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Monthly Archives: April 2011
Beka conference in Toronto
A conference will be held in Toronto, Canada, on May 7, to discuss the current situation in Ethiopia, including the struggle to bring an end to the brutal dictatorship.
Guest speakers
Obang Metho (SMNE Director)
Jawar Mohamed (Activist and Political …
Posted in Ethiopia News
Uganda protests intensify; Riots break out in Kampala
By David Smith | Guardian.co.uk
Riots have swept across the Ugandan capital, Kampala, as protesters called for an Egyptian-style uprising against their autocratic president.
At least two people were killed and more than 100 wounded after soldiers fired live bullets …
Posted in Ethiopia News
Meles Zenawi fails to attend Ali Mirah’s funeral
Funeral services for Biwoded Sultan Ali Mirah Hanfere, one of the most prominent Ethiopians, was held on Tuesday in the eastern Ethiopian town of Assaita in the presence of family members, friends and supporters from different parts of the country, …
A senior Ethiopian church leader endorses “beka” (interview)
Abune Mekarios, one of the most senior leaders of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, has called on Ethiopians to unite and say “BEKA” (enough) to Meles Zenawi’s dictatorship. Abune Mekarios sent out his message during an interview with ESAT. Watch …
Sultan Ali Mirah Hanfere passed away
Ethiopia has lost one of its best sons, Sultan Ali Mirah Hanfere, yesterday. Sultan Ali Mirah, 95, is a great Ethiopian patriot, a staunch advocate of Ethiopia’s unity, and a leader of the Afar ethnic community in eastern Ethiopia.
The …
Will US and UK help Zenawi to supress popular uprising?
By Shannon Filed | The New Age
Ethiopia is one of the largest recipients of development aid, receiving over US$3.3bn (R22.6bn) annually. Ethiopia is perceived by Western leaders as a largely Christian country bordering two unstable Islamic states, Sudan and …
Woyanne town hall meeting (video)
Woyanne officials take questions from the public at a town hall meeting (reality-based comedy):
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Posted in Ethiopia News
Uganda police killed five protesters
(Amnesty International) — The Ugandan government must immediately end the excessive use of force against protesters, Amnesty International said today, after police fired live rounds at crowds of protesters in different parts of the country reportedly killing a child.
Five …
Posted in Ethiopia News
“The Lion of Judah in the New World” – Book Review
By Messay Kebede
The latest book of Professor Theodore M. Vestal, The Lion of Judah in the New World: Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia and the Shaping of Americans’ Attitudes toward Africa (Praeger, 2011) presents an insightful, focused, and scholarly …
Posted in Ethiopia News
Exporting Kilil to America
By Yilma Bekele
Being an Ethiopian has always been difficult. The bad news is, it is not going to get any easier. Two weeks ago I found out it can be taken away too. It has come to a point …
Tagged with: African Dictators, Dictator Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia Human Rights, VOA amharic, Woyanne
Posted in Ethiopia News
Posted in Ethiopia News
Protest march in Mekele (photos)
MEKELE, ETHIOPIA — Hundreds of residents in the northern Ethiopian city of Mekele (Tigray Province) held a protest march yesterday, April 20, to voice their opposition to the order by the city administration to vacate their homes, according to Ethiopian …
Posted in Ethiopia News
The gruesome reality Ethiopia’s regime cannot hide
By Teodros Kiros
The miserable life of Ethiopians is replete with facts such as:
- Ethiopia is ranked at 210th out of a total of 210 countries.
- That Ethiopia by any measure is the 2nd poorest nation in the world.
- That
ESAT meeting in Ottawa
Ethiopian Satellite TV (ESAT) will hold a public meeting and fund raising in Ottawa, Canada, on Saturday, April 30, 2011 at 1:00 PM.
