An Ethiopian arts festival was held over the weekend in Atlanta. The event was organized by Hanatzeb Art Gallery. The festival included paintings by Ethiopian artists, music, cultural food, and fashion show.
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Do you know what Ethiopian website is so powerful that it ranks in the top 5% of all websites in the world? Do you know the Ethiopian website that is recognized as the gold standard of all Ethiopian websites? Do you know the Ethiopian website that gets so many hits that it literally penetrates every continent (excluding Antarctica)? Do you know what website gets over 100,000 hits per day? Do you know which website is so powerful that it literally has become the number one source of information for the Ethiopian Diaspora and beyond?
I will give you a hint; it has the word Ethiopian in the name. No, wrong guess, let me give you another hint; it has the word Ethiopian Review in the name. That’s right! The website is EthiopianReview.com, the most wide reaching Ethiopian related website that has ever been created. Since its inception on January 20th, 1991, Ethiopian Review has exploded to become the number one source of news and information on Ethiopian and East African related events… [read more]
Part 2 interview with Col. Alebel Amare, senior leader of the newly formed armed Amhara resistance group — Amhara Democratic Force Movement. Watch below.
Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ), one of the members of Ethiopia’s major opposition alliance, commonly known as Medrek, is once again engulfed in intraparty squabbles that is threatening to bring down the alliance itself just a few weeks ahead of the general elections next month.
Yesterday, a faction of UDJ led by Prof. Mesfin Woldemariam, held a meeting in Addis Ababa and elected him vice-chairman of the party, dismissing the other executive committee members. (click here to read the press release)
Such an ugly display of infighting only serves to empower the Woyanne junta. If Medrek becomes a powerful alliance, Woyanne will simply order the election commission to give legal status to the faction led by Prof. Mesfin, pulling the rug from under Medrek. It is an opposition alliance that is on a very short leash held by Woyanne.
Medrek is composed of UDJ, Oromo Federal Democratic Movement (OFDM), Arena Tigray for Democracy and Sovereignty (ARENA), Ethiopian Democratic Unity Movement (EDUM), Oromo People’s Congress (OPC), Somali Democratic Alliance Forces (SDAF), and United Ethiopian Democratic Forces (UEDF).
Medrek top officials, Ato Seye Abraha, Dr Negaso Gidada, Ato Gizachew Shiferraw and Ato Gebru Asrat, are currently touring the U.S. This past weekend they held town hall meetings in Atlanta, Dallas and Washington DC. Last week they were in Seattle. The turn outs were relatively high, and in Atlanta, particularly, they were received warmly. In Washington DC and Seattle, the delegates have faced though questions and criticism from the audience.
The election next month has a predetermined outcome where Meles Zenawi and the Woyanne tribal junta will be declared winners by the fake election commission.
