By Mark Doyle, BBC News
Years of conflict in Somalia have left large parts of the country in the hands of warlords while its capital, Mogadishu, is contested by Ethiopian TPLF-backed government forces and armed insurgents.
The city has been …
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Joke of the Week: Meles observes Int’l Day of Non-Violence
(APA) – Meles Zenawi’s dictatorial regime in Ethiopia on Thursday observed the International Day of Non-violence and 139th birth day of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, known as Mahatma Gandhi, with a call to end violence from Africa.
Prime Minister Monster Meles …
The Woyanne regime in Ethiopia denies torturing terror suspects
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) — Meles Zenawi’s dictatorial regime in Ethiopia on Saturday denied claims by Human Rights Watch that it tortured terror suspects held in prisons since 2006 when Addis Ababa despatched troops to neighbouring Somalia to quell Islamist rebels.…
The Meles dictatorship releases eight detained Kenyans
PRESS TV
Meles Zenawi’s dictatorial regime in Ethiopia release eight of nine Kenyans detained in secret jails since 2006 for questioning–some of them by US agents–return home.
The suspects were under arrest in Ethiopia without charge for one-and-half-years on suspicion …
Journalist accompanying Meles to New York defects
An Ethiopian journalist accompanying Prime Minister dictator Meles Zenawi defected to seek asylum.
Shewangizaw Kassahun, special journalist at the Prime Minister’s office, national palace and parliament, who was also head of the Audio Visual department at the Ethiopian …
African gangsters troubled by timing of genocide arrest for Sudan's president
By Derek Kilner, VOA
At the annual U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York, the African Union [of thieves and murderers] reaffirmed its opposition to issuing an arrest warrant at the International Criminal Court for Sudan’s president, in connection with …
Somali insurgents now control much of southern Somalia
By Andrew Cawthorne
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Nearly two years after being driven from Mogadishu, Islamists have re-taken swathes of south Somalia and may have their sights again on the capital.
The insurgents’ push is being led by Al Shabaab, or …
Somali pirates seize a Ukrainian ship carrying 33 tanks
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Ethiopian Prime Minister dictator Meles Zenawi said on Saturday he was concerned by the seizure of a Ukrainian ship off Somalia carrying military supplies and feared they would be used to further destabilize the region.
Speaking …
Oromo TV shutdown raises fierce anger
ADDIS ABABA (ST) – The state owned Ethiopian radio and TV agency (ERTA) reduced drastically earlier this month the majority of airtime of the Affaan Oromo TV program. The decision left some 60 Oromo journalist jobless and raised …
In a week of awards for Ethiopia Olympic heroes
Elshadai Negash, IAAF
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia- The list of honours Ethiopian runner Tirunesh Dibaba has earned in her short, but illustrious career already has many of her rivals running for minor positions when they line up against the double Olympic …
Ethiopians in Seattle forced Woyanne event to be canceled
Concerned Ethiopians in Seattle have forced the cancellation of an event at the Seattle University where Woyanne ambassador and full time drunkard Samuel Assafa was scheduled to speak. It was rumored dictator Meles Zenawi might also appear at the event.…
The Marxist roots of Ethiopia’s suffering
By Geoffrey Clarfield, National Post
Once again, the twin spectres of drought and starvation stalk the land of Ethiopia. UN sources suggest that four million Ethiopians now need what they call “emergency assistance,” while another eight million need what is …
Insurgents take upper hand in Somalia – Reuters
EDITOR’S NOTE: This could be the beginning of the end of the Woyanne vampire regime. The people of Ethiopia stand in solidarity with the brave Somali freedom fighters. Ethiopian freedom fighters such as EPPF, ONLF, OLF, and TPDM will finish …
The German government is increasing its financial support for Ethiopia by 40 Percent
(gfpc) The German government is increasing its financial support for Ethiopia by 40 Percent despite strong accusations raised against that country by human rights organizations. This was announced by the foreign ministry in Addis Ababa following last week’s …
Response to Tecola Hagos on S. 3457
By Ewnetu from Los Angeles
I read your letter to Senator Russ Feingold, Representative Donald Payne and to all Members of Congress of the United States.