Guest speakers: Dr Berhanu Nega and Artist Tamagne Beyene
Address: Ottawa Public Library, 120 Metcalf, Ottawa
For …
Posted in Ethiopia News
Confrontation breaks out among Woyanne delegates
Two weeks ago, Ethiopia’s khat-addicted tyrant Meles Zenawi sent a 35-member high level delegation to North America to promote his new gimmick, “Growth and Transformation Plan” “Grand Theft Plan” (GTP). The dictator who cannot stay one week in …
20 years Beka (music video)
A new hip hop music video calls for an end to Meles Zenawi’s 20-year dictatorship in Ethiopia. Watch below:
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More evidence that Nile dam is a propaganda stunt
Just a few months ago and for 20 years before that, Meles Zenawi and his ethnic apartheid junta have been taking the side of Egypt when it comes to Abay (Nile River). In fact, shortly after Meles came to power …
Joint Ginbot 7, OLF, and Ogaden public meeting in Atlanta
Ginbot 7 chairman Dr Berhanu Nega, OLF Atlanta representative Jemal Gelchu, and Ogaden Atlanta community representative Abdul Hakim will hold a public meeting in Atlanta to discuss current Ethiopian issues.
Date: Saturday, April 23, 2011
Time: 1:30 PM
Place: Dekalb …
Posted in Ethiopia News
Countering Woyanne Abay propaganda onslaught
In a debate with a Woyanne cadre on VOA, Tamagne Beyene does an effective job of countering Meles Zenawi’s new propaganda campaign that is centered around a plan to build a massive dam along the Nile River. Except for some …
Lawlessness in Ethiopia under Woyanne rule – one man’s story
The following is a story of one Ethiopian man who went to Ethiopia from Canada to visit his family and ended up in jail. This is one of the many horror stories we hear ever day about the lawlessness in …
Posted in Ethiopia News
Woyanne Desperate Measures
By Yohannes Kifle
For the past 13 years, the Woyanes have become so predictable when they are in a political quagmire. The recent political uprising in the Middle East and in the Northern part of Africa has Zenawi’s regime so …
Aba Diabilos orders churches to buy government bond
The Woyanne-installed fake patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Aba Gebremedhin (formerly Abune Paulos) has sent out a directive to 200 churches in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa ordering them to buy 200,000 birr worth of government bonds each to help …
Langano says BEKA!
BEKA has now spread to outside of Addis Ababa. Ethiopian Review has received the following photo that was taken at the Langano Wabishebele Hotel today (see below). The slogan is also written on hotel room and bathroom walls at multiple …
More BEKA slogans in Addis Ababa (photos)
Tinsae Ethiopia and various other groups are intensifying preparations for anti-Woyanne actions next month, May 2011, with Beka (Enough) as their lead slogan. On Sunday morning, more BEKA slogans appeared in Addis Ababa around Abune Petros Statue and Teklehaimanot area. …
London remains Woyanne-free zone (photos)
Update:
* Ethiopian patriots chased Woyannes out of the Imperial College in London
* London Police arrested one Woyanne thug who attacked ESAT cameraman
Brave Ethiopians in London deliver big time today. They turned out in large numbers and stopped …
BEKA! message in Addis Ababa (updated)
Youth groups who are organized by Tinsae Ethiopia continue to spread BEKA! message through out Addis Ababa. BEKA! slogans have been painted on walls and fences, and pamphlets have been distributed at several locations in Addis Ababa. We have also …
Ethiopians vs. Woyanne confrontation in Las Vegas (video)
Brave Ethiopians in Las Vegas confronted Woyanne delegates on Wednesday, shouting Leboch! (thieves!) Beka! (Enough!). Watch the video below:
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Posted in Ethiopia News
Uganda opposition to continue protests
By Joshua Kyalimpa
Opposition leader Kizza Besigye is led away from protest in Kampala. / IPS
KAMPALA, Apr 15 (IPS) – The Ugandan opposition has announced it will continue protests against rising prices for fuel, food and other essential commodities, …
Posted in Ethiopia News
Azeb Mesfin partners facing hard times
