MAY 1991 – page 1
All Peace Loving Humans Should Urge Their Government to Bring to Halt the Civil War in Ethiopia
The war of national liberation in Eritrea has now been raging for over thirty years. What is more, the conflict could go on for another thirty years unless there are renewed, serious attempts to find a negotiated, political settlement to the problem. Given the strategic location of Ethiopia and Eritrea, continued armed conflict has pro
found implication for not only the regional security of the Horn and Africa. This could also have global implications… – Edmond J. Keller, May 1991
A Peace Initiative Similar to the Toronto Conference Resolutions Proposed by University Professors in Addis Ababa
A council of elders will be elected by the people from every region and they will be authorized to appoint a trusteeship government under their control…
– Getachew Mekasha, May 1991
A Government Under Siege
For the past decade Western political analysts have been predicting Mengistu’s downfall. Many Ethiopians also anticipated Mengistu’s regime to come to a quick and violent end. Now, all signs point to a slow and agonizing death for Mengistu’s regime… – ER, May 1991
Ancient Ethiopia – Part V
The 18th century English historian, Edward Gibbon Wrote: “Encompassed on all sides by the enemies of their religion, the Aethiopians slept near a thousand years, forgetful of the world by whom they were forgotten” (Gibbon, Decline and Fall, Chapter XLVII)…
– Getachew Mekasha, Ph.D., May 1991
The fruits of revolution: Five million plus dead
Although revolutions are sometimes necessary to overcome tyranny, it is abundantly clear that the biggest product of revolutions is DEAD BODIES… – Dr. Robert Ingram Powell, May 1991
What is the Policy of the Opposition?
It is important for Ethiopians to be informed about the current crises in Ethiopia. Unfortunately, the international press addresses most any bush war in the boondocks of the world, but rarely finds time to address the war in Ethiopia, now some three decades at work… – Seble Teferra, May 1991
Dr. Lorenzo Taezaz And The Italo-Ethiopian War (1935-1941)
Lorenzo Taezaz could be considered as one of the legendary heroes of the Italo-Ethiopian war of 1935-1941. From the day he left his homeland in 1925, until his untimely death in Sweden in 1946, he had an unusual life… – Daniel Kindie, May 1991
Mengistu seeks peaceful settlement
The Ethiopian government is seeking a peace settlement with the opposition forces. President Mengistu is maneuvering to stave off his government’s collapse…
Tsegaye Gebremedhin in Los Angeles
This famous Ethiopian playwright, translator of several Shakespearian plays and a government official in the Ministry of Arts, was invited to Los Angeles to make a presentation in the Los Angeles Central Library on the 27th of April…
Ethiopian week in Seattle
The Mayor of Seattle Norm Rice declared the week of June 30 – July 6 Ethiopian Week…