Not a safe planet to be an Ethiopian. By Yilma Bekele
The terrorist group ISIL murdered twenty eight Ethiopians in cold blood in the deserts of Libya. In Durban South Africa two Ethiopian brothers aged twenty two and twenty four …
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Not a safe planet to be an Ethiopian.
Tagged with: Ethiopia Democracy, Ethiopia Human Rights, ethiopian airlines, yilma bekele
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Ethiopia, Kenya and the leadership vacuum.
Ethiopia, Kenya and the leadership vacuum. By Yilma Bekele
Somalia would take a long time to recover and start acting like a Nation. Kenya the sane among the group has entered the warring Nations club. South Sudan has become a …
Yemen in our prayers
Yemen in our prayers. By Yilma Bekele
Poor Yemen is fast becoming the new playground of every wanabe strong Arab regime in the Middle East. Yemen is a safe location where they could test their acquired toys and pretend to …
Save me from the kindness of my friends
Save me from the kindness of my friends. By Yilma Bekele
We all have a few issues. Some are real while a few are due to ignorance but somewhere in between there are some topics raised by some folks that …
Tagged with: Ethiopia News, ethiopian diaspora, ginbot7, Patriotic Front, yilma bekele
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Tecola and his crocodile tears.
Tecola and his crocodile tears. By Yilma Bekele
Crocodile tears (or superficial sympathy) are a false, insincere display of emotion such as a hypocrite crying fake tears of grief. That is what it felt like reading the gentleman’s article after …
Ethiopia shall overcome.
Ethiopia shall overcome. By Yilma Bekele
In May of 2005 the noble idea of bringing change by peaceful means died a violent death in Ethiopia. The Tigrai People Front declared in no uncertain terms power sharing is not part of …
Tagged with: Andenet Party, ethiopian elections, ginbot7, Patriotic Front, semayawi party, TPLF, Woyanne, yilma bekele
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Posted in Ethiopia News
Ethiopia-visions of the final battle.
Ethiopia-visions of the final battle. By Yilma Bekele
We all should thank the Central Committee of Tigrai Peoples Liberation Front for making things a little clearer in our country. When election season is close the TPLF removes all pretenses and …
Tagged with: Andenet Party, Birtukan Midekssa, Ethiopia Dictatorship, ethiopian elections, Woyanne, yilma bekele
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Posted in Ethiopia News
Elections and helicopter-an Ethiopian drama
Elections and helicopter-an Ethiopian drama. By Yilma Bekele
I am thinking you must have read my last report on Ethiopian helicopters that made an unauthorized trip to Eritrea. I felt I left the story hanging out there and it is …
Tagged with: election board ethiopia, elections ethiopia, Ethiopia Democracy, ethiopian diaspora, Woyanne, yilma bekele
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Posted in Ethiopia News
What does it take to get the helicopters back?
What does it take to get the helicopters back? By Yilma Bekele
Normally regimes do not lose such an important asset just like that. Fighter jets or helicopters just do not fly out of the coop so easily. But we …
Tagged with: Ethiopia Dictatorship, Ethiopia News, ethiopian helicopter, Woyanne, yilma bekele
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Andargachew Tsige and the struggle for freedom.
Andargachew Tsige and the struggle for freedom. By Yilma Bekele
Andargachew Tsige was taken prisoner by the TPLF Woyane regime on June 24/’13 while on transit at Sana, Yemen International Airport. He was removed from the airplane and flown to …
Tagged with: andargachew tsgie, Ethiopia Dictatorship, Ethiopia Human Rights, ginbot7, yilma bekele
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The Ethiopians and their recent history.
The Ethiopians and their recent history. By Yilma Bekele
We all repeat by rot that our country is three thousand years old. It has always been like that ever since I remember. Not a single year more or one day …
Tagged with: 2005 elections ethiopia, Andenet Party, ethiopian history, ginbot7, Ginbot7 popular forces, Meles Zenawi, november masaacre, semayawi party, TPLF
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Get well Dr. Craig Spencer
Get well Dr. Craig Spencer. By Yilma Bekele
What kind of place would the world be without people like Dr. Craig Spencer? Dr. Spencer is the medical doctor that is currently in New York Hospital with symptoms of the Ebola …
Tagged with: dr. craig spencer, ebola africa. ebola, ebola ethiopia, Ethiopia Dictatorship, human right ebola ethiopia, yilma bekele
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Posted in Ethiopia News
Gebru Asrat and his politics
By Yilma Bekele
The honorable Ato Gebru Asrat has written a very fat book that is five hundred pages long. I am assuming that the purpose of the book was to present himself as a person of vision and to …
Tagged with: Ethiopia Dictatorship, ethiopia eritrea, ethiopian democracy, Gebru Asrat, Seye Abreha, tigrai kilil, TPLF, woyane, yilma bekele
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Posted in Ethiopia News
Marriage proposal to Mighty Awash and HMD comes to the US.
