By Erik Kirschbaum
BERLIN, Sept 30 (Reuters) – Less than ten minutes after breaking the world marathon record on Sunday, Ethiopia’s Haile Gebrselassie was handed a cell phone — it was Paul Tergat calling from Kenya to offer his congratulations.…
By Erik Kirschbaum
BERLIN, Sept 30 (Reuters) – Less than ten minutes after breaking the world marathon record on Sunday, Ethiopia’s Haile Gebrselassie was handed a cell phone — it was Paul Tergat calling from Kenya to offer his congratulations.…
Kinijit leaders in California and Texas
The Kinijit train whistled through California and Texas over the weekend creating excitement and hope among Ethiopian communities. Kinijit leaders’ core message was that their party is trying to institute genuine democracy and rule …
(BBC) Haile Gebrselassie broke the marathon world record in Berlin on Sunday, posting an official time of two hours, four minutes and 26 seconds.
The 34-year-old Ethiopian beat the mark of 2:04:55 set by Kenya’s Paul Tergat in …
Dictator Meles Zenawi, the butcher of Addis Ababa, Ogaden, Mogadishu, Anuak… is coming to Washington DC on Monday or Tuesday, according to Ethiopian Review sources.
Meles will be in Washington to meet with State Department officials.
The U.S. House of …
Taye, yeShaleqa Buchila [satire]
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9:20 PM PST / 12:20 AM EST
The goal is met! Oakland raised $52,195 for Kinijit. Woyanne cadres joined by other groups did every thing they could to derail the Oakland event. The success in Oakland is just one more …
Listen to VOA Amharic Sept. 28, 2007, report on H.R. 2003, including an interview with Prof. Alemayehu GebreMariam. Click here to listen…
The excitement surrounding the Kinijit leaders USA tour is growing. It is spreading and engulfing Ethiopian communities through out North America. It started in Washington DC. It spread to Boston, and to Upstate New York. Now it is in the …
United States House of Representatives final House Action on H.R. 2003
Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2007
The Coalition for H.R. 2003 is pleased to announce that HR 2003 (“Ethiopia Democracy and Accountability Act of 2007”), introduced by Chairman Donald Payne of …
This is a message to Ato Hailu Shawel, Kinijit Chairman, by Atkilt Asefa.
Click here [Amhairc, pdf]
Atkilt Assefa can be reached at [email protected]…
Ethiopian Review had reported on Wednesday that Kinijit Chairman Hailu Shawel is in critical condition and that no one except close family members are allowed to see him. Ato Hailu’s condition was held in secret until it was discovered by …
By Bonny Apunyu, AFP
More than 100 000 Ethiopian Orthodox Christians took part in a procession in Addis Ababa for the first major religious festival of the country’s third millennium.
Ethiopians on Thursday converged on Meskel square in the capital’s …
(AFP) — An Ethiopian rights group on Thursday accused [Woyanne] government security forces of widespread human rights violations, including arbitrary detentions, torture and killings.
The Ethiopian Human Rights Council (EHRCO) issued a statement alleging that 17 people had been killed …
By MARIA RAE, Mercury
Law reporter
AN Ethiopian refugee who found out two children were not his, stabbed his wife and then hung himself from a tree.
In sentencing the man yesterday, the judge condemned those in Tasmania’s African community …
The following is a commentary by Woyanne ambassador Samuel Assefa that appeared today on Washington Times. Hodader Samuel accuses the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) of being a terrorist group. The fact, as reported by several credible human rights …
02:48 AM EST/11:48 PM PST
Kinijit leaders Wzt. Bertukan Mideksa, Dr Hailu Araya, Ato Gizachew Shiferraw and Ato Brook Kebede, have arrived at the Oakland Airport in Northern California. Their arrival was delayed, but several Ethiopians waited for 3 hours …
TYRANTS tend to be oddly punctilious about recording their atrocities. But even by the standards of his peers, Mengistu Haile Mariam, Ethiopia’s former dictator, was an incorrigible archivist. The security services of his regime, which took power in …
ByJörg Wenig for the IAAF
Berlin, Germany – When Haile Gebrselassie travelled to Berlin recently for a press conference staged by one of his sponsors, he said: “I am here for my next goal.” This Sunday the 34 year-old Ethiopian …
By The Ad Hoc Coordinating Committee for Kinijit Leadership Delegation Visit to the U.S.
