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Save me from the kindness of my friends
Save me from the kindness of my friends. By Yilma Bekele
We all have a few issues. Some are real while a few are due to ignorance but somewhere in between there are some topics raised by some folks that …
Tagged with: Ethiopia News, ethiopian diaspora, ginbot7, Patriotic Front, yilma bekele
Posted in Ethiopia News
Posted in Ethiopia News
ENTC and Shengo Leaders on VOA
Ato Sileshi Tilahun, chairman ENTC and Dr. Taye Zegeye, chairman Shengo on VOA Amharic service on the topic of forming an all-inclusive unified alternative force.
Posted in Ethiopia News
Ethiopia spies on journalists based in US: Washington Post
Washington Post
WASHINGTON — Ethiopia appears to again be using Internet spying tools in attempts to eavesdrop on journalists based in suburban Washington, said security researchers who call such intrusions a serious threat to human rights and …
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Ethiopia’s Growth Program Cuts Out Dissent: Wall Street Journal
By Heidi Voigt | Wall Street Journal
March 8, 2015
Since 2010, Girma Seifu Maru has tried to raise his voice against political abuses while 546 fellow legislators consistently support the government.
But in February, the government electoral board replaced …
Posted in Ethiopia News
The Poison of Ethnic Federalism in Ethiopia’s Body Politic
The Thugtatorship of the Tigrean Peoples Liberation (T-TPLF) adopted its fabricated constitution for Ethiopia on December 8, 1994.
The Preamble to that constitution declares, “We the Nations, Nationalities and People of Ethiopia…” have written the constitution to 1) “secure the
…World Bank Admits It Ignored Its Own Rules Designed To Protect The Poor
By Ben Hallman |The Huffington Post
March 5, 2015
The World Bank, created to fight poverty, has admitted that it’s failed to follow its own rules for protecting the poor people swept aside by dams, roads and …
Posted in Ethiopia News
Bibi Came, Bibi Saw, Bibi Brought Nothing to the Table!
On March 3, 2015, Prime Minister Benjamin (“Bibi”) Netenyahu addressed a joint session of the United States Congress to deliver his diktat: Pass a law to prevent President Obama from negotiating with Iran because any U.S. agreement with Iran is …
Posted in Ethiopia News
Tecola and his crocodile tears.
Tecola and his crocodile tears. By Yilma Bekele
Crocodile tears (or superficial sympathy) are a false, insincere display of emotion such as a hypocrite crying fake tears of grief. That is what it felt like reading the gentleman’s article after …
A Magna Carta for Ethiopia?
I am celebrating the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta Libertatum or the Great Charter of English Liberties.
Whoa! Hold it! I understand your question!
Why is a guy born in Africa (Ethiopia) now living in America celebrating a …
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Posted in Ethiopia News
Posted in Ethiopia News
Young Ethiopian Musicians Rising!
Young Diaspora Ethiopian musicians are rising fast and gaining attention on the international scene.
They sing in English, but some include Amharic songs in their repertoire. Their lyrics are serious and spotlight social conditions. Their melodies are a fusion of
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Tagged with: Ethiopia, ethiopian diaspora musicians, ethiopian music, professor adugnaw worku, Tad Worku, Tadele Worku
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Posted in Ethiopia News
Ethiopia shall overcome.
Ethiopia shall overcome. By Yilma Bekele
In May of 2005 the noble idea of bringing change by peaceful means died a violent death in Ethiopia. The Tigrai People Front declared in no uncertain terms power sharing is not part of …
Tagged with: Andenet Party, ethiopian elections, ginbot7, Patriotic Front, semayawi party, TPLF, Woyanne, yilma bekele
Posted in Ethiopia News
Posted in Ethiopia News
ENTC held its 4th General Assembly meeting
ENTC held its 4th general assembly meeting in Washington DC. It has issued the below press release on the meeting outcome.
Posted in Ethiopia News
ENTC and Shengo working towards facilitating an all-inclusive centralized alternative force
Ethiopian National Transitional Council (ENTC) and The Ethiopian People’s Congress for United Struggle (SHENGO) today issued a joint press release that they will be working towards an all-inclusive alternative force that will centralize the opposition struggle.
Posted in Ethiopia News
Bye, Bye Karuturistan, Ethiopia!
RRIP: A post-mortem on Karuturistan, Ethiopia
It was too good to be true. It is too bad it was true for the people of Gambella in western Ethiopia.