Marriage proposal to Mighty Awash and HMD comes to the US. By Yilma Bekele
Our elders know how to tell a story. The way they do it could be compared to like pealing an onion, you have to go thru …
The Ethiopian Diaspora and consciousness
By Yilma Bekele
The Bay Area that currently is home away from home for thousands of Ethiopians is nothing like any other place that I have known. I was born in a small village on the southern part of Ethiopia …
Tagged with: Ethiopia Human Rights, ethiopian airlines, ethiopian diaspora, Woyanne, yilma bekele
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Posted in Ethiopia News
2007-A year of decision
2007-A year of decision by Yilma Bekele
Happy New Year Ethiopia (መልካም እንቁጣጣሸ) Meskerem is a special month. We love and honor Meskerem so much that we name our children by it signifying a new beginning for the long journey …
Tagged with: Ethiopia Democracy, Ethiopia Human Rights, ethiopian diaspora, non violent struggle ethiopia, TPLF enterprise boycott, yilma bekele
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Posted in Ethiopia News
Getting to know me better.
Getting to know me better. By Yilma Bekele
I am in the process of weaning myself from my daily dose of reading about the madness of Woyane. It is not easy. After over two decades of being visually, mentally and …
Tagged with: ethiopia armed struggle, Ethiopia Democracy, ethiopia freedom movement, Ethiopia Human Rights, Ginbot 7, yilma bekele
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Posted in Ethiopia News
The perils of outsourcing the fight for freedom
By Yilma Bekele
I could have titled this piece ‘Obama and his Africa peace keepers’ but that would not be fair. Anybody with half a brain can see that I am trying to make my issue to be his problem. …
Tagged with: boycot tplf, Ethiopia Human Rights, ethiopian airlines, TPLF, yilma bekele
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The Ethiopians and their leaders
By Yilma Bekele
Ato Andualem Aragie Andenet Party (2011)
Ato Bekele Giriba – (OFDM) Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement (August 2011)
Ato Olbana Lelissa – (OPC) Oromo People Congress Party (August 2011)
Ato Yeshiwas Assefa – National council Blue Party (2014)…
Tagged with: Andargachew, Ethiopia Democracy, ethiopian diaspora, G7, TPLF, woyane, yilma bekele
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The shameful act of OPDO
The shameful act of OPDO. By Yilma Bekele
I came across a clip of a VOA interview from Ethiopia. It is about the unveiling of a new statue in Oromia Kilil (Bantustan), Arsi Zone, Hitosa Wereda named Anole Statue and …
Tagged with: Ethiopia, Ethiopia Democracy, Ethiopia Human Rights, OPDO, oromo, yilma bekele
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Posted in Ethiopia News
Ethiopian (Woyane) Airlines hijacked
Ethiopian (Woyane) Airlines hijacked. By Yilma Bekele
The Name is Ethiopian but that particular property belongs to our Woyane masters. It is there for the TPLF to do what it wants. It started with such promise and grew up to …
Tagged with: dictatorship, Ethiopia Democracy, Ethiopia Human Rights, ethiopian air lines, woyane, yilma bekele
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Posted in Ethiopia News
The Ethiopians and their past.
The Ethiopians and their past. By Yilma Bekele
We love to visit the past. There is no one like us that digs deeper, travel further to harvest the bounty of our rich past. To say we dwell on the past …
Tagged with: adwa, Ethiopia News, ethiopian diaspora, ethiopian history, fikre selassie, minilik, yilma bekele
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Posted in Ethiopia News
Et tu ESAT?
By Yilma Bekele
‘Et, tu Brute?’ is what the Roman Emperor Julius Caesar was heard to have said when he saw his dear friend Marcus Brutus in league with his assassins. In English he was saying ‘you too, Brutus?’ It …
Tagged with: Bulcha Demeksa, esat, Ethiopia Democracy, Ethiopia Human Rights, ethiopian diaspora, Mengistu Hailemariam, tamrat Laine, yilma bekele
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Posted in Ethiopia News
How to honor Mandela in Ethiopia.
How best to honor Madiba in Ethiopia. By Yilma Bekele
President Mandela was inspired by the history and people of a place called Ethiopia and today we Ethiopians look at the life of this great man as an inspiration and …
Tagged with: Ethiopia Democracy, Ethiopia Human Rights, Ethiopia News, Mandela and Ethiopia, TPLF, Woyanne, yilma bekele
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Posted in Ethiopia News
Welcome to Ethiopia, let me have your bag
By Yilma Bekele
I hope you are sitting down while reading the story I am about to tell you. Unfortunately it is a true story and it couldn’t have happened anywhere but in good old Ethiopia. When it comes to …
Tagged with: Ethiopia Corruption, Ethiopia Democracy, Ethiopia Human Rights, Ethiopia News, ethiopian diaspora, yilma bekele
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Posted in Ethiopia News
Woyanne bringing the war to America
‘Things come apart so easily when they have been held together with lies.’ Is what comes to mind when we see the behavior of the Ethiopian government and its response to the Ethiopian tragedy taking place in the Kingdom of …
Tagged with: Ethiopia Democracy, Ethiopia Human Rights, ethiopian diaspora, Ethiopian diaspora protest, yilma bekele
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Posted in Ethiopia News
The angry children of Ethiopia.
