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Edu-corruption and Mis-education in Ethiopia

educEducorruption and the miseducation of Ethiopian youth

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world,” said Nelson Mandela. For the late Meles Zenawi and his apostles (the Melesistas) in Ethiopia, the reverse is true:

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Abune Petros in our heart.

Abune Petros in our heart. By Yilma Bekele

On July 29th. 1936 Abune Petros was executed by the Italian fascist that were trying to colonize our country for his refusal to submit. On May 2nd. 2013 the monument that was …

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ENTC responds to Teodros Adhanom’s allegations

Ethiopian National Transitional Council (ENTC) leadership issued an open letter in response to Teodros Adhanom’s allegations that the organization’s demand to investigate the legality of the regime’s bond sales abroad constitutes an anti-Ethiopia sentiment.

Read the response – Amharic (pdf)…

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Ethiopia: Shadowboxing Smoke and Mirrors

 shadowMeles Zenawi when he was alive and his apostles today (“Melesistas”) keep playing us in the Diaspora like a cheap fiddle. They make us screech, shriek, scream and shout by simply showing their mugs in our cities. How do they

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Arbitrary arrests, torture and killings common in Ethiopia – US State Department

U.S. State Department 2012 Report

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Ethiopia is a federal republic. On August 20, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi died. The ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) elected then deputy prime minister Hailemariam Desalegn to take Meles’s place as

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ENTC Dallas Chapter Press Release

The Ethiopian National Transitional Council (ENTC) Dallas chapter has issued the following press release following its successful public meeting on  April 27 2013.

Read the full Press Release here (pdf)…

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ENTC Germany Public meeting report

The Ethiopian National Transitional Council’s (ENTC) Germany Chapter hosted a successful town hall meeting in Frankfurt on April 27 2013 to discuss the process of forming an all-inclusive transitional government in Ethiopia.

ሪፖርቱን ለማንበብ እዚህ ይጫኑ

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Mengistu Hailemariam and our moral compass

Mengistu Hailemariam and our moral compass. By Yilma Bekele.
Today I felt like crawling under the blanket and just hide. I know that is what children do. They think hiding under the blanket makes them invisible. It give them a …

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Watching American Diplocrisy in Ethiopia

Hypocrisy America is Watching!?

Diplomacy by hypocrisy is “diplocrisy”.

Edmund Burke, the British statesman and philosopher, said “Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing.” We’ve heard many promises on …

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ESAT and messengers of peace in Jose, Ca.

ESAT and messengers of peace in Jose, Ca. By Yilma Bekele

Tamagne was here. I wrote that and felt I have said enough. Well since you asked I guess I will tell you the rest of the story. I thought …

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ENTC Dallas and Houston Public meetings – April 27 and 28

The Ethiopian National Transitional Council (ENTC) will host town hall meetings in Dallas and Houston, Texas, on April 27 and 28 2013 respectively, to discuss the process of forming an all-inclusive transitional government in Ethiopia. These meetings are part of …

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The Audacity of Evil in Ethiopia

Reeyot Alemu Ethiopian Political PrisonerTriumph of Evil?

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing”, said Edmund Burke. But what happens when evil triumphs over a good young woman journalist named Reeyot Alemu in Ethiopia? Do good …

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I am an Amara.

I am an Amara. “ene Amara negne.”- By Yilma Bekele
“Ich bin ein Berliner.” – “I am a Berliner” Those words were spoken by President John F. Kennedy on June 26, 1963 in West Berlin. He said that to show …

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State Criminality in Ethiopia’s Ogaden — Graham Peebles

Under Darkness in the Somali Region of Ethiopia

By Graham Peebles | Counterpunch.org
April 19, 2013

No matter how tightly truth is tied down, confined and suffocated, she slowly escapes. Seeping out through cracks and openings large and small, illuminating

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Land grab destroys lives: Obang Metho at congressional briefing

                                          African Land and Natural Resource Grabs Destroy Lives and Futures of Africans

Mr. Obang Metho, Solidarity Movement for a New Ethiopia (SMNE), warns of the impact on people at the U.S. Congressional Briefing on Land Grabs in Africa

April 15, …
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አማራንና አማርኛን ማጥፋት የህወሃት ፕሮግራም ነው

