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Statement from Ethio-Sudan Border Committee

The Ethiopia and Sudan Border Issues Committee has issued a statement today denouncing the latest lie by Meles Zenawi who told the fake parliament in Addis Ababa that no body was displaced because of the border re-demarcation. Until this week …

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A donkey named mayor of Addis Ababa

Kuma Demeksa

Meles Zenawi’s pack animal (donkey) Kuma Demeksa has been named mayor of Addis Ababa by the fake city council on Tuesday. Kuma is a person without conscience. He would sell his own mother for the highest bidder. According to ER …

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Ethiopia to import 150,000 tonnes wheat

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia will import 150,000 tonnes of wheat to stabilise grain prices amid rising world commodity costs, the prime minister said on Wednesday.

Higher prices for staple foods and fuel have hit developing nations hard as government …

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Kangaroo court sentences 8 residents of Ogaden to death

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – An Ethiopian [kangaroo] court sentenced eight people to death for a grenade attack that killed five people last year in the Horn of Africa nation’s restive Somali region, local media reported on Thursday.

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Meles admits to parliament secret land deal with Sudan

EDITORS’S NOTE: Meles Zenawi admitted yesterday in the parliament that he signed a border agreement with Sudan, but as usual he lied that no body was displaced as a result. Members of the fake parliament did not dare to point

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The war in Somalia will continue till victory – Woyanne chief

By Tsegaye Tadesse (Reuters)

ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopian Prime Minister dictator Meles Zenawi said on Wednesday he would keep troops inside neighbouring Somalia until “jihadists” were defeated.

In a move supported by the United States but providing a target for …

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More Western donation means more bloodshed in Ethiopia

By Assta B. Gettu

To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice (Proverbs 21: 3).

Do Western donors know that their donated money to help the hungry in Ethiopia and other poor nations …

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Secret military court passes death sentence on Ethiopian air force pilots

By Neamin Zeleke

Sources inside the regime of Tigrean People Liberation Front (TPLF) in Ethiopia have disclosed that a secret military court has passed a death sentence on four air force pilots who sought political asylum in 2006 while on …

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Military court passes death sentence on Ethiopian pilots

By Neamin Zeleke

Sources inside the regime of Tigrean People Liberation Front (TPLF) in Ethiopia have disclosed that a secret military court has passed death sentences on four air force pilots who sought political asylum in 2006 while on a …

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Woyanne claims victory in April’s fake local elections

EDITOR’S NOTE: The ‘opposition’ won only one seat in Addis Ababa, and the guy is not even alive, as reported by The Reporter. The election was a total joke.

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By Tsegaye Tadesse (Reuters)

ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia’s ruling …

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The butcher of Addis Ababa University comes to DC in a wheelchair

Endrias Eshete, who is known as the butcher of Addis Ababa University, has arrived at Dulles Airport in Washington DC today. He was taken to a van provided by the Woyanne embassy in a wheelchair. The tutor of Meles Zenawi’s …

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The butcher of AAU comes to DC in a wheelchair

Endrias Eshete, who is known as the butcher of Addis Ababa University, has arrived at Dulles Airport in Washington DC today. He was taken to a van provided by the Woyanne embassy in a wheelchair. The tutor of Meles Zenawi’s …

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Court convicts prominent Jijiga residents

Source: Ogaden Human Rights Committee

On May 12th 2008, Suldan Fowsi Mohamed Ali, a prominent community elder and a peace activist was sentenced to 22 years in prison by an Ethiopian regional court in Jigjiga (also Jijiga). On the same …

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VOA coverage of Ginbot 7’s formation

The Voice of America (VOA) gave a wide coverage of the formation of the Ginbot 7 Movement on its afternoon broadcast. Yesterday, Dr Berhanu Nega and colleagues had announced that Ginbot 7 Movement for Justice and Democracy will be officially …

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Woyanne to assign one police officer for every NGO