The angry children of Ethiopia. By Yilma Bekele
We really are a special people. No matter how far we go one eye is always on Ethiopia. The last few days we saw something we did not like. Ethiopians on all …
The kingdom from hell and Ethiopians
By Yilma Bekele
Today it is said that there are over a quarter of a million Ethiopians in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The vast majority are young economic refugees working as maids, chauffeurs, and house servants. Women outnumber men …
Tagged with: Birtukan Human Rights, Ethiopia Democracy, Ethiopia Dictatorship, ethiopian diaspora, Ethiopians in Saudi Arabia, TPLF, yilma bekele
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Posted in Ethiopia News
The last Ethiopian standing.
The last Ethiopian standing. By Yilma Bekele
That is exactly what I feel like now. Who died and left me with this burden is not clear to me but believe me I feel like I am all alone and it …
Tagged with: Ethiopia Democracy, Ethiopia Political Prisoners, ethiopian diaspora, ethnic politics Ethiopia, oromo, yilma bekele
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Posted in Ethiopia News
Proving them wrong – the Ethiopian way.
Proving them wrong – the Ethiopian way. By Yilma Bekele
They say all kinds of bad stuff about us. It is said so many times and so often some of us start to believe the lie. That is always the …
Tagged with: al amoudi, Dictator Meles Zenawi, dictatorship, Ethiopia Democracy, ethiopian diaspora, Meles Zenawi, TPLF, Woyanne, yilma bekele
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Posted in Ethiopia News
The Oromo issue on Al Jazeera
The Oromo issue on Al Jazeera. By Yilma Bekele
There was a half hour discussion on the Oromo issue in Ethiopia on Al Jazeera Television Network. It was one of those situations where you go ‘what just happened’ after an …
Tagged with: Ethiopia Democracy, Ethiopia News, Nationalities Ethiopia, OLF, oromo, regions of Ethiopia, Self determination Ethiopia, yilma bekele
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Posted in Ethiopia News
An Ethiopian walking on eggshells.
An Ethiopian walking on eggshells. By Yilma Bekele
No question I have to be careful writing this column. That is why I choose the title. Some of us are quick to take offense or assume holier than thou attitude when …
Tagged with: Democracy Ethiopia, Ethiopia Human Rights, Ethiopia News, Fikre Tolosa ethiopia, national question ethiopia, TPLF ethiopia, yilma bekele
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Posted in Ethiopia News
voice from the grave
Voice from the grave. By Yilma Bekele
Meles Zenawi is dead. Meles Zenawi is alive. I am afraid in our case both statements are true. We saw the tyrant being buried or placed six foot under and the extraordinary sendoff …
Tagged with: African Dictators, dam on river nille, Effort, Ethiopia News, ethiopian rivers, Meles Zenawi, river nile, salini, TPLF, Woyanne, yilma bekele
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Posted in Ethiopia News
Meles Zenawi and our money
By Yilma Bekele
The last seven years or so I have been writing opinion pieces on the political situation in our homeland. Naturally I have discussed the late Prime Minter Meles Zenawi and his central role in charting the direction …
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Bahr Dar and the wonderful art of silence.
Bahr Dar and the wonderful art of silence. By Yilma Bekele
Last Sunday May 12 a Federal police officer opened fire and murdered twelve or eighteen people depending on who is doing the counting in the City of Bahr Dar …
Tagged with: Bahr Dar Ethiopia, Ethiopia Corruption, Ethiopia Human Rights, Ethiopian Federal Police, Meles Zenawi, TPLF, Workeneh Gebeyehu, yilma bekele
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Posted in Ethiopia News
Keep your eyes on the prize.
Keep your eyes on the prize. By Yilma Bekele
We are witnessing a flurry of news from the TPLF party that calls itself the Ethiopian government. Why is the Woyane party so busy and why is the party pushing its …
Tagged with: Dictator Meles Zenawi, Eskinder Nega, Ethiopia Democracy, Ethiopia Human Rights, ethiopian diaspora, TPLF, Woyanne, yilma bekele
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Posted in Ethiopia News
Abune Petros in our heart.
Abune Petros in our heart. By Yilma Bekele
On July 29th. 1936 Abune Petros was executed by the Italian fascist that were trying to colonize our country for his refusal to submit. On May 2nd. 2013 the monument that was …
Tagged with: Abune Petros, dictatorship, Eskinder Nega, Ethiopia News, Ethiopia Political Prisoners, woyane, yilma bekele
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Posted in Ethiopia News
Mengistu Hailemariam and our moral compass
Mengistu Hailemariam and our moral compass. By Yilma Bekele.
Today I felt like crawling under the blanket and just hide. I know that is what children do. They think hiding under the blanket makes them invisible. It give them a …
ESAT and messengers of peace in Jose, Ca.
