By Yilma Bekele
The discussion is centered on the word ‘enemy’. It is not a simple word. Once a certain person or group has been identified as an enemy further action is called for. You have to get rid of …
By Yilma Bekele
The discussion is centered on the word ‘enemy’. It is not a simple word. Once a certain person or group has been identified as an enemy further action is called for. You have to get rid of …
By Suzanne Muchnic, Los Angeles Times
The J. Paul Getty Museum has added a rare Ethiopian Gospel book to its collection of illuminated manuscripts. Created around 1504-05 with five full-page paintings and many ornamental touches, it is one of the …
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Chinese investors have built Ethiopia’s first glass factory worth $15 million, the Ministry of Trade and Industry announced on Tuesday.
The Chinese have been investing heavily in Africa, especially in resource rich areas. However, figures of …
(Tadias Magazine) New York – The presidential campaign of Senator Barack Obama has hired Selam Mulugeta, an Ethiopian American who formerly served as a Congressional Staffer and Special Assistant to Rep. Mike Honda (D-Calif.), founder and Chair of …
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopian soccer authorities said on Thursday a suspension by FIFA was illegal and that they would take their case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
FIFA suspended the Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) on Tuesday …
United Ethiopian Democracy Forces (UEDF) evaluates its performance and proposes a new strategy in a 7-page statement it released today. Click here to read [Amharic, pdf]…
Ethiopian Peoples Patriotic Front (EPPF) and Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) have inflicted heavy losses on Woyane troops, killing and wounding 251. Watch below.
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The Washington DC-based Addis Dimts radio reports that a group of armed men has attacked Woyanne targets in North Shoa. Click below to listen [forward to 13:00].
[podcast]http://www.ethiopianreview.info/audio/addis_dimts07-27-08.mp3[/podcast]…
The entire executive committee of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) has been relieved of its duties and replaced with a provisional executive council today.
Majority of the OLF national council members has passed a vote of “No Confidence” on the …
As you know, Ethiopian refugees are enduring very deplorable conditions in several countries. Our refugees in Yemen say they are treated like a “trash,” as are those in Libya prisons. Many die on the way as they escaped political persecution …
EDITOR’S NOTE: When it comes to Africa, news agencies like Reuters do not question reports provided to them by the corrupt governments. Revenue from coffee in Ethiopia, for example, is stated as $525 million. This figure is a fabrication, according …
Addis Ababa
The air is thick with pollution and the spicy sweet smell of eucalyptus wood smoke. You’re as likely to see a sophisticated professional walking down the street with a briefcase as you are a peasant wrapped in a …
By Louis Charbonneau
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council is planning to disband its peacekeeping mission to the volatile border between Eritrea and Ethiopia after Eritrea forced out most of the U.N. troops, diplomats said on Tuesday.
The …
World soccer’s governing body FIFA has suspended the Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) due to failure to implement its road map, set in February with the world’s football governing body and the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in an effort to …
By Teddy Fikre
What is the definition of success? Is success measured by our ability to register every Ethiopian who can register before November 4th, or is the definition of success our ability to reach a few hundred? When we …
By Alemayehu G. Mariam
Lately, there has been talk about “The Enemy.” Some say, the woyane regime of Zenawi is “The Enemy.” Others say it is not. If woyane is the “The Enemy,” what to do? If it is not, …
AWASSA, Ethiopia, 28 July 2008 – In the districts around Awassa, it is becoming increasingly difficult to earn …
By Charles W. Corey
America.gov
Washington — A “strong and active” African Development Bank (AfDB) is what Africa needs to help its “long-held promise” become a reality, the U.S. executive director-designate to the bank told the U.S. Senate July 17.…
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is just one more prove that the food shortage in southern Ethiopia is man-made by the Meles regime, not lack of rain.
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Global Energy (OTCBB:GEYI), an alternative energy innovator, announced today that its subsidiary, Global …
A Few Reasons Why some of the Ethiopian Diaspora Community Members are not Interested and/or against “Investing” in Ethiopia: A Summary of selected conversations over coffee and by telephone.
By Dr. Seid Hassan
As some of you already know, some …
EDITOR’S NOTE: If and when Woyanne starts another war with Eritrea, it will be the end for the Meles criminal family, because the people of Ethiopia will either stay neutral or stand with Eritrea.