The Ethiopian government Woyanne is proposing a new law to restrict activities of the Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in the country. The law would allow a government agency to assign a police officer or an official to attend any NGO’s internal …

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Some points on the Ethio-Sudan boarder flap

By Fekade Shewakena

News of boundary demarcation between Sudan and Ethiopia that unfairly favored Sudan and reports of harm done to Ethiopian farmers along the border is a subject of intense debate among many Diaspora Ethiopians. The blockage of the …

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Ginbot 7, a Movement for Justice and Democracy is formed

May 14, 2008
Press Release

Ethiopians’ long quest and struggle for justice and freedom is continuing today. The march, though torturous, towards democracy is on. The millions that participated in the May 15, 2005, general election have vowed that no …

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Ethiopia’s dictatorship confident of its Djibouti trade corridor

ADDIS ABABA (AFP) — Ethiopia’s dictator said Monday that his regime has the means to secure its vital trade corridor with the Gulf of Aden in the event of conflict between Djibouti and Eritrea.

Tensions have grown between the two …

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Woyanne gives 1,600 sq km of farm land to Sudan

The Ethiopia-Sudan Border Committee is reporting that the ruling Tigrean People Liberation Front (Woyanne) has given to Sudan 1,600 square kilometers of fertile farm land. Click here to read the full report [pdf, Amharic]. The Woyanne regime denies the …

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Ethiopian govt gives 1,600 sq km of farm land to Sudan

The Ethiopia-Sudan Border Committee is reporting that the ruling Tigrean People Liberation Front (Woyanne) has given to Sudan 1,600 square kilometers of fertile farm land. Click here to read the full report [pdf, Amharic]. The Woyanne regime denies the …

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Rally in New York to commemorate May 15

By Tedla Asfaw

As we all are aware of, from May 15 – May 18 Ethiopians in the Diaspora are showing solidarity with their people and reach out to each other and move on the spirit of May 15, 2005 …

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Ethiopians in Norway remember May 15

ANNOUNCEMENT

To All Ethiopians and friends of Ethiopia Living in Norway

A call for participation in the Word Wide March for Freedom, Justice and Human rights in Ethiopia.

Ato Obang Metho, the leader of Anuak Justice Council has taken the …

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British gov’t rewards Woyanne for its murder spree

The British government rewards its blood thirsty puppet Meles Zenawi with hundreds of millions of dollars for continuing to terrorize the peoples of Ethiopia and Somalia. We all know that malaria prevention, etc. is all lie. The money will be

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The fascist dictator travels to South Africa

The Ethiopian Community Association in South Africa
PRESS STATEMENT, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, 7 MAY 2008

The Ethiopian Community Association in South Africa has a proud tradition of activism, and once again issues this joint communiqué in association with the support …

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Sudan annexing Ethiopian territory (Tecola W. Hagos)

By Tecola W. Hagos
Source: tecolahagos.com

Now we are being informed by a patriotic committee of Ethiopians that Meles Zenawi is actively engaged in the handing over of extensive Ethiopian Territory, tens of thousands of acres, to the Government of …

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Woyanne accuses Amnesty of smear campaign

Woyannes, who have accused Norway and Qatar of supporting terrorism, and Ethiopian Review and other media of genocide, is now going after Amnesty International, one of the most respected human rights organizations, for exposing the war crimes of Meles Zenawi’s

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RSF condemns the arrest of magazine publisher

Reporters Without Borders condemns the arrest of Alemayehu Mahtemework, the publisher and deputy editor of the entertainment monthly Enku, on the night of 2 May in Addis Ababa, and the seizure of 10,000 copies of its latest issue.

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Video: Meles dancing with fellow vampires

Zenawi and his goons may not know it yet, but their ugly end is coming sooner than they think.