ESAT and messengers of peace in Jose, Ca. By Yilma Bekele
Tamagne was here. I wrote that and felt I have said enough. Well since you asked I guess I will tell you the rest of the story. I thought …
Tagged with: Abebe Gelaw, esat, Ethiopia Democracy, Ethiopia Human Rights, Ethiopia News, ethiopian diaspora, Shambel, Sheik Imama Khalid Omar, Tamagne, TPLF, yilma bekele
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Posted in Ethiopia News
I am an Amara.
I am an Amara. “ene Amara negne.”- By Yilma Bekele
“Ich bin ein Berliner.” – “I am a Berliner” Those words were spoken by President John F. Kennedy on June 26, 1963 in West Berlin. He said that to show …
Tagged with: Amhara, Beneshangul/Gumuz, Debretsion Gebremichael, Dictator Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia Human Rights, ethnic cleansing ethiopia, Woyane crime, Woyanne, yilma bekele
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Posted in Ethiopia News
Welcome to the whipped nation- FDRE.
Welcome to the whipped nation- FDRE. By Yilma Bekele
Animal trainers use a whip with a stiff handle to show who the boss is. A whip is used to gain control and achieve compliance using pain. During slavery in the …
Tagged with: African Dictators, Azeb Mesfin, Dictator Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia News, Meles Zenawi Foundation, TPLF, Woyanne, yilma bekele
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Posted in Ethiopia News
Graziani and the TPLF, an Ethiopian saga.
Graziani and the TPLF, an Ethiopian saga. By Yilma Bekele
‘The Duce will have Ethiopia, with or without the Ethiopians’. Rodolfo Graziani
I am writing this as a proud Ethiopian because Graziani’s promise to the Fascist dictator was thwarted by …
Tagged with: Butcher of Addis, Ethio-Italian war, Ethiopia News, Meles Zenawi, Patriotic war-Ethiopia, Rudolfo Graziani, TPLF Woyane, yilma bekele
Posted in Ethiopia News
Posted in Ethiopia News
The selling of Ethiopia to the highest bidder.
The selling of Ethiopia to the highest bidder. By Yilma Bekele
Actually that statement might not be true. We do know our country is being sold but we have no idea if the bidding has been open or closed. We …
Tagged with: Ethiopia Corruption, Ethiopia Democracy, Ethiopia Dictatorship, Ethiopia Economy, Ethiopia News, ethiopian diaspora, yilma bekele
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Posted in Ethiopia News
The London Debretsion Church and the Ethiopians
By Yilma Bekele
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=W32z928rkdk#at=197
Please follow the link above and watch the YouTube video before reading this article.
This is Debretsion Ethiopian Orthodox Church in London England. The picture seems to have been taken on a cold winter day. It …
Tagged with: Ethiopia Dictatorship, Ethiopia News, ethiopian diaspora, Ethiopian Diaspora politics. TPLF agents, yilma bekele
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Posted in Ethiopia News
Violence and the Ethiopians.
Violence and the Ethiopians. By Yilma Bekele
We always think of our people to be so loving that welcome a stranger into their homes and share what little they have. Our language is full of sayings about being a good …
Tagged with: Abebe Gelaw, dictatorship, Ethiopia Democracy, Ethiopia Human Rights, Ethiopia News, ethiopian diaspora, TPLF spies, Woyanne, yilma bekele
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Posted in Ethiopia News
TPLF and the culture of violence
TPLF and the culture of violence. By Yilma Bekele.
According to ESAT the FBI has foiled an attempt by the Ethiopian government to assassinate Ato Abebe Gelaw. Goosh Abera and his accomplices are under custody. Please note here I said …
Tagged with: Abebe Gelaw, African Dictators, Debretsion, Ethiopia Democracy, Ethiopia Human Rights, Ethiopia News, Ethiopian Review, TPLF
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Posted in Ethiopia News
The role of higher education and Ethiopia
The role of higher education and Ethiopia. By Yilma Bekele
My beautiful and brilliant niece graduated from college a few days ago. We are all proud and happy with her accomplishment. It gave the whole family an opportunity to get …
Leveling the playing field in Ethiopia
By Yilma Bekele
The press release was short and to the point. It was only six paragraphs long and was written in a matter of fact way. There were no trumpets blaring, no press conference with TV lights and no …
Tagged with: armed struggle Ethiopia, ethio, Ethiopia News, Ginbot 7, Ginbot7 popular forces, GPF, Huma Rights, TPLF, yilma bekele
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Posted in Ethiopia News
Susan Rice is now Fried Rice – a great news for her victims in Africa
By Yilma Bekele
Good news is always welcome. Then there is the extraordinarily good news that jars you from your slumber. And when the good news happens right around Christmas there is nothing one can do other than put more …
Tagged with: African Dictators, Birtukan Human Rights, ethio, Ethiopia Dictatorship, Ethiopia News, Meles Zenawi, Susan Rice, yilma bekele
Posted in Ethiopia News
Posted in Ethiopia News
The Ethiopians and moral conduct
By Yilma Bekele