Last month, the ignoble demise of Karuturi Global, Ltd. (a/k/a “Ethiopian …
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Posted in Ethiopia News
Ethiopia’s Perfekt Elektion? Much Ado About Nothing!
Who knows about Ethiopia’s perfekt elektion in May 2015?
It is the middle of February 2015 as I write this commentary. But I always remember in November.
I see some of my Ethiopian friends carrying long forlorn melancholy faces.
…Ethiopia’s “Odious Debt” to the Odious World Bank
FEBRUARY 8, 2015 10:57PM
Ethiopia as “sovereign deadbeat” state due to debts incurred by the T-TPLF
In my last commentary, The World Bank and Ethiopia’s “Growth and Transformation”, I cryptically observed in passing, “… The USD$600 million is money
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Posted in Ethiopia News
Posted in Ethiopia News
Obang Metho’s open letter to President Obama
The alarming situation in Ethiopia and why it may spiral out of control
February 5, 2015
Honorable Barack Obama
The President of the United States of America
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20501
Dear President Obama,
I …
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Ethiopia-visions of the final battle.
Ethiopia-visions of the final battle. By Yilma Bekele
We all should thank the Central Committee of Tigrai Peoples Liberation Front for making things a little clearer in our country. When election season is close the TPLF removes all pretenses and …
Tagged with: Andenet Party, Birtukan Midekssa, Ethiopia Dictatorship, ethiopian elections, Woyanne, yilma bekele
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Posted in Ethiopia News
Plagiarism is not a big deal: TPLF official
What’s is wrong with stealing other people’s work and slapping your name on it? Nothing, according to a TPLF official. Ambassador Tesfaye Habisso was recently outed for expropriating the work of others. The ambassador’s novel defense: don’t make too much …
Posted in Ethiopia News
The World Bank and Ethiopia’s “Growth and Transformation”
The World Bank lies, Ethiopia dies… from onerous “odious debt”
I had completely forgotten about the so-called “Growth and Transformation Plan” (GTP) of 2010, until the World Bank reminded me of it last week.
That “Plan” was the late Meles …
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Posted in Ethiopia News
Posted in Ethiopia News
ያለ በቂ ጥናት የተሰራው የወያኔ ባቡር መስመር ውዝግብ ፈጥሯል።
— የባቡር መስመሩ ከተማዋን ለሁለት መክፈሉ ነዋሪዎችን ግራ አጋብቷል
— የባቡር ሐዲዱን ያለ ጫማ ማቋረጥ ለከፋ አደጋ ያጋልጣል
— የባቡር መስመሩ የዲዛይን ማሻሻያዎች ሊደረጉበት ይገባል -ባለሙያዎች
መታሰቢያ ካሳዬ | አዲስ አድማስ
January 31, 2015
የአዲስ አበባ ከተማ የቀላል …
Posted in Ethiopia News
ENTC and Shengo joint Press Release – Jan 28
Shengo and ENTC have released a statement on the current situation of Ethiopia and their proposed solution of a Unified Force.
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Posted in Ethiopia News
Boycotting Ethiopian National Elections: Damn if You Do, Damn if You Don’t! Messay Kebede
I maintain that the upcoming elections will be a turning point for Ethiopia, not because they will result in a major change of policy subsequent to a renovation of the ruling elite but because the absence of change will compel …
Posted in Ethiopia News
Did British intelligence help Ethiopian officials kidnap Andargachew Tsige?
Did British intelligence assist Ethiopian security services to kidnap Andargachew Tsige? Did UK officials, for example, provide Ethiopian agents with Mr. Tsige’s travel itinerary? There are telltale signs that the UK government knows more than it wants to admit. …
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World Bank-ruptcy in Ethiopia
The moral bankruptcy of the World Bank in Ethiopia
Ethiopians have been the object of a cruel bureaucratic joke by the World Bank. Last week, an official investigative report surfaced on line showing World Bank bureaucrats in Ethiopia have been …
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Posted in Ethiopia News
The Invention of Ethnic Politics Messay Kebede
Take a random group of Ethiopians as you find them in any public place. You will never hear them defining themselves by a single characteristic. If you ask one of them how a person is defined, he/she will say that …
Posted in Ethiopia News
Should Ethiopians boycott the upcoming elections?
December 16, 2015
Washington, DC, The Solidarity Movement for a New Ethiopia (SMNE) has no choice but to expose the duplicity and repression of choice in the upcoming Ethiopian National Election due to the dictatorial nature of the ethnic apartheid
Posted in Ethiopia News
MLK: “When Will You Be Satisfied?”
When Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. [MLK] gave his “I Have a Dream Speech” in August 1963, he asked the “devotees of civil rights” a simple rhetorical question: “When will you be satisfied?”
One of his answers …
Posted in Ethiopia News
Elections and helicopter-an Ethiopian drama
Elections and helicopter-an Ethiopian drama. By Yilma Bekele
I am thinking you must have read my last report on Ethiopian helicopters that made an unauthorized trip to Eritrea. I felt I left the story hanging out there and it is …
Tagged with: election board ethiopia, elections ethiopia, Ethiopia Democracy, ethiopian diaspora, Woyanne, yilma bekele
Posted in Ethiopia News
Posted in Ethiopia News
Smoking in public areas banned in Mekelle, but so far OK for rest of Ethiopia
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle | Sudan Tribune
January 11, 2015 (ADDIS ABABA) – The capital of Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, Mekelle, has banned smoking in public areas, making it the first Ethiopian city to implement a tobacco control proclamation bill …
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Andargachew Tsigie Before the T-TPLF Inquisition?
“Cirque d’Andargachew” presented by the Ringling T-TPLF Brothers
Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet) is often credited with the observation that one should “judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.”
Voltaire also wisely observed, “All murderers are punished unless they …
Ethiopian women regularly sold for $2,000 in Yemen
Human trafficking or human slavery?
By Neftalem Fikre Hailemeskel | ethiopianreporter.com
January 10, 2015
Right now as I am writing this article any person can buy an Ethiopian woman as property for as little as USD 2000
…
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Former US Adoption Agency Head Admits to Bribing Ethiopian Officials
Voice of America (VOA)
January 8, 2015
The former head of a U.S. adoption agency pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to charges of arranging phony adoptions from Ethiopia with the aim of defrauding the U.S. government.
James Harding, who
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State Terrorism in Ogaden, Ethiopia
Widespread Repression
By Graham Peebles | counterpunch.org
January 9, 2015
“There is indeed terrorism raging throughout large parts of the Ogaden and elsewhere in the country; it is State Terrorism perpetrated by a brutal regime that is guilty of widespread …
Posted in Ethiopia News
Chinese TV presents a biography of Haile Sellassie
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What does it take to get the helicopters back?
What does it take to get the helicopters back? By Yilma Bekele
Normally regimes do not lose such an important asset just like that. Fighter jets or helicopters just do not fly out of the coop so easily. But we …
Tagged with: Ethiopia Dictatorship, Ethiopia News, ethiopian helicopter, Woyanne, yilma bekele
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Posted in Ethiopia News
እንኳን ለገና በዓል አደረሳችሁ።
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Ethiopians in Minnesota explore the importance of transcending ethnic identity
A Diverse Group of Ethiopians in Minnesota finds new and promising relationship as they step out of ethnic, religious, gender, and political boxes to embrace each other as valued human beings first.
Solidarity Movement for a New Ethiopia (SMNE)
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Ethiopian Dreams for 2015 and Beyond
“Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,… [and] see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams”
A Happy New Year to all of my readers!!!
I get to celebrate New Year twice every year. The first on September 11, …
Andargachew Tsige and the struggle for freedom.
Andargachew Tsige and the struggle for freedom. By Yilma Bekele
Andargachew Tsige was taken prisoner by the TPLF Woyane regime on June 24/’13 while on transit at Sana, Yemen International Airport. He was removed from the airplane and flown to …
Tagged with: andargachew tsgie, Ethiopia Dictatorship, Ethiopia Human Rights, ginbot7, yilma bekele
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Posted in Ethiopia News
“ለኢትዮጵያ አንድነት በጽናት እንቆማለን”፣
(የፀሐፊው ማስታወሻ — ይህን ፅሁፍ በነጻነት ለሀገሬ ስም ለአማርኛ አንባቢዎቼ አቀርባለሁ። የነፃነት ለሀገሬ ትርጉሞች የረቀቁና የተጣሩ ናቸው። የነፃነት ለሀገሬን ድጋፍ በማግኘቴ ታላቅ ደስታና ክብር ይሰማኛል። ነፃነት ለሀገሬ ያልተዘመረለት/ያልተዘመረላቸው የኢትዮጵያ ጀግና/ጀግኖች ናቸው። ከፍተኛ ክብርና አድናቆቴን ለነፃነት ለሀገሬ አቀርባለሁ/አቀርብላቸዋለሁ !!! ትግሉ
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Did Ethiopia torture and falsely convict UK citizen with help of British intelligence?