Let me examine the pertinent points contained in the letter, discarding the irrelevant, …
Poverty Reduction and Economic Growth in Africa
UNIDO Holds High-level Dialogue on Accelerating Poverty Reduction and Economic Growth in Africa
VIENNA, AUSTRIA – The Director-General of UNIDO, Mr. Kandeh K. Yumkella, will lead a high-level dialogue on “Accelerating Poverty Reduction and Economic Growth: Transforming African Countries into …
‘Ethiopia should join a group of developed nations’ – Meles
EDITOR’S NOTE: In the past 16 years, the Meles parasitic regime led Ethiopia into more poverty, more war, more disease and more misery. For Ethiopia to be on the path of development, greedy, homicidal, lawless dictators like Meles must never …
The Meles regime accused of hiding famine as millions starve
Army ‘is keeping food from rebel areas’
By Jonathan Rugman, Times Online
JIJIGA – Ethiopia has been accused of deliberately underestimating the scale of a deadly drought facing millions of its people, some of whom are being deprived of emergency …
Starbucks v. Ethiopia
By Kim Fellner
The following is a book excerpt from Kim Fellner’s Wrestling With Starbucks (Rutgers University Press, 2008).
Tadesse Meskela, general manager of the Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union in Ethiopia, an organization of 115 cooperatives representing more than …
Rise in food prices puts dreams on hold in Ethiopia
By Shumon Alam, Oxfam
It rains a lot in Addis Ababa. The day can start with nice bright sun, shining down on the highest city in Africa, but within hours it can become dark and gloomy, with drizzle pouring on …
Ethiopian Elections 2001: Expectations unfulfilled
Ethiopian-Somali Advocacy Council supports S. 3457
PRESS RELEASE
Source: galbeed.com
The Ethiopian Somali Advocacy is supporting the reformed bill that U.S Senator Russ Feingold has introduced to the floor. The bill entitled “Support for Democracy and Human Rights in Ethiopia Act of 2008” will hold the …
Uganda “peacekeepers” in secret deal with Somali insurgents
A source in military intelligence has told Radio Katwe about Uganda’s involvement in the US led fake war against the Muslim militants in Somalia, how the Ugandan forces are secretly selling weapons to the insurgents they are supposed …
Meles says Eritrea “incapable” of another war
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s dictator Meles Zenawi has said its neighbour and foe Eritrea is “incapable” of launching a war across its border even as regional diplomats fear the withdrawal of U.N. peacekeepers has heightened that possibility.
“Eritrea could …
’25 Most Influential’
This year Ethiopian Review starts to release its annual list of ’25 Most Influential Ethiopians.’ The list, which is prepared on Ethiopia’s New Year, September 11 (Meskerem 1), is about 25 persons who are the most influential (for good or …
EU earmarks 1 billion euros for Africa energy growth
EDITOR’S NOTE: Don’t the European politicians have any thing better to do with their money? The African dictators like Meles Zenawi will steal most of the fund. What Africa needs is accountable governments, not handouts.
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – The …
Zenawi attacks World Bank at Africa symposium in Japan
EDITOR’S NOTE: It is not new for Meles to bite the hands that feed him. We have seen what he did to Eritreans after they helped him come to power. Without the money he is currently getting from the World …
No functioning democracy has ever suffered famine
By Kiflu Hussain
Any report of famine from below the Sub-Saharan Africa has long ceased to be shocking news to the world. Consequently, those to whom it’s incumbent upon to ensure food security to their people have even lost any …
Protest rally in DC against land giveaway to Sudan – June 2
ANNOUNCEMENT
The Ethiopia and Sudan Border Issues Committee is organizing a protest rally in front of the Sudan and Woyanne-occupied Ethiopian embassy on Monday, June 2, 2008, to oppose the secret land deal between Woyanne’s Meles Zenawi and Sudan’s al-Beshir …
Marching toward Solidarity Movement for a new Ethiopia
Press Release: May 25, 2008
The Worldwide March Committee for Freedom and Justice, held from May 15-18 was a great effort by hundreds of organizers and participants in Ethiopian cities and communities throughout the world. We want to thank all …
Africa’s vampires gather in Tokyo
EDITOR’S NOTE: Ethiopians and all peoples of Africa would forever be indebted to the Japanese if they round up these vampires and put them in jail for making Africa a land of misery.
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Kangaroo court sentences Mengistu and 18 others to death
EDITOR’S NOTE: It is the same kangaroo court that stole Ethiopian people’s vote in 2005 and allowed Meles Zenawi’s death squads to unleash terror on civilians. The Derg did not commit half the crime Woyannes have perpetrated against the people …
Ethiopia honours Olympic heroes in Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia- The Ethiopian Olympic Committee (EOC) at a ceremony on Sunday (25) honoured the country’s Olympic medallists and five individuals for their contributions to the Olympic movement.
