After being locked up in jail for 6 years by Woyanne dictator Meles Zenawi, Ato Siye Abraha is finally free and next month he will start a public meeting tour in the U.S. His first stop is Washington DC on …

The supreme council of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party (Kinijit) was convened today and made several decisions on how to move the party forward.

The major decisions the council made today include:

1) Giving the executive committee full …

Kinijit officials in Addis Ababa will hold a press conference Monday, at 1:00 EST. Listen live at Ethiopian Review Radio Network – click here.

ALSO
Captain Alemayehu Yeneneh, a former AEUP coordinator in Southern Ethiopia, will give a press …

Hailu Shawel’s AEUP Youth League Bole Chapter in action

[To those who lack sense of humor: This is a satire (joke).]…

By Jeffrey Gettleman

NAIROBI, Kenya: With the results from Kenya’s closely contested elections still up in the air and evidence growing of election mischief, riots erupted across the country on Saturday.

Columns of black smoke boiled up from the slums …

The executive committee of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party (Kinijit) had made a second attempt today (Saturday) to convene the party’s supreme council at its temporary office, but could not hold the meeting because a quorum (31 out …

የቅንጅት ለአንድነትና ለዴሞክራሲ ፓርቲ ስራ አስፈጻሚ ኮሚቴ ለዛሬ (ቅዳሜ) የጠራው የላእላይ ም/ቤት ስብሰባ ምልአተ ጉባኤ ባለመሟላቱ ባይካሄድም በህገ ደንቡ መሰረት በነገው እለት በሚገኙት የላእላይ ም/ቤት አባላት አብላጫ ድምጽ መሰረታዊ ውሳኔዎችን እንደሚያሳልፍ የፓርቲው ቃል አቀባይ ዶ/ር ኀይሉ አርአያ ለዝክር ዜና አገልግሎት …

By Fekade Shewakena

A recent call by Professor Messay Kebede for an honest dialogue about the Kinijit crisis has come too late and after the crisis has taken its toll. In my view, the problem at this stage is anything …

Islamist insurgents say they now control Guriel, where Ethiopia Woyanne had a big military base to secure the road linking the two countries.

A BBC correspondent in Somalia says it is not clear why the Ethiopian Woyanne troops withdrew without …

Ethiopian Review will interview representatives of Kinijit North America and Europe on Friday, Dec. 28 at 2:00 PM EST. The interview will focus on the role being played by Kinijit in the Diaspora to help resolve the ongoing leadership crisis …

Click here to read a presentation by Ato Sioum Gebeyehou entitled: “H.R. 2003 for Responsible Management“…

Click here to read the statement by Kinijit North America

Click here to read the statement by Kinijit Europe…

ወደ ምርጫ የሚገቡት ተቃዋሚዎች ሁኔታ አልታወቀም

የህዝብ ተወካዮች ም/ቤት በዛሬው እለት በምርጫ ቦርድ የቀረቡለትን ሶስት ጸሃፊዎች በአብላጫ ድምጽ የመረጠ ሲሆን በጊዜ ሰሌዳው መሰረትም የመራጮች ምዝገባ ከነገ ጀምሮ ለአንድ ወር ያህል ይቀጥላል፡፡

በተሻሻለው የምርጫ ህግ አዋጅ ቁጥር 532/99 አንቀጽ 15 መሰረት …

It has been a tradition of Ethiopian Review to select ‘Person of the Year’ at the end of every year. In preparation for the selection this year, we have posted 14 nominees and close to 500 readers made their choice …

Eleven Members of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party (Kinijit) supreme council who are currently outside of the country wrote a joint letter to the party’s executive committee expressing full support for the decisions the council will be making …

ADDIS ABABA (AFP) – The United Nations said Thursday Eritrean and Ethiopian Woyanne soldiers facing off along their disputed border exchanged gunshots Wednesday.

In a statement, the U.N. Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea said that its Indian battalion posted on …

(Biddho.com, Asmara) – In continuation to its ongoing provocations against the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Eritrea, the TPLF regime has unleashed a relatively small scale attack at exactly 03:00 am local time on December 25 in Southern …

The executive committee of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party (Kinijit) will attempt to convene the party’s supreme council again this coming Sunday.

