By Daud Aweis
BBC News, Nairobi

As if Somalis do not have enough battles to contend with, their two leading politicians, President Abdullahi Yusuf and Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Ghedi, have fallen out.

And as parliament marshals to take stock …

By Netsanet Yimetal

The busiest airport in the world had served more airline passengers than any other the last few years. Yet, this is the first time that the gigantic airport, Atlanta’s Hartsfield, had the honor of hosting the most …

By Netsanet Yimetal

The busiest airport in the world had served more airline passengers than any other the last few years. Yet, this is the first time that the gigantic airport, Atlanta’s Hartsfield, had the honor of hosting the most …

Kinijit chairman Hailu Shawel has arrived in Washington DC Friday night. He was received at the Washington Reagan Airport by his friends, Shaleqa Yoseph Yazew and Ato Mirchaw Sinishaw.

Ato Hailu came to Washington DC to participate in a public …

Source: style.com…

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) – An army general, two magistrates and others have been assassinated in the past week in the Somali capital, the U.N.’s humanitarian coordination agency said Friday, highlighting Mogadishu’s pervasive violence.

The assassinations show the difficulty the fragile …

8:20 PM EST
The town hall meeting and fund raising is now over. The latest figure is that a little over $60,000 have been raised, but it is not the final figure…

Kinijit leaders in Atlanta [photo: Luladae Terefe]…

The meeting that was organized by the Shalleqa-EPRP alliance (KIC) at the Renaissance Hotel in Washington DC has been canceled, according to the hotel’s events manager, Ms Heather Jasper.

ER tried to contact the Shaleqa group for explanation on why …

(DPA) Harare — Zimbabwean police have arrested 51 Ethiopian nationals believed to have escaped from a refugee camp in the capital, reports said Friday. The 51 were arrested on board a bus bound for Zimbabwe’s border with neighbouring South Africa, …

By Peggy Simpson
IWMF

Serkalem Fasil, a 2007 IWMF Courage in Journalism Award winner, has packed a lot into her 27 years. She grew up an avaricious reader and learned the ropes of reporting in secondary school. She had no …

The Kinijit Washington DC Metropolitan Area chapter issued a statement explaining why it is boycotting the public meeting with Ato Hailu Shawel, which is organized by the Shaleqa-EPRP alliance called the KIC (keysi). Click here to read.

Several independent …

A high-level delegation of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party (Kinijit) is due to arrive in Atlanta for a six day working visit beginning Friday.

The delegation, including Wzt. Bertukan Mideksa, Dr Hailu Araya, Ato Gizachew Shiferraw, Ato Brook …

By F. Hager

Ethiopia’s ruling Tigrai Liberation Front (TPLF) would like us to believe Eritrea is threatening Ethiopian sovereignty. In truth, the war is a grand strategy to divert attention from human rights abuses and to crush all democratic opposition …

National Press Club to Host Media Briefing on Ethiopia and Human Rights with Rep. Christopher Smith (R-NJ)

Monday, October 22, 2007
10:00-11:00 a.m.
National Press Club (Lisagor Room)

Rep. Christopher Smith, R-NJ
House Foreign Relations Committee will discuss
Ethiopia and …

The following is a statement posted by Ato Mesfin Mekonnen (Dr Taye’s agent) on the EEDN email list in response to Ethiopian Review’s expose of the egregious lies he told the Washington Post. Ato Mesfin insists that he and Hailu …

The estranged Kinijit chairman, Ato Hailu Shawel, has told the Washington Post reporter Nora Boustany that he was in Washington DC on Oct. 2 to and met with Congressman Chris Smith one day before the House of Representatives passed H.R. …

Source: UNHCR

GENEVA – The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, on Thursday condemned the recent deportation by Sudan of at least 15 Ethiopian refugees.

The deportation took place on September 27, but UNHCR only learned of it this week. The refugees …

Source: UNHCR

GENEVA – The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, on Thursday condemned the recent deportation by Sudan of at least 15 Ethiopian refugees.