WEEK IN REVIEW
On September 26, 2007, official Kinijit Delegation members attended the House Foreign Affairs Committee mark-up of H.R. 2003. Ato Gizachew Shiferra, Dr. Hailu …
Coalition for H.R. 2003
For Immediate Release
Donald Payne delivers gift of freedom, democracy and human rights to Ethiopians
“It is a good day for Ethiopia. It is a Good Day for America.” – Donald Payne
September 26, …
Addis Ababa (ENA) – Dictator Meles Zenawi left for New York late on Tuesday to attend “Clinton Global Initiative 2007”, an international conference deliberating on power supply, …
Statement by the Embassy of Ethiopia Woyanne on Action by House Foreign Affairs Committee
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 — The Embassy of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Woyanne in Washington, DC, released this statement by Samuel Assefa, Ethiopia’s Woyanne Ambassador …
Kinijit Vice President Bertukan Mideksa and Addis Ababa Mayor-Elect Berhanu Nega will testify at a hearing in the United States House of Representatives’ Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health on Oct. 2, 2007.
The hearing will be held …
Ethiopian Review has been informed from sources close to Hailu Shawel’s family that he is critically ill in a Minneapolis hospital.
Ato Hailu’s condition has gotten worse since Monday, forcing the doctors to allow access to close family …
EMF – Kinijit leaders held a meeting with officials of the Government of Finland in Helsinki today.
The delegates …
The U.S. House of Representatives’ Foreign Affairs Committee today passed H.R. 2003 with all members voting in favor.
Kinijit delegates Dr Hailu Araya, Ato Gizachew Shiferraw, and Ato Brook Kebede attended the committee meeting to show their full support for …
The United States House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee to mark-up H.R. 2003 on Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2007
The Coalition for H.R. 2003 is pleased to announce that HR 2003 (“Ethiopia Democracy and accountability Act of 2007”), introduced by Chairman …
By Barney Jopson in Nairobi
Financial Times
Tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea, the Horn of Africa’s most bitter enemies, are escalating after a boundary commission trying to broker a deal to demarcate their border all but conceded defeat.
According to …
By Teodros Kiros
On a beautiful Saturday night, September 22, 2007, Kinjit and its delegates arrived at an Armenian Church in Cambridge, MA. At this defining moment, the delegates gave a landmark performance to the calm crowd. This was Kinjit’s …
The high level delegation of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party (Kinijit) arrived at Oslo International Airport in Norway on the 20th of September 2007 at 10:00 PM. The delegation was received and accorded lively and warm welcome upon …
The successful Kinijit fund raising in Boston last Saturday is putting the spotlight on Kinijit chapters in the San Francisco Bay Area (Oakland-San Jose) and Dallas, Texas.
The Kinijit delegation led by Vice President Bertukan Mideksa will arrive in the …
After attending a fund raising dinner in Boston Saturday night, Kinijit Vice President Bertukan Mideksa and Spokesperson Dr Hailu Araya headed to Upstate New York on Sunday. The senior Kinijit leaders received an an enthusiastic welcome from the small Ethiopian …
The Ethiopian Human Rights Council releases its 28th regular report.
Click here to read [Amharic, pdf]…
The Kinijit delegation to Europe has arrived in Stockholm, Sweden, yesterday, Sept. 24. Several Ethiopians who reside in Sweden warmly greeted the Kinijit leaders when they arrived at the Arlanda Airport in Stockholm.
The delegation, which includes Kinijit Secretary General …
Ethiopian Review Editorial
The controversy and heated debates caused by the recent dictatorial behavior of Hailu Shawel, instigated and promoted by the EPRP-Shaleqa unholy alliance, will soon be dwarfed by another issue — the upcoming local election in Ethiopia.