Those honoured:
Olympic medallists Posthumously – Abebe Bikila, Mamo Wolde
Present …
Kuma Demeksa defeated a dead candidate to become mayor
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Addis Ababa-based business journal, Fortune Ethiopia, reports that Kuma Demeksa (real name Taye Teklemariam) was selected as mayor of Addis Ababa after defeating a candidate in his district who had died several days before the local election …
Woyanne, Uganda deny breaking U.N. Somali arms ban
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia Woyanne and Uganda on Saturday denied accusations by a U.N. weapons sanctions committee that their soldiers broke the world body’s arms embargo on Somalia.
The United Nations says the Horn of Africa nation is awash …
Ogaden rebels deny gov’t assertions of defeat
NAIROBI (AFP)–Ethiopia’s Ogaden rebels Friday scoffed at government statements they were losing their battle and said that Addis Ababa was attempting to divert world attention from a spiraling famine.
Ethiopian Prime Minister dictator Meles Zenawi Wednesday said that 95% of …
Statement from Ethio-Sudan Border Committee
The Ethiopia and Sudan Border Issues Committee has issued a statement today denouncing the latest lie by Meles Zenawi who told the fake parliament in Addis Ababa that no body was displaced because of the border re-demarcation. Until this week …
A donkey named mayor of Addis Ababa
Meles Zenawi’s pack animal (donkey) Kuma Demeksa has been named mayor of Addis Ababa by the fake city council on Tuesday. Kuma is a person without conscience. He would sell his own mother for the highest bidder. According to ER …
Ethiopia to import 150,000 tonnes wheat
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia will import 150,000 tonnes of wheat to stabilise grain prices amid rising world commodity costs, the prime minister said on Wednesday.
Higher prices for staple foods and fuel have hit developing nations hard as government …
Kangaroo court sentences 8 residents of Ogaden to death
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – An Ethiopian [kangaroo] court sentenced eight people to death for a grenade attack that killed five people last year in the Horn of Africa nation’s restive Somali region, local media reported on Thursday.
The assault at …
Meles admits to parliament secret land deal with Sudan
EDITORS’S NOTE: Meles Zenawi admitted yesterday in the parliament that he signed a border agreement with Sudan, but as usual he lied that no body was displaced as a result. Members of the fake parliament did not dare to point …
The war in Somalia will continue till victory – Woyanne chief
By Tsegaye Tadesse (Reuters)
ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopian Prime Minister dictator Meles Zenawi said on Wednesday he would keep troops inside neighbouring Somalia until “jihadists” were defeated.
In a move supported by the United States but providing a target for …
More Western donation means more bloodshed in Ethiopia
By Assta B. Gettu
To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice (Proverbs 21: 3).
Do Western donors know that their donated money to help the hungry in Ethiopia and other poor nations …
Secret military court passes death sentence on Ethiopian air force pilots
By Neamin Zeleke
Sources inside the regime of Tigrean People Liberation Front (TPLF) in Ethiopia have disclosed that a secret military court has passed a death sentence on four air force pilots who sought political asylum in 2006 while on …
Military court passes death sentence on Ethiopian pilots
By Neamin Zeleke
Sources inside the regime of Tigrean People Liberation Front (TPLF) in Ethiopia have disclosed that a secret military court has passed death sentences on four air force pilots who sought political asylum in 2006 while on a …
Woyanne claims victory in April’s fake local elections
EDITOR’S NOTE: The ‘opposition’ won only one seat in Addis Ababa, and the guy is not even alive, as reported by The Reporter. The election was a total joke.
