It’s been a long-held tradition of Ethiopian Review to choose “Person of the Year.” The person who is selected by Ethiopian Review’s publisher, in consultation with associates and readers of the journal, is believed to have contributed the most to the betterment of Ethiopia in the past 12 months.
For the year 2008, Ethiopian Review has selected President Issayas Afeworki of Eritrea as “Person of the Year.”
The choice was an easy one. But it is expected to create a great deal of controversy because of a relentless propaganda campaign that the tribalist regime in Ethiopia, the Tigray People Liberation Front (Woyanne), has been waging to make sure that relations between Ethiopians and Eritreans will NOT develop and improve. It’s the same tactic that Woyanne uses inside Ethiopia and through out the Horn of Africa region to turn people against each other.
The Woyanne propaganda has been effective only to a certain extent. Through an aggressive counter campaign by the media from both the Ethiopian and the Eritrean sides, such as Ethiopian Review and EriTV, as well as the Eritrean government’s tireless effort, a great deal of improvements have been made in improving the relationship between the people of Ethiopia and Eritrea. This has been a nightmare for Meles Zenawi’s Woyanne, as well as those tribalists such as the Siye Abraha group that strive take over power after Meles is gone.
The person who is leading and putting the resources of his government behind the effort to create friendship and lasting peace among not only Eritreans and Ethiopians, but all people of the Horn of Africa is Issayas Afeworki.
Under President Issayas’ leadership, Eritrea has opened up its doors to Ethiopians who are fleeing Meles Zenawi’s bloodsucking dictatorship. There is no country in the world, perhaps with the exception of the U.S., where the rights and freedom of Ethiopian refugees have been fully respected and protected as much as Eritrea.
Freedom fighters such as EPPF, OLF, ONLF, TPDM and others are given shelters in Eritrea so that their wounded receive treatments and their leaders hold meetings unmolested by Woyanne agents, thanks to President Issayas. These freedom fighters are gaining ground every day and will succeed in removing the Woyanne cancer from the Horn of Africa. Only then Ethiopia’s unity can be saved, and a lasting peace in the Horn of Africa region will prevail. The humiliating defeat of Woyanne in Somalia — brilliantly masterminded by Issayas Afeworki — is a major step toward that goal.
While Woyanne-controlled radio and TV programs transmit daily barrages of propaganda that promote ethnic division, under the sponsorship of the Eritrean government, EriTV and Eritrean Radio are aggressively promoting Ethiopian unity — despite the tens of millions of dollars Woyannes spends to jam them. Issayas Afeworki has also authorized a publication named ‘One Ethiopia’ for the purpose of countering Woyanne’s anti-Ethiopia propaganda.
Why would Issayas Afeworki and his government want to help Ethiopian freedom fighters to free our country from the Woyanne cancer?
1) Between 1998 and 2000, Meles & gang have carried out a massive ethnic cleansing campaign against Eritreans. During this campaign, over 500,000 Eritreans, most of whom were born and raised in Ethiopia, had been stripped of all their properties and expelled from Ethiopia. Their homes and other properties were distributed among Woyanne officials and members. Because of forced family separations, it is estimated that close to 1 million Eritreans are affected by the Woyanne ethnic cleansing campaign. The ethnic cleansing that Meles, Seye & gang had carried out against Eritreans is a crime against humanity by any standard, which the United Nations has completely ignored. Getting justice for these Eritrean victims of ethnic cleansing alone is a good motivation for the Eritrean government to help Ethiopian freedom fighters eliminate Woyanne.
2) Eritreans are well aware that the endless ethnic and religious conflicts that the Woyanne regime is instigating in Ethiopia will continue to keep them in a perpetual state of war. They have seen it first hand how monstrous evil Woyannes are. Eritreans have suffered more during the Woyanne regime than through all the wars during the Derg regime. Currently, Woyanne has created a transitional Eritrean government based in Mekelle and is arming and training over 20,000 mercenaries. It is preparing to invade Eritrea and put a puppet regime in Asmara as it tried to do in Somalia. Getting rid of Woyanne, in collaboration with Ethiopian freedom fighters, is a matter of survival for Eritreans, not a just a kind favor for Ethiopia.
