Ethiopia’s genocidal regime led by the Woyanne junta has a new propaganda strategy. Here it is: After conducting a fake election in May 2010 and claimed to have won 99.6 percent of the seats in parliament, its propaganda chief Bereket …

The Oakland Institute has released a report titled (Mis)Investment in Agriculture: The Role of the International Finance Corporation in the Global Land Grab, which points out that more than 13 million Ethiopians are in need of food aid, “but …

The following letter was sent to Ethiopian Review today by Robert Hornsby, Director of Media Relations, Columbia University:

from: Robert Hornsby
to: Elias Kifle

The longstanding editorial policy of the World Leaders Forum website has been to provide only the …

The Los Angeles Little Ethiopia neighborhood hosted its 9th annual street festival on Sunday, September 12. Over 20 Ethiopian businesses in Los Angeles took part in the festival. Shockingly, the Woyanne cadres in Los Angeles were also given a table …

Encouraged by the worldwide attention it has drawn, organizers of Facebook’s Free Birtukan Week have extended the campaign until the end of September.

The organizers also want to involve other social networks and IMs, including Myspace, Linkedin, Digg, Yahoo Buzz, …

By Elias Kifle

EthioMedia.com has been publishing a series of articles [1, 2] by some one pen named Tikur Chaka in the past few weeks. I have received requests by some EPPF supporters and Ethiopian Review readers …

This is a good example of the difference between developed countries who work to provide easy access to information, and poor countries like Ethiopia whose government spends tens of millions of dollars to restrict access to information. — Editor’s Note…

This is to those who doubt that there is a full fledged fascism in Ethiopian currently under the Meles regime.

Forwarded to ER by Sioum Gebeyehou

Based on research by Dr. Lawrence Britt examining the fascist regimes of Hitler, Mussolini, …

By Seid Hassan

Devaluation is associated with fixed or pegged exchange rates systems whose value is not being determined by the normal (free) mechanics of supply and demand. In general, devaluation reflects the existence of serious macroeconomic problems (imbalances) and …

There is a grass root (net root) movement currently going on in Facebook that is calling on every one who supports the release of Birtukan Mideksa to change his/her profile photo to Birtukan’s picture.

Ethiopian Review endorses this call, which …

Ethiopian singer Neway Debebe received a silent treatment on Saturday at a wedding in Washington DC.

There were others singers, including Efrem Tamiru, who performed at the wedding. They were treated normally and politely. In Neway Debebe’s case, apparently most …

From Live Aid in the mid-1980s to today, Western attempts to help famine-plagued Ethiopia have had little effect. Author Peter Gill explains why in his recently published book, “Famine and Foreigners.” William Easterly reviews the book for the …

Experts at Access Capital, a well-known economic research firm in Ethiopia, were taken by surprise when they learned about yesterday’s 20 percent devaluation of Ethiopian currency exchange rate.

In an analysis released today, the firm said: ” The magnitude …

The following article by Gregory R. Copley discusses how the recent discovery of natural gas in Ethiopia is causing shifting of power and strategies in the Horn of Africa and Middle East. Copley, who appears to be well-connected to Western …

An Ethiopian financial expert says:

There are two implications of this devaluation.

1- It makes the country’s exports relatively less expensive for foreigners — a win for Foreigners.

2- It makes foreign products relatively more expensive for domestic consumers — …

A world-renowned Ethiopian scientist Admasu Gebre, who has invented a Vehicle Guidance System (VGS), was sent to prison for 2 years this week in Ethiopia after a court found him guilty of copyrights violations, according to a report by Addis …

By MD HUMAIDAN | ARAB NEWS

JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA — The Supervisor General of the National Society for Human Rights in Jazan, Ahmad Al-Bahkali, said the health conditions of many inmates in the main deportation center in Jazan was poor.…

The Economist points out that office and residential buildings that are currently being built in Addis Ababa contribute to pollution and are vulnerable to earthquakes. Most of these buildings are constructed by Woyanne-affiliated companies such as Sunshine Construction with little …

United State Senators Feingold and Leahy have introduced a new legislation titled, Support for Democracy and Human Rights in Ethiopia Act of 2010. Read text of the bill below or click here:

To reaffirm United States objectives in …

Ginbot 7 Movement for Justice, Freedom and Democracy (Ginbot 7) has created an alliance with two other parties, Afar People’s Party, and Ethiopian Movement for Unity and Justice.