By Goolgule.com

April 15, 20013amhara

 

 

አማርኛ ተናጋሪዎችን የማመናመን፣ የማደህየት፣ የማራቆትና ክልላቸውን እያሳነሱ የማጥፋት እቅድ በህወሃት መርሃግብር ውስጥ የተካተተ ዋና ተግባር እንደሆነ ተገለጸ። አማርኛ ቋንቋንም ማሽመድመድ የዚሁ እቅድ አካል መሆኑ ተዘግቧል።

አቶ ገ/መድህን አርአያ ከኢሳት ሬዲዮ ጋር ባካሄዱት ቃለ …

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UNESCO Awards Reeyot Alemu Press Freedom Prize

Ethiopian journalist Reeyot Alemu wins 2013 UNESCO-Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize

By UnescoPress
April 16, 2013

Imprisoned Ethiopian journalist Reeyot Alemu is the winner of the 2013 UNESCO-Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. Ms Alemu was recommended by an …

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Ethiopia: Liberating a “Prison Nation”

Ethiopia today is a “prison of nations and nationalities with the Oromo being one of the prisoners”, proclaimed the recently issued Declaration of the Congress of the Oromo Democratic Front (ODF). This open-air prison is administered through a system …

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Welcome to the whipped nation- FDRE.

Welcome to the whipped nation- FDRE. By Yilma Bekele
Animal trainers use a whip with a stiff handle to show who the boss is. A whip is used to gain control and achieve compliance using pain. During slavery in the …

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Ethiopian Muslims staged protest rallies in several cities throughout Ethiopia

Carrying posters and placards that read “Fiteh” (justice), tens of thousands of Ethiopian Muslims staged peaceful protests in several cities across Ethiopia today. Some of the cities where protests took place include Addis Ababa at Anwar Mosque, Dessie, Awasa, Dire …

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ENTC is demanding an investigation on the legitimacy of the Nile dam bond sales in US

The Ethiopian National Transitional Council (ENTC) has sent a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) demanding an investigation on the legality of the Nile dam bond sales that are being conducted in the US. The letter challenges the …

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TPLF feels the heat; scrambles to reverse deportation of Amharas

TPLF appears to be buckling under international pressure:  it is backpedaling the racist and criminal deportation of Amharas from the Benishangul-Gumuz regional state.  Media outlets such as the Voice of America and Diaspora Ethiopians have been exposing this diabolical act. 

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Reeyot Alemu threatened with solitary confinement; CPJ protests

Ethiopia threatens journalist with solitary confinement

Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

April 10, 2013

His Excellency Berhan Hailu
Minister of Justice
P.O. Box 1370
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia

Via facsimile: +251-11-517-755
Via email: [email protected]

Dear Minister Birhan Hailu,

We are writing

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An Ethiopian woman in Bahrain freed after 8 years of captivity by an employer

By Aniqa Haider

BAHRAIN – An Ethiopian woman whose family had given her up for dead after they had no contact with her for nearly eight years is due to return home thanks to the help of community leaders.

Misrak AlemuMisrak …

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Capitol Hill Panel to Address Africa Land Grab

LAND-GRAB IN AFRICA
A Discussion with Advocates & Policymakers

Monday, April 15 at 2:00PM
U.S. CONGRESS: Rayburn House Office Building
(45 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC)

A SHORT DOCUMENTARY ON LAND GRABBING WILL BE SCREENED
Land grabbing is becoming the …

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World Bank Must End its Support for Human Rights Abuses in Ethiopia: David Pred

April 9, 2013

A multi-billion dollar aid program administered by the World Bank is underwriting systematic human rights abuses in Ethiopia. Last September, Ethiopian victims submitted a complaint about the program to the World Bank Inspection Panel, which is tasked …

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Ethiopia: Right in Prison, Wrong on the Throne

EskinderLast April, I wrote a “Special Tribute to My Personal Hero Eskinder Nega”.  In that tribute, I groped for words as I tried to describe this common Ethiopian man of uncommon valor, an ordinary journalist of extraordinary integrity …

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Ethiopian National Transitional Council spreads its message inside Ethiopia (video)

ENTC NEWS RELEASE

Members of the Ethiopian National Transitional Council (ENTC) are currently carrying out an awareness-creation campaign in Ethiopian cities about the need to establish an all inclusive transitional government.