Next …
The Ad Hoc Coordinating Committee for Kinijit Delegation Visit to the United States
CLARIFICATION
Click here for the Amharic Version
Over the past week, we have become aware of statements in the media concerning the role of the Ad Hoc …
The Reporter
By Kaleyesus Bekele
The Malaysian oil and gas company Petronas last month paid the Ethiopian government 80 million dollars for the Calub and Hilala natural gas fields in the Ogaden basin, south-east Ethiopia.
Pertonas won the international tender …
By Yohannes Gebrewold
I struggled mightily to postpone the idea of sharing some of the thoughts that have started to consume me these last few days with respect to what we all hear and read and are told about what …
Kinijit Vice President Bertukan Mideksa makes a public appeal to Ato Hailu Shawel – video
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MOGADISHU (AFP) — A deep political row has erupted at the highest levels of Somalia’s transitional government, already bogged down in a protracted struggle against a deadly insurgency, officials said yesterday.
Somalia’s attorney general, Abdullahi Dahir, was sacked on Friday …
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) — Tens of thousands of Rastafarians converged on Addis Ababa for a massive concert as part of the celebrations marking Ethiopia’s new millennium.
The Horn of Africa country, which is the cradle of the Rastafari movement, follows …
This was how EPRP agent Dr Taye reacted after being informed about Kinijit Boston’s successful fund raising event last night. [satire]
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Open Letter to the CUDP Leaders
Dear Chairman Mr. Hailu Shawel and Executive Members of the Kinijit:
I am writing this letter to you with deep respect and gratefulness to all of you for what you have done for our …
Kinijit North America Youth League has issued this statement on the on going dispute between the Kinijit chairman and the executive committee members [Amharic, pdf]…
PRESS RELEASE
ENC
The Ethiopian National Congress (ENC) fears that the chances of establishing democratic order in our country in the near future will be missed if the problems within Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) are not resolved soon. …
The Kinijit delegation that is currently on a working visit in the U.S. has issued this statement today [Amharic, pdf]…
Kinijit leaders who are currently on a working visiting in the U.S. arrived in Boston Saturday morning. Ethiopians in Boston turned out in large numbers to give them a warm welcome. After getting some rest they attended a fund raising …
With a dimension of time things come to pass; with a dimension of time our dreams come true; with a dimension of time man is born, grow and ultimately die. As Einstein expresses it wittingly, we mortals achieve immortality through …
This is an appeal by Ato Mamo Asfaw to Dr Taye, Shaleqa Yoseph and Company to stop trying to divide Kinijit by taking advantage of it’s chairman’s poor health. It is a must read article, but the author forgets to …
This is an appeal by Ato Mamo Asfaw to Dr Taye, Shaleqa Yoseph and Company to stop trying to divide Kinijit by taking advantage of it’s chairman’s poor health. It is a must read article, but the author forgets to …
SHANGHAI (AFP) — World champions Tyson Gay, Jeremy Wariner, Kenenisa Bekele and Liu Xiang head a strong field of athletes at the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix this month.
Others signed up for the September 28 event include pole vault world …
By Jim Snyder, The Hill
Members of an Ethiopian opposition party who were jailed for 20 months in connection with a disputed election are lobbying the Bush administration and Congress to pressure Ethiopia to support a more open and democratic …
Ato Solomon Getaneh writes about the recent give away of a large tract of land by the Woyanne regime to Sudan – click here to read [Amharic, pdf]
Ato Solomon can be reached at [email protected]…
Ato Solomon Getaneh writes about the recent give away of a large tract of land by the Woyanne regime to Sudan – click here to read [Amharic, pdf]
Ato Solomon can be reached at [email protected]…
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
09-14-2007
Sultan Fowsi Mohamed Ali (m) and Ahmed Mohamed Tarah (m), engineer
Sultan Fowsi Mohamed Ali and Ahmed Mohamed Tarah were arrested on 28 August in Jijiga, the capital of
the Somali Region (known as the Ogaden) in …
By Lauren Gelfand, World Politics Review
LONDON — Pomp, pagentry and the hip-hop group Black Eyed Peas accompanied Ethiopia’s celebration of its entry into the third millennium, seven years after the rest of the world but in line with the …
By Lauren Gelfand, World Politics Review
LONDON — Pomp, pagentry and the hip-hop group Black Eyed Peas accompanied Ethiopia’s celebration of its entry into the third millennium, seven years after the rest of the world but in line with the …
This is a speech given at the Kinijit public meeting in Washington DC on Sept. 16, 2007, by the Mayor-Elect of Addis Ababa, Dr Berhanu Nega – click here [pdf, Amharic]…
Sileshi Tesema from London writes about Kinijit Diaspora and ongoing problems. Click here to read [Amharic, pdf]…
Wasington, DC. — Ethiopian social entrepreneur and peace advocate Elias Wondimu was appointed Ambassador for Peace by the Universal Peace Federation (UPF) and the Interreligious and International Federation for World Peace (IIFWP).