Addis Ababa is abuzz with rumor that Samuel Tafesse, construction mogul and the multimillionaire business partners of Meles Zenawi’s wife Azeb Mesfin, has been arrested in Ethiopia. The rumor started when he disappeared for several days starting early this month …
Ethiopians in London, we are counting on you
After suffering a humiliating defeat in N. America, the Woyanne thugs are now heading to London licking their wounds. Fortunately, London is full of brave Ethiopians who consistently fought back and scored victories against Woyanne. As a result, London is …
Posted in Ethiopia News
The debilitating effect of silence in Ethiopia
By Natnael F. Alemayehu
Silence in the face of evil is a venomous, traitorous, debilitating disease to which we Ethiopians have fallen. The battle for the sovereignty of a nation is between those who oppress free men and those who …
Posted in Ethiopia News
Woyanne dogs left N. America with their tails between their legs
By Yonas G. Mideksa
The unity of Ethiopians from all walks of life, has once again, demonstrated its discipline and determination to face off delegates of one of the most brutal regimes in Africa. The politically motivated and hastily organized …
Posted in Ethiopia News
Ethnic-apartheid meeting in Las Vegas
On Wednesday, Woyanne delegation headed by Arkebe Ekubay held another meeting, this time in Las Vegas where mostly Tigreans were allowed to attend the meeting. The meeting organizers, with the help of the police, removed Ethiopians from other ethnic groups. …
Posted in Ethiopia News
Woyane Dallas meeting ended in fiasco
PRESS RELEASE
The net result of Woyane’s attempt to meet with the Ethiopian Diaspora in Dallas can be summed up as having two fold results. Firstly, the meeting confirmed and highlighted one more time that Woyane is nothing but a …
Posted in Ethiopia News
Lessons Ethiopians can draw from Tunisia and Egypt uprisings
The following excerpts are taken from Dr Aklog Birara’s upcoming new book.
The Egyptian revolt showed that there is no script for avoiding the reengineering tactics of a repressive regime. The opposition must be flexible and far superior in its …
Woyanne-style economic growth in Ethiopia (video)
The chigaram (beggar) dictator in Ethiopia, Meles Zenawi, and his regime led by Woyanne thugs have taken the country’s economy down to a new level of poverty where Ethiopians are forced to rent newspapers to get information, as the video …
CPJ calls on Ethiopia’s dictator to stop jamming radio broadcasts
The New York-based press right group, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Ethiopia’s dictator Meles Zenawi to stop jamming German Radio broadcasts. Read the CPJ statement below:
New York (CPJ) — New York, April 11, 2011–The …
TPLF’s Propaganda Tour in North America Foiled by Ethiopians
Global Civic Movement for Change in Ethiopia
PRESS RELEASE
The Ethiopian Diaspora protected its home turf by successfully foiling TPLF’s disinformation campaign to divert the attention of the people of Ethiopia from the impending uprising that is brewing against tyranny …
Radio and TV coverage of BEKA actions
German Radio, which is listened by over 20 million people in Ethiopia, has a great coverage of the anti-Woyanne activities in North America on Saturday and Sundy. Listen below (or click here) the interview with Ato Neamin Zeleke who …
Arkebe Equbay faced angry Ethiopians in Los Angeles (audio)
Arkebe Equbay, head of the Woyanne delegation that is sent by dictator Meles Zenawi to N. America on a disinformation campaign, faced angry Ethiopians in Los Angeles. The meeting yesterday was forced to stop 2 hours early due to the …
BEKA! slogan taking hold in Ethiopia
BEKA! slogan has started to spread like a wildfire in Ethiopia. Read more and see photo here by Tinsae Ethiopia.…
Posted in Ethiopia News
Ethiopia: The Art of War by Mass Distraction
Alemayehu G. Mariam
The Common People Don’t Want War
At the Nuremberg Trials in 1945, Hermann Goering, Hitler’s right-hand man, told his interrogator:
…Naturally the common people don’t want war. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders
The Beka Moment in Cambridge, Massachusetts
By Teodros Kiros
BOSTON — A supremely organized coterie of protesters rejected the mercenaries of Woyanne who came to beg for money to support a sham development without vision, without integrity.