The reason why Woyannes have turned their backs on Eritreans after the Eritrean People Liberation Front helped them come to power is more psychological than any thing else. By nature, Woyannes are ravenously greedy (like hyenas), and more importantly, they suffer from chronic inferiority complex. That’s why they are extremely violent and ready to flex their muscle over every little disagreement.
For Ethiopian freedom fighters to fight and successfully defeat the Woyanne mafia, cooperation with Eritrea’s government is necessary. Those Ethiopian opposition leaders who have understood this fact have been doing that for a while now and in the past few months a great deal of progress has been made.
It is not an easy task to defeat Woyanne. Because unlike in Somalia, there are too many fake opposition figures in Ethiopia that create confusion. The only genuine Ethiopian opposition groups at this time are those that are shooting or ready to shoot real bullets at Woyanne.
For those who are able to see through the smoke that Woyanne propagandists are producing, it is easy to arrive at the same conclusion that Ethiopian Review has reached that Issayas Afeworki has contributed the most to the fight to remove the cancer that is eating away at Ethiopia in the past 12 months. President Issayas has been able to throw out of whack the Woyanne master plan of creating ‘Greater Tigray’ and fragmenting Ethiopia into 8 small countries with their own puppet regimes serving the ‘golden race.’
The visceral hate toward the publisher of Ethiopian Review by not only Woyanne, but also those who want to remove Meles but keep Woyanne in power, is caused by the knowledge that Ethiopian Review is succeeding in exposing their tribalist agenda. The selection of President Isayas Afeworki of Eritrea by the #1 Ethiopian journal will surely drive them more insane than they already are.
Let 2009 bring freedom and peace to Ethiopia and all the people of the Horn of Africa.
112 thoughts on “Ethiopian Review’s “The 2008 Person of the Year””
A wonderful and brilliant selection Mr. Elias.
I agree completely with the Ethiopian Review’s choice of President Isaias Afwerki as person of the year for the simple fact that he has done so much good for our freedom fighters. To me, a true friend is someone I can rely on in times of grief, struggle and hard times, and Isaias Afwerki has proved to be a true friend that the Ethiopian people can count on. Long live Ethiopia-Eritrea friendship.
A friend in need is a friend in deed.
Isayas Aferwerki has offered any ethiopian to come and live and work in Eritrea without any problem. The govt. of Eritrea cooperates with any ethiopian who wants to invest in eritrea.
We ethiopians in diaspora dont even have the opportunity to go back to ethiopia, live and work freely.
One thing must be clear Isayasss will not fight for ethiopioans. Isayass can not send his own army to fight Weyanes. We must do it ourselves. Afterall he has given territory, medicine and foood to the freedom fighters.
Isayass is the only proud leader in Africa who has rejected help from USA to trade eritrean pride and identity.
He said eritreans dont need handouts. We survive by ourselves well. Unlike ethiopia, ethnic cleansing is forbidden in Eritrea because all people are encouraged to work and live together in harmony. Tens of thousands of ethiopians currently live in eritrea. Many of them have already joined EPPF. This has been major Nightmare to TPLF.
Ifyou want your country to be free, support these patriots more than ever so they can kick TPLF out. Start EPPF support group in your area with your friends. Collect goods and medicine medicine, tools and some money to send. Look at the pictures of the patriots and mission at http://www.eppfonline.org
Isaias is the father of the tribalist woyanie. are you out of your mind?
Could not wait the day Ethiopians and Eritreans work together to make our countries prosperous in Africa.
Happy New Year.
Thanks for the Eritreans for helping Ethiopians and Somalis
You are putting foundation of friendship and brotherhood among the Ethiopian and Eritrean people.
I agree strongly the choice of ER selecting the visionary president of Eritrea.
Mamo
LOL…Ethiopian Review puts FOX News to shame.
Elias I’ m going to change your name to COURAGE.
I was against Isaias Afeworki until recently. But now after I saw the extreme crime what Woyane did on Birtukan Midekssa, I totally agree that Isaias is much pro-unity to Ethiopians than the arrogant and greedy Meles. At the same time I am surprised to see some Eritreans like Bereket Simon to be one of the architect of all the crimes on Ethiopian people.
Ato Elias,
First, I would like to wish you, your family and members of the Editorial Board of Ethiopian Review, a Happy and Healthy New Year.
