Monthly Archives: August 2010

Woyanne kangaroo court throws Ethiopian scientist in jail

A world-renowned Ethiopian scientist Admasu Gebre, who has invented a Vehicle Guidance System (VGS), was sent to prison for 2 years this week in Ethiopia after a court found him guilty of copyrights violations, according to a report by Addis

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U.S. to seize properties of corrupt African officials

Meles Zenawi cartoon United States President Barack Obama announced that his Administration would seize money stolen by corrupt African government officials and hidden in the America and the West. (See Dr Alemayehu G. Mariam’s article on kleptocracy in Africa. Click here)

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5 Ethiopians died of suffocation in a Saudi Arabia jail

By MD HUMAIDAN | ARAB NEWS

JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA — The Supervisor General of the National Society for Human Rights in Jazan, Ahmad Al-Bahkali, said the health conditions of many inmates in the main deportation center in Jazan was poor.…

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Lidetu, Samuel, Hailu and more acts of shame

If Ethiopia’s second richest person (among the hodam class), Samuel Tafesse, has even a speck of pride, he would feel great shame Saturday night when over half of those he invited to his lavish party failed to show up.

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DLA Piper receives $1.3 million from Ethiopia’s corrupt regime

ForeignLobbying.org, a web site run by ProPublica and Sunlight Foundation, has disclosed that the corrupt dictatorship in Ethiopia led by Meles Zenawi has so far paid the Washington DC-based law firm DLA Piper over $1.3 million.

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Ethiopia: Why Can’t We Just Get Along?

Alemayehu G. Mariam

A Comedy of Errors: (Act I)

Rodney King’s videotaped brutal beating by members of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) eventually triggered the L.A. riots of 1992. Rodney made a public appearance on the third day of …

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Ugly steel-and-glass buildings pollute Addis Ababa

The Economist points out that office and residential buildings that are currently being built in Addis Ababa contribute to pollution and are vulnerable to earthquakes. Most of these buildings are constructed by Woyanne-affiliated companies such as Sunshine Construction with little

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U.S. Senate introduces new bill on Ethiopia

United State Senators Feingold and Leahy have introduced a new legislation titled, Support for Democracy and Human Rights in Ethiopia Act of 2010. Read text of the bill below or click here:

To reaffirm United States objectives in …

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Ginbot 7 forges an alliance with 2 other parties

Ginbot 7 Movement for Justice, Freedom and Democracy (Ginbot 7) has created an alliance with two other parties, Afar People’s Party, and Ethiopian Movement for Unity and Justice.

The press release issued by the coalition announces its name as “Alliance …

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HaileSelassie I remembered

Today is the 35th anniversary of the passing away of one of Ethiopian’s and Africa’s greatest leaders, Atse Haileselassie (July 23, 1892 – August 27, 1975). Africa has been with out a genuine leader since his passing away 35 years …

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How did Samuel Tafesse get so rich? – video

The video below shows Samuel Tafesse, owner of Sunshine Construction, a business partner of Ethiopia’s brutal tyrant, and the second richest person in Ethiopia, build a school in Axum, Tigray, a region that gets the lion share of federal budget, …

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Poor nations investing in Washington DC lobbyists

EDITOR’S NOTE: The beggar regime in Ethiopia led by Meles Zenawi pays the Washington DC-based DLP Piper lobby and law firm $50,000 per month. On top of that, officials of the regime and their partners take hundreds of millions of

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The Ethiopian Economy: Big Numbers and Empty Bellies

By Fekade Shewakena

Poverty is Ethiopia’s persistent reality and has long been the country’s definer. The country’s mainstay, agriculture, is predominantly subsistence and is still only one drought season away from a multimillion killer famine unless we beg in time. …

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Call Etete Restaurant in DC – 202 232 7600

Etete Ethiopian Restaurant in Washington DC is hired to feed 500 Woyannes and hodams this coming Saturday at a lavish party thrown by the second richest man in Ethiopia and a business partner of Ethiopia’s brutal dictator Meles Zenawi (click …

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Samuel Tafesse flashes his wealth – in America

There are three classes of the rich in Ethiopia: 1. the Woyannes (the super rich), 2. their hodam supporters (bottom-feeders), and 3. honest wealthy Ethiopians whose number is diminishing by the day.

