A call for the formation of Ethiopia-Somalia Friendship Committee
The people of Ethiopia have been subjected to Woyanne's murderous rule for the past 15 years. Now the people of Somalia have fallen under this parasitic dictatorship. We need to join hands with our Somali brothers and fight back. Ethiopian Review, in collaboration with other civic groups is in the process of forming "Ethiopia-Somalia Friendship Committee" that will expose and challenge the Meles dictatorship. ER invites its readers to participate in this effort. Any one interested, please write to: [email protected]
Ethiopia's offensive against the Union of Islamic Courts in Somalia risks plunging the region into a long war which may end up strengthening the Islamists. And if America sees the invasion as a chance to weaken Islamic radicalism, it's seriously misguided. - Spiegel
Ethiopian troops waging war against rival Islamists in Somalia should leave the country immediately, the African Union (AU) chief said on Wednesday. - IOL, BBC, Dec 27
Dr Getachew explains in detail how Meles Zenawi and his terrorist regime continues to subjugate and brutalize the people of Ethiopia
Jendayi Frazer declared that the Islamic Courts were “controlled by individuals belonging to al-Qaeda’s East African cell.” According to some sources, this intelligence was deployed by Ethiopia's dictator Meles Zenawi. Interviewed by the Washington Post on Thursday, Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte was more cautious. He did not indicate if the Courts are the “New Taliban”. I do not believe that we yet have the right answer to this question, he said. - Le Mond
"My family joins me in sharing the difficult news that Gerald Ford, our beloved husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather has passed away at 93 years of age," former first lady Betty Ford said in a brief statement
The State Department signaled support today for Ethiopian military operations against Somalia, noting that Ethiopia has had "genuine security concerns" stemming from the rise of Islamist forces in its eastern neighbor. - AP, Dec 26
There is a new labeling in the reports of the Western correspondents on the regime in our country. They call it: “Ethiopia’s Christian led government.” What a blasphemy! [Meles and his Woyanne thugs] are atheists as we have witnessed during the last 16 years. - Urael, Nazret.com
International aid organisations warm of a potentially catastrophic famine conditions in Somalia as Ethiopia conducts war on Islamic extremists - IRIN, Dec 26
Somalia's envoy to Addis Ababa said Ethiopian troops were within 70 km (40 miles) of the capital and could capture it in 24 to 48 hours. Islamists countered that they were ready for a long war and any attempt to oust them would prove disastrous for their foes... Reuters, Dec 26
Mass Arrests on Christmas Day: Last night police swarmed the streets of Addis in attempt to broaden the mass arrest efforts already underway - The Other Side
AFRICA - The continent of casual death, where good people are ruled by dark hearts: Alemzuriash Teshome's tragedy drove home what I found to be Africa's most haunting quality: the contrast between the dignity, stoicism and goodness of its people and the venal, selfish brutality of those who lead them. Wherever I travelled [in Africa], I found good people struggling to lead decent lives in the face of their government's egregious cruelty, vindictiveness and paranoia. Miss Alemzuriash's mother was an indirect victim of Ethiopia's prime minister, Meles Zenawi. This clever, articulate and ruthless man had won a glowing international reputation... David Blair, The Daily Telegraph Africa Correspondent, Dec 26
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Interview with Dr Getachew Gigi, Member of Parliament after defecting in protest of the continuing gross human rights abuse in Ethiopia by the Meles dictatorship. Dr Getachew explain how Meles and his Tigrean People Liberation Front are pillaging the country's resources and tormenting the people of Ethiopia. A must listen interview.