Second, I applaud your decision to name President Issayas Afeworki of Eritrea as “Person of the Year” for 2008.
The Ethiopian people have been imprisoned, tortured and murdered by the minority ethno-apartheid Woyane regime for the past 17 years. During this period, the only person and government that stood with the Ethiopian people and gave sanctuary to Ethiopian political leaders, fighters and ordinary citizens, who have been persecuted by the fascist Woyane regime, is President Issayas Afeworki and the Eritrean government.
The decision to name President Issayas Afeworki as “Person of the Year” for 2008 is indeed a courageous move and one that would further help bring Ethiopians and Eritreans together and strengthen their alliance to get rid of the CANCER OF THE HORN-the minority ethno-aparthied Woyane regime.
God Bless you and God Bless the People of Ethiopia and Eritrea.
Happy New Year to all Ethiopians & Eritreans!!
Bravo Elias. You did it again. I accept fully the decision of Ethiopian Review to select President Issayas Afeworki as the man of the year in Horn of Africa. While the whole imperialist world was collaborating with the ethno fascist mafias of the TPLF mercenary forces to exterminate Ethiopians from the face of the earth, especially following the 2005 election in Ethiopia, Eritrea was the only country which has been trying to expose the atrocities committed by the tribal fascist junta in Ethiopia. In my view only the Woyanes and their secret agents in the Diaspora (so-called Ethiopian opposition forces) and those individuals who have a hidden agenda, will oppose this timely and appropriate decision of Ethiopian Review’s “The 2008 Person of the Year”
In my humble opinion President Afeworki should be the person of the year too; I wish all of the horn of African leaders would follow his wisdom; that is if there are! I hope this coming year would bring to the whole region of the East of Africa and especially to the people of Ethio-Eritrea peace, tranquility, mutual respect, an stoppage to the unnecessary blood shed, hate, and the outsiders intervention. Lets hope the horn of Africa unite for our own survival, for our own good, for our own respect, for our own benefits, because too much blood shed did not lead us nowhere but to humiliation and destruction; and my final pray to god: LETS HOPE THE WEYANES AND THEIR EVIL MISSIONS/IDEALOGIES BE ERADICATED FROM THE FACE OF THE PLANET! PEACE TO ALL OF YOU PEACE LOVERS
I just wondering. was the nomination was from all over the world or from ethiopia or from eritrea and what was the criteria to get this nomination? just question.
Brvo..!!! Elias you are 100 % CORRECT.. and the fact is Isaiyas Aforki is ER the man of the Year 2008 and Elias Kiflu is the man of the year to me and my family… If we had some courage leades like Elias Kifle in political arena Ethiopia have been cured from Woyanne cancer a long time ago.
God bless you and Happy new year Elias.
Thank You.
Finally someone being honest and telling the truth! Thats is why RthiopianReview is best 2008 ethiopian website! keep telling the truth. people are starting to wake up! God bless!
Good job. It’s reasonable, fair and balance.
Thank You so much Elias.
Taking the road less traveled and going against the grain is much more difficult than “kissing up” and following the crowd. This is precisely why I admire my president and now, Elias and the ER team.
Happy new year!
Elias
Either you are naive of politics or you just want to be a meverick. Do you think that Isayas works for the sake of Ethiopia? Who is the designer of the disintegration of Ethiopia in 100 years time? I dislike Meles, but I dislike Isayas too. The two are two sides of the same coin. If you admolish meles, there is no way to praise Isayas. Look, there background and history, one is the student of the other.
Please, come to your senses
This is really appreciable and admirable. It is a perfect analysis. No one can object all the facts that you mentioned. Those folks who are still shouting by remembering the past friendship between woyanne and shabia should wake up because the Eritrean government is giving such a golden sanctuary and commitment for the freedom fighters of Ethiopia. No more facts can be traced than those documented above by the ER publisher.
Thanks to ER for exposing such an amazing contribution of the Eritrean government.
To those who still doubt, ask or question the superior cooperation being gained from Eritrea, please wake up and let’s fight the real enemy.
You make my day…LOL. what is the text One Ethiopia on top of the guy’s pic head to do with him? Your boldness highly appreciated :D, thu its full of hallucination.
PEACE, Elias!