The Ambassadors …
PRESS RELEASE
The Afar Human Rights Organisation (AHRO) is very much concerned about the fate of Australopithecus afarensis, which is popularly known as both Lucy and Dinkinesh. Lucy – the root of mankind is an exception and symbol that places …
By James Butty, VOA
interview with Hailu Araya Butty interview with Hailu Araaya
Ethiopia’s main opposition, the Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) says the struggle in Ethiopia is a struggle for democracy, and it hopes the United …
By James Butty, VOA
interview with Hailu Araya Butty interview with Hailu Araaya
Ethiopia’s main opposition, the Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) says the struggle in Ethiopia is a struggle for democracy, and it hopes the United …
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP): The United Nations said Wednesday that the situation in Ethiopia’s Ogaden region has “deteriorated rapidly,” and called for an independent investigation into the humanitarian issues there.
The U.N. sent a fact-finding mission to the Ogaden in …
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP): The United Nations said Wednesday that the situation in Ethiopia’s Ogaden region has “deteriorated rapidly,” and called for an independent investigation into the humanitarian issues there.
The U.N. sent a fact-finding mission to the Ogaden in …
Ethiopian Review Editorial
The Shaleqa mafia is an unholy alliance of:
1) The former chairman of Kinijit North America Shaleqa Yoseph Yazew, and Ato Moges Brook, who is the shaleqa’s friend of over 30 years from their EDU days. These …
The Kinijit Support and Development Organization in Norway (KSDON) announces the forth coming visit of a 5 member high-level delegation of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party (Kinijit).
We believe that Ethiopians and friends of Ethiopia have been longing …
When an American reporter started digging, he was forced out of Ethiopia.
By Will Connors, slate.com
I had fallen in love. Ethiopia does that to people. It sneaks up on you with its lush, mountainous landscape, its delicious coffee, its …
The Woyanne regime has arrested the following prominent Somalis elders in the city of Dire Dawa, eastern Ethiopia, in the past few days and took them to an unknown location, probably to Jijjiga, according to the Ethiopian Somali Advocacy Council:…
Tebaber – poem by Dr Fikre Tolossa [click here to read]…
PRESS RELEASE
H.I.H. Prince Ermias Sahle-Selassie, the grandson of the late Emperor Haile Selassie 1 of Ethiopia placed a wreath of green, yellow and red flowers at the African American Civil War Memorial on September 12th surrounded by a group …
Following the very warm welcome given to Kinijit delegates to Europe by Ethiopians in London at Heathrow airport on Sunday, Sept. 09, the delegation did not waste anytime before it began tackling the businesses of its trip.
Reposted by popular demand.
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Amen Belu – click here Amen Belu
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Reposted by popular demand.
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Amen Belu – click here Amen Belu
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Over 1500 Ethiopians attended new millennium celebration party Saturday night at the Frankfurt Sport Hall in Germany. Artists Tamagn Beyene flew from Washington DC for the occasion. He joined …
Meseret Defar became the first woman ever to run two miles in under nine minutes with a superb performance in Friday night’s Golden League meeting in Brussels.