British security guard faces death penalty in Ethiopia after being found guilty of terrorism offences
By Robert Verkaik | Independent.co.uk
December 30, 2014
A British man who claims he was tortured in an Ethiopian prison is facing the
…
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አገር አቀፍ የጫት ሲምፖዚየም ሊካሄድ ነው
አገሪቱ አምና ከጫት ኤክስፖርት ከ5 ቢ. ብር በላይ አግኝታለች
By Metasebia Kasaye | addisadmassnews.com
December 29, 2014
ጫት በዜጐች ላይ እያስከተለ ያለውን የጤና ችግር ለመቅረፍ የሚያስችል የፖሊሲ አቅጣጫ ለመንደፍ ያለመ አገር አቀፍ የጫት ሲምፖዚየም በቅርቡ የሚካሄድ ሲሆን፣ የኢፌዲሪ ጠቅላይ …
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በመንበረ ፓትርያርኩ ቅ/ማርያም ገዳም በሚሊዮኖች የሚገመት ገንዘብ መመዝበሩ ተገለጸ
addisadmassnews.com
December 20, 2014
በኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን ታሪክ የፓትርያርኮች መንበር (መንበረ ፕትርክና) በኾነችው ቅድስተ ቅዱሳን ማርያም ገዳም፣ በሚሊዮኖች የሚቆጠር ገንዘብና ንብረት በአስተዳደር ሓላፊዎችና ሠራተኞች መመዝበሩን ምንጮች ጠቆሙ፡፡
ጥቆማው የቀረበው፣ የገዳሟ ማኅበረ ካህናትና የልማት ኮሚቴ የቤተ ክርስቲያኒቱን …
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Foreign factories and slave wages
Ethiopia: Booming business, underpaid workers |
Aljazeera.com
December 29, 2014
“Our factory is a bit like a military organisation. The labour here is not highly educated so we have to use a very simple way to communicate and …
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“We Shall Persevere, Ethiopia!”
“How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!”, decreed Maya Angelou, the great African American author, poet, dancer, actress and singer.
“I shall persevere!” wrote Eskinder Nega, the imprisoned and preeminent …
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ENTC Weekly radio – December 23
Listen to ENTC radio program – December 23
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Is Ethiopia Violating UN Sanctions against North Korea: New Evidence Uncovered
23 December 2014
Since the 1970s, Ethiopia has been in the company of North Korea’s most loyal military customers. Amongst other things, Pyongyang has been a source of munitions, armored …
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የጥራት ጉድለት ሕመም የሆነበት የሕክምና ትምህርት
December 21, 2014
በአዳራሹ የታደመው የሕክምና ባለሙያ በተለያየ ዘመን በተለያየ የሥልጠና ማዕከል የተመላለሰ ነው፡፡ በሰባዎቹ መጨረሻና በሃያዎቹ መጀመሪያ ላይ የሚገኙት ጐን ለጐን ከአንድ ቦታ ተገኝተዋል፡፡
የሕክምና ትምህርት በአገሪቱ ምን ይመስላል? የታዩ ተግዳሮቶችና ቀጣዩ ዕርምጃ ምን …
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ፓትርያርኩ የቅዱስ ሲኖዶሱን ውሳኔ አገዱ
ቅ/ ሲኖዶሱ በአድባራት ሓላፊዎች ላይ ያሳለፈው ውሳኔ
ሕገ መንግሥቱን የሚፃረር ነው ” — ፓትርያርኩ
December 20, 2014
የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን ቅዱስ ሲኖዶስ ምልአተ ጉባኤ፣ ‹‹የቤተ ክርስቲያን አባቶችና ቤተ ክርስቲያን ዕውቅና በሰጠችው ማኅበር ላይ ተገቢ ያልኾነ …
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The Castro Brothers, the African Brothers and Brother Obama
Cuba finally coming in from the Cold (War)?
“I am not a dictator, and I do not think I will become one. I will not maintain power with a machine gun,” said Fidel Castro in an interview in January 1959, …
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ENTC denounces TPLF’s brutal actions in Bahir Dar
ENTC released a statement denouncing TPLF’s brutal beatings and killings in Bahir Dar city.
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ENTC Weekly Radio – December 17
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Obang’s Address to the Ethiopian Community in Minnesota
SMNE FORUM SERIES II: MINNESOTA
STARTING THE CONVERSATION AMONG DIVERSE ETHIOPIANS
CAN WE COLLECTIVELY OWN BOTH THE GOOD AND THE UGLY PARTS OF OUR PAST?