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Puntland returns Ethiopians to face torture

By Derek Kilner, VOA

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An Ethiopian rebel group has accused the government of Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region of detaining Ethiopians and handing them over to Ethiopian Woyanne security forces. The Ethiopian government Woyanne denies the accusation that …

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The causes of the current Ethiopian soaring inflation rate

Dr. Seid Hassan, Murray State University

The most significant and daunting problem facing Ethiopia today is the rampant inflation rate. As reported by bloomberg.com, the Ethiopian Statistical Agency has reported that inflation for March 2008 has risen to 29.6%, food …

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U.S. Congressman demands the release of Teddy Afro

U.S. Congressman from California, Mr Dana Rohrabacher, joins the Ethiopian people in demanding the immediate release of Teddy Afro. He sent the following short and to-the-point letter to dictator Meles Zenawi.

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Kenenisa wins 5k, sport fans demand ‘Free Teddy’

EDITOR’S NOTE: The celebration over Kenenisa Bekele’s win in the 5k turned into a protest by the 35,000 sport fans inside the Addis Ababa Stadium who chanted “Free Teddy! Free Teddy!” The live broadcast by state-controlled TV immediately switched to …

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Woyanne’s U.S. lawyers to do pro bono work in Ethiopia

DLA Piper law firm represents the fascist Woyanne regime’s interest in the U.S. for $50,000 per month.

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By Ben Moshinsky

(thelawyer.com) — DLA Piper is teaming up with Northwestern University School of Law and Accenture to donate …

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Top US diplomat for Africa calls for UN sanctions on Zimbabawe

This same shameless diplomat did not utter a word of condemnation when her friend Meles Zenawi unleashd his death squads on unarmed civilians following the May 2005 elections.

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(BBC) – The top US diplomat for Africa, Jendayi …

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Bush’s ‘anti-terror’ ally beheads Somali civilians

By Chris Floyd

(The Baltimore Chronicle) — Earlier this week, we noted reports that Ethiopian Woyanne invaders in Somalia had killed several clerics and other unarmed people in a mosque north of Mogadishu during the recent bloody reprisals …

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Ethiopian local elections signal hegemonic state

By Melaku Tegegne

Many Ethiopian politicians are describing the present national drive by the regime as signaling the beginning of the “Developmental State” in Ethiopia as prescribed by the Prime Minister a year ago. The politicians have expressed their fear …

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Ethiopians in Dallas confront Meles Zenawi’s agents

Meles Zenawi’s surrogates were in Dallas today to address a hand picked audience from the Ethiopian Diaspora. The local Woyane/EPDRF operatives have been preparing for this meeting in “secret” for some time now. Tipped by insiders and similar event participants …

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Response to May 15 rally

By Obang Metho

The response to the call for an Ethiopian rally for Freedom and Justice on May 15-18, 2008 has been overwhelming! I have heard from Ethiopians in thirteen countries and in over thirty cities within these countries, all …

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Ethiopians in Qatar worried over diplomatic row

By K T Chacko

(Gulf Times) — Members of the Ethiopian community in Qatar yesterday said they hoped that political relations between Doha and Addis Ababa Woyanne would improve and ties return to normal as early as possible.…

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Protests in Addis Ababa over Teddy Afro’s arrest

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By Elizabeth Blunt

(BBC) Addis Ababa — Ethiopia’s most popular pop singer, Teddy Afro, has pleaded not guilty to causing the death of a young man in a hit and run incident 18 months ago.

Thousands of young people mounted …

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A child dies on a Lufthansa flight from Addis Ababa to NY

(AFP) – A transatlantic flight from Germany to the United States was diverted to Ireland after a two-year-old girl died on board, police said late on Tuesday.

The Lufthansa flight was en route from Frankfurt to JFK airport in New …

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Yemeni community in Ethiopia: A history of integration

By Mahmoud Assamiee

(Yemeni Times) — Yemeni-Ethiopian relations date back to ancient times. References such as wall inscriptions confirm that the kingdom of Saba extended throughout Yemen to Ethiopia, known at that time as the kingdom of Axum, …

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Woyanne cuts diplomatic ties with Qatar

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Ethiopian rebels denied on Tuesday government allegations that Qatar was supporting them, after Addis Ababa Woyanne cut diplomatic ties with the Gulf State and accused it of backing terrorism and destabilising the region.