I dreamt about my uncle. He has been dead for over ten years so I was wondering what brought him to my conscious now. It was a vivid dream and I awoke both sad and happy. So …
Tagged with: African Dictators, dictatorship, Ethiopia Corruption, Ethiopia News, Junedin Sado, Meles Zenawi. TPLF. OPDO, TPLF, yilma bekele
Posted in Ethiopia News
Posted in Ethiopia News
An Ethiopian and the U.S. Presidential debate
By Yilma Bekele
President Obama and his challenger Mitt Romney had their first debate this evening. Watching this debate for the highest office in the land was a learning moment. This is not the first debate I have viewed or …
Tagged with: ethiopian democracy, ethiopian elections, ethiopian politics, yilma bekele
Posted in Ethiopia News
Posted in Ethiopia News
Our new Prime Minster’s résumé
By Yilma Bekele
There is no place on planet earth that begs for change like our country Ethiopia. There is no need to itemize all the areas where we stand at the tail end of human achievement. That is the …
Tagged with: Democracy Ethiopia, hailemariam desalegn, Meles Zenawi, NGO Ethiopia, SNNPR ethiopia, TPLF, yilma bekele
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Posted in Ethiopia News
Ato Seye and his politics
By Yilma Bekele
Mr. Charles Krauthammer is an American syndicated columnist, political commentator and is considered a highly influential conservative voice. He is critical of President Obama’s policies and supports the election of Mr. Romney to be President. As a …
Home and country burglarized
By Yilma Bekele
Someone broke into our house. They forced the backdoor open and went through every square inch of the house. They turned our mattress over, pilfered through our drawers and left the closet in a mess. It was …
Tagged with: African Dictators, Democracy and Africa, Ethiopia Dictatorship, Ethiopia Human Rights, Ethiopia News, Susan Rice, yilma bekele
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Posted in Ethiopia News
An Ethiopian with election envy.
An Ethiopian with election envy. By Yilma Bekele
The US is getting ready for presidential elections. 2012 will be the 57th time elections have taken place. The first election was held in 1788 and there were five contestants and it …
Tagged with: Eprdf, Ethiopia Democracy, Ethiopia Dictatorship, Ethiopia Human Rights, OPDM, TPLF, yilma bekele
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Posted in Ethiopia News
Death and drama in Ethiopia
By Yilma Bekele
I am hoping this is the last discussion about our emotional response regarding the disappearance then death of Ato Meles Zenawi. As controversial and in your face individual he was alive his death has brought drama, division …
Tagged with: African Dictators, Dictator Meles Zenawi, ethiopian diaspora, failed state, Meles Zenawi, TPLF, yilma bekele
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Posted in Ethiopia News
Why are they making us cry?
By Yilma Bekele
The Ethiopian people have been told to show grief regarding the death of Meles Zenawi. This is sadness by government decree and it is not unique to us. We just witnessed it happen in North Korea but …
Tagged with: Abebe Gelaw, Dictator Meles Zenawi, dictatorship, Ethiopia Democracy, Ethiopia Human Rights, TPLF, Woyanne, yilma bekele
Posted in Ethiopia News
Posted in Ethiopia News
A chance to build a new Ethiopia
By Yilma Bekele
The Ethiopian TPLF Prime Minister Meles Zenawi died three weeks ago. He died at St-Luke University Hospital in Brussels, Belgium. His Party kept him in the freezer while trying to determine what to do regarding the rules …
Tagged with: dictatorship, Ethiopia Democracy, Ethiopia News, ethiopian constitution, Meles Zenawi, yilma bekele
Posted in Ethiopia News
Posted in Ethiopia News
Standing up with our Muslim citizens
By Yilma Bekele
The TPLF regime is the kind that believes in a proactive stance in their approach to ward off unwanted happenings. They learned that during the war with the Derg. It is said that upon taking over a …
Tagged with: ethiopia religious freedom, Ethiopian Human Rights, TPLF, Woyanne, yilma bekele
Posted in Ethiopia News
Posted in Ethiopia News
Ethiopia: The quiet before the storm
By Yilma Bekele
It has been forty-eight days since we saw or heard from Meles Zenawi. Some are convinced the tyrant is dead while the regime insists he is recovering, on vacation or just hanging out, depending on Ato Bereket’s …
Tagged with: African Dictators, Dictator Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia Democracy, Meles Zenawi, TPLF, Woyanne, yilma bekele
Posted in Ethiopia News
Posted in Ethiopia News
Ode to timidity – the Ethiopian experience
By Yilma Bekele
I knew something was missing. It kept nagging at me, the little voice in side kept saying ‘you know you have been here before.’ I was driving south on the 580 Freeway when it hit me. It …
Tagged with: African Dictators, arab spring ethiopia, behanu nega, Birtukan Midekssa, Dictator Meles Zenawi, Eskinder Nega, ethio, Ethiopia News, ethiopian airlines, Meles Zenawi, TPLF, yilma bekele
Posted in Ethiopia News
Posted in Ethiopia News
Honoring His Holiness Abune Melketsedik
Abune Melketsedik will be honored by the Ethiopian Heritage Society in North America this weekend at the annual Ethiopian festival for his life time contribution for the betterment of Ethiopia.
