By Tony Okerafor
One of the big African stories of the last eight days or so has been the holding of key parliamentary elections in one of the continent’s most populous countries. Ethiopia has been such a major player in …
By Tony Okerafor
One of the big African stories of the last eight days or so has been the holding of key parliamentary elections in one of the continent’s most populous countries. Ethiopia has been such a major player in …
By Barry Malone
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) — Girma Seifu was at home hosting a dinner party to celebrate what looked like a sure parliamentary seat win when he got the phone call that would force him into the spotlight.
Ethiopia’s …
By Filip Hruby
Ethiopian movies Teza (Haile Gerima), Atletu (Rasselas Lakew, Davey Frankel) and LEZARE (Zelalem Woldemariam) won the main awards at 7th African Film Festival in Tarifa (FCAT). Teza won the award “Wind Griot” for the best feature film. …
By Sally Healy
Ethiopia’s ruling party has already staged a victory rally in Addis Ababa to mark their satisfaction with the elections held last Sunday. The official results will not be announced until 21 June. But it is already clear …
Alemayehu G. Mariam
Note: Over the past week, I have received numerous requests from those who read my last commentary “Ethiopia at the Crossroads of History[1], to share my views on the on the question, “Where do we go …
(Press Release) — For the past three days and intermittently before that, Ethiopian Satellite Service (ESAT) broadcasts in Ethiopia have been interrupted due to undetermined electronic interference.
Following preliminary investigations, we have confirmed the following facts:
Our service providers have …
Ethiopian Satellite TV (ESAT)
(Press Release) — The Ethiopian Satellite Broadcasting Service (ESAT) has been off the air for the past 24 hours.
We have received thousands of telephone calls and email inquires concerning the interruption of service. We thank …
By Christopher Vouralias | Variety
Ethiopia’s first independent satellite TV launched in May, breaking the monopoly long held by Ethiopian Television.
Ethiopian Satellite Television (ESAT) began a trial run May 14, with plans to unveil a full slate of original …
Nineteen years and counting. Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and his ruling EPRDF party are cruising to an easy “victory” in the May 23 elections. Taking power in 1991, Meles is as entrenched as they …
By Messay Kebede
I am still struggling to make sense of Sunday’s election from the viewpoint of the Woyanne government itself. There is no doubt that its results represent a crushing and demoralizing defeat for the opposition. Such a colossal …
U.S. Department of State Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs P.J. Crowley slammed the tribal ruling junta in Ethiopia for conducting an unfair election on May 23. Mr Crowley spoke at the Daily Press Briefing of the U.S. Department of State …
Union of African thieves, murderers and rapists (AU) has issued a report today on the May 23 elections in Ethiopia stating that it was free and fair. What else can be expected from these goons? The following is a report …
Medrek, the eight-party opposition coalition in Ethiopia, has issued a 7-page strongly worded statement expressing its outrage at the ruling party, Woyanne, for the way it has conducted the May 2010 elections. In the statement, Medrek thanked European Union observers …
The following articles, which is posted on WaltaInfo.com, a web site run by the propaganda chief of Ethiopia’s ruling junta, Bereket Simon, accuses Western countries of orchestrating violence in Ethiopia. What these professional beggars seem to forget is that without …
In a Letter to the Editor, European Union Chief Election Observer takes to task the Woyanne-controlled Ethiopian News Agency (ENA) for publishing a distorted report about a statement released by the Election Observation Mission. Read the letter below:
Letter to …
Eritrean Ministry of Information’s Shabait.com has posted the following editorial today regarding the May 23, 2010 elections in Ethiopia:
The Ethiopian people had in 2005 once and for all made their choice clear in no uncertain terms, voting for the …
Woyanne propaganda chief Bereket Simon makes a fool out of himself on Al Jazeera TV by trying to defend his regime’s conduct in the May 2010 elections in Ethiopia. Watch below:
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Author Tesfaye GebreAb analyzes Ethiopian election 2010 in which he gives us insight into what possible measures Meles Zenawi and his Woyanne ruling junta are preparing to take in order to consolidate their 99% ‘victory’ at the May 23 election. …
European Union Election Observation Mission has issued an 11-page preliminary statement on the May 23, 2010, elections in Ethiopia. (Click here for the full statement, pdf)
Executive Summary
The fourth elections to the House of People’s Representatives and …
By Rene Lefort
It means that the EPRDF had decided — and successfully taken the appropriate authoritarian measures — not only to be the unquestionable winner of the 2010 elections, but also to get its revenge on the opposition by …
By KJETIL TRONVILL, UNIVERSITY OF OSLO
In the near future, I do not see any changes of policy either from the EPRDF’s side, or from the international side versus Ethiopia: it will be business as usual.