Ethiopia Woyanne, a U.S. …

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Meles is arrested in New York

This may be a satire, but it is also a wish of every Ethiopian. The day will come when the butcher of East Africa Meles Zenawi will be dragged to justice like this.

Meles arrested

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Elections and designated losers

The Epidemic of Election Stealing in Africa

By Fekade Shewakena

There is an epidemic of election rigging and stealing in Africa but the most virulent form of the disease appears to be sitting in Ethiopia. The current sick regional and …

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The butcher of East Africa is in New York

Meles Zenawi, the butcher of East Africa, is currently in New York to attend a United Nations meeting.…

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Ethiopia inflation accelerates to 29.6% in march

By Jason McLure

(Bloomberg) — Ethiopia’s annual inflation rate increased to 29.6 percent in March, the highest in over a decade, as rising food costs continued to push up consumer prices.

Inflation expanded from 22.9 percent in February, …

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The ameliorating and deteriorating aspects of Addis Ababa

A Personal Memoir

By Getachew Belaineh

According to historians, in November 1886, while Menelik was away in a distant corner of the country, his wife, Taytu, decided to move the encampment from Entoto down onto the current site of Addis …

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U.S. donates 1.5 million textbooks to schools in Ethiopia

What Ethiopians want is not a handout from the U.S., but for the Bush Administration to stop supporting and financing the fascist tribal junta that is pillaging and plundering our country. Most of these books will not even reach the

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Military legal advisers briefed on int’l humanitarian law

The Red Cross is wasting its time and money. Woyanne gunmen are not interested in the rule of law. They don’t even abide by their own constitution that they swore to uphold. They follow the law of the jungle.

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Ethiopia’s Electoral Board, opposition trade accusations

By Peter Heinlein, VOA
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Ethiopia’s electoral board and several opposition parties are trading accusations of illegal actions as the country prepares for the second phase of municipal council and parliamentary by-elections. VOA’s Peter Heinlein in Addis …

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Egypt’s Pope Shenouda chides Ato Gebremedhin

The Patriarch of Egypt’s Orthodox Church, Pope Shenouda III, had visited Ethiopia over the weekend and told Ato Gebremedhin (formerly Aba Paulos) that he and other officials of the church are holding office to serve the people, to be responsible …

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From Gondar to Mevasseret, for perhaps the last time

By Anshel Pfeffer, Haaretz

ADDIS ABABA – Holoager Kasa gathers her older children around her. Subalo is 7 and Bainchjlem is 5. The three-month old, Dastayo, is fastened in a carrier on her back. They are dressed for the final …

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Second opposition party preparing boycott of Ethiopia vote

By Peter Heinlein, VOA

The biggest opposition party that participated in Ethiopia’s nationwide elections Sunday is planning to boycott the second part of the voting, charging the first half was rigged. Another, larger opposition group had pulled out even before …

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Two bombs exploded in Addis Ababa killing 3 people

By Barry Malone

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia Woyanne blamed rebels backed by arch-foe Eritrea on Tuesday after two bombs killed three people and wounded more than a dozen in the capital.

The attacks in Addis Ababa late on Monday …

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Sun halo wows Ethiopia amid poll

BBC NEWS

A halo around the sun startled people in Ethiopia during Sunday’s local elections, with many seeing it as a miracle or a sign from God.

The ring of light caused by sunlight refracted by ice crystals hung in …

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Rights group says it is ‘too late to salvage’ upcoming Ethiopian elections

The Associated Press

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia: A human rights group said Friday that attacks on opposition candidates in Ethiopia had doomed hopes for fair elections this month and it was now “too late to salvage” the vote.

Human Rights Watch …

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Woyanne chigarams beg for $67 million to buy food

The chigaram (beggar) regime in Ethiopia and its poverty-monger partners request $67.7 million for food. Is the money really to buy food? Didn’t Meles last week say his agricultural policy has been successful?

