Response to Professor Donald Levine … Fikre Tolossa, May 30
SEW BEZA YE-REHAB NEGER BEZA (More people, more hunger)
… Donald N. Levine, May 30
Kinijit and OLF held their first joint public meeting in Washington DC
… ER May 29
Four armed groups formed an alliance at conference in Sweden. EPPF did not join the alliance… statement
Explosions in Jijjiga … ER May 28
Kinijit-South Africa sends a message of support and good wishes to Kinijit International Leadership … Kinijit, May 28
Statutes of the Alliance for Freedom and Democracy (AFD) … pdf, English
AFD memorandum of understanding … pdf, English
Kinijit-Vanouver’s statement of support … statement
Photos of one of the bombed hotels in Jijjiga … photos
Riot in Nazreth, police killed and wounded several people … ER May 27
A magnificent week for the struggle against tyranny … ER reader, May 26
Kinijit International Leadership message to Ethiopians around the world
… Kinijit, May 26, Amharic, pdf
Kinijit Washington DC Support Committee expresses good wishes to the new Kinijit International Leadership … Kinijit-DC, May 26
Five armed Ethiopian opposition groups, including EPPF and ENUPF, will hold a conference this weekend in Sweden to discuss how to coordinate their armed struggle against the Meles Zenawi dictatorship. It is expected that the conference will declare its support for the newly formed Alliance for Freedom and Democracy. Ethiopian Review will report on the progress of the conference as more details become available … ER May 26
The New School for Social Research presented the 2006 Distinguished Alumnus Award to Berhanu Nega … savenega.org, May 26 … webcast
World Bank resuscitating a bully … Paulos Dandego, May 25
World Bank decided to give $1.05 billion in loans and grants to the Meles regime so that it can intensify its repressive policies against the people of Ethiopia
… World Bank, May 25
World Bank is helping to perpetuate tyranny, corruption, and poverty in the continent of Africa by giving life to dying regimes. By its decision today, the World Bank is undermining the effort of the European Parliament to pressure the Meles dictatorship to stop its gross violation of the civil rights of Ethiopians. This is a criminal collaboration with one of the most brutal dictatorships in Africa.
Common factors uniting the peoples of Ethiopia … Fikre Tolossa (from ER archives)
A statement in support of the new Kinijit international leadership … Kinijit-Calgary
UEDF congratulates and wishes success to the new Kinijit political leadership
… UEDF, May 25, Amharic
CUD and OLF are organizing a public meeting in Washington DC on Sunday, May 28
… flyer, Amharic
The roll of the Meles regime in the abusing of the Quran and the violence in Jijjiga
… Yussuf, May 25
The Meles regime instigates religious tension in eastern Ethiopia … ST, May 24
Jijiga residents told Ethiopian Review that there has never been a problem between Christians and Muslims in the region, and blame the Meles regime cadres for spreading rumors about Christians desecrating Koran. They say it is a malicious rumor intended to instigate violence.
Once again Freedom has taken a shot in Ethiopia. But will its defenders rise to the task of defending it? … Scott Morgan, May 24
Meseret Defar leads Ethiopians at Reebok Grand Prix in New York City on June 3
… Reebok Grand Prix
CPJ said it is deeply troubled by reports that the Meles regime in Ethiopia may be censoring the Internet, one of the few remaining avenues for free expression in the country … CPJ, May 24
Desperate Meles is reaching out to opportunists and discredited politicians for support … ENA, May 24
Ethiopian Review sources are reporting that there is a major clash underway in eastern Ethiopian towns, particularly Jijjiga. The clashes are between the Meles regime security forces and the local people … ER May 24
World Bank is coming to the rescue of the Meles dictatorship by providing funds that are necessary to keep the regime functioning. According to ER sources, WB is prepared to give $200 million to the regime. There is no doubt how most of the money will be used–to buy weapons to massacre our people. Ethiopianwinet is organizing a rally in front of the WB’s Washington DC office tomorrow morning… flyer
Letter to World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz… Dr Kassa Ayalew
Several websites critical of the Meles regime have been inaccessible in Ethiopia
… RSF, May 23
The cooperation of OLF and other organizations will help to promote the peoples rejection of the EPRDF rule to more active action of ousting it through any necessary means … Olaana Abboma, May 23
Reply to Mr. Ishac Diwah’s Letter from the World Bank … NES, May 23
Ruling on Mengistu Hailemariam delayed … Reuters, May 23
World Bank meeting on Ethiopia … invitation
The conference involving Kinijit, EPPF, ONLF, OLF, SLF and UEDF ended yesterday after creating a new alliance … ER May 22
UEDF statement regarding the Holland conference … UEDF May 22, Amharic
Meles vs. Mengistu: The Pot Calling the Kettle Black … Fisseha Tecle, May 22
Statement from families of the jailed Kinijit leaders in support of the appointment of the new political leadership … text
The unity of opposition parties means the end of the Woyanne era … ER May 20
Message from Kinijit top leaders Ato Hailu Shawel, Wz. Bertukan Mideksa, Ato Muluneh Eyuel, and Dr Berhanu Negga … pdf, English, May 20, 2006 … pdf, Amharic
“I found it morally indefensible to continue to convey the policies and explain the conducts of the Meles regime… Thus I am quitting serving the regime vacating my post as Ambassador designate to Cote d’Ivoire and seeking political asylum in the USA” … Amb. Yohannes Genda, May 20, 2006
UEDF document presented to the Holland meeting … text, Amharic
UEDF letter to Holland conference participants … text, Amharic
Ethiopians in the Bay Area invite you to a reception to support Ron Dellums Candidate for Mayor of Oakland … invitation
Mengistu to be sentenced Tuesday … News24-SA
Shimagle reflects on the May 15 [2005] Ethiopian elections … Donald Levine, May 19
A high-level meeting between CUD, UEDF, OLF, ONLF, and EPPF is underway in Holland today. Stay tuned for details and outcome of the meeting … ER May 19
Non-violent civil disobedience … Al Mariam, May 19
Hate poem… ER May 19
Mobile phone usage in Ethiopia is the lowest in Africa because of government restrictions … Business in Africa, May 19
First Anniversary of the May 15 elections observed in the San Francisco Bay Area
… UEDF May 18
The new Meles ambassador in Washington DC … photo, text
London celebrated the first anniversary of Ethiopian Elections Day, May 15, 2005
… Kinijit Support UK, May 17
Speech by Andargachew Tsige at the European Parliament
Local governments in Ethiopia are running out of money … ER May 17
U.S. military in Goday, Eastern Ethiopia … Video, May 16
Kinijit support group in Oakland held a successful fund raising event
… Kinijit-Oakland, May 15
If they U.S. government stops supporting the illegitimate, corrupt, incompetent regime, Ethiopians can do themselves what the U.S. military is doing in Goday
Bush has issued a travel ban on President Lukashenka and other members of the Belarusian government who were involved with alleged electoral fraud in the March 19 Belarusian presidential election, human rights abuses, and corruption that undermines the transition to democracy in Belarus… Radio Free Europe
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