The donor group will …
By Douglas Mpuga | VOA
A former top U.S. official on Africa says Ethiopian opposition parties failed to get equal access to the media in the run-up to Sunday’s parliamentary elections.
Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs …
By Jonathan Manthorpe | Vancouver Sun
After Ethiopia’s previous dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam murdered the man he had deposed, Emperor Haile Selassie, he capped his triumph by having the body buried under his office floor.
Ethiopia’s current leader dictator, Meles …
By Naomi Hunt | International Press Institute (IPI)
Ethiopia’s electoral board said on Tuesday that the ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) and allied parties had won a Sunday election by a landslide.
European Union chief election observer Thijs …
The European Union’s chief election observer Mr.Tijis Berman’s comments have confirmed other reports coming from Ethiopia that the national elections held on Sunday, May 23rd were neither fair nor free. During a press conference in Addis Ababa, Mr. Tijis …
The Woyanne ruling junta in Ethiopia handed out 50 birr and a wrist watch to homeless and unemployed people to come to its ‘victory’ rally yesterday at Mesqel Squre, according to Ethiopian Review sources.
Most of those who were seen …
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) — An eight-party opposition coalition called Medrek called Wednesday for a rerun of the election and said it would not be deterred by the ruling party’s desire to have a single-party state.
“In spite of all the …
By Barry Malone
Ethiopian police Woyanne gunmen shot dead two opposition members in the sensitive Oromia region after an election the ruling party won by a landslide, an opposition party and the government said Wednesday.
The electoral board said Tuesday …
The European Union Election Observation Mission has issued the following press statement regarding last Sunday’s (May 23) general elections in Ethiopia. It is reported that after reading the statement, Meles Zenawi called the Chief Observer, Thijs Berman, to his office …
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 25, 2010
Statement by National Security Council Spokesman Mike Hammer on Ethiopian Elections
We acknowledge the conclusion of Ethiopia’s parliamentary elections on May 23, 2010. We commend the …
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Prime Minister Ethiopia’s ruling junta leader Meles Zenawi urged the international community on Tuesday to respect his landslide election win vote stealing and said foreign forces could not overturn the outcome and blood should not be …
By Andrew Simmons | Al Jazeera
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA — Shortly after dawn Ethiopia’s capital was filled with the sound of loud hailers, the horns of flatbed lorries packed with people and the distorted blast of sound systems playing music.…
European Union’s election observation mission smacked Meles Zenawi’s smug off his bestial face today by announcing that the election was rigged. This came on the heels of Human Rights Watch’s stinging criticism of how the ruling junta conducted Sunday’s parliamentary …
The Meles crime family, also known as the Adwa Mafia, claims that it has scored 100% victory in Tigray region by winning all the 38 parliamentary seats. Former comrades of Meles Zenawi — Seye Abraha, Gebru Asrat, and Aregash Adane …
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Woyanne-controlled media in Ethiopia has started to unleash a verbal salvo against the chief of European Union election monitoring team, Mr Thijs Berman, today after he told reporters at a press conference that Sunday’s election was not …
The European Union mission said Tuesday that the weekend vote had been peaceful, but there were inequalities that favored the ruling party leading up to the election.
Thijs Berman, the EU’s chief observer, said they had received a number of …
ADDIS ABABA (Xinhua) — The Ethiopian ruling party junta has gained 499 seats in the 547-member parliament, media reported on Tuesday.
The report quoted the Ethiopian National Electoral Board as saying the outcome emerged when 536 results were announced.
Earlier …
Ethiopia’s ruling party junta called a rally in the capital Tuesday to celebrate its victory theft in national elections, but a U.S. rights group claimed the weekend ballot was corrupted by irregularities.
Hundreds of blue-uniformed federal police death squads stood …
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia’s election board says provisional results show the ruling party has won the national vote.
Board chairman Merga Bekana says the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front and its allies have won in the nine regions …
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — An international human rights group said Monday that Ethiopia’s national election was marred by repression and intimidation, while the government said the vote was free and fair.
New York-based Human Rights Watch said Sunday’s parliamentary …
By Tristan McConnell — Times Online
MOJO, ETHIOPIA — Soon after polling stations opened at 6am dozens of voters queued patiently in the morning light outside a school administration building in the crossroads town of Mojo, central Ethiopia.
Here and …
Al Jazeera interviews Prof. Alemayehu Gebremariam on Sunday’s parliamentary elections in Ethiopia. Watch the video below:
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Widespread fraud and harassment of opposition supporters, candidates, and observers are being reported through out Ethiopia in today’s parliamentary elections.