(APA) — The Ethiopian…
By Obang Metho
Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatu Allah wa barakatuh — Peace be onto you!
I want to express my deep gratitude for giving me the opportunity to offer you some words of encouragement at your conference entitled Ethiopian Muslims: …
(By Elshadai Negash for the IAAF) — Few observers who saw marathon runner Tsegaye Kebede enter the 2007 Abebe Bikila International Marathon in July last year as an unknown …
(Associated Press) NEW YORK — Tadesse Tola of Ethiopia upset Patrick Makau of Kenya in the men’s NYC Half-Marathon on Sunday, and Catherine Ndereba of Kenya won the women’s race to solidify her standing as a favorite in next month’s …
By Tim Townsend, STLtoday.com
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI — Most of the members of Debre Nazreth St. Mary and St. Gabriel Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church are part of the area’s working class. They are cab drivers, hotel maids, gas station attendants, …
By JIM BRONSKILL, THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA — Stymied for months in their attempts to gain access to imprisoned Canadian Bashir Makhtal, diplomats were forced to rely on information from “a trusted intermediary,” newly obtained documents show.
At one point …
(African Press Agency) — A big bridge which collapsed in northern Ethiopia, about 600 kilometers from Addis Ababa, disconnected land transport with the capital, leaving hundreds of vehicles stranded. The Ethiopian Transport ministry said on Friday evening that …
Ethiopia’s Mahmoud Ahmed and Alemayehu Eshete with Gétatchèw Mèkurya and the Either/Orchestra will perform at the Lincoln Center in New York, August 20, 2008.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008, at 6:00 PM
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EDITOR’S NOTE: This is just one example that if Ethiopians are left alone, we can do miracles. Unfortunately, and ironically, we are unable to develop our own country because of the repressive conditions created by U.S.-backed fascist regime.
By Amanda …
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) — Ethiopia’s two-time Olympic champion Haile Gebrselassie on Friday declared himself fully fit and ready for another shot at the 10,000 metres in Beijing.
The Ethiopian legend, who has been battling with calf and tendon injuries returned …
Harsh as they were, my views on Africa had to be expressed – Kevin Myers
(Belfast Telegraph) — Last Friday week, with famine approaching yet again, I wondered about the wisdom of forking out yet more aid to …
EDITOR’S NOTE: There is no ‘Ethiopian military’ in today’s Ethiopia. It’s a Woyanne military over 90 percent of whose top brass are from one ethnic group, Tigray. It’s a military that is good only at killing civilians and raping women. …
By Teddy Fikre
Senator Obama’s historic campaign has ignited a level of excitement within the Ethiopian-American community unlike any other time. We have embraced Obama’s message of hope and self-empowerment as our own. Ethiopians for Obama is an offshoot of …
Ethiopia ’s preparations for the 29th Beijing Olympics dented a huge blow this week after athletes held each at gunpoint at the team’s official hotel.
In an incident that took place last Sunday at the Ghion Hotel, Ethiopian marathon runner …
By Victor Ozeri
How many times will an investor come to Addis Ababa to help the Ethiopian people only to be cheated out of his investment?
My name is Victor Ozeri. I am a U.S. citizen. In 1982, I traveled …
By Edmund Sanders, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
July 24, 2008
(Los Angeles Times) NAIROBI, KENYA — Sudan’s diplomatic offensive against the International Criminal Court is gaining momentum in Africa, but faces stiff odds before the U.N. Security …
MOGADISHU (Xinhua) — Nine people were killed and an unknown number of others wounded Thursday in the central Somali town of Beledweyn following a heavy shelling by Ethiopian Woyanne troops, senior elder and witnesses said.
“I was informed …
By ALLON SINAI, Jerusalem Post
After three days behind bars, Israel’s Olympic marathon runner Haile Satayin (Setegn) will be released on Friday from the Ethiopian prison in Gondar.