The press release issued by the coalition announces its name as “Alliance …

Today is the 35th anniversary of the passing away of one of Ethiopian’s and Africa’s greatest leaders, Atse Haileselassie (July 23, 1892 – August 27, 1975). Africa has been with out a genuine leader since his passing away 35 years …

The video below shows Samuel Tafesse, owner of Sunshine Construction, a business partner of Ethiopia’s brutal tyrant, and the second richest person in Ethiopia, build a school in Axum, Tigray, a region that gets the lion share of federal budget, …

In an interview with OLF media, the President of the Oromo Studies Association (OSA) defended the participation of Dr. Berhanu Nega in OSA’s recent conference and declared that Oromo struggle has transformed into Ethiopian struggle.

OSA president Dr. Haile Hirpa …

Legendary Chinese-American orchestral composer and Silk Road Ensemble play Muziqawi Silt originally played by Hailu Mergia & the Wallias Ethiopian band. It was written by Girma Beyene in 1977. Enjoy.

The original
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The Voice of America (VOA) has a 2-part interview with Dr. Getachew Begashaw, professor of economics and head of the economics department at William Ray Harper College in Chicago, and Dr. Aklog Birara, a senior economist with the World Bank. …

The fake patriarch in Ethiopia is facing the worst crisis since he took over the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church’s (EOTC) leadership at the barrel of the gun 19 years ago. According to reports reaching Ethiopian Review’s office this week, alms …

Last week, Rwandan President Paul Kagame was reelected  with 93% of the vote. Actually it cannot be called election. Following in the foot steps of Ethiopia’s Meles Zenawi, what Kagame and gang conducted was a fake election where the winner …

By Amanuel Biedemariam

One of the biggest mistake Ethiopians could make in the fight against one of the most brutish of leaders the world has ever seen is to believe that Meles is their problem and theirs only. Meles Zenawi …

WASHINGTON — Singapore, New Zealand and Saudi Arabia would see their populations triple if everyone who wants to move there were allowed to, a poll released Friday by Gallup shows.

At the opposite end of the scale, the populations of …

EDITOR’S NOTE: How long Ethiopians will continue to suffer such wretchedness and dishonor, even at the hands of the people whom they helped to liberate from colonialists??

NAIROBI, KENYA — Eighty-nine Ethiopians charged with being in Kenya illegally on Thursday …

Ethiopian Review has been the subject of constant harassment by Al Amoudi and Meles Zenawi lawyers that are based in Washington DC, the “capital of free speech.” One of Al Amoudi’s lawyers, Mary E. Gately of the DLP Piper law …

On Wednesday, police in Kenya’s capital Nairobi arrested some 90 Ethiopians who were crammed in a single house. Authorities believe the Ethiopians, most of them without travel documents, were on their way to South Africa. The World Bank-financed Woyanne junta …

Today is the 3rd anniversary of the passing away of Ethiopia’s preeminent Orthodox Church scholar and religious father. His absence is deeply felt these days as Ethiopians are left with few leaders who dare to speak the truth and take …

The Woyanne-controlled Ethiopian News Agency (ENA) has reported today:

Over five million school age children in Afar State will join school in the coming academic year, the state education bureau said on Thursday.

The whole Afar State population is less …

EDITOR’S NOTE: Woyanne uses this money to fuel its machinery of repression. It should be one of the opposition parties’ target if they want to break Woyanne’s backbone.