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‘Loyal’ opposition alleges intimidation at polls

By Barry Malone and Tsegaye Tadesse

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s [fake] opposition accused the government Woyanne of intimidation on Sunday as voters went to the polls for the first time since deadly post-election protests three years ago.

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Power politics trumps democracy in U.S.-backed Ethiopia

By Alex Stonehill and Sarah Stuteville
The Indypendent

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Dawn in the Merkato breaks over a tangle of streets jammed with shouting hawkers and towering pyramids of ripe produce from Ethiopia’s fertile countryside. Today it is a …

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Escape routes from the dechasa trap

By Mulumebet Asfaw

It was extremely gratifying for me to stir a lot of controversy with my last article on dechasa (welfare) addiction and its consequences. The issue at stake, being a thorny one that pricked the sensitivities of many …

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Ruling party headed for election sweep (VOA)

By Peter Heinlein, VOA

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Ethiopia’s ruling party [Woyanne] appears headed for a massive victory in local and parliamentary by-elections being held across the country over the next two Sundays. VOA’s Peter Heinlein in Addis Ababa reports …

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U.N. says humanitarian situation in Somalia is deteriorating

This is all caused by the U.S.-backed invasion of Somalia by the butcher of east Africa, Meles Zenawi.

(The Associated Press) UNITED NATIONS: The humanitarian situation in Somalia is deteriorating faster than expected with the number of people in need …

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Crackdown in Zimbabwe Intensifies

Mugabe, like Meles, is just another ravenous African vampire who is sucking the life blood of his country. At the same time, the comment by U.S. State Department’s spokesman regarding Mugabe’s action is steep in obscene hypocrisy and double-standard. While

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Repression Sets Stage for Non-Competitive Elections in Ethiopia

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

Opposition Candidates, Voters Silenced Ahead of Local Polls

(New York, April 11, 2008) – The Ethiopian government’s repression of registered opposition parties and ordinary voters has largely prevented political competition ahead of local elections that begin on …

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Woyanne is Stuck in Somalia (Newsweek)

ER had predicted at the start of the Somalia invasion in December 2006 that Mogadishu will be Woyanne’s grave yard. It is happening. The following is a Newsweek interview with Woyanne chief Meles Zenawi, the butcher of East Africa.

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Reflection on Haile Selassie (The Daily Observer)

The Daily Observer (Banjul)

The facts of his life are well known. Haile Selassie’s influence on the world is his most enduring legacy. Born Tafari Makonnen in 1891, Haile Selassie came to be identified inextricably with Ethiopia. Only rarely in …

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Candidates, voters silenced ahead of local polls

By Human Rights Watch

The Ethiopian government’s repression of registered opposition parties and ordinary voters has largely prevented political competition ahead of local elections that begin on April 13, Human Rights Watch said today. These widespread acts of violence, arbitrary …

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Joke of the Day: China gives media seminar

The Chinese communist junta that provides technology to African dictators like Meles Zenawi for jamming radio station such as the VOA is giving a seminar on media to journalists from Africa. What a joke!

(GNA) — Professor Liu Liqun, Dean …

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Poll: Why is Woyanne still in power?

Woyanne is perhaps the most hated regime in the history of Ethiopia. In May 2005, the people of Ethiopia made it clear that they don’t want Woyanne to govern the country. Meles Zenawi & Co. responded by brutally attacking the …

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Eritrea doesn’t want UN troops on border

If Woyanne starts war, the people of Ethiopia, Somalia, and all people of the Horn of Africa will stand with the Eritrean army and crush the tribal junta.