President Issayas is the only leader in the entire Africa who tells it like it is. It seems that some patriotic Ethiopians are coming back to their senses. Woyane came to power through the muzzle of a gun and can only be deposed in the same manner. Absolutely good choice ER.
Does any body know mr.Issayas Afeworki’s religion?.
Let us help President Issias Afewerki bring an everlasting peace and good relationship between the sisterly countries Eritrea and Ethiopia. And we can even go furhter into incorporating Sudan, Djibouti, Somailia and other African Countries into our circle of selfrelience and mutual companionship. So that the citzens of those countries will be allowed to work, live and travel free in the member states.
Happy New Year Ethio-Eritrea relationship. And to all the people of Eritrea and Ethiopia at home and in the diaspora.
As for ER’s Elias Kifle, you are the Man!
I am a reader of ER, but I did not vote for the person of the year 2008, so that not to anger other Ethiopians.
God/Allah Bless both countries.
Amen/A’min
i agree with you 100% TULU
The honest truth is that, contrary to the self-betrayingly shrill claims of President’ Issayas Afewerki’s foes and the TPLF regime, Eritrea is in perfectly good hands. President Isaias’s extraordinary credentials as a freedom fighter and his performance as our nation’s leader in the post-independence period, is open to review and examination by anyone.
Anyone who would care to look into the President’s record would find the following undeniable and self-evidently vivid facts:
* a leader who is fiercely committed and devoted to the betterment of his people;
* a visionary leader who espouses a practical, sensible and non-bankrupting approach to nation building —
* fairly balanced and universal sharing of work and responsibility,
* prudent management of resources,
* minimum resort to borrowed assistance (prevents mortgaging the country’s future to creditors),
* the exercise of appropriate frugality in all areas of endeavor;
* a leader who is a true ‘people’s leader’ —
* one who is not affected by any elitist aspirations or leanings (Just a plain, honest-to-God, ‘President of the people’, who can actually see, feel and sense the people’s pains, troubles and aches — sounds exactly like what the good ‘doctor’ ordered for Eritrea’s hard-done-by masses!);
* a leader who is bold, decisive and honest — honest enough to call a spade a spade to anyone’s face (some people attempt to pontificate and attach all sorts of imagined stigmas to possessing this rare virtue.
The truth is: honesty is honesty, is honesty, any day, any place! When you get down to the real nitty-gritty of things, honesty is the only thing that will count);
* a leader who is untouched by corruption and who works hard, even at the risk of being accused of subverting justice, to banish this ruinous scourge from government and society;
* a leader, who, above all, has a tremendous self-confidence — one who is neither intimidated by the enormous challenges and sacrifices that face our nation, nor distracted by the various, sinister saboteurs and obstructionists, from doggedly pursuing his ultimate national call as Eritrea’s leader, of putting Eritrea on the right track of progress and better future;
* a leader who, by setting the right example, inspires confidence and trust in his people, barring a few misguided promoters of defeatism and negativity, who lead relatively comfortable lives in their cocooned existence in the Diaspora and know nothing better than to attempt to sabotage and obstruct our government’s genuine efforts to ameliorate the conditions of our people.
* And on and on.
These and more of the same is what awaits the examination of anyone who cares to look into the exhaustive ‘report card’ detailing President Isaias’ remarkable attributes and his on-the-job performance. I would say these are all precisely the sort of leadership qualities that any self-respecting ‘connoisseur’ of the ‘art’ of good leadership would prescribe for a country such as ours.
Besides mounting an all-out effort to blacken President. Isaias’ good name, the unyielding foes of the President go to incredible lengths to paint an extraordinarily alarming picture of Eritrea, in an effort to discredit the man at the top. They try to overwhelm Eritreans with all kinds of depressing, scary news and information in the hope that they would be driven to lose confidence in their government and president.
Unfortunately for the bearers of bad tidings, most Eritreans are not that good at mentally conjuring up situations that don’t exist in their country. That unique talent is the exclusive property of the originators of the false stories — the TPLF junta and false prophets of ‘doom-and-gloom’. Average Eritreans and especially those who live inside Eritrea, are simply incapable of relating to the fabricated scenarios of misery, tribulations and chaos that the TPLF cadres disguised as anti-government zealots like to peddle by the spades. Eritreans do, however, relate to the things that they can see, touch and feel with their own eyes and senses — things that almost always contradict the far-fetched tales that are told by the ‘cyberspace disinformants’. Thus, they invariably refuse to take the bait.