ENTC believes that as long as the government in …

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Obang Metho: A New Chapter in Ethiopian Unity?

Oromo Democratic Front (ODF) Declares Commitment to Work with Others towards a Democratic, Multi-national Ethiopia:
Is this the Same New Ethiopia  We in the Solidarity Movement for a New Ethiopia (SMNE) Envision?

 

April 6, 2013

On March 30, 2013 I …

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ENTC keeps engaged in the Las Vegas taxi cab strike

In line with the motto ‘justice does not have borders’, ENTC has remained engaged in the causes of the Las Vegas taxicab strikes which now has its 5th week and counting. ‘After our initial press release, we are still …

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Growing up white in Ethiopia and America

Margaret J. O’Connor on lessons she learned growing up in Ethiopia — and from Martin Luther King Jr.’s death

April 3, 2013

You wouldn’t know it by looking at me, but I have two native countries — Ethiopia and Australia …

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Ethiopia: Muslim Protesters Face Unfair Trial | Human Rights Watch

Open Hearings to Family, Independent Monitors, Media

By Human Rights Watch

April 2, 2013

(Nairobi) – The prosecution of 29 Muslim protest leaders and others charged under Ethiopia’s deeply flawed anti-terrorism law raises serious fair trial concerns. The trial is …

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Land and Ethiopia’s Corruptocracy

no corrThe silence of Ethiopia’s “beautiful minds”

Professor A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, the renowned Indian scientist  (“Missile Man of India”)  and Eleventh President of India (2002-2007) said, “If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of

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ENTC issued a statement denouncing the suffering of the Amhara

The Ethiopian National Transitional Council (ENTC) has issued a press release denouncing the TPLF/EPRDF’s systemic ethnic cleansing of the Amhara people. The press release also highlighted that the elimination of the Amhara people has been written in the TPLF programs …

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The Dragon Eating the Eagle’s Lunch in Africa?

ch1Flight of the Eagle and pursuit of the Dragon 

In June 2011, during her visit to Zambia U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton pulled the alarm bell on a creeping “new colonialism” in Africa. While dismissing “China’s Model” of authoritarian

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ENTC releases official announcement for the July 2013 – all inclusive international conference

The Ethiopian National Transitional Council (ENTC) has officially announced the details of the all inclusive conference on removal and replacement of the TPLF/EPRDF regime. According to the statement released, the conference will be held in July 2013 in Washington DC. …

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The Pain of the Ogaden People

by GRAHAM PEEBLES | Counterpunch

March 23, 2013

“Every night, they took all of us girls to [interrogations]. They would separate us and beat us. The second time they took me, they raped me… All three of the men raped …

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ENTC expresses its support for the Las Vegas taxi drivers

The Ethiopian National Transitional Council (ENTC) expressed its support for the Las Vegas Yellow Checker Star taxi drivers in their demand to get fair working agreements. In its press release titled ‘Justice has no borders’, ENTC has pledged solidarity with …

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Graziani and the TPLF, an Ethiopian saga.

Graziani and the TPLF, an Ethiopian saga. By Yilma Bekele

‘The Duce will have Ethiopia, with or without the Ethiopians’. Rodolfo Graziani

I am writing this as a proud Ethiopian because Graziani’s promise to the Fascist dictator was thwarted by …

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ENTC-Atlanta held a discussion on removing the dictatorship in Ethiopia and replacing it with a Transitional Government

Ethiopian National Transitional Council logoThe Atlanta Chapter of Ethiopian National Transitional Council on Sunday, March 17, 2013, hosted a discussion on the planned all inclusive conference in July 2013 being organized in Washington DC to explore the removal and replacement of the repressive TPLF/EPRDF …

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Stop brutalizing Ethiopian refugees in Saudi Arabia

Ethiopian National Transitional Council logoThe Ethiopian National Transitional Council (ENTC) sent a letter to the Saudi ambassador in the US on the reprehensible abuse of Ethiopian refugees by the Saudi border police and security forces. In its letter, ENTC expressed its disappointment in the …

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Al Amoudi companies that are looting Ethiopia

The group of companies listed below are owned by Saudi agent Al Amoudi. These 40 companies are currently busy looting and plundering Ethiopia in partnership with the Woyanne apartheid junta. In the meantime, Al Amoudi’s puppet-masters in Saudi Arabia savagely …

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Obama “Moonwalking” Human Rights in Africa?