ER has been able to confirm from various sources, including those with connections in the army, that Meles is sending mostly non-Tigreans in the battle with the Somali ICU militia. Except for the high-level officers, most or all of the infantrymen are from Oromo, Amhara, Gurage and other ethnic groups. ER has also received reports that mass rounding up of young Ethiopians in Addis Ababa and other parts of the country in underway. The young men are rounded up to be sent to the religious war that Woyanne warlords have ignited. Those who refuse to be detained or try to run are shot in the back by Meles Zenawi's death squad, the Agazi Army. - ER Dec 25
The Ethiopian diaspora have become very well organized and really quite skilled at lobbying. They've formed organizations and have pressed Congress to pass legislation, have made their positions known within the World Bank, and within the State Department, and other institutions of power, and in a very professional way. They are now a major constituency that Washington policymakers are taking into account
Somali Islamic Courts Union (ICU) claims that it has shot down a Woyanne military helicopter today. The ICU militia also said today that they destroyed four thanks
at Daynunay front near Baidoa city. - SomaliNet
Somali Islamists and Woyanne-backed transitional government troops fought heavy artillery and mortar duels on Sunday, witnesses and officials said, in a sixth day of clashes round the encircled government base of Baidoa... "Fighting is going on from one part of the country to the other. The Islamic Courts have ignited the war they promised yesterday," Information Minister Ali Ahmed Jama, in Baidoa, told Reuters. The witnesses and officials said the fighting was raging on four fronts... - Reuters, Dec 24
Somali Islamic Courts Uninion said Saturday their fighters had captured a frontline position from Woyanne-backed government forces as a fourth day of bloody battles raged in the lawless nation's southern region. Islamic Courts information chief Abdurahim Ali Muddey said their fighters had seized the Idale outpost, some 60 kilometres (40 miles) south of Baidoa, the seat of the interim government which is being backed by Ethiopian troops... MiddleEast Online, Dec 23
Somali Islamists and Woyanne-backed transitional government troops fought heavy artillery and mortar duels on Sunday, witnesses and officials said, in a sixth day of clashes round the encircled government base of Baidoa... "Fighting is going on from one part of the country to the other. The Islamic Courts have ignited the war they promised yesterday," Information Minister Ali Ahmed Jama, in Baidoa, told Reuters. The witnesses and officials said the fighting was raging on four fronts... - Reuters, Dec 24
Somali Islamic Courts Uninion said Saturday their fighters had captured a frontline position from Woyanne-backed government forces as a fourth day of bloody battles raged in the lawless nation's southern region. Islamic Courts information chief Abdurahim Ali Muddey said their fighters had seized the Idale outpost, some 60 kilometres (40 miles) south of Baidoa, the seat of the interim government which is being backed by Ethiopian troops... MiddleEast Online, Dec 23
Federal police shot dead a young man who tried to escape from the round up in Addis Ababa - SeminaWork
Ethiopian tanks rolled to the battle front on Friday as Somali Islamists and pro-government troops pounded each other with artillery and rockets in a fourth day of clashes starting to take the shape of a war... Reuters, Dec 22
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Somalia's TPLF-backed forces and Islamic fighters Thursday stepped up clashes near Baidoa in a deadly escalation, witnesses and commanders said. As residents witnessed Ethiopia tanks rushing the frontlines, east and south of Baidoa, about 250 kilometres (155 miles) northwest of the capital, commanders said the battlefields were soaked with blood... AFP, Dec 21
I read an ION report implicating me with two other people 'engaging in mediation with the regime' concerning the release of the illegally and unjustly incarcerated prisoners of concience. Whilst I am deeply concerned that they are still in jail, I found the report from ION totally an unfounded and groundless fabrication... Prof. Mammo Muchie
The production of frankincense is declining as a result of over-tapping Ethiopia's Boswellia trees. Worldwide, frankincense (an aromatic hardened wood resin) is of great economic and social importance as an important element of incense and perfumes... - Journal of Applied Ecology, Dec 2006
In Ethiopia all telecommunications is provided by ETC, the Federal Government monopoly. This means all land-line telephones, cell phones, and internet services are provided by the government and only the government. No competition is allowed... Ferenge Addis Blog
The production of frankincense is declining as a result of over-tapping Ethiopia's Boswellia trees. Worldwide, frankincense (an aromatic hardened wood resin) is of great economic and social importance as an important element of incense and perfumes... - Journal of Applied Ecology, Dec 2006