SO WE CAN BE FREE AT LAST FROM THE SHACKLES OF OPPRESSION?
December 15, 2014…
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Antique Book on Ethiopia Selling for $579,875.01
December 17, 2014
By Lodovico di Varthema, is selling for the …
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Saving the ICC from African Thugtators
International Criminal Court Prosecutor throws in the towel
It is a dark and gloomy month on the “Dark Continent”! It is the worst of times in Africa when a man in the highest political office accused of egregious crimes against …
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Remembering the Anuak Massacre
11-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF ANUAK MASSACRE OF 2003 WILL BE REMEMBERED BY MANY ETHIOPIAN ANUAK LIVING IN REFUGEE CAMPS AFTER BEING FORCIBLY UPROOTED FROM THEIR INDIGENOUS LAND
This year, members of the Ethiopian community in the Greater Houston, Texas, …
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Your money is helping the Ethiopian regime to terrorize the population: SMNE to donors
SMNE CALLS ON DONOR COUNTRIES TO CONDEMN THE RECENT CRACKDOWN ON PEACEFUL ETHIOPIAN PROTESTERS AND THE CLOSING OF ALL POLITICAL SPACE, FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY, FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, AND FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION IN ETHIOPIA
December 10, 2014.
The Solidarity …
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Why is the TPLF in a rush to destroy historic books?
THE ACME OF EVIL IGNORANCE: THE WEYYANE PROJECT FOR ETHIOPIA AND THE WORLD
By Professor Mesfin Woldemariam
December 8, 2014
Thirty to fifty years ago the TWINS, the shabia (EPLF) and the weyyane (TPLF) discovered that one of their …
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ENTC Weekly Radio – Special Program
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News and Interview with Semayawi Party Public Relations
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How US outsourced torture to Ethiopia’s TPLF
‘Outsourced Guantanamo’–FBI & CIA Interrogating Detainees in Secret Ethiopian Jails, U.S. Citizen Among Those Held : Democracy Now
April 5, 2007
The CIA and FBI agents have been interrogating hundreds of detainees at secret prisons in Ethiopia. Many of the
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ENTC denounces TPLF’s brutal crackdown of peaceful protestors
ENTC released a statement denouncing TPLF’s brutal crackdown of peaceful protestors and opposition leaders while praising the sacrifice that these heroes are paying for their freedom.
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ዲያስፖራውን የመሰለያ እቅድ
ለአረመኔ መንግስት የሚሰልል አረመኔ ነው!
ከዲሞክራሲ ለኢትዮጵያ ድጋፍ ቡን በሜልበርን አውስትራልያ
December 2014
የሀገራችሁ መጻኢ ህልውና፤ የወገናችሁ የዘመናት ጭንቅ፤ እንግሌትና ፤ የስቃይ ህይወት ሌት ተቀን ለሚያሳስባችሁ ውድ ኢትዮጵያዊያን በሙሉ፦
ከሁልት ዓመት በፊት የወያኔ መንግስት በውጭው ዓሇም የሚገኘውን ኢትዮጵያዊ ሇመሰሇሌ የነዯፈውን
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Who Polices the Police in America?
…Our government… teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis
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Shengo and ENTC joint Press Release
Shengo and ENTC has issued a joint press release on the current situation of Ethiopia.
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ENTC Weekly Radio – December 3
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ሰላም አስከባሪነት ለኢትዮጵያና ለሩዋንዳ ገቢ እያሰገኘ ነው
በሰላም ጥበቃ ስም ወታደር ማከራይት ትርፋማ ንግድ ሆንዋል
November 29, 2014
በአፍሪካ፣ ወደ ግጭት ቀጣናዎች እየተሰማራ በስነ-ምግባርና በሙያ ብቃት ስምካተረፉት መካከል የኢትዮጵያ መካከል ሃይል አንዱ እንደሆነ የገለፀው ዘኢኮኖሚስት መጽሔት፤ ኢትዮጵያና ሩዋንዳ በሰላም አስከባሪነት ጥሩ ገቢ እያገኙ መሆናቸውን ዘገበ፡፡
ቀደም …
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Tony Blair implicated in corruption in Ethiopia: The Telegraph
Questions over Tony Blair’s ‘opaque’ deals in Africa
By Robert Mendick, Matthew Holehouse and Edward Malnick | The Telegraph
Noember 30, 2014
“Blair and AGI’s activities in Ethiopia are opaque. How is he supporting governance in an authoritarian state …
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Ethiopia: Remember the 24th of November 1974
Last week, many Ethiopian families in the United States gathered in houses of worship with their relatives and friends to hold memorial services in remembrance of the victims of the massacre of the 24th of November 1974, a date …
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H & M under attack for its link to human rights abuses in Ethiopia
Sweden’s TV-4 Investigates the H & M and Al-Amoudi Link
November 28, 2014
A newly-released investigative reporting exposes the link between human rights abuses and H & M investments in Ethiopia.