(Note to non-Ethiopian readers: Hodam is …

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The Ethiopians in prison… No Emperor to intervene

Kenyan troops force innocent Ethiopian refugees to lay on the ground, face down, before transporting them to jail. The only crime the Ethiopians have committed was trying to escape from Meles Zenawi’s brutal dictatorship. Ethiopia under Emperor HaileSelassie had supported …

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Oromo struggle transformed into Ethiopian struggle – Haile Hirpa

In an interview with OLF media, the President of the Oromo Studies Association (OSA) defended the participation of Dr. Berhanu Nega in OSA’s recent conference and declared that Oromo struggle has transformed into Ethiopian struggle.

OSA president Dr. Haile Hirpa …

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Yo Yo Ma plays Muziqawi Silt by Hailu Mergia & the Wallias

Legendary Chinese-American orchestral composer and Silk Road Ensemble play Muziqawi Silt originally played by Hailu Mergia & the Wallias Ethiopian band. It was written by Girma Beyene in 1977. Enjoy.

The original

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Debunking claims of double-digit economic growth in Ethiopia

The Voice of America (VOA) has a 2-part interview with Dr. Getachew Begashaw, professor of economics and head of the economics department at William Ray Harper College in Chicago, and Dr. Aklog Birara, a senior economist with the World Bank. …

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Ethiopian Orthodox Christians boycotting alms

Ethiopian Orthodox Church members The fake patriarch in Ethiopia is facing the worst crisis since he took over the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church’s (EOTC) leadership at the barrel of the gun 19 years ago. According to reports reaching Ethiopian Review’s office this week, alms …

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Rwanda’s Kagame copies Woyanne election

Last week, Rwandan President Paul Kagame was reelected  with 93% of the vote. Actually it cannot be called election. Following in the foot steps of Ethiopia’s Meles Zenawi, what Kagame and gang conducted was a fake election where the winner …

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Reinventing Kenya

By Alemayehu G. Mariam

A Brand Spanking New Constitution

In February 2008, following the ethnically-driven post-election violence in Kenya, I wrote an editorial commentary entitled “The Ethiopianization of Kenya”:

After a half century of national existence, democratic experimentation and stability,

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Meles Zenawi is the prime enemy of Africa

By Amanuel Biedemariam

One of the biggest mistake Ethiopians could make in the fight against one of the most brutish of leaders the world has ever seen is to believe that Meles is their problem and theirs only. Meles Zenawi …

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Migration could reduce Ethiopia’s population by 46% – Gallup

WASHINGTON — Singapore, New Zealand and Saudi Arabia would see their populations triple if everyone who wants to move there were allowed to, a poll released Friday by Gallup shows.

At the opposite end of the scale, the populations of …

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Ethiopians say prayers in Nairobi court

EDITOR’S NOTE: How long Ethiopians will continue to suffer such wretchedness and dishonor, even at the hands of the people whom they helped to liberate from colonialists??

NAIROBI, KENYA — Eighty-nine Ethiopians charged with being in Kenya illegally on Thursday …

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Beating DLP Piper

Ethiopian Review has been the subject of constant harassment by Al Amoudi and Meles Zenawi lawyers that are based in Washington DC, the “capital of free speech.” One of Al Amoudi’s lawyers, Mary E. Gately of the DLP Piper law …

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Kenya police round up 90 Ethiopians crammed in a house – video

On Wednesday, police in Kenya’s capital Nairobi arrested some 90 Ethiopians who were crammed in a single house. Authorities believe the Ethiopians, most of them without travel documents, were on their way to South Africa. The World Bank-financed Woyanne junta …

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Aleqa Ayalew Tamiru remembered

Today is the 3rd anniversary of the passing away of Ethiopia’s preeminent Orthodox Church scholar and religious father. His absence is deeply felt these days as Ethiopians are left with few leaders who dare to speak the truth and take …

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Voodoo education

The Woyanne-controlled Ethiopian News Agency (ENA) has reported today:

Over five million school age children in Afar State will join school in the coming academic year, the state education bureau said on Thursday.

The whole Afar State population is less …

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Ethiopians in the Diaspora sent home $780 million this year

EDITOR’S NOTE: Woyanne uses this money to fuel its machinery of repression. It should be one of the opposition parties’ target if they want to break Woyanne’s backbone.

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (APA) — Remittances by Ethiopians in the Diaspora has …

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Yemen deports 150 Ethiopian immigrants

TAIZ, YEMEN — Yemeni authorities in Taiz province have handed over 150 Ethiopian immigrants to Passport and Immigration Authority in Sana’a who were detained for entering into Yemen illegally.

The Immigration and Passport Authority said they will deport the Ethiopians …

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Happy Buhe – video


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Awramba Times office attacked

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA — Yesterday, August 17, 2010, around 8 pm, unidentified men tried to enter into Awramba Times’ office. Six hours earlier, the security guard was beaten up and suffered serious injuries.