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By Tsegaye Tadesse (Reuters)
ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia’s ruling …
The butcher of Addis Ababa University comes to DC in a wheelchair
Endrias Eshete, who is known as the butcher of Addis Ababa University, has arrived at Dulles Airport in Washington DC today. He was taken to a van provided by the Woyanne embassy in a wheelchair. The tutor of Meles Zenawi’s …
The butcher of AAU comes to DC in a wheelchair
Endrias Eshete, who is known as the butcher of Addis Ababa University, has arrived at Dulles Airport in Washington DC today. He was taken to a van provided by the Woyanne embassy in a wheelchair. The tutor of Meles Zenawi’s …
Court convicts prominent Jijiga residents
Source: Ogaden Human Rights Committee
On May 12th 2008, Suldan Fowsi Mohamed Ali, a prominent community elder and a peace activist was sentenced to 22 years in prison by an Ethiopian regional court in Jigjiga (also Jijiga). On the same …
VOA coverage of Ginbot 7’s formation
The Voice of America (VOA) gave a wide coverage of the formation of the Ginbot 7 Movement on its afternoon broadcast. Yesterday, Dr Berhanu Nega and colleagues had announced that Ginbot 7 Movement for Justice and Democracy will be officially …
Woyanne to assign one police officer for every NGO
The Ethiopian government Woyanne is proposing a new law to restrict activities of the Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in the country. The law would allow a government agency to assign a police officer or an official to attend any NGO’s internal …
Some points on the Ethio-Sudan boarder flap
By Fekade Shewakena
News of boundary demarcation between Sudan and Ethiopia that unfairly favored Sudan and reports of harm done to Ethiopian farmers along the border is a subject of intense debate among many Diaspora Ethiopians. The blockage of the …
Ginbot 7, a Movement for Justice and Democracy is formed
May 14, 2008
Press Release
Ethiopians’ long quest and struggle for justice and freedom is continuing today. The march, though torturous, towards democracy is on. The millions that participated in the May 15, 2005, general election have vowed that no …
Ethiopia’s dictatorship confident of its Djibouti trade corridor
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) — Ethiopia’s dictator said Monday that his regime has the means to secure its vital trade corridor with the Gulf of Aden in the event of conflict between Djibouti and Eritrea.
Tensions have grown between the two …
Woyanne gives 1,600 sq km of farm land to Sudan
The Ethiopia-Sudan Border Committee is reporting that the ruling Tigrean People Liberation Front (Woyanne) has given to Sudan 1,600 square kilometers of fertile farm land. Click here to read the full report [pdf, Amharic]. The Woyanne regime denies the …
Ethiopian govt gives 1,600 sq km of farm land to Sudan
The Ethiopia-Sudan Border Committee is reporting that the ruling Tigrean People Liberation Front (Woyanne) has given to Sudan 1,600 square kilometers of fertile farm land. Click here to read the full report [pdf, Amharic]. The Woyanne regime denies the …
Rally in New York to commemorate May 15
By Tedla Asfaw
As we all are aware of, from May 15 – May 18 Ethiopians in the Diaspora are showing solidarity with their people and reach out to each other and move on the spirit of May 15, 2005 …
Ethiopians in Norway remember May 15
ANNOUNCEMENT
To All Ethiopians and friends of Ethiopia Living in Norway
A call for participation in the Word Wide March for Freedom, Justice and Human rights in Ethiopia.
Ato Obang Metho, the leader of Anuak Justice Council has taken the …
British gov’t rewards Woyanne for its murder spree
The British government rewards its blood thirsty puppet Meles Zenawi with hundreds of millions of dollars for continuing to terrorize the peoples of Ethiopia and Somalia. We all know that malaria prevention, etc. is all lie. The money will be …
The fascist dictator travels to South Africa
The Ethiopian Community Association in South Africa
PRESS STATEMENT, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, 7 MAY 2008
The Ethiopian Community Association in South Africa has a proud tradition of activism, and once again issues this joint communiqué in association with the support …
Sudan annexing Ethiopian territory (Tecola W. Hagos)
By Tecola W. Hagos
Source: tecolahagos.com
Now we are being informed by a patriotic committee of Ethiopians that Meles Zenawi is actively engaged in the handing over of extensive Ethiopian Territory, tens of thousands of acres, to the Government of …
Woyanne accuses Amnesty of smear campaign
Woyannes, who have accused Norway and Qatar of supporting terrorism, and Ethiopian Review and other media of genocide, is now going after Amnesty International, one of the most respected human rights organizations, for exposing the war crimes of Meles Zenawi’s …
RSF condemns the arrest of magazine publisher
Reporters Without Borders condemns the arrest of Alemayehu Mahtemework, the publisher and deputy editor of the entertainment monthly Enku, on the night of 2 May in Addis Ababa, and the seizure of 10,000 copies of its latest issue.
The press …
Video: Meles dancing with fellow vampires
Zenawi and his goons may not know it yet, but their ugly end is coming sooner than they think.
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Puntland returns Ethiopians to face torture
By Derek Kilner, VOA
An Ethiopian rebel group has accused the government of Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region of detaining Ethiopians and handing them over to Ethiopian Woyanne security forces. The Ethiopian government Woyanne denies the accusation that …
The causes of the current Ethiopian soaring inflation rate
Dr. Seid Hassan, Murray State University
The most significant and daunting problem facing Ethiopia today is the rampant inflation rate. As reported by bloomberg.com, the Ethiopian Statistical Agency has reported that inflation for March 2008 has risen to 29.6%, food …
U.S. Congressman demands the release of Teddy Afro
U.S. Congressman from California, Mr Dana Rohrabacher, joins the Ethiopian people in demanding the immediate release of Teddy Afro. He sent the following short and to-the-point letter to dictator Meles Zenawi.