The deportation took place on September 27, but UNHCR only learned of it this week. The refugees …

By Barney Jopson
The Financial Times

Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia’s prime minister dictator, sat stiffly at a table as the frontman of the Black Eyed Peas strutted to the tip of the stage with the standard swagger of a Los Angeles …

The Committee to Protect Journalists examines the adversity facing journalists in the volatile Horn of Africa through the stories of two newsmen who tried to flee the region. In a two-part special report released today, CPJ recounts editor Befekadu Moreda’s …

The secretive leadership of the Ethiopian People Revolutionary Party (EPRP) is currently in turmoil over the active role being played by some of its top leaders in fanning disagreements inside Kinijit.

Ethiopian Review’s Research Department (ERD), formerly known as ER’s …

The estranged chairman of Kinijit, Ato Hailu Shawel, will travel to Washington DC this coming weekend to attend a public meeting organized by the Shaleqa-Taye group. Several Ethiopians who believe that this meeting has an anti-Kinijit purpose have met last …

(Don’t laugh. This is not a joke.)

PRESS RELEASE
Illinois Wesleyan University

Scholar At Risk Joins Faculty

BLOOMINGTON, Ill.— When militaries overrun governments and dictators rise to power, it is most often the universities and centers of learning that are …

By Alemayehu G. Mariam

They said Ethio-Angelinos we were apolitical, depoliticized and disengaged from politics. It stings a little when it said by former Ethio-Angelinos: “When it comes to Ethiopian politics, Los Angeles, is rarely mentioned. It is a city …

(DPA) Addis Ababa — When he was 35, Martin Kuster asked himself what he calls the typical Western question: “When you have everything, what comes next?”He had a good job, security and a cushy life in Munich, but …

from Aiga Forum [email protected]
to [email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
cc [email protected]
date Oct 2, 2007 7:41 PM

subject Re: EPRP and Yosef have to apologize for their misinformation on H.R. 2003

Never mind about your inner squabbles but if your struggle …

from Aiga Forum [email protected]
to [email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
cc [email protected]
date Oct 2, 2007 7:41 PM

subject Re: EPRP and Yosef have to apologize for their misinformation on H.R. 2003

Never mind about your inner squabbles but if your struggle …

(Associated Press) LAS VEGAS — A 55-year-old Ethiopian man was being sought in connection with the abduction and slaying of a southern Nevada auto dealer, police said.

Abebe Tefera Goshu was sought on a warrant issued Sept. 29 in Las …

The following are email exchanges with Washington Post reporter Nora Boustany and Ombudsman Deborah C Howell:

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from Elias Kifle [email protected]
to [email protected]
date Oct 4, 2007 11:58 PM
subject article on HR 2003

Hello Nora,

I’m writing in regards …

Due to public demand the website aleqayalewtamiru.org has being started. The website’s initial message is to say thank you to the people of Ethiopia within and out of the country, the media and the Ethiopian Orthodox Churches around the world. …

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union called on Ethiopia [the Woyanne regime] on Tuesday to ensure that civilians in its troubled Ogaden region are protected and receive humanitarian aid.

U.N. investigators touring the impoverished, predominantly ethnic Somali region — where …

By David Blair in Gode
UK Telegraph

Few places are more desolate than southern Ethiopia, where the barren plains suffer hunger and poverty even when the rains fall.

Yet one of Britain’s closest African allies is waging a brutal military …

By David Blair in Gode
UK Telegraph

Few places are more desolate than southern Ethiopia, where the barren plains suffer hunger and poverty even when the rains fall.