Kenyatta The great American poet Walt Whitman said, “Either define the moment or the moment will define you.” Will the election of Uhuru Kenyatta as president of Kenya define President Barack Obama in Africa or will President Barack Obama use the …

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The selling of Ethiopia to the highest bidder.

The selling of Ethiopia to the highest bidder. By Yilma Bekele
Actually that statement might not be true. We do know our country is being sold but we have no idea if the bidding has been open or closed. We …

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ENTC denounces religious interference and systemic ethnic cleansing

The Ethiopian National Transitional Council (ENTC) has issued a press release denouncing the TPLF/EPRDF’s recent actions of provocations on both the Christian and Muslim religions. The press release also highlighted the atrocities being committed on the various ethnic groups specifically …

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Counter Extremism with Freedom in Ethiopia

“Across the world, study after study affirms that where there is religious freedom, there is stability, harmony and prosperity, and where religious liberty is lacking, so are these blessings.”

 

Juhdi Jasser | Georgetown Journal of International Affairs

March 13, …

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Ethiopian-American murdered in Gambella

Omot Ojulu Odol, a 33-year old Ethiopian-American visiting his hometown in Gambella and five other local Anuaks were murdered in cold blood by Ethiopian security forces on March 2, 2013, according to the Vancouver, Canada-based Anuak Justice Council.

 

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አማራ መሆን ወንጀል ነው?

“በፌዴራል ተደብድባችሁ ትባረራላችሁ!”

By Goolgule.com

March 9, 2013

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“አማራ መሆን ወንጀል ነው? የሌሎች ብሔረሰብ አባላት በፈለጉበት ክልልና ስፍራ ይኖራሉ። አማራ ክልል ውስጥ ሰፊ መሬት ወስደው የሚኖሩ አሉ፤ የሚነካቸው የለም። አማራው እየተመረጠ ለስደት፣ ለመከራ፣ ለእንግልት ይዳረጋል? እስከመቼ በዚህ ይቀጥላል? ክልሉን …

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ENTC 2nd General Assembly conference official statement

The Ethiopian National Transitional Council (ENTC) conducted its 2nd general assembly meeting from Feb 22-24 in Alexandria, Virginia. Delegates from chapters around the world reviewed and discussed the accomplishments, challenges and road map of the organization. Click the links below …

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Tigrai Online: Muslim merchants legitimate targets

 

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The Ethiopian government has launched a comprehensive campaign to stamp out the year-long Muslim protests against government interference in religious affairs.

According to the website Tigraionline, the government has deployed an array of potent weapons against the Muslim community.  …

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Ethiopia: Rumors of Water War on the Nile?

Late last month, Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Defense Minister Prince Khalid Bin Sultan fired a shot across the bow from the Arab Water Council in Cairo to let the regime in Ethiopia know that his country takes a dim view of …

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Ethiopians and Somalis Enslaved in Yemen

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(Yemen Post) – An investigation conducted by al-Wethaq a couple of months ago – a right group organization based in Yemen – revealed that two years in its post revolution era Yemen is still home to hundreds of slaves.

Despite …

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The Green Green Gold of Ethiopia: Graham Peebles

By Graham Peebles | Counterpunch.com

March 8, 2013

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Ancestral land that for generations has served as home and livelihood for hundreds of thousands of indigenous people in Ethiopia is being leased out, on 99-year renewable contracts at nominal sums …

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Ethiopia’s ‘jihadi’ film and its boomerang effects

The film seeks to transform the “demands for freedom of religion” into a joint criminal enterprise with terror groups.

Awol K Allo | Aljazeera
March 4, 2013

On February 5, 2013, Ethiopia’s only and publicly funded Television Station, ETV, aired …

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The Moral Equivalent of an Anti-Apartheid Movement in Ethiopia?

MPEthiopian Muslims engaged in the moral equivalent of an anti-Apartheid movement?

