It is half an hour before dawn in …
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a news from the Ministry of Information. It is a joke by Bereket Simon on the people of Ethiopia. Sialagitibin naw (ሲያላግጥብን ነው).
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(BBC) — A mother and two children are among 25 people and 13 civilians, killed in fierce fighting in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, witnesses say.
They were killed when a mortar shell landed on their house, neighbours said. …
(Medecins Sans Frontieres) MADRID, SPAIN — Thousands of Somalis and Ethiopians risk their lives every year to cross the Gulf of Aden to escape from conflict and extreme poverty. The trip is fraught with danger as people are …
UNITED NATIONS — The deputy chief of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) arrived in Ethiopia today for the start of a four-day visit to review the humanitarian situation in the south and southeast of the country, which has become …
You might have noticed the Ethiopian Top Model Liya Kebede in magazines, TV commercials or on the Internet. She has been modeling for a while and thanks to her very successful carrier, Liya was ranked eleventh on Forbes’ 2007 “World’s …
By LOU SESSINGER, The Intelligencer
PHILADELPHIA — An Ethiopian immigrant awaiting trial in an 8-year-old murder case in Towamencin was in Montgomery County Court on Wednesday as his lawyer attempted to have evidence against him suppressed for use at trial.…
EDITOR’S NOTE: Why doesn’t the puppet ‘president’ do some thing about the starving children of Ethiopia before congratulating China’s earth quake relief effort? This entitles him to be named “Idiot of the Day.”.
ADDIS ABABA (Xinhua) — The …
NEWS RELEASE
Human Rights Abusers: “Watch Out, You May Not Find the West a Safe Haven Anymore!”
As pleased as the Anuak Justice Council is with the recent decision by Canadian authorities to deny entry into Canada to Omot Obang …
(Daily Mail Reporter) — An Ethiopian boy who was born ‘inside-out’ has become the living legacy of actress Natascha McElhone’s plastic surgeon husband, who died of a heart condition last month.…
It is not a new thing for Ethiopian political leaders to betray their supporters, and the people of Ethiopia, in general. Even the great Hailu Shawel had succumbed to that tradition. So it is not with …
Harry Cohen, a British Member of Parliament, is circulating the following petition among his colleagues that condemns the atroticites of Ethiopia’s brutal dictatorship led by Meles Zenawi and his Tigrean People Liberation Front (Woyanne).
Petition:
That this House is concerned …
STRASBOURG, France — Ana Gomes, Member of the Socialist Group in the European Parliament, invites her colleagues to a meeting with Dr. Berhanu Nega, Mayor-elect of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and former senior leader CUD, who was released from prison one …
Some of the leaders of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party (Kinijit) have gathered 300 people and formally created a new party named Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ) today in Addis Ababa. See details at Kinijit North America’s …
UN NEWS
As part of its Knowledge Sharing initiative, the UN Country Team in Ethiopia has organized a discussion forum on the theme “Biofuel, a viable alternative source of Energy?” on Thursday, 5th June 2008 at Sheraton Addis from 8:30 …
By Scott Baldauf, The Christian Science Monitor
Tshwane, South Africa — More than three weeks after beginning, South Africa’s xenophobic attacks continue as the nation’s leaders urge communities to begin bringing African immigrants from other countries back into their communities.…
MOGADISHO, Somalia — A roadside bomb killed two policemen in Mogadishu just minutes after a convoy carrying Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed had driven past, reports said Wednesday.
Yusuf has been targeted several times in recent months, including by a …
MOGADISHU (Xinhua) — A senior Somali police commander and two of his bodyguards were killed by a roadside bomb Wednesday shortly after the arrival of Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf backto Mogadishu, a Somali government official confirmed to reporters …
UN News
The Ethiopian HIV Knowledge Sharing Network: Community of Practice, a joint initiative of the United Nations Country Team (UNCT) and Federal HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Office (HAPCO) was launched on May 29 during a one-day workshop held at …
The Castel Group, France’s largest wine producer, currently harvests massive quantities of grapes just a short distance away from areas where hundreds of thousands of children die from starvation. If there is drought in southern Ethiopia, as we are told …
ABC News Talks With Aidan Hartley, the Man Behind ‘Warlords Next Door?’