The 53-year-old was arrested upon his arrival at Addis Ababa Airport earlier …
EPPF military communiqué reported that 500 Woyanne troops were killed or wounded. Also, ARS freedom fighters continue their attacks and put 186 Woyanne and TFG troops out of action. Woyannes continue to detonate mines and blame their actions on the …
By Sara Castaldini
In its February 2008 newsletter, VEGA (Volunteers for Economic Growth Alliance) announced a business project in Ethiopia supported by USAID (paid for by American tax payers). According to the newsletter (PAGE 3), VEGA initiated the first joint …
By Raymond Baguma and Joshua Masinde
(New Vision) KAMPALA, UGANDA — THE ten African countries that share the River Nile under the umbrella of the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) should consider economic and political integration, an Ethiopian academic …
Court Overturns Asylum Denial to an Ethiopian Woman Claiming Torture
By STEVEN M. ELLIS, Staff Writer
(Metropolitan News-Enterprise) — The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday rejected the conclusion of an immigration judge—who openly accused the …
By Rami Hipsh, Haaretz.com
Israeli marathon runner Haile Satain, who is set to represent Israel in the Beijing Olympics, has been arrested in Ethiopia for unknown reasons.
The Ethiopian Athletics Association recently informed its Israeli counterpart that the runner was …
(KHOU.com) HOUSTON — U.S. Customs agents on Monday seized a large container at the Port of Houston from Ethiopia. Inside what was supposed to be musical drums was $185,000 in elephant ivory.
Smugglers were trying to slip the …
By Ashenafi Gossaye
In the midst of the current issues that attracted public attention and intense debate such as the Ethio-Sudan border, the war in Ogaden and Somalia, the drought and the political and economic crisis prevailing throughout the nation, …
By DAVID ROHDE, The New York Times
The arrest of Radovan Karadzic on Monday gave badly needed credibility to international war crimes tribunals that have struggled for years to bring fugitives to justice, according to former prosecutors, legal experts and …
“Multicolored Flowers,” a film by Fikre Tolossa will be featured in Los Angeles, July 27
Dr. Fikre Tolossa’s feature film, “Multicolored Flowers,” a coming of age drama with comical and satirical overtones and undertones, will be featured in Los Angeles, …
Dozens of drivers of Ethiopian descent were pulled over by police and breathalyzed in Ashdod last week only because of the color of their skin, a number of witnesses told The Jerusalem Post Monday.…
(The Canadian Press) OTTAWA — After 18 months of fruitless effort, Canadian officials in Ethiopia have succeeded in visiting a former Toronto man held under mysterious circumstances in an Addis Ababa jail.
The Foreign Affairs Department said Monday …
The slender stone columns which mark the tombs of ancient kings and nobles still stand in a green field at the edge of the modern town of Axum.
But these days the site …
(In the News) — Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai have agreed to a timetable for reconciliation talks.
The signing, at a hotel in Harare today, marked the first time they had met face to face for …
PRESS RELEASE
(Afar Human Right Organization) — The TPLF army continues its terror and intimidation on the Afar civilian. One of the latest victims was a 16 years old school boy Ibrahim Mohamed Suula. July 13, 2008 the army shot …
Press Release
International Oromo Human Rights Conference
The Oromo American Citizens Council (OACC) The mission of the OACC is to educate and motivate Oromo Americans and others to participate in the social and political processes locally and nationally and to …
EDITOR’S NOTE: When is Meles Zenawi’s turn? Oh, never mind. Prof. Mesfin Woldemariam said let’s forgive him.
(CNN) — Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has been arrested after more than a decade as a fugitive from war crimes charges, the …
The following is translated from French to English. It is taken from a Djiboutian newspaper, La Nation
Djibouti has just been given 5,000 hectares of agricultural land by Ethiopia.
President Ismail Omar Guelleh of Djibouti has returned to the capital …
By Mitch Phillips
LONDON (Reuters) – When Haile Gebrselassie was taking distance running to new levels a decade ago few could have imagined that even before he had retired he would be eclipsed by another Ethiopian, Kenenisa Bekele.
If, as …
EDITOR’S NOTE: African Union makes such a demand because it represents Africa’s parasitic dictators such as Meles Zenawi, Robert Mugabe, and others who are waiting their turn to face similar indictments. AU doesn’t represent the people of Africa.
(Peter Clottey, …
WASHINGTON, July 21 (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund on Monday urged “forceful” policy tightening in Ethiopia to reduce inflation, as high oil and food prices also strain balance of payments.
The IMF said a year-long impact of higher oil …
The head of Ethiopia’s notorious Federal Police, Workneh Gebeyenu, is currently in Washington DC. He has been observed at some Ethiopian restaurants socializing and partying.
