By Donald N. Levine
“Famine is a visible horror…. Witness the agony, degradation, hopelessness and silent anger on the dismal and skeletal faces… faith for survival while in the agony of slow and grinding teeth of famine… the slender and …
Monthly Archives: May 2006
Ethiopian Government vs. blogspot.com
By Scott A. Morgan
There is an unwritten rule in an autocratic society that the news and other information disseminated must be sanitized to paint the government in a positive light. Furthermore other sources of information have to either be …
Extraordinary Situation Demanding Extraordinary Solutions
Dawud Ibsaa’s recent interview on Les Nouvelles d’Addis and Hassen Hussien’s presentation to the EU Parliament prompted me to write this peace. There is no denying that since the May 2005 elections Ethiopia is entering a new political landscape. Finding …
Meles vs. Mengistu: The Pot Calling the Kettle Black
By Fisseha Tecle
Should Jean-Bedel Bokassa (the former butcher of Central African Republic) sit in judgment of Idi Amin Dada? The drama of one dictator convicting another of genocide is currently underway in Ethiopia.
On Tuesday, May 23 Meles Zenawi …
The Future of the Maturing African Diaspora
Sharing my Night Memories of the 1974 Ethiopian Revolution and the Purpose of my Departure
By Maru Gubena (Ph.D.)
May 20, 2006
Among the multiple sources of Africa’s chronic economic poverty, social and political instability, and the persistent backwardness of …
Third World cash exodus 'points to laundering'
By Philip Thornton, Economics Correspondent
The Independent
Money flowing into UK bank accounts from developing countries has surged in the past few years, dwarfing Britain’s official aid budget, figures show.
The amount flowing in from poor countries in areas such …
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Third World cash exodus ‘points to laundering’
By Philip Thornton, Economics Correspondent
The Independent
Money flowing into UK bank accounts from developing countries has surged in the past few years, dwarfing Britain’s official aid budget, figures show.
The amount flowing in from poor countries in areas such …
Posted in Ethiopia News
Shimagle reflects on May 15
GETZ # 6–A
By Donald N. Levine (aka Liben Gebre Etyopiya)
May 15, 2005 was marked by an extraordinarily large voter turnout for an unprecedentedly open multi-party election. As we know, the sweetness of that event turned sour; a year …
Kinijit leaders in Kaliti prison selected new Kinijit international leadership
The Kinijit leaders who are unjustly languishing in Kaliti jail are sending out a message this weekend to all Kinijit worldwide committees announcing their selection of a new leadership that will lead the party until they are released.
The new …
Important weekend for Kinijit North America
This weekend, May 13-15, Kinijit’s North America Support Committee will hold a very important meeting to discuss and decide on the future of the committee and its organizational structure. Since Kinijit is a popular party that most Ethiopians look upto …
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Explosions in Addis Ababa
U.S. Embassy Warden Message
This Warden Message is being issued to inform U.S. citizens that local police confirm that there were at least nine explosions in Addis Ababa today. The explosions occurred in the following areas: Piazza, Mercato, Old Airport, …
Unity of Purpose & Sustaining Democratization in Ethiopia
By E.K. Yalew
The Importance of Pursuing a National Agenda
The dream France is fostering is one of vision… a powerful concept that moves countries, leaders and people to accomplish great things, especially in transforming their lives and those who …
Unity of Purpose & Sustaining Democratization in Ethiopia
By E.K. Yalew
The Importance of Pursuing a National Agenda
The dream France is fostering is one of vision… a powerful concept that moves countries, leaders and people to accomplish great things, especially in transforming their lives and those who …
The Changing Face of Kinijit: Constructive self-criticism on the way we work can help to prevent self-destruction
By Maru Gubena
As many Ethiopians and friends of Ethiopia have repeatedly stated, only the TPLF leadership and its cadres have persisted in telling God-fearing, honest, innocent and starving Ethiopians – and the international community – that the tireless efforts …
Tsegaye Gebre-Medhin: Ethiopia's poet and playwright of the common people
By Yohannes Edemariam and Aida Edemariam
The poet and dramatist Tsegaye Gebre-Medhin, who has died aged 69, was considered Ethiopia’s poet laureate. He was one of the most important literary figures that country has produced in the last hundred years, …
Why the Kinijit office in DC looks so shabby and messy?
By Adera Kinijit
I came to the USA from Ethiopia two months ago on a business trip. Since I am an active member of Kinijit back home I decided to pay a visit to our office in Washington DC a …
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