Ethiopians celebrated resisting tyranny on March 9, 2011 in …
Posted in Ethiopia News
Woyanne N. America tour ending in disaster
LIVE UPDATE: WOYANNE N. AMERICA DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN MEETINGS – 10 April 2011
UPDATE: 11:00 PM EST
Over the weekend, the 20-member Woyanne delegation that is sent by dictator Meles Zenawi for a disinformation campaign tried to hold public meetings in …
Egypt finds huge gold deposit in western Ethiopia
An Egyptian mining company, ASCOM, finds a large gold deposit in Beninshangul, a region in western Ethiopia, according to Reporter.
Ethiopia’s ethnic apartheid junta gave a massive plot of land (8,000 sq km) to ASCOM in 2008 after forming …
Woyanne exclusivism in glaring display
By Teodros Kiros
Old, young, men and women came to Cambridge, Massachusetts (a suburb of Boston), on a beautiful spring day to protest the stooges of Tyranny, when they dared to stage their mediocre five year plan. Tyrants are shameless …
Posted in Ethiopia News
Ethiopians teach Woyanne thugs a lesson in DC (video)
Artist Tamagn Beyene lead Ethiopians against the Woyanne junta thugs in DC Saturday, April 9, 2011. Watch the videos below.
VIDEO 1
VIDEO 2
VIDEO 3
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Posted in Ethiopia News
Ethiopians in DC celebrate their victory over Woyanne thugs
LIVE UPDATE OF WOYANNE NORTH AMERICA DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN MEETINGS
UPDATE: 4:50 PM EST
Ethiopians in Washington DC celebrated their hard-won victory over the Woyanne thugs this afternoon. When Howard University officials and the DC Police announced that the meeting has …
Posted in Ethiopia News
Federal police gun down 2 students in western Ethiopia
The 2010 Ethiopian elections were not free – US Gov’t report
The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor released its annual Country Report on Friday, April 8. Its report on Ethiopia include the following:
…Although there are more than 90 ostensibly opposition parties, which carried 21
Posted in Ethiopia News
The Ethiopian Diaspora uprising (updated)
Tomorrow, Saturday, April 9, Woyanne heavy weights Berhane Gebrekristos and Arkebe Equbay, along with their puppets Redwan Hussien and Girma Birru, will launch a campaign of disinformation in North America. They have called public meetings in Atlanta, Dallas, Los Angeles, …
Posted in Ethiopia News
Ethiopians in Atlanta condemn Woyanne meeting
PRESS RELEASE
Stop the Woyanne event to be held at DeKalb Technical College Auditorium
Clarkston, Georgia
On the 10th of April, 2011 at 12 pm EST.
It is with great indignation and profound sorrow that the Ethiopian community, in and …
Adwa Tigreans meet with Arkebe Equbay in California
Woyanne politburo member Arkebe Equbay held a meeting exclusively with Adwa Tigreans last night in California. The meeting was arranged by Aiga Forum admin Bitwoded Equbay, Arkebe’s brother, according to Ethiopian Review Intelligence Unit.
Most of the top leaders in …
Posted in Ethiopia News
Meles and our BEKA! moment
By Yilma Bekele
By all accounts the minority based dictatorial regime in Ethiopia is in big trouble. Circumstances in the neighborhood are a bit disconcerting to Meles and company. You can tell from the flurry of activity being orchestrated the …
Tagged with: African Dictators, dla piper, ethio, Ethiopia Democracy, Ethiopia Human Rights, Ethiopia News, Meles Zenawi, Woyanne
Posted in Ethiopia News
Posted in Ethiopia News
Addis Dimts Radio live broadcast on Woyanne USA trip – today
Starting at 6 PM Washington DC time today Addis Dimts Radio will host live broadcast on the Woyanne cadres North America disinformation campaign.