Workneh Gebeyehu is a mass murderer who had executed Meles Zenawi’s order to …
The kangaroo court in Ethiopia today sent popular singer Tedy Afro back to prison after ignoring the forged hospital record that was produced by the prosecutor.
The original hospital record shows that the victim of the car accident, for which …
LONDON (Reuters) – The U.N. food agency urgently needs $222 million to avert a major food crisis in Ethiopia, where millions are struggling to cope with drought and high prices, it said on Monday.
The Ethiopian government and aid agencies …
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ADDIS ABABA (AFP) — The African Union on Monday asked the UN Security Council to delay a decision by the International Criminal Court on whether to indict Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir on war crimes charges.
“The African …
(AFP) — Mogadishu – At least seven civilians were killed when Somali insurgents attacked a joint convoy of Ethiopian Woyanne and Somali troops, sparking deadly clashes, witnesses said on Monday.
Fifteen others were wounded in the clashes that erupted on …
By Kay Quinn, STLtoday.com
ST LOUIS, MISSOURI — Imagine watching helplessly as a facial tumor begins to form on the right side of your jaw and eventually takes over most of the right side of your face. You have trouble …
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Thousands of Ethiopians have descended on Washington DC for an annual Ethiopian Soccer Tournament organized by ESFNA. The entire week greater Washington has been …
A Victoria mother has been reunited with her Ethiopian son after immigration delays kept an ocean between the two for more than nine years.
Backlogs at Immigration …
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…ADDIS ABABA (AFP) — African Union commission chief Jean Ping expressed his hope Sunday that Zimbabwe’s ruling party and the opposition would sign a deal within 24 hours to begin fully-fledged talks.
Ping met President Robert Mugabe, opposition Movement for …
By Jason McLure, BLOOMBERG
BHP Billiton was granted a potash-prospecting licence for a 17,000 square-kilometre area in Ethiopia’s Afar region, its Mines Ministry said.
Three British and two French nationals were kidnapped in the Afar region in March by rebels.…
The Washington DC-based Hibret radio reports quoting its local sources in Ethiopia that armed men belonging to an unidentified group have attacked several Woyanne targets in North Shoa towns last week.
Click here to listen [podcast]http://www.ethioforum.org/wp/audio/unidentified_forces.mp3[/podcast]…
U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama visits Afganistan
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What began as a colorful Internet fluke has blossomed into a full-fledged political movement – one that Republicans and Democrats alike are reluctantly having to acknowledge… Watch below
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(By Frugal Bachelor) – When I was in Ethiopia, the power went off every few days, all day long, from 8:30 AM – 8:30 PM. Not only in the little towns, but even in the national capital. This …
(AP) ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Ethiopia’s runners have won at least one gold medal at almost every Olympics since 1960. The country’s other athletes have been shut out.
Now a member of the Ethiopian team for the Beijing …
Los Angeles
Ginbot 7 Movement officials Ato Andargachew Tsege and Ato Muluneh Eyuel will hold a town hall meeting in Los Angeles on July 20.
Place: Aroma Wilshire Center, Sky Hall
Address: 3680 Wilshire Blvd. #501, Los Angeles CA 90010…
Executive Committee members of the Unity for Democracy and Justice Party (UDJ) have decided to take a 3-day retreat in Debre Zeit, a small town about 45 km south of Addis Ababa, from July 25-28.
According to ER sources, the …
By Alysia Patterson, The Medill Reports
WASHINGTON — In the world of African affairs, Ethiopia and Eritrea are historically unfriendly neighbors. But in the fashion world style transcends geopolitical tussles. Three young African immigrants — one from Eritrea and two …
Ethiopian Review reader Ato Ayele Tena Kassa has translated the controversial article by Irish columnist Kevin Myers as follows.