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By Louis Charbonneau

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Eritrea’s U.N. envoy said …

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Digging deeper in Ethiopia for the Jewish story

By Anshel Pfeffer, haaretz.com

ADDIS ABABA – In the old Falasha village of Ambober, 15 kilometers outside Gondar, there are only Christians living today. All the village’s original inhabitants left for Israel at least 17 years ago. The old ORT …

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Conference on Cultural Creativity in the Ethiopian American Diaspora

Harvard University
April 13-14, 2008

Conference program
SUNDAY EVENING
8:00-10:00 Keynote Presentations
(Tsai Auditorium S010, CGIS-South Building,1730 Cambridge Street)

Welcoming Remarks:
Jacob Olupona, Chair, Committee on African Studies
Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Chair, Dept. of African and African American …

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How did the D.C. Jail let Thomas Alemayehu kill himself?

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Failure to Report: How did the D.C. Jail let two troubled inmates kill themselves in their cells? Don’t ask the D.C. Jail

By Brendan Smith, Washington City Paper

No one noticed when Thomas Alemayehu killed himself in Cell 43 of …

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India’s Taj Mahal leaves African dictators speechless

(ANI) — A visit to the world’s greatest monument to love, the Taj Mahal, has left most African leaders thieves speechless.

Heads of state of Dictators of Uganda and Ethiopia, who were in India to participate in the …

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Death sentence to intimidate journalists

Inter Press Service News Agency

The Death Sentence Was Used As a Tool of Intimidation

Interview with Leonard Vincent, head of the RSF’s Africa desk.

CAPE TOWN (IPS) – Journalism in Ethiopia has become an increasingly hazardous trade over recent …

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Ethiopian Airlines adds new Gulf routes

(AME Info) — Ethiopian Airlines, the fastest growing African carrier, has announced its plan to launch flight services to Kuwait and Riyadh starting June 2. The flights will operate Addis Ababa-Riyadh-Kuwait-Addis Ababa twice weekly on Mondays and Thursdays with the …

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‘Loyal’ opposition boycotts this month’s election (AP)

ADDIS ABABA (Associated Press) — “We are getting out of the whole process. The whole process is an illegal process,” Beyene Petros, leader of the United Ethiopian Democratic Forces, a national coalition of opposition parties, told The Associated Press.

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Horn of Africa war possible if UN leaves – Ban Ki-moon

By Louis Charbonneau

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – If U.N. peacekeepers abandon the border between Ethiopia Woyanne and Eritrea, a new war could break out between the two Horn of Africa neighbors, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a report.

The …

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Inflation accelerates to 22.4% on food

By Jason McLure

April 9 (Bloomberg) — Ethiopia’s annual inflation rate increased to 22.9 percent in February led by rising food costs, the Central Statistical Agency said.

Inflation expanded from 19.4 percent in January, the Addis Ababa-based agency …

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Addis Ababa faces 3 months of power outages

By Jason McLure

(Bloomberg) — Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa will face continued power outages for the next two to three months because the country’s state-owned utility can only meet 60 percent of demand, Capital reported.

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Meles says his agricultural policy is successful

Making investment in flower farms while millions of people are starving cannot be described as “successful agricultural policy” by any one with commonsense. But here we are dealing with a government of dummies (yededeb mengist).

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Ethiopia faces Electric power crisis

This report mentions that EEPCO has about 1.3 million customers (including businesses). That is less than 10% of Ethiopian households. This figure is almost the same as 17 years ago when Woyanne came to power. So what happened to all

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A smart salute to the air force POWs

By Kiflu Hussain

This is a letter hastily scribbled with reference to a latest gross miscarriage of justice meted out against Colonel Berhanemeskel Haile, Col. Girma Asfaw, Lt. Col. Solomon Kebede and Captain Kifle Woube, all former Ethiopian Air force …

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Is Woyanne creating fake suspects for the gold fraud?

It is highly likely that Woyanne ‘investigators’ are fabricating stories and suspects for the missing gold from the National Bank of Ethiopia that worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

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Architects of Gold Scam Out of Country

(The Reporter, Addis …

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Africa to honour athletes in Hall of Fame

ADDIS ABABA (AFP) — Africa’s top athletes will be honoured in a new African athletics Hall of Fame award to be hosted in Ethiopia later this month, the continent’s governing body for the sport said on Saturday.

