Yearly Archives: 2014

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

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December 20, 2014

 

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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

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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!”

Eskinder family“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

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Is Ethiopia Violating UN Sanctions against North Korea: New Evidence Uncovered

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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

 

 

ሪፖርተር ጋዜጣ

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

ከ አዲስ አድማስ

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

comedy 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.

Read the Statement here (pdf)

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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

kenyatta  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

 

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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.

 

Read the full statement here (pdf)

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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?

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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.

Read the Statement here (pdf)

Listen the audio transcript here (mp3)

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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

Addisadmassnews

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 , 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

Black SaturdayLast 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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Please click on link below to watch the full

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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

DetektDetekt 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

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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)


Meron Getnet 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

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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…

Meles Massacre 2005

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 …

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ENTC Weekly Radio – Nov 5

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November 15 DC onference to promote dialog among Ethiopians

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1984 Great Ethiopian Famine: TPLF Still Licensed to Steal

eth famineGebremedhin 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 …

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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

eth famine 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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ENTC Weekly Radio – October 21

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Ethiopian unity buidling forum to take place in DC on Novmeber 15

SMNE Conference

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 Amharic BREAKING THE CYCLE OF DYSFUNCTION IN ETHIOPIAN INSTITUTIONS

 

 

 

 

 

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The Thugplomacy of the TPLF

embassy gunmanI have often contended that the ruling regime in Ethiopia controlled by the Tigrean Liberation Front (TPLF) is a thugtatorship, the highest stage of African dictatorship.  If democracy is government of the people, by the people and for the …

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Gebru Asrat and his politics

By Yilma Bekele

The honorable Ato Gebru Asrat has written a very fat book that is five hundred pages long. I am assuming that the purpose of the book was to present himself as a person of vision and to …

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ENTC Weekly Radio – October 14

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The Rise and Fall of the “Baksheesh State” in Ethiopia

baksheesh state The rise of the “baksheesh state” in Ethiopia

My long time readers by now know that I mint my own words and phrases whenever I find it necessary to convey my ideas and arguments with greater clarity, precision and …

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Marriage proposal to Mighty Awash and HMD comes to the US.

Marriage proposal to Mighty Awash and HMD comes to the US. By Yilma Bekele

Our elders know how to tell a story. The way they do it could be compared to like pealing an onion, you have to go thru …

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Ethiopia: Obang Metho condemns ‘Life Grabs’ and the Second Scramble for Africa

Speaking at MRG’s London office as part of a nationwide tour, Executive Director of the Solidarity Movement for a New Ethiopia, Obang Metho, sheds light on the systematic violation of indigenous land rights by Ethiopia’s autocratic regime, resulting in the …
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ENTC Weekly Radio – October 6

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What Does President Obama “Know” About Ethiopia’s “Election”?

ObamaWhat does President Obama “know” about the 2015 “election” in Ethiopia?

Last week, President Barack Obama met with a delegation of the regime in Ethiopia and said, “… the  Prime Minister [Hailemariam Desalegn] and the government is going to …

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ENTC Weekly Radio – October 1

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Shame On Me For Being Proud of President Obama!

ObamaHow I used to be proud of President Barack Obama 

First, I am never proud of politicians. Second, I am never ashamed of politicians. I am often dismayed and even angry over things they did (said) or did not do …

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ግልጽ ደብዳቤ ለህወሃት –– ኦባንግ ሜቶ

ግዜ መልኩን ሳይቀይር አሁን ባላችሁ ዕድል ተጠቀሙ! … ቀናነት ነጻ ያወጣችኋሌ!

 
አባይ ወሌደ የህወሃት ሉቀመንበር
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አቶ አባይና መላው የህወሃት ማዕከላዊ ኮሚቴ አባላት፤
ይህንን ደብዲቤ የምጽፍላችሁ ከተለያዩ ኢትዮጵያውያን በተውጣጣው የማኅበራዊ ፍትሕ እንቅስቃሴ ከሚመራው በአዲሲቷ ኢትዮጵያ የጋራ ንቅናቄ (አኢጋን) ስም …

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ENTC weekly radio – September 24

 

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ENTC denounced the killings in Ogaden

ENTC released a statement today denouncing the barbaric killings in Ogaden.