The unidentified attackers had also threatened the …

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Several Ethiopians killed at the Egypt-Israel border

ISMAILIA, Egypt — Smugglers may have killed as many as 10 Ethiopian and Eritrean migrants in an armed battle near the Egyptian-Israeli border last week and dozens more could be lost in the desert, Egyptian security sources said on Sunday.…

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Diplomatic shakedown of Scandinavian countries

By Jawar S. Mohammed

In recent years, Prime Minister Ethiopia’s genocidal tyrant Meles Zenawi has been pushing hard to signal to the West that they cannot use their leverage to pressure him into undertaking economic and political reforms that threaten …

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Ethiopia’s copycat dictator in violation of int’l telecom rules

By James M.

The dictators of our time live by preaching dogmas such as religious fundamentalism and fanaticism, revolutionary democracy etc interwoven with practiced kleptocracy (rampant greed & corruption), misinformation, deceptions, intimidation, scare mongering, repression, extra-judicial killings etc.

Religious fundamentalism, …

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An Ethiopian success story in the Washington DC area

By Derek Kravitz | The Washington Post

Ask any of the thousands of Ethiopian immigrants working as parking attendants or cabbies around Washington whom they aspire to be like, and you’ll probably hear about Henok Tesfaye.

Tesfaye, 37, started as …

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Tribute to Tamagne – video

While many fall for crumbs (firfari) and sell out Ethiopia to Woyanne, some artists are standing firm against all the odds. One of these incorruptible artists is Tamagn Beyene. The following is a video tribute to him by Dereje Degefaw. …

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Ethiopia: Beware of Those Bearing Olive Branches!

Alemayehu G. Mariam

Beware of Those Who Bear Olive Branches

“Beware of Greeks bearing gifts,” goes the old saying. I say beware of those bearing fake olive branches. In many societies, “extending an olive branch” symbolizes an act of reconciliation, …

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Sara Al-Amoudi ordered to pay $19.5 million

By Abul Taher | The Daily Mail

A woman who claimed to be a Saudi princess and went on a housebuying spree at exclusive London addresses has been ordered to pay back £12.5 million (US$19.5 million) after a judge ruled …

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Yidnekatchew Tessema, a forgotten hero

By Tom Dunmore

National team player, national team coach for his country’s only major international triumph, co-founder of his continent’s FIFA confederation, president of that confederation for 15 years, and in many ways the man who set in motion the …

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Internal Conflict with Int’l dimensions – the Case of Somalia

By Hunde D. Gabissa

It is almost two decades since Somalia started the unpleasant journey to nowhere. The conflict which started either as political, tribal or/and ideological differences overthrown the Mohamed Siad Barre national government and opened a way for …

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The way out of the morass in Ethiopia – Dr Aklog Birara

A new book by World Bank economist Dr Aklog Birara has been released and it’s receiving rave reviews for its in-depth analysis backed by a wealth of facts and figures about the multitude of problems that have plagued Ethiopia.

Ato …

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The Reminiscence of Colonel Mengistu Hailemariam

BOOK REVIEW By Fikre Tolossa

Ye Colenel Mengistu Tizita, Volume II
(The Reminiscence of Colonel Mengistu Hailemariam)
Published by Kibru Publishers
Addis Ababa, 2002 (Eth. Cal)
Pages: 183
Author, Genet Ayele

The second volume of the reminiscence of Colonel Mengistu …

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Churches start displaying large-size posters of Aba Diabilos

When Ato Gebremedhin (formerly Aba Paulos) recently erected his statue in Addis Ababa, he has drawn widespread condemnation. Even some religious Woyannes were unable to defend his action. The erection of his own statue, however, is just one part of …

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Sophisticated begging Meles style

By Amanuel Biedemariam

Leading up to the fake “demonstration” the TPLF or Meles Zenawi’s supporters conducted earlier this month (August 5), they run an ad detailing the reasons for the event. The sign read, “Come for a peaceful demonstration. A …

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A legitimate criticism or just a chauvinist’s tirade?

A rejoinder to Shiferaw Abebe’s article on OLF

By Dumessaa Diimmaa

I am astounded and disturbed by a gratuitous vilification, denunciation and resentment of Ato Shiferaw Abebe towards OLF. One can feel the fury of his pen and his unmitigated …

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Meles expresses readiness to talk with Ginbot 7

Ethiopia’s genocidal warlord Meles Zenawi has told reporters at a press conference today that his regime is ready to talk with Ginbot 7.