Last Sunday’s attempt failed when a splinter group led by the estranged chairman of Kinijit, Ato …

By Gwynne Dyer
Syndicated columnist

On Friday, it will be is exactly a year since Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, fell to Ethiopian Woyanne troops and the occupation has been one of the most brutal on record. The resistance started at once, …

ዘርፈ ብዙ መስዋእትነት የተከፈለበትና ለኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ የዴሞክራሲና የልማት ጥያቄዎች ተጨባጭ አማራጮችን ይዞ የቀረበውን ቅንጅትን ለማዳከም ውስጣዊና ውጫዊ አፍራሽ እንቅስቃሴዎች እተካሄዱበት ቢሆንም የፓርቲውን ህልውና የሚያረጋግጡ ውይይቶች በመደረግ ላይ መሆናቸውን አንድ የስራ አስፈጻሚ አባል ለዜና አገልግሎቱ ገለጹ፡፡

ባለፈው እሁድ ቸርችል ጎዳና ሊደረግ …

By Conor Foley
Guardian Unlimited

One of the arguments used in favour of “humanitarian interventions” is that conflicts, by uprooting large numbers of people, have a destabilising effect that extends beyond the borders of the state in which they take …

NAIROBI (AFP) — Eritrean President Issaias Afeworki on Tuesday mourned the country’s famous independence fighter Mohammed Omar Abdalla, who died earlier in the day, aged 79.

Abdalla was one of the prominent fighters who launched Eritrea’s struggle for independence from …

San Diego, CA – 50 best Ethiopian website of the year for year 2007 is out. Yebbo Communication Network and SEWD (Society of Ethiopian Web developers) has conducted a research to find out where the Ethiopian web sites are ranking …

Click below to listen to an interview with Dr Hailu Araya, Kinijit spokesperson, today 12:15 PM EST.

Ethiopian Review Radio Network

At 2:00 PM EST today, ECADF will interview Ato Muluneh Eyoel, Kinijit Secretary General.

ALSO TODAY
Discussion with Ato …

VOA – It was Christmas Day a year ago that the situation in Somalia changed dramatically. That’s when Ethiopia Woyanne invaded and drove out forces belonging to the Islamic Courts Union. However, Ethiopia’s Woyanne’s initial, decisive military victory has turned …

BBC

An Ethiopian Woyanne Kangaroo court has convicted two anti-poverty activists of inciting violence after the elections in 2005.

Daniel Bekele, who works for ActionAid International, and local charity worker Netsanet Demissie could face up to 10 years in …

By Alemayehu Zemedkun

Netsanet Demissie and Daniel Bekele are victims of TPLF/EPRDF government well orchestrated plan designed to send a chilling message to all Non Governmental Organizations (NGO) across Ethiopia that empowering seventy seven million Ethiopians to exercise their freedom …

The Secretary General of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party (Kinijit), Ato Muluneh Eyoel, said today that the party’s supreme council (የላዕላይ ም/ቤት) will hold an emergency meeting Sunday, Dec. 23, 2007. Ato Muluneh sent out a written notice …

Ethiopian Review will hold a discussion with Ato Zewdalem Kebede on cooperation of Ethiopian opposition groups with the Government of Eritrea Saturday, Dec. 22, at 1:00 – 2:00 PM EST. Ato Zewdalem has visited Eritrea and met with high …

The Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday celebration organizing committee in Atlanta disinvited the estranged chairman of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party (Kinijit) from giving a speech.

The committee decided to take this action after learning about Ato Hailu’s …

Grant will improve reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health

BOSTON — JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. (JSI) will use a $14.7 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help the Government of Ethiopia achieve sustainable improvements …

Grant will improve reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health

BOSTON — JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. (JSI) will use a $14.7 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help the Government of Ethiopia achieve sustainable improvements …

Meles Zenawi has presented in the rubber stamp parliament in Ethiopia a new election law that would prevent political parties from receiving financial contributions from their supporters abroad.

The new law would prevent contributions from nongovernmental organizations, foreign governments, religious …

Ethiopian Review is resuming its tradition of naming “Person of the Year” at the end of every year. The man or woman chosen as person of the year is believed to have made significant contributions for the betterment of Ethiopia …

By Frank Jomo
Mineweb.com

One of India’s leading coal mining companies – New Delhi based Sainik Coal Mining Pvt. Limited has been granted a mining license by the Ethiopian government to exploit and further explore vast potash reserves in the …

(AFP) – About 200 would-be immigrants from Ethiopia and Somalia are dead or missing after two boats they were travelling in sank off the coast of Yemen on the weekend, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said yesterday.

