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 …

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.…

(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.…

By Yilma Bekele

The news from home is not good. We are doing it again. If I remember right this is the third or fourth time around. The first was in 1974. The whole world wept with us. Over 200,000 …

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 …

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 …

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA — THE journey of three Ethiopian refugees from their homeland to Melbourne is the inspiration behind a city art exhibition.

Flemington’s Sutueal Bekele is one of the artists contributing to The Journey: From Ancient Ethiopia to Contemporary Melbourne, …

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.

Six year …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

The pressures of weeknight cooking make it easy to fall into ruts, especially in the spice cabinet.

Most cooks reach for the same seasonings (Italian blend, anyone?) over and over. Yet herbs and spices offer some of the easiest and …

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 …

(CBC News) — A Canadian citizen who has been imprisoned in Ethiopia for more than a year has been charged with terrorism-related activities and could face the death penalty, CBC News has learned.

The Ethiopian Embassy in Canada …

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 …

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 …

Secretary General of Ethiopia’s major opposition party, the Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party (Kinijit), has resigned this week saying that he is unable to carry out his responsibilities because of the worsening political climate in the country.

Ato Muluneh …

The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) has caused heavy damages to Woyanne troops stationed in the Ogaden region, south eastern Ethiopia, during battles that were waged from May 12 – May 17 last month.

ONLF’s coordinated attacks in Kebridhar, Nusradik, …

“Fatima!” screamed one girl from a passing school bus on Hyde Park Avenue.

“You go Fatima!” hollered a motorist on the same Boston street.

“Can I have a hug?” gushed a starstruck girl who posed for a photo with Fatima …

EDITOR’S NOTE: Who is to be believed? Woyanne or the international media and humanitarian organizations on the ground providing assistance to the famine victims?

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Officials in Ethiopia have refuted reports by international media on …

AXUM, Ethiopia (AFP) — Ethiopia on Wednesday began work to relocate the famed Axum obelisk at its original site, seven decades after the 1,700-year-old treasure was removed by Italian troops, a UN expert said.

The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural …

By Phillip Hollsworth

This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the ‘don’t buy gas on a certain day’ campaign that was going around last April or May! It’s worth your consideration. Join the resistance!!!!

I hear we are going to hit …

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sen. Hillary Clinton on Saturday will officially suspend her campaign for the presidency and “express her support for Senator Obama and party unity,” her campaign said Wednesday.

The Clinton campaign said she will make the …

ልደታ የሚገኘው የፌደራል ከፍተኛ ፍረድ ቤት መግቢያ በር ላይ ከጠዋቱ ሁለት ሰዓት ላይ ጀምሮ የነበረውን ሰልፍ ላየ የቴዲ አፍሮ ችሎት እንደሆነ ለመገመት አያስቸግርም፡፡

በፌደራል ፖሊሶች የሚደረገውን ጠንካራ ፍተሻ ታልፎ ወደውስጥ ሲገባ በርካታ የፖሊስ ሃይል የደህንነት ሰራተኞችና ኮማንደሮች በሩን ግጥም አድርገው …

BREAKING NEWS

Walta Information Center (WIC) reports that 2 traffic lights have been repaired on Debre Zeit Road in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa today. His Excellency Girma Woldegiorgis, President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, has visited the job …

Ethiopia’s exports fell 20 percent last month as shipments of coffee and oilseeds dropped, the Ministry of Trade and Industry said.

The Horn of Africa country’s exports declined to $139.7 million in the 30 days to May 8, which corresponds …

By Yilma bekele

There are two special slang words that have been assimilated by the English language. They happen to explain certain circumstances in such a vivid way there is no need for further clarification. I am referring to ‘cojones’ …

By Dick Morris

Putting Hillary Clinton on the ticket for vice president creates a ménage-à-trois. Bill will be the unexpected roommate. Even if a President Obama can discipline Hillary and get her to play second fiddle, there is not the …

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sen. Barack Obama has clinched the Democratic nomination for president, according to CNN estimates, making him the first African-American in U.S. history to lead a major-party ticket.

Obama picked up a slew of superdelegate endorsements …

EDITOR’S NOTE: Yes, more beer is what the people of Ethiopia need now. What a bunch of idiots.

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – A newly established Ethiopian-U.S. investment group said on Tuesday it was building a $37 million brewery at Maichew, …

TO:
Jonathan Scharfen
Director, United States Citizenship & Immigration Services
Department of Homeland Security
245 Murray Lane, SW
Washington, DC 20528

Dear Mr Scharfen,

It has come to my attention that thousands of members of the Tigrean People Liberation Front …

ADDIS ABABA – Authorities closed 16 cooking oil factories in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on Tuesday after eight people were killed and scores sickened by food cooked with contaminated oil.

In a statement, the Health Ministry said 94 people …

Thomas B. Edsall, The Huffington Post

Hillary Clinton has summoned top donors and backers to attend her New York speech tomorrow night in an unusual move that is being widely interpreted to mean she plans to soon suspend her campaign …

компютриON (Thomson Financial) – Sheba Exploration (UK) Plc. said four percussion holes, ranging in depth between 40 metres and 52 metres, were drilled into gold geochemical targets at Shehagne EEL in northern Ethiopia from May 16-22, 2008.