By DANA HUGHES, ABC News
British author and journalist Aidan Hartley has been covering Somalia for nearly 20 years. He recently released a TV documentary called “Warlords …
NAIROBI, June 17 (Reuters) – The armies of feuding Horn of Africa neighbours Ethiopia Woyanne and Eritrea are “less than a football pitch” apart, risking a catastrophic new war on their border, a think-tank warned on Tuesday. The latest in …
The few newspapers that are struggling to survive in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa under constant harassement from security forces of the Meles dictatorship have found a way to thrive in the past few weeks: Put Berhanu Nega’s photo on their …
Prof. Alemayehu Gebremariam talks about the secret border re-demarcation agreement between Woyanne and al-Bashir that gave away tens of thousands of square kilometers of land to Sudan.
Click here to listen. Forward to 16:32.…
By Hanna Tamrat
We all talk about owning a piece of Obama’s campaign. But that kind of talk didn’t hit home with me until my sister a few days after Obama’s historic nomination speech called me and left a voicemail …
Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ) has received permission yesterday to hold its general meeting this week, probably Wednesday, according to ER sources. They are also told that they are restricted to their office. They cannot hold a meeting in …
EPRP web sites have reported today that the discredited former chairman of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party (Kinijit), Ato Hailu Shawel, held a meeting with Addis Ababa’s youth and women. It is reported that some 200 people attended …
STATEMENT FROM TEGBAR
June 16, 2007
In his interview with Ethiopian Current Affairs on Sunday, June 15, Ethiopia’s most distinguished human rights activist Prof. Mesfin Woldemariam has made some assertions that Tegbar for Unity and Democracy (Tegbar) respectfully disagrees with. …
The Woyanne dictatorship’s attempt to cover up the ongoing famine in Ethiopia; Woyanne atrocities in Ogaden and Somalia, fighting in Ogaden, TPDM’s congress… and other news from EriTV. Watch below.
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PRESS RELEASE
BY GINBOT 7 MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRACY AND JUSTICE
[Click here for Amharic version]
Ginbot 7 strongly Condemns the Appalling Crime against humanity Perpetrated by the Meles Zenawi Dictatorial Regime in the Ogaden region.
Human Rights Watch, a respected …
EDITORS NOTE: It is true that Mugabe is another bloodsucking African dictator. But the British are worse. They have done more harm to Zimbabawe, and Africa, in general, than 100 Mugabes could possible have done. Take a look at what …
By Selam Beyene, Ph.D.
The conscience of the world is challenged once again by the outrageous crimes of Meles Zenawi, who is using famine as a weapon of mass destruction and economic exploitation against the very people that he has …
By Dr Seid Hassan
Many Ethiopians, especially those in the Diaspora community have been and still are puzzled by two contradictory phenomena regarding the Ethiopian economy. On the one hand, the ruling party, the EPDRF, has been reporting record-breaking growth …
Ato Gizachew Shiferraw, chairman of the UDJ general assembly organizing committee, told Kinijit North America officials that the Meles regime’s security forces have dispersed the party’s delegates on Saturday.
First, the delegates, about 400 of them, went to the Imperial …
A few years ago, Meklit Hadero was doing a 9-to-5 administrative gig at the Haas Foundation here and taking private vocal lessons on the side. The sweet-voiced, Ethiopian-born Yale graduate wasn’t figuring on a singing career. But after …
Statement from Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ)
June 13, 2008
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
At about 4:00 PM today, the police told Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ) — former CUDP — that it cannot hold its Founding Congress which …
British Member of Parliament George Galloway calls to question the U.K. and U.S. support to the dictatorship in Ethiopia and the over all policy on Africa. It is a must watch video.
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Very sad. Our condolences to his family and colleagues. Tim was a role model for ER as far as making politicians accountable.
By Howard Kurtz and William Branigin, Washington Post
Tim Russert, the Democratic operative turned NBC commentator …
The Imperial Hotel in Addis Ababa told leaders of Unity for Democracy and Justice Party (UDJ) today that they cannot hold their meeting tomorrow because the Woyanne regime has ordered them to cancel it.