Yet one of Britain’s closest African allies is waging a brutal military …

By Kinijit Germany

Kinijit European Delegation has arrived in Germany from Switzerland. They drove over 450 Km through the heart of Europe to Germany. After they arrived near the outskits of Frankfurt, large numbers of cheerful Ethiopians have made car …

By Aie Zi Guo

Open Letter

To Africa Subcommittee Chair, Donald Payne (D-NJ) and
Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ)

“Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; …

(CIVICUS) – Anti-poverty activists Daniel Bekele and Netsanet Demissie today heard that they must wait in prison for at least another six weeks, as judges in Ethiopia’s Federal High Court again delayed the verdict until 22 November 2007, bringing their …

Woyanne-run ENA reports the following:

President Girma

(ENA, Addis Ababa) – The House of Peoples’ Representatives and the House of Federation (Woyanne’s rubber stamp parliament) during their joint session on Tuesday elected Girma Woldegiorgis for his second term in office …

በዛሬው እለት የመጨረሻ ውሳኔ ያገኛሉ በሚል ተጠብቀው የነበሩት አቶ ዳንኤል በቀለ እና አቶ ነፃነት ደምሴ ለኅዳር 12 ተቀጠሩ፡፡ ሕገመንግሥቱን በማፍረስ ወንጀል በ1998 ዓ.ም ከቅንጅት አመራሮች ጋር ክስ ቀርቦባቸው የነበሩት የአክሽን ኤይድ የፖሊሲ ዳይሬክተር አቶ ዳንኤል በቀለና የማህበራዊ ፍትህ በኢትዮጵያ ስራ …

ላለፉት ስድስት ዓመታት በኢትዮጵያ ታሪክ ውስጥ ምንም ፋይዳ ያልነበራቸውና ከሰውነታቸው ውፍረት፣ ከእድሜያቸው እርጅናና ከጤንነታቸው አኳያ በድጋፍ ይንቀሳቀሱ የነበሩት ግርማ ወ/ጊዮርጊስ በድጋሚ ለፕሬዚዳንትነት ተመረጡ፡፡ በዛሬው እለት አገሪቱን በቀጣይነት በፕሬዚዳንትነት የሚያገለግል ለመምረጥ በተደረገው ስብሰባ ገዢው ፓርቲ ስለሚያቀርበው እጩ የተለያዩ ሰዎች ይመረጣሉ ተብሎ …

PRESS RELEASE
Kinijit-Dallas

The Kinijit delegation to North America led by the party’s vice president w/t Birtukan Mideksa arrived at DFW airport in Dallas on September 30, 2007. Ato Dejene Assaye, chairman of Kinijit-Dallas along with other six community representatives …

PRESS RELEASE
Kinijit-Dallas

The Kinijit delegation to North America led by the party’s vice president w/t Birtukan Mideksa arrived at DFW airport in Dallas on September 30, 2007. Ato Dejene Assaye, chairman of Kinijit-Dallas along with other six community representatives …

Letter to Dr. Taye and his friends from a Concerned Ethiopian

By Netsanet Yimetal

Why do you do this to us? Better yet, why do you do this to yourselves? Yes, I am talking to those of you who are …

Letter to Dr. Taye and his friends from a Concerned Ethiopian

By Netsanet Yimetal

Why do you do this to us? Better yet, why do you do this to yourselves? Yes, I am talking to those of you who are …

The recent promotion of a number of officers to top ranks went largely to Tigrayans.

Four of the six generals promoted to the rank of major general and ten of the seventeen colonels promoted to brigadier general at the end …

By Obang Metho

The celebrations of the Ethiopian Third Millennium going on all over the world have ended, but we still have reason to celebrate! Why? Just this past month, the recently released Kinijit leaders began a tour of the …

An editorial by The Vanguard, a Nigerian newspaper

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EDITORIAL
Rescuing Ethiopia
The Vanguard

ECHOES of tyranny and its attendant discord in Ethiopia have been sources of major concern to democrats from other parts of Africa. Attempts at gagging …

President Girma

Speaker of the Woyanne Parliament, Ambassador Teshome Toga said the 3rd year office term of the Parliament would be launched on Oct. 8 2007.