In her recent commentary in the New York Review of Books, “Obama: Failing the African Spring?”, Dr. Helen Epstein questioned the Obama Administration for turning a blind

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Displacement, Intimidation and Abuse: Land Loyalties in Ethiopia

By Graham Peebles | counterpunch.org

March 1, 2013

With the coming of industrial-size farms in Ethiopia, local people, villagers and pastoralists (deemed irrelevant to the Government’s, economically-driven development plans) are being threatened, and intimidated by the military; forcibly displaced and …

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የፍርሃትና ስም ማጥፋት ፖለቲካ በኢትዮጵያ

ፕሮፌሰር ዓለማየሁ ገብረማርያም

ትርጉም ከነጻነት ለሃገሬ

2011፡ የሙስና አገዛዝ፤ ፍርሃትና ሰም ማጥፋት

በዲሴምበር 2011 ‹‹ኢትዮጵያ የደም ሃገር ወይም የንቅዘት (ሙስና) ሃገር›› በሚል ርእስ የኢትዮጵያን ሁለት ገጽታ በማመዛዘን አንድ ጦማር አስነብቤ ነበር፡፡ በዚያን ወቅት ትራንስፓረንሲ ኢንተርናሽናል በተባለው ተቋም ተቀምጦ የነበረው ገጽታ

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Indian National TV presents debate on Ethiopia land grab

Click here to watch the debate

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The London Debretsion Church and the Ethiopians

By Yilma Bekele

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=W32z928rkdk#at=197
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London Debretsion

This is Debretsion Ethiopian Orthodox Church in London England. The picture seems to have been taken on a cold winter day. It …

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Indian land grabs in Ethiopia show dark side of south-south co-operation

By Anuradha Mittal | Guardian

February 25, 2013

The idea of south-south co-operation evokes a positive image of solidarity between developing countries through the exchange of resources, technology, and knowledge. It’s an attractive proposition, intended to shift the international balance

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Ethiopia: The Prototype African Police State

ps2The sights and sounds of an African police state

When Erin Burnett of CNN visited Ethiopia in July 2012, she came face-to-face with the ugly face of an African police state:

We saw what an African police state looked like

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TPLF agents wreak havoc in London’s Debretsion Ethiopian Orthodox Church (video)

Agents of The Tigray People’s People Liberation Front (TPLF) routinely generate conflict within Diaspora Ethiopian communities. They spy on, harass and intimidate those associations and organizations they are unable to infiltrate. The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (EOTC), in particular, and …

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Saudi Arabia: 53 Ethiopian Christians arrested for praying in a private home

Forty-six detainees are women, and most likely face deportation. The authorities have accused them of converting Muslims to Christianity. There is no religious freedom in the country: the monarchy allows private worship of other faiths, but the religious police carry

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ENTC conference in DC – Local media coverage

 

Ato Abebayehu Alula, ENTC leadership and Ato Ashebir Tadesse, ENTC-Washington DC metro local council chair urge the Ethiopian community to come and exchange ideas on how we move forward in the struggle for freedom and democracy in Ethiopia.

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ENTC will hold a public meeting on February 24th

The Ethiopian National Transitional Council (ENTC) is organizing a town hall in Washington DC on Sunday, February 24, 2013, following its 2-day general assembly.

Local representatives from several cities and countries around the world are heading to Washington DC starting …

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Ethiopia: The Politics of Fear and Smear

fs2011: Dictatorship, corruption and the politics of fear and smear

In December 2011, I wrote a commentary entitled, “Ethiopia: Land of Blood or Land of Corruption?” contrasting two portraits of Ethiopia. At the time, the portrait painted by

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TPLF operative launches vicious attack against Ethiopian church in exile

A semi-literate TPLF operative by the name of Entehabu Berhe lobs poisonous charges against the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church (EOTC) in the Diaspora.  The EOTC’s opposition to government interference is disingenuously presented as an attack on the people of Tigrai. 