One boat with …

The drunkard, khat addicted Woyanne ambassador to Washington DC, Samuel Assefa, said Lucy (Dinknesh) is not Ethiopian.

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By Messay Kebede

The current leadership split within the CUD has become the object of an intensive and partisan quarrel among the supporters of each faction. The divided Ethiopian diaspora wallows in the exercise of one-sidedly blaming one faction for …

The atrocities of Meles Zenawi and his Woyanne thugs in Somalia
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Ethiopian Interview with Tegbar spokesperson Ato Tsegaye Shimeles. Click below to listen: Click here to listen…

By SALAD DUHUL AND ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY
The Associated Press

MOGADISHU, Somalia — A radical Islamic group that was driven from power a year ago by a Western-supported offensive is making a significant comeback in Somalia, and the government can …

SAN’A, Yemen (AP) – An international aid group said Sunday that it discovered the bodies of 56 men, women and children on Yemen’s southern coast who perished trying to emigrate illegally from Africa.
Medecins Sans Frontieres’ team in Yemen found …

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Why did the EPPF International Committee fall apart?

To answer this and other related questions, Ethiopian Review interviewed Nigat Radio host Demis Belete Sunday, Dec. 16, 2007.

Ato Demis had witnessed every …

PRESS RELEASE
Action for Unity and Democracy
ተግባር ለአንድነትና ዴሞክራሲ

Action for Unity and Democracy (AUD), a new political movement that was created after the merger of Ethiopian Democratic Action League (Tegbar) and Ethiopian People’s Patriotic Front (EPPF) Youth League, …

This historical video shows Journalist Demis Belete visiting with EPPF fighters in the field last year. Since then EPPF went through a difficult leadership crisis. Now it is regrouping with a new leadership and ready to bloody Woyanne nose.

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MOGADISHU (AFP) — Two Somali women were killed by crossfire in Mogadishu Friday, bringing the civilian death toll to 19 after two days of gun battles in the ravaged capital, a witness said.

Shelling in northern neighbourhoods continued early in …

By Jeffrey Gettleman

NAIROBI: The Ethiopian Woyanne government, one of the United States’s top allies in Africa, is forcing untrained civilians — including doctors, teachers, office clerks and employees of development programs financed by the World Bank and United Nations …

እነ ብርትካን ሚዴቅሳና የቅንጅት የሥ/አ ኮሚቴ አባላት በዛሬው እለት ሊሰጡት የነበረው ጋዜጣዊ መግለጫ በሶስት ሆቴሎች አዳራሽ በመከልከሉ በወረቀት የተፃፈውን መግለጫ ሰተው ተበተኑ፡፡

እንደ ኢትዮጵያውያን ሰአት አቆጣጠር ከቐኑ በ 8 ሰዓት ላይ ሞተራ እየተባለበሚጠራው ሆቴል መግለጫ እንዳለ የተነገራቸው ጋዜጠኖች ከቀኑ ሰባት …

The executive committee of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party (Kinijit) issued the following statement. Click here to read. [Amharic, PDF] …

(Garowe Online) – Somali rebels waging war on the country’s interim government and its foreign backers have managed to intensify their violent campaign, despite a heavy-handed crackdown last month by allied Somali and Ethiopian Woyanne armed forces.

Heavy …

By Eric Watkins
PennEnergy Senior Correspondent

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13 — The Chinese government has called for the safety of its oil workers in two African countries, citing the dangers to operations posed by antigovernment rebels in Sudan and Ethiopia.…

By SALAD DUHUL – 21 hours ago

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia’s government is not in control of most of this war-ravaged country, and a radical Islamic group that was driven out last year is regrouping, a Somali official said …

This article [in Amharic] brings to light Ato Hailu Shawel’s trail of greed and betryal, including how he even failed to visit his colleague Prof. Astrat Woldeyes when he languished in jail for 6 years, and later when he was …

Ato Debebe Eshetu, Head of Public Relations for Kinijit, with Dinq TV in Calgary, Canada
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NAIROBI (AFP) — An East African peacemaking bloc on Wednesday urged Eritrea to return to the fold, seven months after it pulled out, undermining efforts to restore regional stability, Kenyan officials said.