This causes desperation and despondence, in turns, in the weyane regime, who mount renewed, feverish attempts to convince, nay compel, people to accept their version of events and circumstances. It is quite common to see these people go into uncontrollable fits of aggressive/ abusive behavior whenever people beg to differ with their views They simply put themselves into high gear and furiously try to sell the notion that Eritrea is in extremely dire circumstances and very close to an implosion or explosion of some sort. If people tell them that they don’t see such a situation, they become enraged and turn ugly, rude and obnoxious.
God Bless both Ethiopia and Eritrea.
May the New year bring lasting peace and prosperity to both nations and the brotherly neighbors.
All our neighbors are friends of woyanne.
Do you remember, Kenya returned the defected
members of the EPRDF back to Woyannes?
Erterea is the only safe place for the opposition.
ER , good job!
Elias,
Your moto seems to be “Yetelate Telat Wedage Bew”, but this doesn’t make sense.
Who is the God father of Weyane/TPLF? Ofcourse, it is EPLF.
Both, Isayas Afeworki and Meles Zenawi are Kleptocrats.
Isayas Afeworki is responsible for what is unfolding in Ethiopia. It is Isayas Afeworki’s master plan to divide Ethiopia in to smaller ethnic enclaves like the bantustas system in South Africa to benefit Eritrea at the expense of the rest of Ethiopia.
If it was not with the help of EPLF, TPLF couldn’t have beein in power in Ethiopia.
EPLF was financed by the arab petro dollar to secede Eritrea from Ethiopia. Isayas claimed Eritrea to be an arab state and a muslim state and the arab countries like syria and Iraq were funneling petro dollar to the EPLF to secede Eritrea from Ethiopia
Naming Isayas Afeworki Person of the Year on Ethiopian Review is appaling.
Isayas is proud leader of his people and we wishes to have Ethiopia the same, his action speakes loader than all the Talks !!!!!
Thise does’t go beyond the old saying” The enemy of my enemy is my friend”. It may work sometimes,but not always. What do you think?
Amazingly I found the right judgment from this forum after numbers of biased articles and comments. There are some who use their mind to put the truth and reality before their pre-fixed mindset on issues.
Bravo for the good analysis and the election. Isayas is a vital resource to push out Wayane and its disastrous leadership.
Elias, the truth and your principled stand make you “person of the year” as well! It’s your well known habit of telling the truth that’s making people to rush to your website.
Haileselassie says:
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I AGREE a 1000% WITH this brilliant assessment of the Eritrean president how has said no to what the west and woyanne think east Africa should be and told them now we will decide its outcome not America no more colonization this is 21st century.
Wow! You nailed it on the head..! You must be a student of “Dale Carnegie, How to win Friends and Influence People” book.
You’re indeed a person of courage and must love Ethiopia dearly! Ethiopians are very proud and courageous people yet they never had a true leader other than those self-serving by dividing the people and country through various schemes.
Today, on this beautiful New Year day, I see you as genuine Ethiopian leader who didn’t care what the many will say to you or portrait you. May be –just may be- the many will soon start to see the problems Ethiopia is faced with though your crystal lenses in order to save it from its sure bet demise unless corrected immediately. For this to stop, first and foremost, these have to be reversed.
1. Ethnic based districts to an all Ethiopian based ad ministration.
2. Stop the chronic foreign dependency (never helped and never will); Ethiopia is abundantly endowed (both in natural resource and human capacity). If well run, it could feed whole Africa let alone itself!
3. Halt dehumanizing societies but promote equality among all citizens (very fabric of a healthy nation).
4. Avoid unjustified bloody wars rather invest immense resource in educating the underdogs.
Happy & Healthy New Year to all!
President Issias has seen and thought about the evil conspiracy of outsiders in the horn for too long. A casing point is when he embarrassed the American and western govs, when he managed to broker peace deal between Al Bashir’s gov and the eastern sudan that decimated many millions, and the west spent unaccounted billions for nothing. The same goes with the situation on Darfur, where they spent billions, including paying the agazzi butchers. People need to understand, the policy is still divide and concur. It is about time Africans work together to better our selves.