Ethiopian Review sources in Addis Ababa, Gonder, Gojjam, Tigray, Awassa, Ambo and other cities are reporting that Woyanne cadres and …
By Ashish Kumar Sen | The Washington Times
A bipartisan group of lawmakers says the Obama administration must speak out against human rights violations in Ethiopia ahead of elections in the Horn of Africa nation on Sunday.
In a letter …
Election monitors and journalists this morning have observed election irregularities in southern Ethiopian town of Awassa where Southern Regional state president Shiferaw Shigute is a candidate. Ethiopian Review sources are reporting that when election observers and journalists arrived at polling …
By ANITA POWELL
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia’s largest opposition bloc said they have evidence of voter intimidation and vote-rigging that may lead them to reject the results of Sunday’s national election.
The vote is being closely watched by …
By Jason McLure | Bloomberg
Ethiopians went to the polls today to vote in the Horn of Africa nation’s first national elections since 2005 after a campaign marred by allegations of intimidation by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s ruling party.
The …
In an interview with BrownCondor.com, Virginia Congressman Jim Moran blasts Ethiopia’s ruling junta as repressive and a disgrace. The Congressman went on to say that the U.S. Government should stop giving $2 billion per year to the Meles regime …
By Alemayehu G. Mariam
There is an old morality tale of The Emperor’s New Clothes about a king who is so self-absorbed, vainglorious and obsessed with his appearance that he hired two suit makers and gave them vast amounts of …
By Nathaniel Myers | ForeignPolicy.com
A government clampdown has rendered the outcome of Sunday’s parliamentary elections a foregone conclusion. Washington doesn’t seem to mind that its ally, Prime Minister tribal warlord Meles Zenawi, is assured a win.
I first glimpsed …
By Zoe Alsop | TIME
Ethiopia is quiet as it heads into Sunday’s parliamentary elections — and that is part of the problem. The somberness of the capital Addis Ababa is in stark contrast to the massive demonstrations led by …
By Jason McLure | Bloomberg.com
Ethiopian Prime Minister tribal warlord Meles Zenawi, whose nation receives billions of dollars in Western aid, is headed for an easy re-election on May 23 after stifling the opposition, according to analysts and human-rights groups.…
By Gideon Haile
I am an Ethiopian who is residing in the Washington Metro Area. I hope my story below will inspire other Ethiopians.
I could have DIED at the age of the age of 22 from being UNHEALTY and …
EDITOR’S NOTE: This seems to be the work of Woyanne thugs.
MEKELE, Ethiopia (Reuters) — A bomb exploded on a bus in Ethiopia near the Eritrean border wounding 13 people, police said on Thursday, three days before elections.
“A bomb …
By Barry Malone
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (Reuters) — The Ethiopian government ruling Woyanne ruling in Ethiopia confirmed on Wednesday that insurgents had attacked an army base five days before national elections, but denied the rebels had seized control of the …
Peter Heinlein
Tigray Region, Ethiopia (VOA) — Tensions are high in Ethiopia ahead of the May 23 elections for parliament. It will be the first nationwide vote since the flawed 2005 election that ended in violence, leaving hundreds dead. The …
Ethiopian ESAT is a game changer. By Yilma Bekele
When you think things look bad and hope is fading something happens to boost the morale and compels you to get up and give it another spin. When the little tyrant …
Forty policemen march two-by-two through a remote Ethiopian town drawing stares from local farmers for their incongruous high-tech stab vests, body armour and riot helmets.
“Look, they are trying to terrify us,” says opposition politician Teshale Idosa, his eyes widening. …
Alemayehu G. Mariam
Note: Except for elements inserted in the nature of narrative license, syntax and independently established facts, this “interview” is based on English or Amharic translations of public statements, hearing testimony, speeches and other declarations[ 1] of Birtukan …
Ethiopian Review, in collaboration with other Ethiopian media, will interview Col. Alebel Amare, senior leader of the newly formed Amhara Democratic Force Movement, on Friday, May 21, starting at 2 PM Washington DC Time. The interview be broadcast live in …
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Afrigue en ligne) — Western diplomatic missions in Addis Ababa have sent out warning messages to their citizens in Ethiopia or those planning to travel there, as tension builds in the Horn of Africa country …
By By Charles Onyango-Obbo | The East African
In 2002, the deep divisions in Kenya’s ruling Kanu party, allowed the National Rainbow Coalition led by President Mwai Kibaki to score an unprecedented landslide for an opposition party in Africa.