Responding to a question by EthioChannel newspaper reporter, Meles said that Ginbot 7 and all the other …

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Misled Ethiopians apologize for marching with Woyanne

A group of Ethiopians who took part in the Woyanne fake march in Washington DC last Thursday have expressed deep regret and offered their heartfelt apology to the people of Ethiopia and Ethiopians in the Washington Metro Area after finding …

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Steel Vises, Clenched Fists and Closing Walls (Part IV)

By Alemayehu G. Mariam

Note: This is the fourth installment in a series of commentaries I intend to offer on U.S. foreign policy (or lack thereof as some would argue) in Ethiopia. In this piece, I argue that the Obama

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Ethiopians attend Eritrea Festival 2010 in Washington

A delegation representing various Ethiopian groups in the Washington DC area participated in the 2010 Eritrean Festival in Washington DC Saturday night.

The Ethiopian delegation led by Ato Neamin Zeleke took part in the festival in a show of solidarity …

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Expose and shame Woyanne supporters in DC – video

The video below is part of a campaign by Ethiopian activists in the Washington DC area to expose and shame Woyannes and hodams.

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Woyanne’s fake march in DC – video

Below is a video of last Thursday’s fake Woyanne protest march from the White House to the State Department in Washington DC to protest against Al Shababa and Egypt. The video shows Woyannes and their hodam supporters. Many of those …

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Dialogue to Dialogue: How to forge a solid united front

As the struggle to excise the Woyanne cancer that is eating away at Ethiopia moves to a new stage, Ethiopian opposition groups must take care not to repeat the same mistakes in forging a new, vibrant alliance. Thorough preparations and …

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Al Amoudi-financed rally in DC backfires

Supporters of Ethiopia’s genocidal junta have made a fool out of themselves Thursday by holding a fake demonstration against Egypt in front of the US Department of State. If they have a problem with Egypt, why doesn’t their leader, Meles …

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Ethiopians stage protest at China embassy in DC – Live report

12:02 PM – The protest rally by Ethiopians at the Chinese embassy in Washington DC has now moved to the Woyanne-occupied Ethiopian embassy. By totally decimating the peaceful opposition parties in Ethiopia — with financial backing from the World Bank …

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Meles-Mubarak 1993 Nile accord revisited

To return a favor to Egypt for helping Meles and gang come to power in Ethiopia, one of the first things genocidal thug Meles Zenawi did was to fly to Cairo and sign a secret agreement with Egypt’s President Mubarak.…

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Ethiopian Orthodox Church reconciliation talks fail

The planned meeting this week in the U.S. between representatives of the legitimate Ethiopian Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod that is currently in exile and the illegal synod that is in Addis Ababa has failed before it even started.

The Holy …

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EPPF resolution on problems facing the organization

Chapter representatives and central committee members of Ethiopian People’s Patriotic Front (EPPF) held a worldwide conference on August 1, 2010, and have passed a 14-point resolution on problems facing the organization and measures that need to be taken to fix …

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Meles Zenawi’s new political pawn: Nile River

In December last year, Meles Zenawi signed an agreement with Cairo acknowledging Egypt’s quota over Nile River. The agreement was revealed by Egyptian newspaper Al Aharam (click here to read). Now, 7 months later, the head of Ethiopia’s genocidal …

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Ethiopians in Amsterdam beat up a Woyanne thug

Ethiopians in Europe who are attending their annual festival in Amsterdam this week have attacked a Woyanne cadre who dared to wear a t-shirt with Meles Zenawi’s photo and walk in their midst.

After getting what he deserved, the cadre …

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Addis Dimts airs special program on China embassy protest

Addis Dimts radio will air special program on Tuesday and Wednesday starting at 7 PM about the protest rally by Ethiopians and American-Ethiopians in the Washington DC area against China’s destructive policy on Ethiopia.

Addis Dimts is transmitted on 1390 …

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Steel Vises, Clenched Fists and Closing Walls, (Part III)

Alemayehu G. Mariam

Note: This is the third installment in a series of commentaries I intend to offer on U.S. foreign policy (or lack thereof as some would argue) in Ethiopia. In this piece, I argue that while some credit

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3 Ethiopians injured in South Africa racist attack

Three Ethiopians and one South African were injured when a mob of people attacked Ethiopian men in Pietermaritzburg, the capital city South Africa’s second largest province of Kwazulu-Natal, last night, paramedics said.

Three Ethiopian men were treated for superficial stab …

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