Dear Editor,
I have read the commentary by Kevin Meyers you posted on July 11th — Africa is giving nothing to …
By CHARLIE TAYLOR, Irish Times
The Immigrant Council of Ireland (ICI) is to make an official complaint to the Garda Síochána today about the publication of what it considers to be a racially offensive article that appeared in the Irish …
By Tedla Yeneakal, The Capital
Major towns throughout Ethiopia have been hit by a major shortage of diesel fuel, starting Thursday, July 10, 2008 this week, gas stations were congested with vehicles queuing to fill up their tanks. Damenu Kibret, …
(Colbinski Chronicles) — Two buses go to Bahir Dar, a large “autobus” or a small minibus. The minibus takes an unpaved road, which is shorter but bumpier and gets there quick. The autobus takes a longer, smoother route …
Meles Zenawi’s right hand, Sebhat Nega, has authorized a cross border transfer of over 200 containers of foodstuffs to be sold to Sudan and Djibouti — stealing food from the mouths of starving children… ONLF (Ogaden National Liberation Front) fighters …
Testimony by Mimi Alemayehou Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee For Consideration for the Position of U.S. Executive Director for the African Development Bank
Chairman Menendez, Senator Lugar, and Members of the Committee, I am grateful for the opportunity to …
(EurActiv.com) The EU and its new, six-month French Presidency must push harder on issues such as good governance and human rights in the international arena, including with Russia and at the Olympic Games in Beijing, …
By Yilma Bekele
The New Yorker magazine had a very interesting /tasteless/ hateful/ satirical, cover on its current issue. Everybody has an opinion about it. As they say in the New Yorker, it is the talk of the town. It …
By ANDRIA SIMMONS | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Relatives have been visiting Tedla Lemma’s grave almost daily since he was killed in a home invasion four months ago.
Loran Zemedu Araya, suspect in the killing of Tedla Lemma
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His sister-in-law, Rosemary …
Ato Andargachew Tsege and Ato Muluneh Eyuel, officials of Ginbot 7 Movement, will hold a town hall meeting in Los Angeles on July 20 to discuss the organization’s objectives and program.
Place: Aroma Wilshire Center, Sky Hall
Address: 3680 Wilshire …
The Ethiopia-Sudan Border Affairs Committee has passed this resolution after holding a public meeting on July 2, 2008, in Washington DC. Click here to read [Amharic, pdf]
The Committee will hold a public meeting in San Jose, California, on Saturday, …
By Benedict Moran and Jason McLure
(Bloomberg) — Rebel fighters in Darfur said they’re planning a new attack on Sudan’s capital because the government isn’t committed to peace in the war-torn region.
The rebel faction known as the …
The top leadership of Unity for Democracy and Justice Party (UDJ), including the chairperson, Wzt. Birtukan Mideksa, went to the resort town of Sodore (130km southeast of Addis Ababa) on Monday to relax and also try bring harmony among the …
Helawi Yoseph, Demeke Mekonnen and other high ranking Woyanne officials who are currently touring the U.S. were seen entertaining themselves over the weekend at Maaza Ethiopian Restaurant in Arlington, Virginia.
Ironically, these Woyanne officials [Actually they are not real Woyannes. …
Aba Qewstos, a messenger of Woyanne’s fake patriarch Aba Gebremedhin (formerly Aba Paulos) is heading to Atlanta this week his mission of dividing Ethiopian Orthodox Christians in the U.S. Read the report below by concerned Ethiopians in Atlanta. Click here …
Analysis
By Alemayehu Gebremariam
The Failed States Index for 2008 is out; and the Land of Famine, Gross Human Rights Violations, Stolen Elections and Poverty is re-certified as a “Failed State”, again! We have Zenawi and his corrupt regime to …
By Martin Plaut, Africa editor, BBC News
Mr Bashir served in the army and rose to power in the 1990s
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The unprecedented decision by the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to seek charges against President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan …
Dr Berhanou Abebe, a polyglot and the most distinguished Ethiopian French scholar, passed away on July 1, 2008, while on assignment to monitor the elections in Zimbabwe as a representative of the African Union. The following is a …
WASHINGTON– The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded a $50 million cooperative agreement to U.S.-based Pathfinder International to fund a five-year program that will make sustainable improvements to key family health services and planning in Ethiopia.
The project …
According to the 1976 TPLF Manifesto, the map of Tigray will look like this if Woyanne succeeds. Note that the Tigray border stretches to Red Sea. That may explain:
1) why Tigrean elites — even those who hate Meles — …
Prof. Ephraim Isaac at the July 4th Ethiopian sports events in Washington DC talks about the secret border agreement between Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia and al-Bashir of Sudan with some angry Ethiopians. (Source: ER Intelligence Unit)
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