Defar set the previous record of nine minutes 10.47 seconds in May this …
7:15 PM EST
With the conclusion of Wzt. Bertukan’s speech, today’s Kinijit historical public meeting has ended. It would not be an exaggeration to say that it was the most electrifying Ethiopian political event ever in the Washington DC area. …
Kinijit chairman Hailu Shawel has arrived in Washington DC this afternoon after a few days stay in Minneapolis. Close to 1,000 Ethiopians greeted him at the Washington Reagan Airport as he exited the terminal on a wheelchair provided by the …
The Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party (Kinijit) chairman, Ato Hailu Shawel, will arrive in Washington DC today, Saturday, 4 PM, at the Reagan Airport from Minneapolis. He came to the U.S. on Tuesday and had been staying with his …
Wz. Lishan Akuma’s court trial continued today until 2 PM in the District of Columbia Court. This morning 7 witnessed testified on behalf of Lishan. One other witness and she will take the witness stand this afternoon when the …
Wz. Lishan Akuma’s court trial continued today until 2 PM in the District of Columbia Court. This morning 7 witnessed testified on behalf of Lishan. One other witness and she will take the witness stand this afternoon when the …
ADDIS ABABA (AP) — Woyanne security forces have detained three Ethiopians linked to a top opposition politician, accusing them of trying to create a disturbance during the country’s millennium celebrations, a fourth man who was released said Friday.
Nebiyu Bazezew, …
PRESS RELEASE
United States Congress
Representative Mike Honda
15th District – California
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Mike Honda (D-CA) will be celebrating the Ethiopian Millennium today and tomorrow at two major national events organized by the Ethiopian-American community.
Today, he …
The following is a speech by Ato Guled Kassim representing the Ogaden Ethiopian community at a rally that was held on Sept. 12 in front of the U.S. Congress. The rally urged members of Congress to pass H.R. 2003.
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At least seven people have been killed, including three police officers, in the Somali capital, following the formation of a new anti-government alliance.
Armed insurgents staged a hit-and-run attack on a government base in north-east Mogadishu, leaving six …
Why are Ethiopians risking thier lives crossing the deadly Red Sea to Yemen leaving behind the paradise created by the Woyanne government in Ethiopia?
GENEVA (AP) – At least 56 Africans have died in recent days trying to make the …
By Steve Landells for the IAAF
London, UK – World 5000m champion Meseret Defar will make a quick hop across the English Channel on Saturday following what she hopes will have been a successful attempt at her own World best …
EMF – We campaign every 3 months to collect money for the forgotten free press journalists in Ethiopia. Exiled Journalists in Kenya, Yemen, Uganda and Egypt need your support. For more information – call 678 437 5597 (USA); and 31 …
Kinijit supporter Lishan Akuma’s trial has been underway in the Washington DC court for the past two days. Yesterday the judge informed her that today could be the final day of the trial and a decision may be handed down.…
Kinijit supporter Lishan Akuma’s trial has been underway in the Washington DC court for the past two days. Yesterday the judge informed her that today could be the final day of the trial and a decision may be handed down.…
Ethiopian millennium celebration concert in Downtown Washington DC
September 12, 2007, Washington Monument
[Photo: Tewodros Mekebeb]
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By F. Hager
Now that the Millennium celebrations are over, Ethiopia’s regime (Woyanne) appears ready to attack Eritrea with tacit US backing.
Over 100,000 people were slaughtered the last time these two countries fought a war in 1998 – 2000. …
Ethiopian millennium: While Meles and his Woyanne thugs danced the night away in a $10 million temporary concert hall, for many of Ethiopia’s children it was just another day of hunger and homelessness. See more photos:BBC…
PRESS RELEASE
The Ethiopian Woyanne regime’s war crimes in Ogaden have resulted in thousands of civilians seeking refuge in parts of neighboring Somalia with limited food, medical aid and financial resources over the last four months. These victims of the …
PRESS RELEASE
The Ethiopian Woyanne regime’s war crimes in Ogaden have resulted in thousands of civilians seeking refuge in parts of neighboring Somalia with limited food, medical aid and financial resources over the last four months. These victims of the …
PRESS RELEASE
The Ethiopian Woyanne regime’s war crimes in Ogaden have resulted in thousands of civilians seeking refuge in parts of neighboring Somalia with limited food, medical aid and financial resources over the last four months. These victims of the …