Read the statement here (pdf)…

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Crimes Against Womanity: Marriage by Abduction in Ethiopia

 

aberash bekeleThe truth is stranger than fiction

In my September 7 commentary, DIFRET: The Abduction of a Film in Ethiopia, I expressed my outrage over the aborted Ethiopian premiere of the film DIFRET. That film, based on a “true …

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The Ethiopian Diaspora and consciousness

By Yilma Bekele

The Bay Area that currently is home away from home for thousands of Ethiopians is nothing like any other place that I have known. I was born in a small village on the southern part of Ethiopia …

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Stop Land Grab Concert: Washington, DC. Sunday September 21

 

Those in Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia. Please don’t miss “STOP AFRICA LAND GRAB CONCERT” on September 21, 2014 at WARNER THEATER in Washington, D.C. from 6PM to 10PM. Major African Music Artists from 6 countries, including our sister Hanisha …

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ENTC Weekly Radio – September 16

 

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Resolutions for the Ethiopian New Year

eth new yearI wish all of my weekly Ethiopian readers throughout the world a happy and prosperous Ethiopian New Year*. I join you joyfully in ringing in 2007 and ringing out 2006.

For many of my Ethiopian readers in the United States, …

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2007-A year of decision

2007-A year of decision by Yilma Bekele

Happy New Year Ethiopia (መልካም እንቁጣጣሸ) Meskerem is a special month. We love and honor Meskerem so much that we name our children by it signifying a new beginning for the long journey …

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ENTC weekly radio – September 8

 

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DIFRET: The Abduction of a Film in Ethiopia

difretWhat is the difference between the abduction of a young girl in a village and the “abduction” of a film by a young filmmaker in a capital city?

“DIFRET” is an Amharic language feature film based on a “true story” …

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Imprisoning, Spying, Killing: What it takes to stay in power in Ethiopia

Suppression of the innocent inside Ethiopia

by Graham Peebles | Dissidentvocie.com

September 4th, 2014

Brutality in Ethiopia's Ogaden

Wrapped in dishonesty, arrogance and paranoia, Ethiopia’s ruling regime (as all such brutal brigades), are following a nationwide policy of violent suppression and constitutional vandalism.

It

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ENTC weekly radio – September 3

 

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Enough: By Hanisha Solomon

Hanisha’s New Song on Why Africans Must Stand Together for Freedom

August 26, 2014

Click Here to Listen to Hanisha’s song

 

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The Game of Thrones in Ethiopia

ThronesIn the “Game of Thrones”, (the book from which the internationally popular television series of the same name is adapted), rival lords among the ruling families clash violently to take over the kingdom of the Iron Throne. The internecine warfare …

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Getting to know me better.

Getting to know me better. By Yilma Bekele
I am in the process of weaning myself from my daily dose of reading about the madness of Woyane. It is not easy. After over two decades of being visually, mentally and …

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ENTC Weekly Radio – August 28

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Disengaging from the False Dilemma of Armed or Peaceful Struggle – Messay Kebede To Andargachew Tsege

The consecutive rise of two dictatorial and sectarian regimes has convinced a great number of Ethiopians that peaceful rather than armed struggle gives the best opportunity for the democratization of Ethiopia. The experience of armed insurgents instituting sectarian and repressive …

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The Long, Long Way to a More Perfect Union in America

MLKOn April 10, 1957, 28 year-old Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK) gave a speech at the St. Louis Freedom Rally in St. Louis, MO entitled, “A Realistic Look at the Question of Progress in the Area of Race

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Can forming a ‘government in exile’ be the solution for uniting the Ethiopian democratic forces?

ENTC has put out a press release expressing that the only way moving forward with the struggle against the TPLF regime is, by forming a unified force. An alternative suggested by ENTC to accomplish this is forming a ‘government in …

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The perils of outsourcing the fight for freedom

By Yilma Bekele

I could have titled this piece ‘Obama and his Africa peace keepers’ but that would not be fair. Anybody with half a brain can see that I am trying to make my issue to be his problem. …

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Why surveillance companies hate the iPhone: Wash Post

By Craig Timberg – Washington Post

August 11, 2014

 

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The secrets of one of the world’s most prominent surveillance companies, Gamma Group, spilled onto the Internet last week, courtesy of an anonymous leaker who appears to have gained

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ENTC weekly radio program – August 18

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My Commentary on My Commentaries

al mariamConfessions of an Ethiopian-American blogger or notes of a native son on tyranny?

