Monthly Archives: August 2011

OBEDIENCE to tyrants due to self-interest

There are many people who may say they intensely dislike their oppressor, yet they actively support him. Examining the role of self-interest and personal rewards that are available to those who support the tyrant adequately explains this paradox. [read

Posted in Ethiopia News

What Should the World Do and Not Do To Save Ethiopians?

Alemayehu G. Mariam

Nearly a quarter of a century ago, Time Magazine on its cover page asked two weighty questions about recurrent famines in Ethiopia: “Why are Ethiopians starving again? What should the world do and not do” to help …

Tagged with: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Syria and Ethiopia–two peas in a pod.

Syria and Ethiopia–two peas in a pod. By Yilma Bekele
Tahrir Square, Misrata, Darra, Homs are becoming a household name. They are home of the brave and the bold. History will show epic battles were fought in this locations and …

Tagged with: , , , , , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Latest Wikileaks releases of U.S. diplomatic cables from Ethiopia

Wikileaks: Secret diplomatic messages sent from the American Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by U.S. diplomats

2010-02-13 ETHIOPIAN GOVERNMENT HOSTS DIASPORA INVESTMENT FORUM

2010-02-13 JANUARY REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT NEWSLETTER, EAST AFRICA

2010-02-12 Ethiopia: Information on Child Labor and Forced Labor

2010-02-10 …

Tagged with: , , , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Wikileaks: Woyanne vs. VOA

Wikileaks yesterday released the following U.S. diplomatic dispatch from Addis Ababa dated 15 and 22 November 2005.

==============
http://wikileaks.org/cable/2005/11/05ADDISABABA3852.html

SUBJECT: VOA’S AMHARIC SERVICE CONDEMNED BY GOE – NEED FOR PROOF

¶1. This cable contains an action request. See paragraph
¶12. …

Tagged with: , , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Unity in Diversity versus Diversity in Unity

By Messay Kebede

In an article titled “The Question of Unity: Do Words Matter?,” Maimire Mennasemay exposed the poison wrapped in the TPLF’s catchphrase “unity in diversity.” His insightful analysis reveals that the slogan is “diversity-centric,” in that …

Posted in Ethiopia News

Psychological Identification with the Tyrant

Sometimes people identify with the tyrant as an extension of their family or ethnic networking. They may feel loyalty to the regime or system similar to the loyalty that they feel to their favorite soccer club. This is particularly true …

Posted in Ethiopia News

Why are Ethiopians Starving Again in 2011?

Alemayehu G. Mariam

Time Eth Famine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On December 21, 1987, Time Magazine on its cover page featured a downcast and crestfallen young Ethiopian mother as a symbol of famine victims in that country. Time asked two …

Tagged with: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Libyan freedom fighters reach Tripoli

(AP, Reuters) — A convoy of rebels entered a western neighborhood of the city firing their weapons into the air, a witness said. Sky television said some fighters were only 8 km (five miles) from the center and were being …

Posted in Ethiopia News

Ethiopia – In search of a common ground

By Yilma Bekele

How to manage and resolve conflict has always been our Achilles Heel. That is part of the reason why we stumble from one crisis to another. Last week was a perfect example of an attempt to try …

Tagged with: , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Ethiopia’s beggar dictator fixated on Eritrea

By Elias Kifle

The Government of Eritrea has no choice but to launch a diplomatic offensive as Ethiopia’s khat-addicted dictator Meles Zenawi is bent on effecting a regime change in Eritrea through economic strangulation to be followed by a military …

Posted in Ethiopia News

Gadhafi prepares to flee

Reports say Libya’s Col. Moammar Gadhafi may be preparing to flee as the rebels close in on his territory. NBC’s Jim Miklaszewski reports from the Pentagon.

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Posted in Ethiopia News

Ethiopian-owned furniture store featured on Fox

Ethiopian-owned furniture store in Maryland, Solo Furniture Installer and Liquidator, has been featured on Fox TV.

Posted in Ethiopia News

Clinton tells Syria’s dictator to leave (video)

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton joins European leaders today in demanding Syria’s dictator Bashar al-Assad to step aside. “The people of Syria deserve a government that respects their dignity, protects their rights and lives up to their aspirations. Assad …

Posted in Ethiopia News

Ethiopian fascination with the “Arab Spring.” Part II of III

Part II of III

By Aklog Birara*

Part one identified similarities and differences between the Egyptian and Tunisian popular revolutions on the one hand and conditions in Ethiopia on the other. Differences aside, the Ethiopian admiration for an interest in …

Tagged with: , , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Is Musseveni brokering peace between Meles and Isaias?