In …
Ethiopia has had little experience with elections. Several powerless parliaments were chosen over the decades, with few voters and minimal consequences. When the Derg fell and the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) was consolidating its power, …
By Laura Noonan | Irish Independent
For David McKernan, it all began with a trip to Ethiopia in 2005. The boss of the coffee chain Java Republic demanded that his hosts take him to the remote region where the country’s …
By Bucknell Magazine
LEWISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA — In December, an Ethiopian court sentenced Bucknell University Professor of Economics Berhanu Nega, former mayor of Addis Ababa, to death in absentia for terrorism.
Q: Your colleagues and friends understand that this charge is …
By Yilma Bekele
It is election season in California. Two positions are open. The governorship and Federal Senate positions are up for grabs. Both parties, that is the Democrats and Republicans are going thru the primary process to nominate their …
Ethiopia’s ruling junta (Woyanne) has turned the city of Gonder is into a militarized zone by deploying tens of thousands of additional troops. Woyanne suspects that fighters of armed resistance groups have entered the city to carry out attacks on …
By Jason McLure
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (Bloomberg) — An activist campaigning for Ethiopia’s opposition Medrek alliance was shot dead in a rural part of Oromiya, the third killing in a week in the southwestern region ahead of elections on May …
Alemayehu G. Mariam
Happy Mother’s Day, Birtukan (Invictus) Midekssa !
As Mother’s Day is celebrated in Ethiopia on the second Sunday in May, I feel privileged to share with my readers a testimonial tribute honoring Birtukan Midekssa, the first female …
By Raswork Mengesha
Chris Flaherty is the producer of the movie called Migration of Beauty, which shows the struggle of Ethiopians for democracy in Ethiopia in the context of an American experience Chris Flaherity undoubtedly loves our historical and great …
By Barry Malone
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) — Ethiopia’s ruling party accused the opposition on Friday of killing one of its candidates ahead of this month’s national election, in an allegation denied by the main opposition alliance.
Both sides have stepped …
By Jason McLure
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (Bloomberg) — Ethiopia’s ruling party (Woyanne) has increased harassment of opposition supporters before a May 23 election in the Horn of Africa country, opposition coalition leader Prof. Merara Gudina said.
Activists loyal to Prime …
ከይልማ በቀለ
ውድ ወንድሜ አቶ ግርማ ካሳ ያቀረቡትን ጽሁፍ በአዲስ ቮይስ ድረ ገጽ ላይ አንብቤዋለሁ፡1 አቶ ግርማ ካሳ በየጊዜው በዳያስፖራ ድረ ገፆች ላይ በአለው የአገራችን ሁኔታ የሚጽፉትን ተከታትዬ አነበዋለሁ። ጊዜአቸውን ውስደው፤ በጥሞና አስበው የሚአወጡት ጽሁፍ አንባቢዎቸቸውን ስለ ውድ አገራችን …
Latest interview with Col. Alebel Amare, a senior leader of the newly formed armed Amhara resistance group — Amhara Democratic Force Movement. Watch below:
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By MUHAMMAD HUMAIDAN
JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA (ARAB NEWS) — Police here arrested one Somali and eight Ethiopians, all men between the ages of 20 and 30, who are accused of being members of a gang that would monitor …
United States Ambassador to Ethiopia Donald Booth presented his credentials to President Woaynne puppet Girma Woldegiorgis on Monday at the Presidential Palace. Ambassador Booth, who was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on March 10, arrived in Ethiopia on April 21.…
By Andy Sennitt | Radio Netherlands
The Voice of America (VOA) is expressing deep concern about the jamming of VOA broadcasts into Ethiopia and the blocking of VOA websites. In an open letter to Ethiopian listeners issued on World Press …
Pastor Samuel Degu Kebede and other religious leaders are hosting a multi-denominational prayer service for peace in the Horn of Africa. The religious leaders are holding a meeting on Monday, May 3, starting at 2:00 PM, and invite all those …
Last night several Addis Ababa University (AAU) students were severely injured after supporters of Woyanne and Medrek clashed with each other following a televised debate. Federal Police entered the AAU’s 6 Kilocampus to stop the disturbance. More at Awramba.com…
By Jason McLure | Bloomberg
The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission started a probe into a grenade attack on an opposition candidate’s home in a remote village in the north of the country, an investigator said.
The state-run body will release …
New York (CPJ) — In light of the Ethiopian regimet’s longstanding practice of jailing journalists on trumped-up criminal charges, the Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned about the detentions last week of two government TV journalists on allegations of misusing …