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (APA) — Remittances by Ethiopians in the Diaspora has …

TAIZ, YEMEN — Yemeni authorities in Taiz province have handed over 150 Ethiopian immigrants to Passport and Immigration Authority in Sana’a who were detained for entering into Yemen illegally.

The Immigration and Passport Authority said they will deport the Ethiopians …

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ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA — Yesterday, August 17, 2010, around 8 pm, unidentified men tried to enter into Awramba Times’ office. Six hours earlier, the security guard was beaten up and suffered serious injuries.

The unidentified attackers had also threatened the …

ISMAILIA, Egypt — Smugglers may have killed as many as 10 Ethiopian and Eritrean migrants in an armed battle near the Egyptian-Israeli border last week and dozens more could be lost in the desert, Egyptian security sources said on Sunday.…

By Jawar S. Mohammed

In recent years, Prime Minister Ethiopia’s genocidal tyrant Meles Zenawi has been pushing hard to signal to the West that they cannot use their leverage to pressure him into undertaking economic and political reforms that threaten …

By James M.

The dictators of our time live by preaching dogmas such as religious fundamentalism and fanaticism, revolutionary democracy etc interwoven with practiced kleptocracy (rampant greed & corruption), misinformation, deceptions, intimidation, scare mongering, repression, extra-judicial killings etc.

Religious fundamentalism, …

By Derek Kravitz | The Washington Post

Ask any of the thousands of Ethiopian immigrants working as parking attendants or cabbies around Washington whom they aspire to be like, and you’ll probably hear about Henok Tesfaye.

Tesfaye, 37, started as …

While many fall for crumbs (firfari) and sell out Ethiopia to Woyanne, some artists are standing firm against all the odds. One of these incorruptible artists is Tamagn Beyene. The following is a video tribute to him by Dereje Degefaw. …

By Abul Taher | The Daily Mail

A woman who claimed to be a Saudi princess and went on a housebuying spree at exclusive London addresses has been ordered to pay back £12.5 million (US$19.5 million) after a judge ruled …

By Tom Dunmore

National team player, national team coach for his country’s only major international triumph, co-founder of his continent’s FIFA confederation, president of that confederation for 15 years, and in many ways the man who set in motion the …

By Hunde D. Gabissa

It is almost two decades since Somalia started the unpleasant journey to nowhere. The conflict which started either as political, tribal or/and ideological differences overthrown the Mohamed Siad Barre national government and opened a way for …

A new book by World Bank economist Dr Aklog Birara has been released and it’s receiving rave reviews for its in-depth analysis backed by a wealth of facts and figures about the multitude of problems that have plagued Ethiopia.

Ato …

BOOK REVIEW By Fikre Tolossa

Ye Colenel Mengistu Tizita, Volume II
(The Reminiscence of Colonel Mengistu Hailemariam)
Published by Kibru Publishers
Addis Ababa, 2002 (Eth. Cal)
Pages: 183
Author, Genet Ayele

The second volume of the reminiscence of Colonel Mengistu …

When Ato Gebremedhin (formerly Aba Paulos) recently erected his statue in Addis Ababa, he has drawn widespread condemnation. Even some religious Woyannes were unable to defend his action. The erection of his own statue, however, is just one part of …

By Amanuel Biedemariam

Leading up to the fake “demonstration” the TPLF or Meles Zenawi’s supporters conducted earlier this month (August 5), they run an ad detailing the reasons for the event. The sign read, “Come for a peaceful demonstration. A …

A rejoinder to Shiferaw Abebe’s article on OLF

By Dumessaa Diimmaa

I am astounded and disturbed by a gratuitous vilification, denunciation and resentment of Ato Shiferaw Abebe towards OLF. One can feel the fury of his pen and his unmitigated …

Ethiopia’s genocidal warlord Meles Zenawi has told reporters at a press conference today that his regime is ready to talk with Ginbot 7.

Responding to a question by EthioChannel newspaper reporter, Meles said that Ginbot 7 and all the other …