Teshome told ETV on Saturday that “election of a new president would be carried …

Watch video of a U.S. Congressional hearing on Ethiopia, Oct. 2, 2007. Pannelists: Secretary of State Jendayi Frazer, Attorney Saman Zia-Zarifi, Ms. Fowsia Abdulkadir, Ms. Bertukan Mideksa, Dr Berhanu Nega, Dr J. Peter Pham – Click here to watch…

When it comes to Ethiopian politics, Los Angeles is rarely mentioned. It is a city with the second or third largest number of Ethiopians, but it is a place where the least political activity goes on. South Dakota is mentioned …

By Dr Fikre Tolossa

My fellow Ethiopians, I have a great news to share with all those who champion the cause of our motherland. After about ten days of intense negotiations between Engineer Hailu Shawel, Chairman of Kinijit, and the …

MONROVIA (AFP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel promised Liberia four million euros (5.7 million dollars) to rebuild the country ravaged by civil war as she wrapped up her first sub-Saharan Africa trip on Sunday.

“We absolutely want to do it, …

Taye’s performance in Seattle got this response. [satire]
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Kinijit Atlanta chairman Ato Cheru Terefe invites Ato Hailu Shawel to Atlanta. Read the letter here [Amharic].…

Ethiopian Airlines, one of the largest carriers in Africa, is set to launch new routes and increase service in existing markets.

Effective from 28 October, the airline will introduce daily roundtrip flights between its home base of Addis Ababa and …

Statement of the Oromo Liberation Front on H. R. 2003, the “Ethiopia Democracy and Accountability Act of 2007”

The Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) welcomes the passage of H.R. 2003, “The Ethiopia Democracy and Accountability Act of 2007″by the US House …

NAIROBI, 5 October 2007 (IRIN) – Concern is mounting about the humanitarian situation and human rights in Ethiopia’s Somali region, which threatens to affect 1.8 million people unless remedial action is taken soon, according to the UN.

“We …

…

Kinijit delegates Wzt. Bertukan Mideksa, Dr Hailu Araya and Ato Brook Kebede went to Minneapolis yesterday to meet with the party’s estranged chairman, Ato Hailu Shawel. The meeting took place at a Minneapolis hospital. The date and time of the …

Kinijit leaders arrive in Seattle [photo: Kinijit Seattle]

3:50 PM PST / 6:50 PM EST
The Seattle town hall meeting is now over. Next is the fund raising dinner. From the town hall meeting and the dinner event last night …

Ato Elias Kifle,

In the last two years you have been calling me all sorts of names and deeds including the embezzling of Kinijit fund. All that you said did not bother me as it was far from the truth …

Kinijit leaders arriving at the Palace Station Hotel, Las Vegas, for a town hall meeting, Oct. 3, 2007

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The Sept. 21 issue of The Hill newspaper falsely reported that Kinijit delegates Gizachew Shiferraw and Brook Kebede do not support H.R. 2003, while Hailu Shawel does. (see the report here)

It was a blatantly false report. Just …

By Habte Adbaru

Mathematics can apply every were, but it demands your ability and talent to manipulate those numbers, at the same time you have to apply according to the rule of mathematics.

You must be aware of the consequences …

By Bethel Tsegaye
The Ethiopian American

John F. Kennedy once said, “The American, by nature, is optimistic. He is experimental, an inventor and a builder who builds best when called upon to build greatly.” What then can we say about …

By Barney Jopson in Nairobi and Daniel Dombey in Washington
The Financial Times

The U.S. House of Representatives has set itself at loggerheads with the Bush administration by backing a bill that would force Ethiopia, a US military ally, to …

STATEMENT
Congressman Donald Payne
Tenth District – New Jersey
For Immediate Release
Contact: Kerry McKenney
(202) 225-3436

Payne Ethiopian Democracy Bill Passes House

On Tuesday, the US House of Representatives passed HR 2003, the Ethiopia Democracy and Accountability Act of …

Kinijit leaders Wzt. Bertukan Mideksa, Dr Hailu Araya and Ato Brook Kebede have flown to Minneapolis this morning to meet with the party’s estranged chairman, Ato Hailu Shawel.