UDJ has been planning to hold …
EDITOR’S NOTE: Deputy Prime Minister and Agriculture Minister Addisu Legese says figure of needy is deliberate exaggeration by some institutions. There are only 4.5 million people who are hungry, according to Addisu. Read more about what this sick heartless Woyanne …
Source: The Dinah Project
There are some causes of illness and misery that demand advanced diagnostics, expensive medication and even cutting edge technology. There are many other tragic conditions that need information, and care that exists, if only people have …
By Fekade Shewakena
Yep, there you go again. The pictures of your shame and, for all practical purposes, your national identity, are running everywhere again. The terrifying pictures that show emaciated and famished children are popping up on our television …
Brigadier General Legesse Teffera is one of the ultimate Ethiopian war heroes of the modern era. A Washington based Committee has organized an event in his honor to be held this coming July. The General shall be …
A senior member of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party (Kinijit), Dr Yacob Hailemariam, has informed his colleagues that he will not present himself for the top leadership of the party after the general meeting this …
EDITOR’S NOTE: Today, the Ethiopian Television was showing Addisu Legesse, the Minister of Agriculture and Deputy Prime Minister, saying that there are no more than 50,000 people who are facing starvation and that the problem is being purposely exaggerated to …
(By David Gollust, VOA) — The United States said Thursday it has “persistently” expressed concern about human rights in Ethiopia with top officials in Addis Ababa, including alleged abuses in the Ogaden region. The comments follow an assertion by …
EDITOR’S NOTE: Please note that ONLF doesn’t refer the Woyanne army as “Ethiopian Army” as some of the international media, and even some fools in the Ethiopian opposition camp shamelessly do. We thank ONLF for not associating the horrible crimes …
LONDON — The partner of a failed suicide bomber was jailed for 15 years Thursday for not telling police about his plans to carry out an attack on the London subway system.
Judge Paul Worsley told Yeshimebet (Yeshi) Girma, 32, …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Satellite images confirm reports that the Ethiopian Woyanne military has burned towns and villages in the remote Ogaden region of eastern Ethiopia, the American Association for the Advancement of Science reported …
(Xinhua) — Somali insurgents attacked the Mogadishu airport and the motorcade of Somali president Abdullahi Yusuf, for the third time in a month, as the president was to fly for Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, presidential spokesman confirmed to Xinhua on …
Britian is “complicit” in war crimes in Ethiopia because it is “turning a blind eye” to sustained human rights abuses carried out on civilians by the country’s armed forces, Human Rights Watch said today.
Women were raped until they were …
(AP) Addis Ababa – Eritrean soldiers have crossed the border into Djibouti and begun building defences, Djiboutian officials said. “Eritrean soldiers made an incursion into Djibouti territory two or three days ago in the Ras Doumeira area,” an official who …
By ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s government is committing war crimes in its military campaign against rebels in the Ogaden region, a rights group charged Thursday in a report that complained the U.S. and other Western governments …
Ethiopian Review’s Intelligence Unit has learned that Ginbot 7 Movement for Justice and Democracy is currently holding high level talks with the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) that could result in a politico-military alliance.
According to ER sources in both Ginbot …
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tsehai Conferences announced its third Annual Conference, which will be held at George Washington School of Law in Washington, D.C., a city renown for its vibrant yet burgeoning Ethiopian community, from June 28 to July 3, 2008.…
Yesterday, in its silly attempt to divert attention from the secret deal that gave away tens of thousands of square kilometers of land to Sudan by the Meles dictatorship, the foreign minister, Seyoum Mesfin, declared ‘flag day’ and handed out …
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Djibouti government and military are filled with khat-addicted whores at the service of the Woyanne mafia. It is a joke that they are calling up retired army and police officers. The minute real fighting starts, they would …
(Bloomberg) — The bright green “On the Fly” food cart with a large decorative wing parked in Washington’s Chinatown seems to be in the wrong city.
Offering hummus, vegetarian tacos and organic teas, the cart and its menu are in …
(Shabelle Media Network) MOGADISHU — In teleconference he held for the press, the spokesman of the Islamic Courts Union, Sheikh Mohamud Sheikh Ibrahim, has said that an Ethiopian a Woyanne military official has surrendered to ICU on Wednesday.
“He couldn’t …
(AP) LONDON — The partner of a would-be suicide bomber who attempted to attack London’s subway system was convicted Wednesday for not warning police about the plot.
A jury in London found 32-year-old Yeshi Girma guilty of failing to provide …
Ethiopian circus superstar Sosina Wogayehu will perform in Melbourne, Australia, this month, starting on June 18.
Those of you in Australia, please go watch this amazingly talented Ethiopian girl.
Sosina told ER that she will come to the U.S. at …
ST. LOUIS, MO — Among the flourishing collection of ethnic restaurants on St. Louis’s Grand Boulevard sits the comfortable and gently decorated Meskerem Ethiopian Restaurant.