Thanks Elias.
Elias,
Most of the time, I like your maverick outlook but this time I disagree with you on your determination of choosing the 2008 person of the year for the following reasons: First, I thought when we talked of the 2008 man of the year, I assumed that your dicision would be within the Ethiopians but not on the golbal level. Second, Mr. Issayas was the master mind of creating our current dilemma dividing Ethiopia by ethinicity. Thirdly, he is rather helping Ethiopian opposition groups for his own narrow interest . In my opinion, he is as generous as Meles. I do not think my enemy is my friend theory will fit here.
As Eritreans the honerable tegadalai Issaias Afewoki have been our men of the year for 40 years.He could ask any sacrifice from his peaple & we do it gladly becouse he leads by example sacrificing his youth his energy ready to give his life for freedm &dignity for the peaple he loves &cares.Forthat i wish our ethiopia brothers & sisters to be blessed with aleader who cares. S Some one like ELIAS KIFLE thak you brother on behalf of ERITREANS & ETHIOPIANS HAPPY NEW YEAR & PEACE.
well done my true friend!!!!!! to me i believe you have done the fact findning mission and above all it seems to be a slap in the face to those who have been instigating a misleading propaganda and tried to put the brotherly peoples in a smoke screen of terror,hatred and illusion just to be in power.guese what! this is the first threat to the TPLF gangs ever seen bcs as we have wittnesed on a daily bases that they have been puting milions of resources to drag the two peoples into non existense war in the last 17 years,let alone the ethnic polirization of the ethiopian people.for the reason that we dont understand the TPLF gangs have not expected this would be a reality in the 21st century let alone in the early beginning of this century bcs they thougt that they have succeeded in polarizing the nations and nationalities in the region but thanks to the brave courage, firm commitment,petience of the eritrean people and govt that the TPLF gangs would get the worst and chronic headace in thier history.
no matter what the difference ideologies,believes,and poletics we have towards one another,i mean like what the other peacefully living neghbouring countries have, we reached to the point that this is a building block that every concerned citizen in this counrty shouldnot miss,bcs this would be remembered as foundation factor in the few years to come.
“Elias min libelih?… ketilibet bicha.kegna yemifeleg kallem wedhala anilim. mikniatu bendezih yemesele guday lay
tikit sewoch kamenu , lelaw teketay new ena,tikit sewoch agern yadinalu, agerm ende weyane liyatefu yichilalu ena.
silezih gifabet!!!!!!!!!!!
deel le tsikun!!
widket le tsekagn!!
In a single strike, in the year 2009 new year morning, Elias and his team at the Ethiopian Review broke and torn asunder the old way of thinking and ushred a new era of understanding, friendship and mutual respect between the Eritrean and Ethiopian people. Amen to that.
I am from Tigray, Ethiopia. I do read ER and I agree for what you have said about The president of Eritrea. From the beginning of the Eritrean struggle he had stood for Ethiopian Unity. The Meles struggle was to have his own separate country — Greater Tigray. But the leadership of Shabia with the leadership of Issayas refused to accept the separate state. This choice of ER for the person of the year is the right one for Ethiopia.
Elias, Melesen gedelkew. This is the best politics… you will see, every one and the other media will follow you… Happy new year
Just like north and south America or Europe for that matter the horn of Africa will live in peace in near future. You are doing a great job Elias,but we Eritreans,Ethiopians, Sudanese, Somalis,and the rest of the people of the horn need to contribute our/ their share. So Happy New Year to you Elias, your family and the peace loving people.
Cheers!
As the introduction to the selection stated, this choice is going to garner ER a great deal of controversy and booing. Be that as it may, it’s a good choice.
Isaias Afworki won’t win any award for democratic governance at the moment. But his policy towards Ethiopia since independence has never been been characterized with anything other than pragmatism, good neighborliness and the inescapable understanding that Ethiopia and Eritrea are bound by much more than just their recent bitter history.
I commend Ethiopian Review for taking making this selection. This is the sort of courage in journalism that is sorely lacking in the mass media these days.