Kenenisa wins 5k, sport fans demand ‘Free Teddy’
EDITOR’S NOTE: The celebration over Kenenisa Bekele’s win in the 5k turned into a protest by the 35,000 sport fans inside the Addis Ababa Stadium who chanted “Free Teddy! Free Teddy!” The live broadcast by state-controlled TV immediately switched to …
Top US diplomat for Africa calls for UN sanctions on Zimbabawe
This same shameless diplomat did not utter a word of condemnation when her friend Meles Zenawi unleashd his death squads on unarmed civilians following the May 2005 elections.
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(BBC) – The top US diplomat for Africa, Jendayi …
Bush’s ‘anti-terror’ ally beheads Somali civilians
By Chris Floyd
(The Baltimore Chronicle) — Earlier this week, we noted reports that Ethiopian Woyanne invaders in Somalia had killed several clerics and other unarmed people in a mosque north of Mogadishu during the recent bloody reprisals …
Ethiopian local elections signal hegemonic state
By Melaku Tegegne
Many Ethiopian politicians are describing the present national drive by the regime as signaling the beginning of the “Developmental State” in Ethiopia as prescribed by the Prime Minister a year ago. The politicians have expressed their fear …
Ethiopians in Dallas confront Meles Zenawi’s agents
Meles Zenawi’s surrogates were in Dallas today to address a hand picked audience from the Ethiopian Diaspora. The local Woyane/EPDRF operatives have been preparing for this meeting in “secret” for some time now. Tipped by insiders and similar event participants …
Meles is arrested in New York
This may be a satire, but it is also a wish of every Ethiopian. The day will come when the butcher of East Africa Meles Zenawi will be dragged to justice like this.
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Elections and designated losers
The Epidemic of Election Stealing in Africa
By Fekade Shewakena
There is an epidemic of election rigging and stealing in Africa but the most virulent form of the disease appears to be sitting in Ethiopia. The current sick regional and …
The butcher of East Africa is in New York
Meles Zenawi, the butcher of East Africa, is currently in New York to attend a United Nations meeting.…
Ethiopia’s Electoral Board, opposition trade accusations
By Peter Heinlein, VOA
Listen (MP3) audio clip
Ethiopia’s electoral board and several opposition parties are trading accusations of illegal actions as the country prepares for the second phase of municipal council and parliamentary by-elections. VOA’s Peter Heinlein in Addis …
Second opposition party preparing boycott of Ethiopia vote
By Peter Heinlein, VOA
The biggest opposition party that participated in Ethiopia’s nationwide elections Sunday is planning to boycott the second part of the voting, charging the first half was rigged. Another, larger opposition group had pulled out even before …
Two bombs exploded in Addis Ababa killing 3 people
By Barry Malone
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia Woyanne blamed rebels backed by arch-foe Eritrea on Tuesday after two bombs killed three people and wounded more than a dozen in the capital.
The attacks in Addis Ababa late on Monday …
Rights group says it is ‘too late to salvage’ upcoming Ethiopian elections
The Associated Press
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia: A human rights group said Friday that attacks on opposition candidates in Ethiopia had doomed hopes for fair elections this month and it was now “too late to salvage” the vote.
Human Rights Watch …
‘Loyal’ opposition alleges intimidation at polls
By Barry Malone and Tsegaye Tadesse
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s [fake] opposition accused the government Woyanne of intimidation on Sunday as voters went to the polls for the first time since deadly post-election protests three years ago.
State radio …
Power politics trumps democracy in U.S.-backed Ethiopia
By Alex Stonehill and Sarah Stuteville
The Indypendent
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Dawn in the Merkato breaks over a tangle of streets jammed with shouting hawkers and towering pyramids of ripe produce from Ethiopia’s fertile countryside. Today it is a …
Escape routes from the dechasa trap
By Mulumebet Asfaw
It was extremely gratifying for me to stir a lot of controversy with my last article on dechasa (welfare) addiction and its consequences. The issue at stake, being a thorny one that pricked the sensitivities of many …
U.N. says humanitarian situation in Somalia is deteriorating
This is all caused by the U.S.-backed invasion of Somalia by the butcher of east Africa, Meles Zenawi.