Seventy-two athletes, including …

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Military officers sentenced to death

(AFP) – AN Ethiopian Woyanne kangaroo court has sentenced to death five top military officers of former Marxist ruler Mengistu Haile Mariam, for air raids that killed hundreds in an open market in 1980.

The state-run Ethiopian News Agency said …

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Famine in Oromia: the dry season is not the only culprit

Statement of the Oromo Liberation Front

The Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) is prompted to issue this statement in response to the statement by the UN’s News release, dated March 28, 2008. The News Release reports, among others, that, “The deteriorating …

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Woyanne sentences air force pilots to death

The Woyanne-controlled kangaroo court in Ethiopia has handed down long-prison and death sentences against officials and military officers of the Derg regime today. Some of those who sentenced to death are air force pilots who had been accused of bombing

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Ethiopia and the U.S. – A loveless liaison (Economist)

(The Economist) — America and Ethiopia Woyanne need each other, but their needs are not equal

THE alliance between the United States and Ethiopia Woyanne was born of pragmatism. In another time, they might have been enemies. Ethiopians

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NASA photo of Ethiopia’s Dendi Caldera

(NASA News) Dendi Caldera, Ethiopia is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 16 crew member on the International Space Station.

The Dendi Caldera is located on the Ethiopian Plateau, approximately 86 kilometers to the southwest of …

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Woyanne releases church attack instigator

They guy is a Woyanne cadre. He was paid to do the anti-Christian instigation. Before Woyanne came to power there had never been any incident of religious clash in that part of the country.

(Compass Direct News) – …

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Global food price rises worry African ministers

In Woyanne’s case, the solution is to invest in flowers for export to Holland. Guess who is in charge of agricultural policy in Ethiopia.

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By Peter Heinlein, VOA

A conference of African finance and development ministers thieves in Addis …

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Iodine deficiency threatens a generation of Ethiopians

(AP) NEDJO, Ethiopia — Rome Berihun barely remembers Ethiopia’s deadly border war with Eritrea, but she feels its effects – in her shortness of breath, trouble swallowing and a tumor-like growth in her neck.

The 16-year-old is among about 80 …

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CORRECTION: Aba Gebremedhin’s building ready for rent

The building in this photo is not owned by Aba Gebremedhin. It belongs to Sunshine Construction owner Samuel Tefesse. We will post the correct photo shortly after making verifications. We are also gathering photos of buildings that are owned by …

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Haile could face Kenenisa in Beijing

(Reuters) – Ethiopia’s two greatest track runners Haile Gebrselassie and Kenenisa Bekele could meet over 10,000 metres at the Beijing Olympics.

“It’s up to the federation, but they could end up together in the 10 kms. It’s a big possibility,” …

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A way forward for the democratic movement in Ethiopia

By Seman Fereja

A few weeks have now passed since Bemnetu and Andargachew posted their article supporting violent forms of struggle to advance the causes of democracy in Ethiopia. Since then both sides of the debate have put forward impassioned …

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An Ethiopian sweep in Edinburgh

By Chris Turner, IAAF

Edinburgh, Scotland – The heat of Mombasa is now but a memory, a nightmare of course, in the history of Ethiopian distance running.

In cold, occasionally rainy and blustery conditions in Edinburgh’s Holyrood Park at this …

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Kenenisa reclaims his cross country world title

Kenenisa Bekele clears all obstacles for cross-country crown

By Mitch Phillips, Reuters

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND – Kenenisa Bekele overcame illness, a dislodged shoe and the presence of a nervous wife to win a record sixth long course cross country world title …

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Video: How is Saddam Hussien different from Meles?

There is no doubt that President George Bush has eliminated a pure evil in Iraq. Sadam Hussien was a monster. Unfortunately, Bush’s allies in Ethiopia, the Woyanne tribal thugs, are committing much more brutal tortures and murders against the people …

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