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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Remembering the Sharpeville Massacre in South Africa
South Africa, 1960
On March 21, 1960, exactly 55 years ago today, a crowd estimated at five thousand (according to apartheid police 20 thousand, inflated to justify their extreme response) gathered in front of a police station in the South …
Tagged with: ambo massacres, darfour massacres, Ethiopia Human Rights, marakina massacres, meles massacres, sharpeville massacre, south africa human rights
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The Poison of Ethnic Federalism in Ethiopia’s Body Politic
The Thugtatorship of the Tigrean Peoples Liberation (T-TPLF) adopted its fabricated constitution for Ethiopia on December 8, 1994.
The Preamble to that constitution declares, “We the Nations, Nationalities and People of Ethiopia…” have written the constitution to 1) “secure the
…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 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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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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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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Rise of the Daughters of Ethiopia!
“We can’t take it anymore!”Semayawi Party in Ethiopia has done it again!
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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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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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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 …
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
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
Posted in Ethiopia News
Posted in Ethiopia News
Ethiopia: Shadowboxing Smoke and Mirrors
Meles Zenawi when he was alive and his apostles today (“Melesistas”) keep playing us in the Diaspora like a cheap fiddle. They make us screech, shriek, scream and shout by simply showing their mugs in our cities. How do they …
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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
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
Ethiopia: A New Prime Minister in a New Year
By Alemayehu G Mariam
Ethiopians had their new year on September 11. It is now 2005. On September 21, they also got a new prime minster. How delightfully felicitous to have a new prime minister in the new year! Heartfelt …
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
Posted in Ethiopia News
Posted in Ethiopia News
Ethiopia: Time for Radical Improvements
Alemayehu G Mariam
It is time to bury the hatchet and move forward in Ethiopia! Nelson Mandela taught that “If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.” …
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
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 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
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Posted in Ethiopia News
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
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Posted in Ethiopia News
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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Posted in Ethiopia News
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
Posted in Ethiopia News
Posted in Ethiopia News
The Rule of Law in Ethiopia’s Democratic Transition
Alemayehu G Mariam
Rule of Law, Rule by Law, Rule by Unjust Law, Rule by Man
All of the weekly commentaries I have written over the years have been structured on a single fundamental principle: the rule of law. What …
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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
Posted in Ethiopia News
Posted in Ethiopia News
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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Posted in Ethiopia News
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
Posted in Ethiopia News
Posted in Ethiopia News
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 …
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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Posted in Ethiopia News
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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Posted in Ethiopia News
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
Posted in Ethiopia News
Posted in Ethiopia News
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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Posted in Ethiopia News
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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Posted in Ethiopia News
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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Posted in Ethiopia News
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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Posted in Ethiopia News
Exporting Kilil to America
By Yilma Bekele
Being an Ethiopian has always been difficult. The bad news is, it is not going to get any easier. Two weeks ago I found out it can be taken away too. It has come to a point …
Tagged with: African Dictators, Dictator Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia Human Rights, VOA amharic, Woyanne
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Posted in Ethiopia News
Meles and our BEKA! moment
By Yilma Bekele
By all accounts the minority based dictatorial regime in Ethiopia is in big trouble. Circumstances in the neighborhood are a bit disconcerting to Meles and company. You can tell from the flurry of activity being orchestrated the …
Tagged with: African Dictators, dla piper, ethio, Ethiopia Democracy, Ethiopia Human Rights, Ethiopia News, Meles Zenawi, Woyanne
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Posted in Ethiopia News
Ato Meles and his never-ending threats
By Yilma Bekele
The people’s uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East have been the talk of Ethiopians both at home and the Diaspora for the last month and half. We are surprised by the sudden fall of the …
Tagged with: Addis Ababa, African Dictators, dictatorship, ethio, Ethiopia Human Rights, Ethiopia News, Meles Zenawi, TPLF, VOA amharic
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Posted in Ethiopia News
A Declaration in Defense of Human Rights in Ethiopia
By Alemayehu G. Mariam
John F. Kennedy said:
Those who make peaceful change impossible, make a violent revolution inevitable.”
The English colonial government made peaceful change impossible in the American colonies leading to the American Revolution in 1776, an event …
Dictatorship 101
By Yilma Bekele
According to Wiki “in contemporary usage, dictatorship refers to an autocratic form of absolute rule by leadership unrestricted by law, constitutions, or other social and political factors within the state.” That is what we have in Ethiopia. …
Tagged with: Africa, African Dictators, Birtukan Human Rights, Dictator Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia Human Rights, Meles Zenawi
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Posted in Ethiopia News
ESFNA – an ugly face of Ethiopia
By Yilma Bekele
…ልክ ነው ብዙ የተጣሱ አሰራሮች አሉ። ለዚህም ነው በመጀመሪያም ይቅርታ ለመጠየቅ የፈለኩት። የሥራ አስኪያጅ ኮሚቴው ሥራውን ብቁ በሆነ መንገድ እንዳልስራ እኔ ማመን ፈልጋለሁ። ለድምፅ እንኳን መቅረብ አልነበረበትም። ይሄን ነገር ድምፁን ግን እንደገና የመነጋገር መብት የቦርዱ አባሎች መብት
Tagged with: Bertukan, dictatorship, ESFNA, Ethiopia Human Rights, Ethiopia News, Voice of America
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Posted in Ethiopia News
Ethiopia: Interview With Birtukan Midekssa
Alemayehu G. Mariam
Note: Except for elements inserted in the nature of narrative license, syntax and independently established facts, this “interview” is based on English or Amharic translations of public statements, hearing testimony, speeches and other declarations[ 1] of Birtukan …
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Posted in Ethiopia News
Putting Lipstick on a Pig, Ethiopian Style
Alemayehu G. Mariam
Last week, there was a great deal of teeth-gnashing, knuckle-cracking and gut-wrenching by Ethiopia’s dictators over Human Rights Watch’s (HRW) 2010 report. The dictators belched out much sound and fury that signified nothing. Their fury had to …