According to ER sources, after several requests Ato Hailu has finally agreed …

Statement by Fowsia Abdulkadir at the U.S. Congress
Chair, Ogaden Human Rights Committee Canada

Presented to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on African and Global Health

“Ethiopia and the State of Democracy: Effects on Human Rights and Humanitarian …

FREEDOM HOUSE
Washington, D.C.
October 3, 2007

A lack of media freedom and increased threats to civil liberties in Ethiopia are limiting social and economic development in that country, according to a new study by Freedom House, released shortly after …

By Nora Boustany
Washington Post Foreign Service

Ethiopia’s ambassador to Washington reacted furiously yesterday to a bill moving forward in Congress that would make future U.S. aid conditional on key democratic reforms.

The Ethiopian Democracy and Accountability Act would withhold …

By Erik Kirschbaum

BERLIN (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s Gete Wami went out for what she called “a little jog” — about 10 crisp miles in an hour — on Monday morning just a day after her easy victory in the Berlin …

By Solomon Bekele

I just finished discussing the matter with both Abebe Belew and Elias Kifle. Elias promised he would write a disclaimer immediately. Let us wait and see. However, in the event, he is not forthcoming with his promise; …

Wzt. Bertukan and colleagues do iskista with Kinijit supporters in Las Vegas as they enter the Palace Station Hotel meeting hall, Oct. 3, 2007. This is just one more proof that Kinijit leaders are a new generation of Ethiopian politicians …

Network of Ethiopian Scholars (NES)- Scandinavian Chapter

Promoting Millennium Hopes to Learn How to Innovate a Democratic System in Ethiopia: Continue to generate more and more activities until September 2008 at least!

1. Inspiring Quotes

I could see that my …

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Millionaire businessman Solomon Bekele seems to have ran out of patience with Ato Hailu Shawel and the crooks he has surrounded himself with. He is now ready to go on the air waves to inform the public what the Shaleqa …

O.N.L.F Statement on the passing Of Ethiopia Democracy & Accountability Act (H.R. 2003) in the United States House of Representatives

The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) on behalf of the Somali people of Ogaden welcomes the passing of the Ethiopia …

A GREAT DAY FOR AMERICA!

A GREATER DAY FOR ETHIOPIA!

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PASSED

H.R. 2003 AT 12:58 EASTER STANDARD TIME

The U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 2003 (Ethiopia Democracy and Accountability Act of 2007) on a unanimous …

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10:30 PM PST / 01:30 AM EST
The Kinijit town hall meeting in Las Vegas is now over. More time than usual was given for the question and answer program of the event. The audience were expressing their views as …

Kinijit Vice President Bertukan Mideksa and Addis Ababa Mayor-Elect Berhanu Nega have testified at the United States Congress today where they urged members of Congress to take strong legislative actions to stop the worsening human rights condition in Ethiopia.

Kinijit …

Testimony of Saman Zarifi, Human Rights Watch’s Washington Advocate

October 3, 2007

The U.S House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health

“The Human Rights and Humanitarian Situation in the Horn of Africa: The Cases …

Testimony of Saman Zarifi, Human Rights Watch’s Washington Advocate

October 3, 2007

The U.S House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health

“The Human Rights and Humanitarian Situation in the Horn of Africa: The Cases …

An interesting poem about groups who are bent on destroying or paralizing Kinijit.

Click here to read.…

By Erik Kirschbaum

BERLIN (Reuters) – Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie, who broke the world marathon record on Sunday, believes it is only a matter of time before someone covers the 42.2-km distance in two hours flat.

Gebrselassie, 34, clocked two hours …

By Jill Callison, Argus Leader

A cold rain couldn’t dampen the spirits of the 100 members of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church who gathered on a softball field to celebrate one of their most joyous holidays.

The celebrants, many of whom …