Meskerem is a family-owned operation that also has two restaurants in New York and one …
Several Ethiopian refugees in Libya are currently being held in prison by the government of Libya. Addis Dimts host Abebe Belew spoke with them last Sunday on the phone. Click <a href=”mms://wm15.spacialnet.com/ethrev99348/addisdimts/ethiopians_in_libya_suffer_jun2008.wma”>here</a> to listen.…
EDITOR’S NOTE: These flower farms are fertilizer and water intensive, according to experts. Is it a wise policy to grow flower, instead of teff, corn and other edible crops, when millions of our people are facing death by starvation? Would …
Addis Ababa – Meles Zenawi’s dictatorship in Ethiopia is to bolster its defence budget by $50-million (about 450 million birr) “for stability reasons” amid tension in the Horn of Africa region, according to a draft budget presented to parliament Tuesday …
What a moron! Why doesn’t he hand out some food to the starving children?
Addis Ababa (Walta Woyanne Information Center) – Foreign Affairs Minister Seyoum Mesfin said the pride obtained from the national flag could be maintained by eliminating …
By Peter Heinlein, VOA
The World Food Program is diverting emergency food shipments to Ethiopia, where officials expect already severe shortages to worsen over the next few months. VOA’s Peter Heinlein in Addis Ababa reports July is likely to be …
MOGADISHU (AFP) — Insurgents on Tuesday attacked a Mogadishu police station moments after an Islamist leader rubbished a truce deal between rival factions in Djibouti, dealing a blow to the latest UN effort to bring peace to Somalia.
Witnesses said …
Kinijit Los Angeles has organized a public meeting to discuss the Ethiopia-Sudan border re-demarcation on Saturday June 14th 2008. Dr. Fisseha Abebe and Prof. Alemayehu Gebremariam will be guest speakers.
Click on the poster below for more details.
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(telegraph.co.uk) — Britain will give at least £15 million in aid to fight starvation in Ethiopia as the situation in the drought-stricken country worsens, International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander has said.
A team of Department for International Development …
Heated, but important, debates are currently raging inside the Unity for Democracy and Justice Party (UDJ) on the future course of the organization. There are major disagreements among the top leaders of UDJ, which is formed by leaders of the …
German Radio (DW) has extensive coverage about the displacement of Ethiopians as a result of the secret border re-demarcation agreement between Meles Zenawi’s regime of Ethiopia and al-Beshir’s Sudanese regime in exchange for railway access for the Tigray region to …
By ANITA POWELL
SHASHAMANE, Ethiopia (AP) — Like so many other victims of Ethiopia’s hunger crisis, Usheto Beriso weighs just half of what he should. He is always cold and swaddled in a blanket. His limbs are stick-thin.
It is to be remembered that Meles Zenawi once during a meeting told Addisu Legesse, the deputy prime minister and minister of agriculture: “an illiterate peasant is more effective than you.” The following report by the Woyanne’s web site, WIC, …
… as the Meles dictatorship claims that the media is fabricating the food shortage, and instead is talking about growing plants for biofuels.
By Gavin Hewitt, BBC News
It is a strange and unsettling ride west from the Ethiopian town …
ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopia said on Monday it planned to produce biofuels to cut high oil import bills, but dismissed fears the strategy could hit food production in a country suffering a severe drought.
Some 4.5 million Ethiopians need emergency …
Watch video below.
EUGENE — Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele, the man widely regarded as the best runner of all-time, thrilled a morning crowd of about 4,000 spectators with a world-record attempt in the 10,000 meters that was a mere eight seconds …
Press Release from Coalition for H.R. 2003
Oklahoma State Senate unanimously passed Resolution on Ethiopia. All Republicans came on board. As you may know, Senator Inhofe of Oklahoma personally tried to intervene and kill the Resolution as he is still …
By Jane Anson, decanter.com
BORDEAUX, FRANCE — The Castel Group, France’s largest wine producer, is starting wine production in Ethiopia.
The group is planting grapes on 125ha of farmland in Zewey, 200km south of the capital Addis Ababa. A further …
(PressTV) — Top commander of Ethiopian Woyanne forces in Somalia has been gunned down by unidentified insurgents in the war-torn country’s capital Mogadishu.
