On Monday, February 7, Ethiopians in Washington DC will shut down the Woyanne regime- occupied Ethiopian embassy starting at 8:30 in the morning to bring attention to the people of Ethiopia’s demand for an end to Meles Zenawi’s dictatorship.

Similar activities are being planned by Ethiopian civic and political groups around the world. More updates later.

In Ethiopia, the capital city Addis Ababa, where African leaders thieves are currently holding a conference, is tense as tens of thousands of troops patrol the streets. Although there is a news blackout of the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia, the people of Ethiopia are getting information from various sources and are closely watching developments.

With all the repressive measures the Meles regime has been taking to prevent an uprising, many of the regime’s officials know that their time is running out and they have taken their family members out of the country.

The people of Ethiopia need to also start preparing themselves. Ethiopians in the Diaspora have the responsibility to advise their families back home to start preparations. Ethiopian Review recommends the following:

1. Take your money out of banks so that your family will not be stranded without money in the event that the uprising forces the banks to be closed for a long duration. Woyanne is looting the banks, so by the time they are ousted, some of the banks may not exist any more.

2. Stock up on food, drinking water and other basic supplies that could last you several weeks.

3. Identify and expose Woyanne spies who are assigned to neighborhoods. Send their names and photos to Ethiopian Review and other media. They will be the ones who would lead Meles Zenawi’s death squads to the door steps of protest organizers and opposition leaders.

4. Reach out to members of the armed forces and educate them about their duty, which is to the people and not the dictator.

Ethiopian Review is closely monitoring developments in Ethiopia and will update it readers on a regular basis.

March of the Millions is underway in Egypt. It is an unbelievable scene. For Ethiopians it is a reminiscent of the May 7, 2005, rally in Addis Ababa where 4 million people turned out to express their support for change one week before the stolen May 15, 2005 elections. Unfortunately, the Ethiopian march of the millions did not bare fruit as the people still continue to suffer under a brutal dictatorship. Ethiopian Review wishes victory and success to the people of Egypt in their fight for freedom.

Latest developments in Egypt

* African leaders are warily watching Egypt. Frustrated with their political elites, railing against the lack of freedom, angered at unemployment levels, dismayed at the rising cost of food, fuel and other basics, the people of sub-Saharan Africa share many of the complaints that led to the upheavals in Tunisia and Egypt, along the continent’s northern edge. – Global Post

* An undercurrent of anger against the United States appears to be building here because of what many see as the Obama administration’s overly cautious response to the demands of protesters for the resignation of longtime U.S. ally President Hosni Mubarak. – Los Angeles Times

* Mohamed ElBaradei is emerging as a potential replacement for Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, but like other possible successors, he’s seen as a temporary leader. – USA Today

* China minimized news coverage of Egypt uprising and “warned last week that websites that did not censor comments about Egypt would be ‘shut down by force.” – CSM

* Former U.S. presidential candidate Senator John Kerry urges Hosni Mubarak to step down. – New York Times

* Opposition leader ElBaradei calls on Mubarak to quit in order to spare bloodshed. – Al Arabiya

* Egyptian army has ruled out force against the people. – BBC

* Mubarak authorized the new vice president to start talks with opposition leaders. – Al Jazeera

* Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan called on Mubarak to listen to his people, in the first call by a foreign leader to ask Egypt’s present to step aside.

* Google and Twitter have launched a service which circumvents the ban on net services in Egypt. The so-called speak-to-tweet system allows people caught up in the unrest to post messages without any need to use an internet connection.

* The U.N.’s high commissioner for human rights praised protesters in Egypt Tuesday and said she was alarmed by a rise in casualties during unrest in the country.