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SMNE Conference Brings New Energy to Ethiopian Unity
November 18, 2014
November 18, 2014. Washington, DC–. At the recent Solidarity Movement for a New Ethiopia (SMNE) Forum in Washington D.C. on November 15, it was quite evident that Ethiopia does not lack for gifted people who …
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ENTC Weekly Radio – November 27
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The de-Ethiopianization of Ethiopia
For over four decades, the self-styled Tigrean People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), which clings to power by force in Ethiopia today, has been planning and waging a sustained and relentless political, social and cultural war to “de-Ethiopianize” Ethiopia. The TPLF’s de-Ethiopianization …
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Software tool may help detect surveillance by Ethiopian government
Detekt is a free tool that scans your Windows computer for traces of FinFisher and Hacking Team RCS, commercial surveillance spyware that has been identified to be also used to target and monitor human rights defenders and journalists around the
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Obang’s Letter to President of H & M
Open Letter to Mr. Karl Johan Persson, Winner of 2014 Fairness Award Faces Significant Challenges in Partnering with Autocratic and Corrupt Ethiopian Government-Controlled Businesses
Head Office
Hennes & Mauritz (H & M) AB
Mäster Samuelsgatan 46A
SE-106 38 Stockholm…
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ENTC Weekly Radio – Nov 19
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The Twilight of Non-Violent Change in Ethiopia and the Slippery Ground of TPLF’s Power Strategy Messay Kebede
The rationale for the TPLF’s current stepping up of repression, obviously triggered by the coming elections, is hard to comprehend. Ranging from constant harassments and severe beatings to torture and long-term imprisonments, the repression particularly targets journalists and young leaders …
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“Hagere, Hizbe, Kibre” (My Country, My People, My Honor)
The poet-artist with an “unconquerable soul”?
Last week, Meron Getnet, the extraordinary young Ethiopian actress, put out on Youtube a powerful Amharic poem entitled, “Hagere, Hizbe, Kibre” (My Country, My People, My Honor).
The last time I “saw” …
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Susan Rice an Abysmal Failure at Her Job: The Atlantic
A Withering Critique of Obama’s National Security Council
By Jeffrey Goldberg
The Atlantic
November 14, 2014
If George W. Bush’s foreign policy was a testament to the perils of overreaction, Barack Obama’s foreign policy is becoming, to many experts, …
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ENTC Weekly Radio – Nov 13
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Ethiopia 2014: I Always Remember in November and in…
Oh, Cruel November 2005!
In 2005, Ethiopians faced unspeakable horrors. Following the parliamentary elections in May of that year, hundreds of Ethiopian citizens who protested the daylight theft of that election were massacred or seriously shot and wounded by police …
ENTC Weekly Radio – Nov 5
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1984 Great Ethiopian Famine: TPLF Still Licensed to Steal
Gebremedhin Araya (L), Max Perbedy (C), Tekleweyne Assefa (R)
Remembering the Great Ethiopia Famine of 1984 (Part II)
In my commentary last week, (Remembering the Great Ethiopia Famine of 1984, Part I), I reviewed various commentaries I had written …
The Ethiopians and their recent history.
The Ethiopians and their recent history. By Yilma Bekele
We all repeat by rot that our country is three thousand years old. It has always been like that ever since I remember. Not a single year more or one day …
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ENTC Weekly Radio – October 28
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The Great Ethiopian Famine of 1984 Remembered
There is famine in Ethiopia in 2014, but it is known by other fancy names
Famine in Ethiopia is a topic that horrifies me. Over the years, I have written long commentaries on the subject often challenging with incontrovertible facts …
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Get well Dr. Craig Spencer
Get well Dr. Craig Spencer. By Yilma Bekele
What kind of place would the world be without people like Dr. Craig Spencer? Dr. Spencer is the medical doctor that is currently in New York Hospital with symptoms of the Ebola …
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