This commentary, perhaps confession is a better descriptor, has been long in coming. Why have I written lengthy weekly Monday commentaries for hundreds of weeks without missing …

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ENTC weekly radio program – August 13

 

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Debunking the Myth of Development and Investment in Africa

 

American Investments in Africa The myth of American investments in Africa: “Investing in the Next Generation”

It was a hyperbole fest (“hypefest”) at the U.S.-Africa Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C. last week. It was all about the “fastest-growing continent with the youngest population …

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Black-on-black apartheid in Ethiopia

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Evidence shows how a tiny minority of Tigrians lords it over 90 million Ethiopians.

Research by Solidarity Movement for a New Ethiopia (SMNE) names names; shows clear domination by the Tigrai People’s Liberation Front (TPLF)

August 10, 2014

 

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Meeting in Washington of African Leaders Opens to Protests: NY Times

By ANDREW SIDDONSAUG.

August 4, 2014

WASHINGTON — Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the State Department on Monday, the start of a summit meeting here of more than 40 African heads of state, to denounce some of the leaders as

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Are African Strongmen Being Chosen Over African Civil Society?

US Africa Summit 2014:   Where is the Voice of Africans?

 

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August 3, 2014,

Washington, DC–. Mr. Obang Metho, the Executive Director of the Solidarity Movement for a New Ethiopia (SMNE), a non-violent, non-political, grassroots social …

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ENTC Weekly Radio Program – August 5

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ENTC’s clear cut solution for Ethiopia’s crisis

Ethiopia’s future is at a crossroads. Each day it is becoming clear that, we opposition groups have to unite our struggle and form a unified force in order to fight the apartheid regime in Ethiopia. Attached is the proposal that …

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The Ethiopians and their leaders

By Yilma Bekele

Ato Andualem Aragie Andenet Party (2011)
Ato Bekele Giriba – (OFDM) Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement (August 2011)
Ato Olbana Lelissa – (OPC) Oromo People Congress Party (August 2011)

Ato Yeshiwas Assefa – National council Blue Party (2014)…

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What is the Value of American Values in Africa?

american values 2“We did a whole lot of things that were right, but we tortured some folks; we did some things that were  contrary to our values. When we engaged in some of these enhanced interrogation techniques, techniques that I believe …

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Obang Metho’s Letter to the Chairman of the TPLF

Open letter to Ethiopia’s ruling Tigrai People’s  Liberation Front (TPLF)

August 2, 2014

Abay Woldu,
The Chairman of the TPLF
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

 

Dear Abay Woldu and Members of the TPLF Central Committee,

I am writing this to you

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The Devaluation of Birr: A Layman’s Guide – Part 2

By Seid Hassan, Murray State University

Hitherto, I have been reluctant to post a commentary regarding the World Bank’s suggested birr devaluation measure which is still being debated as we speak. I was reluctant partly because my highly received 2010

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What Will Ethiopians of Tomorrow Inherit from Us?

Mr. Obang Metho’s Keynote Speech at the 4th Annual Ethiopian Heritage Society of North America (EHSNA), Washington, D.C.

 

 

July 26, 2014

“…..  This is my main point today: when we make decisions based on God-given moral values …

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ENTC Weekly Radio Program – July 29

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Cirque d’Afrique: 2014 U.S-Africa Leaders Summit

 

Afr Leaders WHouse  The African Circus is coming to town. It is officially called “U.S-Africa Leadership Summit” (not Ringling African Brothers). It is scheduled to be held on August 5-6 in Washington D.C.  The theme of the “Summit” is “Investing in the …

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Bereket Simon is critically ill and receiving treatment at Bugshan Hospital in Saudi Arabia

Bugshan Hospital Saudi ArabiaBereket Simon, a senior member of the ruling party in Ethiopia and an adviser to Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, has been admitted to Bugshan Hospital in Saudi Arabia. According to Ethiopian Review sources, he is critically ill but in …

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ENTC weekly radio program – July 21

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Ethiopia in the Twilight Zone (9) of Fear

(Author’s note: In this commentary, I take a literary approach to reflect on the counter-productive and self-defeating actions the regime in Ethiopia has taken recently to punish its perceived opponents and critics. I am both amused and perplexed …

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