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ኢህአዴግ አንገቱን ታንቋል

ዓለም ባንክ ርምጃ ለመውሰድ ጫፍ ደርሷል

Source:  Goolgule.com

February 16, 2013

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/ዜና ጎልጉል/ ኢህአዴግ ላይ ቀደም ሲል ሲቀርቡበት ከነበሩት ሪፖርቶች በተለየ ጥቅሞቹ ላይ ያነጣጠሩ አስደንጋጭ መረጃዎች እንደወጡበት ተሰማ። መረጃው የኢህአዴግን አንገት የማነቅ ያህል እንደሚቆጠርና ለተግባራዊነቱ የተንቀሳቀሱትን አካላት “የአስተዋይነት” ትግል …

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Salavation in worshiping Meles? His successors hope so — Economist

Ruling Ethiopia

Long live the king

Ethiopia’s new leadership is practising hero-worship

The Economist

February 16, 2013

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DURING his two decades running Ethiopia, Meles Zenawi almost single-handedly engineered its rise from lost cause to model pupil. Even his enemies admit …

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ኢትዮጵያ፡ ከዚህ በኋላ ቀጣዩ ጉዟችን (ወይም መቆሚያችን) ወዴት ነው?

ፕሮፌሰር ዓለማየሁ ገብረማርያም

ትርጉም ከነጻነት ለሃገሬ

በዴሞክራሲ የአንድነት ጎዳና ላይ?

በጁን 2012 ‹‹ኢትዮጵያ፡ በሕገ መንግስታዊ ዴሞክራሲ ጎዳና ላይ›› የሚል ጦማር አቅርቤ ነበር፡፡ ‹‹በርካታማ ሕበረሰቦች ከጭቆና ወደ ዴሞክራሲ ሽግግርን ሲያስቡና ሲንቀሳቀሱ፤ እንቅስቃሴያቸውን የሚገቱ በርካታ ፈተናዎች›› እንደገጠሟቸው በማስረጃ የተደገፉ ታሪካዊ እውነታዎችን ጠቅሼ …

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Eruk Misraq – Hanna Girma

The incredible Hanna Girma

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የወያኔ ሀረካት

የ አቤ ቶኪቻው መልስ ለወያኔ ፕሮፓጋንዳ

Abe Tkoichaw’s response to Woyane theatrics in defaming Ethiopian Muslims …

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Doing business with dictators is high risk — a warning to Indian investors

Obang Metho’s presentation to the National Press Club of India

February 5, 2013

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I would like to give a special thank you to the Centre For Social Development (CSD) in association with Indian Social Action Forum (INSAF), Popular Education …

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Ethiopia: Where Do We Go (or not go) From Here?

On the road to democracy and unity?

For some time now, I have been heralding Ethiopia’s irreversible march from dictatorship to democracy. In April 2011, I wrote a commentary entitled, “The Bridge on the Road(map) to Democracy”. I …

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30,000 made homeless as TPLF demolishes homes, confiscates land

By Betre Yacob | Assaman.info (Italy)

February 7, 2013

The Ethiopia’s tyrannical government demolished more than 7 thousand houses in Addis Ababa in the districts named Bole and Nifas Silk, and left more than 30 thousand poor people without

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Ethiopian Lutheran church breaks with foreign affiliates over homosexuality

Lutheran church in Ethiopia severs relationship with ELCA

ELCA NEWS SERVICE
February 7, 2013

CHICAGO (ELCA) — The Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus is severing its relationship with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), the Church of Sweden and …

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Violence and the Ethiopians.

Violence and the Ethiopians. By Yilma Bekele
We always think of our people to be so loving that welcome a stranger into their homes and share what little they have. Our language is full of sayings about being a good …

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የኢትዮጵያ አምባገነኖች ጉም ይጨብጣሉ አውሎ ነፋስን ይዎርሳሉ!

ፕሮፌሰር ዓለማየሁ ገብረማርያም

ትርጉም ከነጻነት ለሃገሬ

የአፍሪካ አምባገነኖች የዉሃ ላይ ቤተመንግስተና የዉሃ ገደብ: ለዘላለም  ለስማቸው መጠሪያ ይሆናል ብለው ሲገነቡና ሲያስገነቡ ኖረዋል:: ትተው ያለፉት በሕያውነት ጀግነውና ሲወደሱ መኖርን ነበር፡፡ ውጤቱ ግን ጉምን መጨበጥ ነፋስን መውረስ ሆኗል፡፡