(The Associated Press) UNITED NATIONS: The humanitarian situation in Somalia is deteriorating faster than expected with the number of people in need …
Crackdown in Zimbabwe Intensifies
Mugabe, like Meles, is just another ravenous African vampire who is sucking the life blood of his country. At the same time, the comment by U.S. State Department’s spokesman regarding Mugabe’s action is steep in obscene hypocrisy and double-standard. While …
Woyanne is Stuck in Somalia (Newsweek)
ER had predicted at the start of the Somalia invasion in December 2006 that Mogadishu will be Woyanne’s grave yard. It is happening. The following is a Newsweek interview with Woyanne chief Meles Zenawi, the butcher of East Africa.
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Joke of the Day: China gives media seminar
The Chinese communist junta that provides technology to African dictators like Meles Zenawi for jamming radio station such as the VOA is giving a seminar on media to journalists from Africa. What a joke!
(GNA) — Professor Liu Liqun, Dean …
Poll: Why is Woyanne still in power?
Woyanne is perhaps the most hated regime in the history of Ethiopia. In May 2005, the people of Ethiopia made it clear that they don’t want Woyanne to govern the country. Meles Zenawi & Co. responded by brutally attacking the …
India’s Taj Mahal leaves African dictators speechless
(ANI) — A visit to the world’s greatest monument to love, the Taj Mahal, has left most African leaders thieves speechless.
Heads of state of Dictators of Uganda and Ethiopia, who were in India to participate in the …
‘Loyal’ opposition boycotts this month’s election (AP)
ADDIS ABABA (Associated Press) — “We are getting out of the whole process. The whole process is an illegal process,” Beyene Petros, leader of the United Ethiopian Democratic Forces, a national coalition of opposition parties, told The Associated Press.
Ethiopia…
Meles says his agricultural policy is successful
Making investment in flower farms while millions of people are starving cannot be described as “successful agricultural policy” by any one with commonsense. But here we are dealing with a government of dummies (yededeb mengist).
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A smart salute to the air force POWs
By Kiflu Hussain
This is a letter hastily scribbled with reference to a latest gross miscarriage of justice meted out against Colonel Berhanemeskel Haile, Col. Girma Asfaw, Lt. Col. Solomon Kebede and Captain Kifle Woube, all former Ethiopian Air force …
Military officers sentenced to death
(AFP) – AN Ethiopian Woyanne kangaroo court has sentenced to death five top military officers of former Marxist ruler Mengistu Haile Mariam, for air raids that killed hundreds in an open market in 1980.
The state-run Ethiopian News Agency said …
Famine in Oromia: the dry season is not the only culprit
Statement of the Oromo Liberation Front
The Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) is prompted to issue this statement in response to the statement by the UN’s News release, dated March 28, 2008. The News Release reports, among others, that, “The deteriorating …
Ethiopia and the U.S. – A loveless liaison (Economist)
(The Economist) — America and Ethiopia Woyanne need each other, but their needs are not equal
THE alliance between the United States and Ethiopia Woyanne was born of pragmatism. In another time, they might have been enemies. Ethiopians…
Video: How is Saddam Hussien different from Meles?
There is no doubt that President George Bush has eliminated a pure evil in Iraq. Sadam Hussien was a monster. Unfortunately, Bush’s allies in Ethiopia, the Woyanne tribal thugs, are committing much more brutal tortures and murders against the people …
U.N. says traders not responsible for price rises
By Elizabeth Blunt
BBC News
Addis Ababa — A UN report says that contrary to popular perceptions inside Ethiopia, greedy traders and speculators are not to blame for recent price rises.
The food assessment report comes just a few days …
14 million Ethiopians are exposed to contaminated water
(The Daily Monitor) – More than 14 million Ethiopians may be potentially at risk of fluorosis, the Ministry of Water Resources announced at a workshop on Fluorosis Mitigation Learning Exchange held from from 4- 5 March 2008 in Addis …
Lifting of grain tax may ease food burden for urban poor (IRIN)
Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs – Integrated Regional Information Networks
ADDIS ABABA (IRIN) – The Ethiopian government’s decision to remove some taxes on grains is unlikely to have an immediate impact on rising food prices …
Meles Zenawi’s anti-inflation measure: More arrest
Woyanne’s solution for every thing is the barrel of the gun.
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By Peter Heinlein, VOA
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister dictator Meles Zenawi has introduced tough measures to stabilize soaring prices, including a crackdown on what he …