All holes …

Kinijit Washington DC Chapter will hold a Grand Public Meeting in remmembering June 8 2005 Massacre by Meles Zenawi’s Agazi/Fascists troops. We should never forget the Martyrs, the true sons and daughters of Ethiopia who were gunned down by Woyanee …

By ERIN SHEA, HometownAnnapolis.com

ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND — Ethiopian Jews have long been trying to assimilate into Israeli society to little avail but now Annapolis’ Kol Ami congregation is here to help.

The Bestgate Road-area synagogue is the first in the …

The interview Ethiopian Review publisher Elias Kifle gave to ETN on May 24 is being received positively by the Eritrean community. Click here to read some of the comments.…

International Oromo Youth Association
PO Box 14668, Minneapolis, MN 55414
[email protected]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Continuing its Nazi style agenda, the TPLF government has introduced its next tactical chapter on systematic massacre of Oromo civilians. The trained commandos of the Ethiopian …

June 2, 2008

FROM:
Ethiopia and Sudan Border Issue Committee
P.O. Box 656 Tucker, GA 30085; e-mail:[email protected]

TO:
President Omar Hassan Ahmed al-Bashir
President of the Republic of the Sudan
Khartoum, Sudan

Your Excellency:

We, the representatives of Ethiopian political, …

Perky coffee drama is one of the most anticipated films to target Ethiopian-Americans, but also reaches home audiences through language of love and the American Dream.

LOS ANGELES – The highly anticipated independent Ethiopian-American drama “13 Months of Sunshine” will …

EDITOR’S NOTE: What a cruel and heartless person the ambassador must be to suggest that Ethiopia’s economy is on the right track, while at this very moment millions of children are facing horrific famine? On the other hand, it is …

Millions of Ethiopian children are facing severe starvation. Many are dying every day while the Meles vampire regime is spending millions of dollars per day to build prisons in Ethiopia, jam radio stations, occupy a neighboring country… The stupid so-called …

Four thousand Ethiopian Jews who perished en route to Israel in the 1980s were honored Monday in a ceremony at Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl, organized by the Immigrant Absorption Ministry.

President Shimon Peres addressed the huge crowd, emphasizing the difficulties Ethiopian …

Dozens of Ethiopian Jews who assisted Israel’s Mossad during Operation Moses, which brought thousands of Ethiopians to Israel via Sudan in 1984-85, are claiming that they have received little official recognition for the often dangerous work they did and that …

By MARTIGA LOHN, Associated Press

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Only five questions were allowed, but that was enough for exiled members of Ethiopia’s Anuak minority to put Omot Obang Olom on the spot.

Omot went to the community meeting Saturday …

FUJAIRAH, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — Police in Fujairah are investigating the apparent suicide of a 21-year-old Ethiopian maid working for a family in Mirbeh.

The lifeless body of S.K.D. was found dangling from an air conditioner by a curtain string …

Judge Woldemichael Meshesha writes about the gross miscarriage of justice in Ethiopia, including the injustice against Teddy Afro, in this article written in Amharic.

Click here for pdf.

“አሁንም በፍትህ ስም ለይቅርታ?!”

ዳኛ ወልደሚካኤል መሸሻ

ወዳሰፈርኩት ርዕስ በቀጥታ ከመግባቴ …

Muluneh Yohannes, Ethiomedia Staff Writer

Jendayi Frazer, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, delivered a lecture on “The Future of Africa and U.S. Foreign Policy” at the Seattle based University of Washington Campus on May 29th 2008.

The Bureau …

Ethiopians in the Washington DC Metro area held protest rallied today in front of the Sudanese Embassy and Woyanne-occupied Ethiopian Embassy to express their opposition to the secret border re-demarcation agreement between Meles Zenawi and and al-Beshir. The secret agreement …

In light of the rapidly worsening conditions in Ethiopia, the recently formed Ginbot 7 Movement for Democracy and Justice has a very short time (may be less than 6 months) to prove to the people of Ethiopia that it is …

(KHARTOUM) — Sudan has banned the activities of the Eritrean opposition in the country after years of support. The move indicates the level of good relations between Asmara and Khartoum.

The Sudanese government officially notified the representative of the Eritrean …

A watchdog group has been formed to investigate corruption inside the Ethiopian Sports Federation in North America (ESFNA). According to the group, which calls itself ‘ESFNA Watch’, board members of ESFNA are accused of underreporting earnings, exaggerating deductions and exemptions, …

By Berhanu Gutema Balcha

At the political level, there have been ethnic organizations in the name of various ethnic groups such as Afar, Oromo, Somali, Sidama, and Tigrayan since the 1970s. At present due to the policy of ethnic restructuring …

Ethiopians for Obama kicked-off a “Project Yechalal” Virginia voter registration drive at St. Gabriel Ethiopian Orthodox Church. Volunteers were deployed at the church and registered voters on a non-partisan basis. The excitement from the Ethiopian-American congregation was overwhelming.

“I was …