Monthly Archives: December 1991

Dr Mekonnen Meshesha: A Point of Light

President George Bush on November 5 recognized Dr. Mekonnen Meshesha of Boston, Massachusetts, as “The 606th Daily Point of Light” for the Nation. Dr. Meshesha, a native of Ethiopia, helps to resettle and support African refugees in his community.

Dr. …

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Ethiopia: Mo Anbessa attracts a huge crowd in Addis Ababa

Amidst prayers, and religious ceremony, Mo Anbessa, Ethiopians for Constitutional Monarchy, held its first public meeting in Addis Ababa on November 18 at the former Haile Selassie I Theater (renamed National Theater by the Derg). The playing of the old …

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EPLF Seeks Legitimacy

The Eritrean People Liberation Front (EPLF) is actively seeking diplomatic recognition. It also made it clear by preventing the German Ambassador to Ethiopian from visiting Asmara that it wants foreign relations directly and not through embassies in Addis Ababa.

The …

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Eritrea’s Reconstruction

The EPLF has systematically stripped Eritrea of any trace of the former regime. The battlefields around Dekemhare, Ghinda and Keren have been meticulously cleaned of debris. The word `Ethiopia’ has been effaced from every public building. Ethiopian Airlines, whose daily …

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Pawlos Nio Nio’s Cancer Curable

Pawlos Nio Nio is receiving Medical treatment in Germany after he was diagnosed with Prosta Carcinoma, a disease curable with medication.

Retired from his 32-year career, Ato Pawlos enjoys an active life writing and researching historical books.

After having a …

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Staged Show of Support to EPRDF seen as staged?

Thousands of people carrying banners and placards in Amharic, Oromigna, Tigrinya, English, and Arabic demonstrated in Addis Ababa Meskal Square to give moral support to EPRDF and its government’s Charter in early November.

Mulualem Abebe, administrator of Addis Ababa and …

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Ethiopia: Selective Disarming

Disarming a section of the population, while leaving others untouched has proved to be an invitation to disaster–sometimes of genocidal proportions. The killings and massacres that are reported to be taking place in various sections of the country, notably Dre …

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Ethiopia: Donated Food is Rotting on Piers

Tens of thousands of tons of food for starving refugees in Ethiopia are rotting on arrival piers, the U.N. High commissioner for refugees said early in November.

The agency’s Geneva headquarters said at least 71,000 tons of food “is scattered …

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Urban Guerrillas?

If one looks for troops in their usual encampments in Addis Ababa today, one does not find them. The old 4th division military camp is empty. So are other military garrisons in the city. THE EPRDF chose to house all …

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Women who women love to hate and men love and fear

By Sophia Bekele

What are the characteristics that make one women hate another? Beauty, success, intelligence, or confidence. Generally, the appearance of `having it all’ brings out negative reactions in women who feel that they lacke these qualities. Conversely, these …

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The Case For Free Enterprise in Ethiopia

By Dr. Robert Ingram Powell

In the August 1991 issue, Tekle Menelik of San Francisco commented on my commentary, “Worthwhile Considerations For A New Government,” (July, 1991). It is not, as Mr. Menelik states, “the essential mandate of any legitimate …

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Restructuring the Ethiopian Economy Through Privatization

By Lemma W. Senbet

After twenty years of departure, I visited my home country on a two-week trip in August. The trip was filled with excitement, sadness, and at times hopelessness. My remarks focus on my observations of the current …

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Ethiopia: A Lesson in History

By Dr. Araya D. Negash and Dr. Afrasa M. Zamanel

In his sour and vile commentary (Ethiopian Review, August 1991) projecting his parochialism and ethnocentric resonances, Ato G.E. Gorfu displayed his difficulty in distinguishing between fact and fantasy. He accused …

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Ethiopia in Transition: How the International Community Can Help

By Herman J. Cohen

The thirty years of civil war, including seventeen years of brutal Communist dictatorship have ended in Ethiopia. At last, Ethiopia has the opportunity to concentrate on forming a government that will enable its people to earn …

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In the Twilight Zone: Report from Addis

By Getachew Mekasha

It all seems unreal. Four months into the Transitional Government’s administration, Addis Ababa still remains an enigma. Apart from the removal of the disgraced top echelons of the former Derg regime, and the wholesale incarceration of the …

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Stalking the Wild Dictator

By Alex Shoumatoff

The following piece is taken from a lengthy article written by Alex Shoumatoff for the November 1991 issue of VANITY FAIR magazine. Mr. Shoumatoff is a visiting scholar at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. Recently

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Eritrea: The Force of The Unionists

By Aleme Eshete

EPRDF’s so-called “National Conference” of July 1991, attended by hand-picked individuals who had no popular mandate, approved the separation of Eritrea from Ethiopia.

EPLF’s Secretary General Issayas Afeworki, who had attended the meeting as an observer, had …

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Back to the Future: Prime Minister Tamrat Layne’s Transitional Economic Program

In August, 1991, Prime Minister Tamrat Layne presented his economic proposals for public debate. The 35-page (Amharic) booklet entitled Draft Transitional Economic Policy for Ethiopia sought to comprehensively address the country’s diverse economic problems. Generally, the proposals are uninspired, timid …

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Gone with the wind!

By Fantu Agonafer

ETHIOPIAN REVIEW has become the voice of Ethiopians residing in North America and elsewhere. Provocative and timely ideas concerning Ethiopia’s past, present, and future are articulated.

In the last three issues of Ethiopian Review I have read …

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