Listen the discussion by calling 712-432-3920 access code 854226 or online by going to the website www.addisdimts.com.…
Posted in Ethiopia News
Woyanne cadre in Atlanta arrested
One of the well-known Woyanne cadres in Atlanta, Assegid Lakew, has been arrested for selling alcoholic beverages to teenagers. Watch the report below, or click here.
Posted in Ethiopia News
Egypt prepares for military action to stop Nile dam
The recent announcement by Meles Zenawi to build a massive dam along the Nile River has been received by Egypt’s government as a grave threat to country’s survival so much so that the military has been instructed to make preparation …
Why Ethiopia struggles to meet people’s basic needs
The short answer is poor governance.
By Roy Byrnes
I was cycling indoors at home recently while watching a tape of the just completed LA Marathon. Like the movie Groundhog Day, Ethiopians moved to the front of the both the …
Ethiopians prepare to confront Meles cadres this weekend
Ethiopians in several cities in North America are preparing to confront Woyanne agents who have called for meetings with their supporters this coming weekend. The cadres and high level officials were sent by dictator Meles Zenawi as part of his …
Starve Woyanne to death (video)
Meles Zenawi’s brutal regime in Ethiopia spends hundreds of millions of dollars to keep itself alive and its tools of repression (the Agazi army, spy agencies and the federal police) operating. Most of the money belongs to the people of …
HRW calls for the release of ethnic Oromo prisoners
Human Rights Watch issued a statement today asking the Meles dictatorship in Ethiopia to release over 200 Ethiopians from the Oromo ethnic group who have recently been detained without charges. Read the full statement below:
Ethiopia: Free Opposition Members
Mass …
Posted in Ethiopia News
Ethiopians in New York ready for Meles cadres
Adama Clayton Powell Plaza
163 West 125th St., New York
Date: Saturday April 9th
Time: 12:00PM
No Confidence; No Investment!
Confidence is the prerequisite to attract investment by the Ethiopian Diaspora. The presence of genuine democracy, respect for human rights …
Ethiopians in Ottawa ready to confront Woyanne delegation
Reject the Ethno-Fascist Foot Soldiers of Melese Zenawi
A message from the Ethiopian Embassies in the US and Canada is urging all persons of Ethiopian origin to meet a high level delegation of Melese Zenawi’s regime in 14 cities of …
Economist Intelligence Unit report on Ethiopia for April 2011
Economist Intelligence Unit Country Report – Ethiopia
Monthly Review: April 2011
• Opposition parties claimed that more than 200 members were arrested during March to prevent attempts at organising demonstrations against the government.
• There are crucial differences between Ethiopia …
Posted in Ethiopia News
Howard University asked to cancel Woyanne meeting
Global Civic Movement for Change in Ethiopia, a group of pro-Ethiopian activist around the word, has written a letter to Howard University president Sidney A. Ribeau asking him to cancel a meeting that is organized at the university’s campus next …
Africa: Democracy by Civil War
Alemayehu G. Mariam
The Shell Game of African Democracy
If the Ivory Coast, one of the most prosperous African countries, can be considered a template for political change on the continent, democracy can replace dictatorship only by means of a …
Tagged with: africa civil war, africa shell game, african democracy, african elections, allasane ouattara, ethio, Ethiopia News, Ivory Coast Civil War, ivory coast presidential election 2010, laurent gbagbo, Meles Zenawi, politics, thugocracy, Thugtatorship, u.s. policy africa
Posted in Ethiopia News
Posted in Ethiopia News
Ethiopia’s dictator offers Egypt partial ownership of Nile dam
Ethiopia’s khat-addicted dictator has offered Egypt a co-ownership of the planned Nile River dam, according to the VOA (read here). Meles Zenawi said: “If there is a reconsideration, there will be time to consider many issues, including possible joint …