የጋናው  ክዋሚ ንክሩማ በ1957 ዓም …

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Indian investors are forcing Ethiopians off their land – Guardian

Thousands of Ethiopians are being relocated or have already fled as their land is sold off to foreign investors without their consent

By John Vidal | The Guradian

February 6, 2013

Ethiopia‘s leasing of 600,000 hectares (1.5 acres) of …

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Obang addresses land grab conference in India

Statement by Mr. Obang Metho, Executive Director of the SMNE

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Understanding Land Investment in East Africa

Seminar Hall II, India International Centre, Max Muller Marg, New Delhi

 

A Day Light Robbery in Ethiopia: “Doing Business” With African dictators
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Preparation for ENTC general assembly and public meeting is being finalized

The Ethiopian National Transitional Council (ENTC) is organizing a town hall in Washington DC on Sunday, February 24, 2013, following its 2-day general assembly.

Local representatives from several cities and countries around the world are heading to Washington DC starting …

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Ethiopia: They Shall Inherit the Wind

windThe Sandcastles and Dams of African Dictators

All dictators on the African continent have sought immortality by leaving a legacy that will outlive them and endure for the ages. But all have inherited the wind.

Kwame Nkrumah led the first

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Africans In India: From Slaves to Generals and Rulers

An exhibit at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York

Over the centuries, East Africans have greatly distinguished themselves in India as generals, commanders, admirals, architects, prime ministers, and rulers. They have written a story unparalleled in …

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CPJ protests arrest of Ethiopian journalist for covering Muslim protest

Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

Nairobi, February 1, 2013

Ethiopian security forces have detained for two weeks without charge the editor of a newsmagazine and accused him of incitement to terrorism, according to local journalists. The Committee to Protect Journalists …

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የኢትዮጵያ አቦሸማኔዎችና አባ ዝምታዎች ትንሣኤ

ከፕሮፌሰር ዓለማየሁ ገብረማርያም

ትርጉም ከነጻነት ለሃገሬ

በአቦሸማኔዎች ምድር የጉማሬዎች (አባ ዝምታዎች) ዓለም

በአዲስ ዓት መግቢያ ጦማሬ ላይ 2013ን ‹‹የኢትዮጵያ የአቦሸማኔ ዓመት››(የወጣቶቹ)  ብዬው ነበር፡፡ በዚህ ዓመትም የኢትዮጵያን ወጣቶች ለማስተማር፤ባሉበት ለመድረስ፤ለማሳሰብም ቃል ገብቼ ነበር:: የኢትዮጵያም የምሁራን አምባ ይህንኑ ለማድረግ ጥረት እንዲያደርጉ …

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Ethiopia: Rise of the Chee-Hippo Generation

The Silent World of Hippos on Planet Cheetah

In my first weekly commentary of the new year, I “proclaimed” 2013 “Year of Ethiopia’s Cheetah Generation” (young people). I also promised to reach, teach and preach to Ethiopia’s youth this year …

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Ethiopia’s resettlement scheme leaves lives shattered and UK facing questions

January 22, 2013

A ‘villagisation’ programme has left many people from Ethiopia’s Gambella region bereft of land and loved ones, casting donor support in an unflattering light

 

Mr O twists his beaded keyring

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ኢትዮጵያ፡- ሃለፊነታቸውን የዘነጉት ግድ የለሽ ምሁራን

ከፕሮፌሰር ዓለማየሁ ገብረማርያም

ትርጉም ከነጻነት ለሃገሬ

በቅርቡ ናኦም ቺሞስኪ: የኤም አይ ቲ (M.I.T.) ዩኒቨርሲቲ የስነ ቋንቋ ፕሮፌሰርና የአሜሪካ ቀደምት ምሁር፤ ለአልጀዚራ ስለአሜሪካ የቀለም ሰዎችና ምሁራን በሰጡት ቃለ መጠይቅ ላይ ምሁሮቹ ሃላፊነት ጉድለትና ግድ የለሽነት አንደሚያሳዩ መግለጫ ሰጥተው ነበር፡፡ ላለፉት 4 …

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Coup Attempt by Rebel Soldiers Is Said to Fail in Eritrea: NYT

By Jeffrey Gettleman | New York Times
January 22, 2013

GARSEN, Kenya — Eritrea, a sliver of a nation in the Horn of Africa that is one of the most secretive and repressive countries in the world, was cast into …

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Reflecting on our past and fighting for our future

By:  Belay Berhanu W. Mariam

New York, N.Y.