The Ethiopian Woyanne military leader was shot in the head by unknown gunmen from a …
EUGENE, Oregon (AFP) — Kenenisa Bekele, of Ethiopia, fell short in his bid to break his own world record but still managed to run the fastest 10,000 metres ever on American soil at Sunday’s Prefontaine Classic.
Bekele, who was competing …
Anuak Justice Council
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Mr. Omot Obang Olum, the Gambella Region Governor who was appointed to his position following his suspected collaboration with the EPRDF regime of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi in the massacre of 424 Anuak leaders …
Ethiopia and Sudan Border Issues Committee reports that 26 Ethiopians who were detained by Sudanese authorities have been released.
Click here to read more [pdf, Amharic]…
CALGARY – Ethiopian ex-pats waiting to ask tough questions of an Ethiopian governor of the Gambella region did not get the opportunity here Saturday afternoon after the official was a no-show, having been denied entry into the country a day …
Athidibegn (አትሂድብኝ) – Amharic song by young Ethiopian artist Zeritu Kebede, nicknamed ‘Baby’.
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Berhanu Nega, the leader of Ginbot 7 Movement for Democracy and Justice in Ethiopia, has arrived in London today where he was warmly received by several supporters.
Dr Berhanu will speak at a public meeting tomorrow afternoon in London and …
CALGARY – An African human rights group is calling on Ottawa to refuse entry to an Ethiopian politician linked to a 2003 massacre.
Omot Obang Olom, governor of Gambella province in Ethiopia, is scheduled to give a speech in Calgary …
ADDIS ABABA (Xinhua) — Ethiopia’s [Ministry of Misinformation] on Saturday refuted some foreign media and humanitarian organizations for their exaggerated reports on the current food shortage in pocket areas of the country.
“It is ridiculous and unethical that some media …
By Ethiopians for Obama
Senator Obama’s rally at the Nissan Pavilion was truly astounding. In the baking sun on a Thursday afternoon, thousands upon thousands of Virginians came out in full force seeking a change. After eight years of a …
Barack Obama should not pick Hillary Clinton as his vice-presidential nominee, former president Jimmy Carter has told the Guardian.
“I think it would be the worst mistake that could be made,” said Carter. “That would just accumulate the negative aspects …
Gambellan Governor’s Visit Brings International Publicity to Genocide Despite Attempts to Evict Press
By Obang Metho
Thanks to the visit from the government-appointed governor of Gambella, Omot Obang Olum, himself a suspected genocide collaborator, the story of the genocide of …
Ethiopia’s Tirunesh Dibaba celebrates after winning the women’s 10,000m at the 2007 IAAF World Athletics Championships, in Osaka. (Adrian Dennis/Getty Images)
(CBC) — Ethiopia’s Tirunesh Dibaba set a new world 5,000m record at the Bislett Games Golden League …
Statement from Tegbar.org
Lack of organization and the absence of competent and qualified political leaders who can organize and lead the struggle for freedom in Ethiopia have contributed to prolonging Woyanne’s rule. Today it is becoming more clear who is …
Prominent Ethiopian lawyer Shakespear Feyissa had confronted U.S. top diplomat for Africa, Jendayi Frazer, with tough questions about her support for Africa’s dictators at a public meeting in Seattle last week.
Ato Shakespear asked the ambassador about her close friendship …
Dr Berhanu Nega, former senior leader of Ethiopia’s major opposition party, Kinijit, and Mayor-Elect of Addis Ababa, is heading to the U.K. today to meet with Ethiopians in London.
The public meeting, which is being organized by Kinijit supporters in …
Concerned Ethiopians in Washington DC have written an open letter to Aba Kewstos asking him to provide report about the funds he had collected for repairing Ethiopian monasteries in Jerusalem, Israel, that are said to be falling apart.
A few …
The Ethiopian community in northern Virginia is in shock today after learning about the killing of Metsihet Belete, a resident of Arlington, Virginia, who is originally from Ethiopia.
Arlington Police have arrested Metsihet’s husband, Sirak Gebeyehu, 27, who is suspected …
Residents and community leaders in western Ethiopia say thousands of people in several border regions have been displaced by Sudanese troops in recent weeks, following what they describe as a secret, illegal deal between the governments in Addis Ababa and …
Until he started making news as a possible contender for the US presidency, Barack Obama, who this week won the Democratic ticket in the White House race, was almost unknown in Ethiopia. Now, he has a huge fan club in …