Asmara suspended its membership in the Djibouti-based seven-nation …

Web sites affiliated with Woyanne and the Iyasu Alemayehu faction of EPRP are reporting that the estranged chairman of Kinijit, Ato Hailu Shawel, has issued a decree suspending Wzt. Bertukan Mideksa and four other top Kinijit leaders. (Click here …

Ruth Eglash, THE JERUSALEM POST

A wide cross-section of Ethiopian groups is planning to protest Wednesday in Petah Tikva against what is sees as a policy of apartheid adopted by the education system specifically and Israeli society in general.

The …

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By David Blair
The Daily Telegraph; with files from Agence France-Presse

LISBON – Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe pledged to uphold “democracy and the rule of law” yesterday when a raft of African autocrats signed a declaration supposedly heralding a …

Ambesse Tolossa wins the men’s division of the Honolulu Marathon for the second straight year.

By Deborah Booker | The Honolulu Advertiser

Ethiopia’s Ambesse Tolossa won the men’s division of The Honolulu Marathon for the second consecutive year, again holding …

(JTA) The Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert opened Sunday’s Cabinet meeting with grave remarks in response to a newspaper expose last week about a religious school in Petah Tikva at which girls of Ethiopian descent are segregated from …

The Youth League of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party (Kinijit) issued the following press release. Click here to read (pdf, Amharic)…

The Woyanne embassy in Washington DC will hold a “Nationalities Day” (ye bihereseboch qen) celebration party tomorrow, Sunday afternoon. Several Woyannes and their opportunist supporters are invited to dine and wine with top Woyanne officials at the embassy ground… Some …

By Aweys Yusuf

NAIROBI, Dec 8 (Reuters) – Somali insurgents seized a small town in central Somalia after a brief battle with government troops on Saturday, the government and residents said.

The insurgents took Bule Burte, 220 km (140 miles) …

(Associated Press) MOGADISHU, Somalia – Masked fighters occupied a key business district and residential neighbourhood in the Somali capital Saturday, saying they had forced Ethiopian Woyanne troops to withdraw and urging locals to return home.

Some 100,000 people have fled …

‘A Walk to Beautiful’ wins IDA’s top doc award

Los Angeles Times

Spike Lee, Michael Moore and Christiane Amanpour honored by International Documentary Association.
Staff Report

A documentary about young Ethiopian women who walk miles in seek of medical attention …

(DPA) NAIROBI – Sexual violence against women in the Somali capital Mogadishu has reached an unprecedented level, with women raped at checkpoints and during the day in front of bystanders by all parties to the vicious conflict, the United Nations …

UN NEWS CENTER

The grave humanitarian conditions in south-eastern Ethiopia, the Darfur region of Sudan and Somalia could substantially worsen in the months ahead, the top United Nations relief official told the Security Council today as he briefed members on …

Ethiopian Democratic Union (EDU) and Ethiopian Federal Democratic Unity Party (Hibre-Hizb) have issued a letter of intent to merge as one party. Click here to read the statement they released today. …

In a recent interview with Al Jazeera, Ethiopia’s dictator Meles Zenawi said that even if Eritreans start shooting, his troops will not shoot back. What Meles meant without saying it is that the invasion will be handled by Eritrean …

Kinijit’s estranged chairman Hailu Shawel and friends have finalized a plan to launch a newspaper entitled “Harambe.” Read more from zikkir News Service in Amharic …

Check out Addis Dimts Radio’s new web site here. Addis Dimts is the most popular Amharic language Ethiopian radio program in Washington DC hosted by Ato Abebe Belew. …

Source: yebbo.com

We put some Ethiopia-related web sites for the number of visitors test at Alexia and here is what we found. EthiopianReview.com is the #1 Ethiopian web site, followed by Nazret.com and Ethiomedia.com… Read more here …

By Sue Pleming

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged Ethiopia Woyanne on Wednesday to avoid acts that would raise tensions with Eritrea but got new promises from Africa’s Great Lakes nations to end fighting in eastern Congo.

In a rare …

A popular Ethiopian Somali web site, galbeed.com, adopts Ethiopian Review’s editorial policy of disassociating Ethiopia from Woyanne’s invasion of Somalia and referring Meles as dictator instead of prime minister. Click here to see.

Thank you, galbeed.com.…