wisdom of Donkeys

By Roger Lewis, telegraph.co.uk

My donkey Emily was murdered. Well, …

Hopefully Ethiomedia doesn’t mind the re-posting of its article about Ethiopian Review here

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ETHIOMEDIA EDITOR’S NOTE – Ethiomedia has received articles that seriously criticize Elias Kifle, editor of Ethiopian Review, …

EDITOR’S NOTE: It seems Kenya is emerging out of its post-election chaos just a few months ago, unlike Ethiopia, which is on a downward spiral following the 2005 elections. The difference between Kenya and Ethiopia is that the ruling party …

A must read piece about the cycle of failure in Ethiopian politics, particularly in regards to the Ethiopian People Revolutionary Party (EPRP), which one Ethiopian scholar referred to as an “organizer of failure.”

[Click here for PDF]

የውድቀት አዙሪት…

By Adane Atanaw

In all ages they rise up against us to destroy us; and the Holy One, blessed be He, rescues us from their hands. (The Holly Bible)

After long silence, denial and deliberate misinformation, finally in a speech …