Reuters is reporting that Eritrea’s president Isaias Afwerki is heading to Ugandan capital Kampala this week for a 3-day state visit. There is a wide-spread speculation that Uganda’s dictator has invited Isaias to broker a peace deal with Ethiopia’s khat-addicted

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Starve the Beast, Feed the People

By Alemayehu G. Mariam

Americans fed up with uncontrolled deficit government spending are often heard invoking a familiar battle cry: “Starve the Beast!” In other words, no more taxpayer dollars for wasteful government spending.

Meles Zenawi on life supportI say we stand up to …

Tagged with: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Libya rebels advance on the capital (video)

Libyan freedom fighters say they are 50 miles away from Tripoli.

Posted in Ethiopia News

The Oromo contribution to building the Ethiopian nation

As part of its Greater Tigray agenda, the Woyanne apartheid junta has been systematically attempting to weaken Ethiopian nationalism by turning one ethnic group against another. The Woyanne propaganda machine has commissioned papers and books, for example, audaciously bringing into …

Posted in Ethiopia News

Ethiopia and its self-Inflicted wounds.

Ethiopia and its self-Inflicted wounds. By Yilma Bekele

Some of our independent Web sites have put me in a quandary. That is not a good place to be. A certain amount of certainty is a must for rational existence. There …

Tagged with: , , , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Is Ethiopian fascination with Egypt, Tunisia uprising justified?

By Aklog Birara*

Part I of 111

I tend to think that, in Sub-Saharan Africa, Ethiopian fascination with the Tunisian and Egyptian popular revolutions exceeds any other. This admiration emanates from wishes and aspirations among Ethiopia’s youth and the small …

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Beka (video)

Posted in Ethiopia News

Attacking Tyrant’s Weaknesses – DISOBEDIENCE

Our problem is civil obedience. Our problem is that numbers of people obeyed the dictates of the tyrants and have gone to war, and millions have been killed because of this obedience. [read more]…

Posted in Ethiopia News

Starving Ethiopians deliberately (UK Channel 4)

Three years ago, Ethiopian Review posted a special report by UK’s Channel 4 News about how the Meles regime in Ethiopia is deliberately starving the people of Ogaden in eastern Ethiopia. Meles and his entire regime and puppets need to …

Posted in Ethiopia News

Ethiopia’s regime and the weaponization of famine

By Alemayehu G. Mariam

Author’s Note:  On June 16, 2008, I published a special commentary (reproduced below in its original form) explaining the sysetmatic use of disinformation by Meles Zenawi, the dictator in Ethiopia for two decades, to deny …

Tagged with: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

The world notices Meles Zenawi’s crimes

By Muktar Omer

On August 05, 2011 a joint undercover investigation by BBC Newsnight and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism presented evidence that the Ethiopia’s current regime is using billions of dollars of development aid as a tool for political …

Posted in Ethiopia News

Ethiopian fascinations with the ”Arab Spring” – Part II

By Aklog Birara

Part II of III

Part I identified similarities and differences between the Egyptian and Tunisian popular revolutions on the one hand and conditions in Ethiopia on the other. Differences aside, the Ethiopian admiration for and, interest in …

Tagged with: , , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

What is Life? (Poem)

By Fikre Tolossa

Life is noting but a bridge that leads
To the next life all those who roam
on it. What a fool builds a house
on a bridge, deeming it a home?

Life is a tent,
And not …

Posted in Ethiopia News

Meles using aid as weapon of oppression again (BBC)

(BBC) A joint undercover investigation by BBC Newsnight and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism has uncovered evidence that the Ethiopian government is using billions of dollars of development aid as a tool for political oppression.

Posing as tourists …

Posted in Ethiopia News

The Diaspora as a teacher

By Yilma Bekele

There are a lot of Ethiopians outside of their homeland. I have not seen a reliable statistics to tell us the real number, but there is no hiding from the fact that we have become a Nation …

Tagged with: , , , , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

U.K. and EU ignore human rights warnings in Ethiopia

By Bruno Waterfield

BRUSSELS (The Telegraph) — An investigation by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and BBC Newsnight has found that as Ethiopia is hit by drought and famine, communities are being denied basic food, seed and fertiliser …

Posted in Ethiopia News

Is al Amoudi wanted for questioning in the United States?

According to a reliable source, Saudi billionaire Mohammed al-Amoudi is wanted for questioning by the United States authorities to investigate about possible links with questionable groups. It appears that al-Amoudi has not visited the United States in years. Ethiopian Review …

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Tyrant’s Key Pillar of Support – THE NGOs

Nongovernmental Organizations, NGOs, that can function outside direct control and supervision of the government is a potential asset to a democracy movement… [read more]…

Posted in Ethiopia News

Ethiopia: VOA is Not VOZ!

Alemayehu G. Mariam

VOA is the Voice of America. It is emphatically not the VOZ (Voice of Zenawi) or anyone else. Thus spoke VOA Acting Director Steve Redisch responding to the firestorm of controversy surrounding revelations of a blacklist of …

Tagged with: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News