By Yilma Bekele
I have the good fortune of residing …
Tagged with: Abune Melketsedek, EHSNA, Ethiopia News, ethiopian diaspora, Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Ethiopian Orthodox Church in exile, yilma bekele
Posted in Ethiopia News
Posted in Ethiopia News
Can the Ethiopian change his skin or leopard its spots?
By Yilma Bekele
Is Meles Zenawi dead or alive has become the burning question of the day. It is sad even in death or near death the tyrant does not get any respect. You would think after dominating the Ethiopian …
Tagged with: African Dictators, Dictator Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia Human Rights, TPLF, Woyanne, yilma bekele
Posted in Ethiopia News
Posted in Ethiopia News
Meles Ashebari Zenawi and death
By Yilma Bekele
It has been two weeks now since our conversation has been revolving around the dictator. We know for sure he is not well but beyond that no one has come up with any credible explanation for his …
Tagged with: African Dictators, Birtukan Human Rights, Dictator Meles Zenawi, dictatorship, Ethiopia Dictatorship, Meles Zenawi, TPLF, Woyanne, yilma bekele
Posted in Ethiopia News
Posted in Ethiopia News
TPLF and Addis Abeba
By Yilma Bekele
Dictator Meles Zenawi has not been seen for over three weeks or so. We know he is not in good health after we saw his picture with the Chinese Prime Minister in Mexico. Some are claiming we …
Tagged with: Addis Ababa, African Dictators, Dictator Meles Zenawi, ethio, Ethiopia News, Meles Zenawi, TPLF, Woyanne, yilma bekele
Posted in Ethiopia News
Posted in Ethiopia News
Meles Zenawi and his health
Ethiopia, Ato Meles and his health. By Yilma Bekele
Ato Meles Zenawi, Chairman of Tigrai People Liberation Front (TPLF) and Prime Minster of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia is not in good health. I became aware of that fact …
Tagged with: Abebe Gelaw, African Dictators, Dictator Meles Zenawi, ethio, Ethiopia Democracy, Ethiopia Human Rights, Ethiopia News, failed state, Meles Zenawi, TPLF, Woyanne, yilma bekele
Posted in Ethiopia News
Posted in Ethiopia News
Who jailed Eskinder and the rest?
By Yilma Bekele
The headlines screamed ‘Ethiopian court convicts 24 of terrorism charges’. As usual it was a misleading and incorrect statement. There is no such animal called Ethiopian court. There is a TPLF controlled judicial arrangement in Ethiopia. Prime …
Skype and Ethiopia
By Yilma Bekele
The origins of the Internet can be traced to ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) that was funded by the US Department of Defense (DARPA) for use by its research labs in the 1960’s. The Internet as …
The Great Renaissance Dam as a wedge issue
By Yilma Bekele
The Ethiopian government was peddling its ponzi scheme of selling bonds for the pie in the sky project named The Grand Renaissance Dam’ on the Abbay river here in the Bay Area. It was not as lavish …
Waldeba in my heart
Waldeba in my heart. By Yilma Bekele
Truth be told I was not aware of Waldeba Monastery until quite recently. Today I live Waldeba, I breathe Waldeba, and I believe Waldeba has taken over my soul. Mind you I am …
Tagged with: dictatorship, ethio, Ethiopia Democracy, Ethiopia Human Rights, Ethiopia News, ethiopian diaspora, Meles Zenawi, TPLF, Waldeba Monastery, yilma bekele
Posted in Ethiopia News
Posted in Ethiopia News
When we were the achievers
By Yilma Bekele
I am always harking back to the pleasant years of our past. Believe me it not being nostalgic rather it is the lack of good news that makes me reach deep to salvage a little bit of …
Tagged with: al amoudi, ethio, Ethiopia Democracy, Ethiopia Dictatorship, Ethiopia News, Ethiopian economy, Meles Zenawi, self reliance Ethiopia, yilma bekele
Posted in Ethiopia News
Posted in Ethiopia News
Further discourse on the Washington DC undressing
By Yilma Bekele
The Washington DC incident with Ato Meles is the talk of all Ethiopians in the Diaspora. I found out there is no reason for me to raise the issue, every one I met sooner or later will …
Tagged with: African Dictators, Dictator Meles Zenawi, ethio, Ethiopia News, ethiopian diaspora, failed state, Meles Zenawi, TPLF, yilma bekele
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My brother Abebe and his WMD
By Yilma Bekele
I doubt there is an Ethiopian in the Diaspora not familiar with what happened last Friday. As they say the video has gone viral. The act has brought deep satisfaction to the psych of the oppressed and …
Tagged with: Abebe Gelaw, African Dictators, Dictator Meles Zenawi, Eskinder Nega, ethio, Ethiopia Human Rights, Ethiopia News, ethiopian diaspora, Meles Zenawi, Obama, TPLF, yilma bekele
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Religion and Ethiopia
By Yilma Bekele
Two important meetings were held a week ago. One was in Addis Abeba and the other in Washington DC. Both were concerning our motherland and the future. That is where the similarities end. One was intended to …
A note to President Obama
By Yilma Bekele
Dear President Obama,
I am sure you do not have time to read my letter nonetheless it gives me a certain amount of release from the pain I am feeling and the little chance of this letter …
The giant shows signs of life
By Yilma Bekele