Dear Editor,
Well, i respect the personal judgement of individuals whatever his/her way of relegious, economical, cultural or poletical thinking is… However, there is somehting that makes a society better than a society… the one that strives for truth and judges a thing based on a tangible reasoning gets itself better off than the other one that lags behind… It has become clear that the struggle for justice in Ethiopia should be accompanied by all options at stake .. and i do also believe that Eritrea can have a paramount role for the Ethiopian struggle gets nearer to its goal..However, comparing personalities for best contribution to the nations is far more than picking just an individual… it should be supported by acceptable reasoning even for ordinary/ average mind… there are many many many Ethiopians that have contributed too much that is extraordinary for ordinary citizens even to think….Honestly, i felt shame reading that the Eritrean president is person of the year (that you claim the selection is based on the contribution one has made for the betterment of Ethiopia). Shame on You!
Wise choice and very well explained, Mr Elias. I applaud your honest contribution to the fact regarding this selfless leader of Eritrea.
Happy new year to you and all the truth loving people.
We need people like you Elias. The horn of Africa needs someone who tell the truth about what is going on in that part of Africa. We need a leader who will stand for the people of Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia and sudan. The choise of The ER is right at the point. The U.S.A , U.N, AU and the Meles leadership can not stand Issayas for telling the truth about thier policies in the horn of Africa and what they have done to distruct the peace. Meles has used this apportunity to have strong relationship with the west by liying and tourturing the Ethiopian and Eritrean people. We Ethiopian are loving people. We do have high respect for our neighbors especially the Eritreans. If Meles and TPLF did not have ill plan toword the Eritreans, we most likly be one Strong Nation in the horn of Africa. This year will be the end of the leadership of Meles and all Habesha people will have mutual respect for the better of the life of our people. Happy New year Ethiopian Reviews. Thanks for the open analysis of the Horn of Africa. We have to honort our people for what they are doing in that part of the world.
Elias, choosing President Issaias for ER’s ‘2008 Person of the Year’ is absolutely appropriate.
I applaud your honesty and courage. Your commendable efforts to bring out the truth about Eritrea and President Issaias, and to destroy the myth of perceived Eritrean animosity and hostility towards Ethiopia is highly commendable. Your efforts are beginning to bear fruit,in that so many more Ethiopians are now beginning to see Eritrea as the well-meaning and genuine friend of Ethiopia that it truly is. As an Eritrean, I can sincerely say that once the Woyane cancer is eliminated, the sky is the limit for the development and flourishing of mutually beneficial friendship between our two peoples. Thanks to you and your team, the Hellos, Ato Geremews, Tulus, Salus, etc., pitiful people with one-dimensional minds, who can’t think legibly or coherently, other than to endlessly repeat the time-worn drivel of ‘Shaebia and Woyane are one-and-the-same’, are growing less and less in number. Elias, once again congratulations on your wise and courageous choice!
I love my president Isaias Afeworki and trust him in my life. I agree that he has done more to Ethiopians to free themselves from TPLF gangster. But as Wedi Afom said it is the responsibility of our brothers and sisters of the people of Somalia (Ethiopian) to put their house under order.
To those who went to know about my president Wedi Afom, watch this sort clip of an interview of Wedi Afom,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O12tdvyPOyY&feature=relate
My Personal invitation to see my president with his people.
Here we go, Elias is becoming the main focus that all Ethiopians should notice and learn from. Hope based on the facts mentioned by Elias a new idea will introduce to all Ethiopians in this new year and remove the cancer for the better of our horn region.
Elias on top of what you have said, the roll of Eritrean president in bringing solution to the Eastern sudan should be mentioned as well.
Believe me Elias, you are playing a very important roll and keep up the good work.
Mr. Elias, thank you for the courage you displyed in this choice, above all it will wake up the majority of Ethiopians who have no ill will towards Eritrea and enhance the support for all the true opposition groups who are doing the real fighting inside Ethiopia to get rid of the cancer that is Woyanne, it is about time the majority of Ethiopians in the diaspora wakes up and supports those true patriots inside Ethiopia, the only way to support these patriots is through Eritrea because only the Eritrean people and their government are the ones standing with the freedom fighters in Ethiopia. You have ushered a new era in Ethiopian body politic and at the same time enhanced Ethio-Eritrean relationship while dealing a painful blow to Woyanne and the ineffective peaceful opposition with no direction whatsoever.