01/21/2013

“Learn from yesterday, live for today, and hope for tomorrow” (Albert Einstein).

Let me start by introducing myself. I immigrated to U.S. in 1988 for political reasons and I have been …

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Conflicting reports about coup attemp in Eritrea: CBS

Possible failed coup attempt in Eritrea

CBS News (January 21, 2013)

More than 100 dissident soldiers stormed the Ministry of Information in the small East African nation of Eritrea on Monday and read a statement on state TV saying the …

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Coup in Eritrea? TV off air; soldiers surround Ministry of Information

Eritrea: ‘Troops deployed’ in Asmara

BBC (January 21, 2013)

Reports from Eritrea say a group of around 100 soldiers have surrounded the ministry of information in the capital, Asmara.

State TV has also reportedly been taken off air in what …

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Ethiopia: The Irresponsibility of the Privileged?

Recently, Naom Chomsky, MIT Professor of Linguistics and arguably America’s foremost public intellectual, gave an interview to Al Jazeera on the social (ir)responsibility of American academics and intellectuals. Chomsky, 84, has been raising hell for over four decades, getting into …

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TPLF military tigthens grip on Ethiopian economy

Meet MetEC – the misleadingly named Ethiopian Metal and Engineering Corporation that has come to dominate the Ethiopian economy in less than one year.

Headed by Brigadier General Kinfu Dagnew, MetEC now controls 15 industries and 100 factories. It has

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Ethiopia marching toward a failed state – US Intelligence

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Ethiopia will be among the top failed states, according to a report by the Director of National Intelligence, an umbrella organization of US intelligence agencies. 

Entitled “Global Trends 2030: Alternative Trends”, Ethiopia is among the top 15 states expected to …

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አዲስ አበባ ረክሳለች!

ለጋ ህጻናትን ለባለስልጣናትና ባለሃብቶች ማቅረብ “ትርፋማ” ሆኗል

Source:  Goolgule.com

January 14, 20013

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ትውልድ አምካኝ ቤቶችን፣ ትውልድ አምካኝ ደላሎችን፣ በህጻናት የወሲብ ንግድ ገንዘብ የሚሰበስቡትን፣ ማጥፋት ቀላል ነው። ግን ተጠቃሚዎቹ ህግ አስከባሪዎቹ፣ ህግ አወጪዎቹና ዋናዎቹ “የአገሪቱ ህዳሴ ባለቤቶች” የሚባሉት በመሆናቸው አይታሰብም። …

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ESAT interview with Elias Kifle (video)

ESAT’s Dereje Desta interviews Ethiopian Review editor Elias Kifle

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ENTC has formed a new chapter in Sudan

Ethiopian National Transitional Council (ENTC) has continued to work on expanding its organizational reach throughout the world. This effort includes strengthening the chapters that are already established as well as forming new ones. In line with this effort, the leadership …

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ኢትዮጵያ፤ የመዳኛ ወቅትና፤ የዕረቀሰላምጊዜ

ከፕሮፌሰር ዓለማየሁ ገብረማርያም

ትርጉም ከነጻነት ለሃገሬ

የረፖርተር ድሕረ ገፅ ሲዘግብ:

‹‹በጎሳ ላይ የተመሰረተ ግጭት በአዲስ አበባ ዩኒቨርሲቲ ተማሪዎች መሃል በመጸዳጃ ቤቶች፤ በቤተመጻህፍትና በመኝታ ቤት  ግድግዳ ላይ፤የተጻፉ አስፀያፊ ክብረነክ ጸሁፎች ከስድስት በላይ የሆኑ ተማሪዎችን ለከፍተኛ የመቁሰል አደጋ ተጠቂ ዳርጓቸዋል:: በርካታዎችንም ለእስር

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ENTC denounces assassination attempt on Abebe Gelaw

It has been reported in the news that TPLF/EPRDF hatched plot had been foiled by the US FBI office and the suspects are under investigation. ENTC strongly denounces this shameful act. It is a recent memory that following the 2005 …

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