I feel energized. Our freedom tree is bearing fruits. It is the result of the tireless effort of thousands if not millions of us working together in harmony. Due to the miracle of the Internet such as …
Tagged with: Dictator Meles Zenawi, ethio, Ethiopia Democracy, Ethiopia Human Rights, Ethiopia News, Meles Zenawi, peaceful resistance, TPLF, yilma bekele
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Southern Ethiopia — the playground of Meles Zenawi
By Yilma Bekele
Most locations are just bland places. There is not much variation in the topography. Look at Google satellite map of Africa and you will see what I mean. Endless flat land, a stretch of desert, an occasional …
Tagged with: African Dictators, Birtukan Human Rights, ethio, Ethiopia Democracy, Ethiopia News, ethiopian airlines, Meles Zenawi, yilma bekele
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Loving Ethiopia to death – the Doctors
By yilma Bekele
On November 11, 2011, Yenesew Gebre was driven to kill himself on behalf of all suffering Ethiopians. He killed himself out of love for his people and country. He made the ultimate sacrifice to wake us up …
Tagged with: dictatorship, ethio, Ethiopia Democracy, Ethiopia Human Rights, Ethiopia News, ethiopian airlines, ethiopian diaspora, failed state, yilma bekele
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The displaced Ethiopians
By Yilma Bekele
I am sure we are all familiar with what is known as the ‘melting pot’ concept when it comes to describing how America functions. The term is a metaphor ‘for a heterogeneous society becoming more homogeneous, …
Tagged with: African Dictators, Dictator Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia Democracy, Ethiopia Dictatorship, Ethiopia Human Rights, failed state, TPLF
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Ethiopia and Winds of war
By Yilma Bekele
War is upon us again. War defines the Ethiopian Government. Since it came to power it has been at war with its citizens. No region or ethnic group has been spared from this infection. The regime is …
Tagged with: African Dictators, Dictator Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia Democracy, Ethiopia Dictatorship, Ethiopia Human Rights, TPLF, Woyanne
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Ethiopia as a waste disposal
By Yilma Bekele
The embattled former tyrant president of Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh is going to settle in Ethiopia. Ethiopia will be his home in exile. Ethiopia was not his first choice. He wanted to settle in Oman his neighbor …
Tagged with: Addis Ababa, African Dictators, Dictator Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia Dictatorship, Ethiopia Human Rights, Ethiopia News
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Ethiopia and Syria revisited
By Yilma Bekele
The Syrian regime is killing its own people to save the country from terrorists (ashebariwoch). The world is watching and keeping score. Thanks to social media such as Twitter and Facebook we are all witnessing this display …
The art of bullying Ethiopians
By Yilma Bekele
‘Prime Minster Meles Zenawi said on Wednesday Ethiopia could pardon politicians and journalists arrested under a 2009 anti-terrorism law.’ That news was reported widely including inside Ethiopia. Normally what we hear outside and what the people are …
Tagged with: African Dictators, Bully, Dictator Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia Democracy, Ethiopia News, ethiopian diaspora
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When we were the peacemakers
By Yilma Bekele
There is a term some use to describe the US as being special. They call it ‘American exceptionalism.’ What the theory tries to define is the special and unique place the US holds due to the revolutionary …
Tagged with: Addis Ababa, African Dictators, AU, Dictator Meles Zenawi, Haile Sellasie, Ketema Yifru, OAU, pan africa
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We’ve met the enemy and he is us
By Yilma Bekele
‘…. he was feared far beyond his might and respected far beyond his support, both which in the end proved meager. … would play one official off of another, promoting sons above their fathers, pitting the members …
Tagged with: African Dictators, Dictator Meles Zenawi, dictatorship, Ethiopia Democracy, Ethiopia Human Rights, Ethiopia News, ethiopian diaspora
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Homeless at home
By Yilma Bekele
That is not the worst that has happened to my beloved cousin but that is good enough point to start this tragic saga. I know you are the perfect people I can share this sad story with. …
Tagged with: democracy, dictatorship, ethiopian politics, land lease, Meles Zenawi, TPLF
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OLF and Ethiopia
By Yilma Bekele
The news that the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) has decided to struggle for freedom in consort with all Democratic forces in Ethiopia is the best Christmas present the Ethiopian people gave themselves. There is no question we …
Tagged with: Abebe Gelaw, conflict, Ethiopia Democracy, Ethiopia Human Rights, G7, Ginbot 7, OLF, oromo, united front
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Ato Bereket writes a book?
By Yilma Bekele
Did you see what was coming out of North Korea this week? Someone referred to it as the ‘world’s largest display of uncontrollable grief.’ Kim Jung un ‘the Brilliant Comrade’ succeeded his father Kim Jung il ‘the …
Tagged with: African Dictators, al amoudi, Eskinder Nega, ethio, Ethiopia News, ginbot7, Meles Zenawi
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Loving Ethiopia to death – the teacher
By Yilma Bekele
The last few months I have been inflicted with a Herman Cain (HC) moment. You remember his interview with a newspaper publisher and when asked his opinion regarding President Obama’s policy on the uprising in Libya? My …
Tagged with: Birtukan Midekssa Political Prisoner, Ethiopia Dictatorship, Ethiopia Human Rights
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We are all prisoners
By Yilma Bekele
East Europe suffered under Soviet domination for over fifty years. While West Europe was marching forward, East Europe was engulfed in darkness and hopelessness. The Arabs with all their vast population and abundant natural resources stumbled around …
Tagged with: Addis Ababa, African Dictators, dictatorship, ethio, Ethiopia Democracy, Ethiopia Economy, Ethiopia famine, Ethiopia Human Rights, Ethiopia News, TPLF
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Shweyga Mullah, the new face of Ethiopia
By Yilma Bekele
It looks like we are all upset. All our independent Web sites are headlining the news. It is the main conversation among our people outside of the country. Mere language is not enough to describe our profound …
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Syria and Ethiopia–two peas in a pod.
Syria and Ethiopia–two peas in a pod. By Yilma Bekele
Tahrir Square, Misrata, Darra, Homs are becoming a household name. They are home of the brave and the bold. History will show epic battles were fought in this locations and …
Tagged with: African Dictators, Birtukan Human Rights, Ethiopia Dictatorship, Ethiopia News, Ethiopia Rigged Elections, Meles Zenawi, Woyanne
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Ethiopia – In search of a common ground
By Yilma Bekele
How to manage and resolve conflict has always been our Achilles Heel. That is part of the reason why we stumble from one crisis to another. Last week was a perfect example of an attempt to try …
Tagged with: Africa, African Dictators, common ground, Ethiopia Economy, Ethiopia Human Rights, Ethiopia News, ginbot7, Meles Zenawi, TPLF, Woyanne
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Ethiopia and its self-Inflicted wounds.
Ethiopia and its self-Inflicted wounds. By Yilma Bekele
Some of our independent Web sites have put me in a quandary. That is not a good place to be. A certain amount of certainty is a must for rational existence. There …
Tagged with: African Dictators, crime, Dictator Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia Dictatorship, Mengistu Haile Mariam
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The Diaspora as a teacher
By Yilma Bekele
There are a lot of Ethiopians outside of their homeland. I have not seen a reliable statistics to tell us the real number, but there is no hiding from the fact that we have become a Nation …
Tagged with: African Dictators, Ethiopia Democracy, Ethiopia Dictatorship, ethiopian diaspora, exile, Somalia
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Emperor Tewodros and Ato Meles
By Yilma Bekele
I watched a video of an interview Ato Meles gave to a woman journalist. The edited version on You Tube and our Independent Diaspora sites starts without introduction and ends abruptly. We have no idea who the …
VOA and its problems
By Yilma Bekele
There is an Amharic saying that comes to mind when you think of the current revelations regarding VOA and its dealings with Ethiopia and Ethiopians. Thanks to Ato Abebe Gelaw’s investigative work we are able to see …
Tagged with: Abebe Gelaw, African Dictators, Ethiopia Human Rights, Ethiopia News, Ethiopia VOA Jamming, VOA amharic, VOA Charter
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Arrival of the Ethiopian Spring
By Yilma Bekele
No one likes a whiner. Why complain insistently when it is of no use. We used to be good at that. Whining was our domain. Did I just say ‘was’? Yes I did. It seems that we …
Tagged with: Addis Ababa, African Dictators, democracy, Ethiopia Human Rights, Ethiopia News, failed state, G7, Meles Zenawi, OLF, repression, voa, Woyanne
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Ethiopia’s ruling junta ramps up the fear machine
By Yilma Bekele
…… within an established totalitarian regime the purpose of propaganda is not to persuade, much less to inform, but to humiliate. From this point of view, propaganda should not approximate to the truth as closely as possible:
Tagged with: Birtukan Midekssa, dictatorship, Ethiopia Corruption, Ethiopia Democracy, Ethiopia Economy, Meles Zenawi
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Meles blames the Ethiopian people
By Yilma Bekele
I am not making this up You can follow the link below and watch the four part video of the leader for life meeting with Ethiopian business leaders. It is a very interesting video. The video is …
Tagged with: Addis Ababa, Africa, Dictator Meles Zenawi, dictatorship, ethio, Ethiopia Corruption, Ethiopia Democracy, Ethiopia News, Meles Zenawi, TPLF
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