Jailed – judge who refused to say sorry
Since being feted by Tony Blair, Ethiopia's government has grown increasingly intolerant of dissent – and the leader of its main opposition party is paying the price.
By Daniel Howden:
Birtukan Mideksa has been sentenced to life in prison. She spends her days and n...
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Ethiopia Under Siege
By Yilma Bekele:
Siege is a strong term. It is normally used to describe a war situation. The invading army resorts to siege when it encounters a fortress or robust defense it cannot overcome easily. When a siege occurs the enemy surrounds the city or fortification and do...
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Looters Exposed: Zenawi’s Economic Development Unable to Produce 6 Million Dollar
Ethiopia under the tyrant rulers is facing challenges in providing food, health, nutrition, water and sanitation, emergency shelter, agriculture and livelihoods, according to the UN Humanitarian Coordinator, Fidele Sarassoro.
To counter these challenges, the UN has alloca...
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Zenawi Has Become 2nd in Inflating the Economy in Africa
Price pressures in the Horn of Africa nation peaked at 61.7 percent in August and the country registered the second-highest inflation rate on the continent in 2008 after Zimbabwe, according to the United Nations.
Ethiopia’s inflation rate under the Tigrai liberati...
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What Is It the Ghanaians Got, We Ain’t Got?
By Alemayehu G. Mariam:
The Triumph of Multiparty Democracy in Ghana
Ghana has become the poster country for the triumph of multiparty democracy, stability and economic growth in Africa; and sadly, Ethiopia has been rendered the iconic failed African state ruled b...
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Conference : “Breaking the Silence on Genocide, Tyranny and Dictatorship in Ethiopia”
Conference entitled “Breaking the Silence on Genocide, Tyranny and Dictatorship in Ethiopia” will be held at the Washington D.C. Marriott on Sunday, July 26, 2009, 2:00 to 5:00 PM, scholars and human rights activists announced. Dr. Gregory Stanton, the founder and presid...
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No Tears For Africa’s Intellectual Prostitutes
By George Ayittey:
The most painful and treacherous aspect of Africa's descent into tyranny and economic decline has been the willful and active collaboration by Africa's own intellectuals, many of whom are highly "educated" with Ph. D.s, and who should have known...
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Two (Elections) Down, One To Go
By Shlomo Bachrach:
Two tense dramas are unfolding in the Horn these days. One is in Somalia, where insurgents may be on the verge of ousting the Transitional Federal Government (TFG). The other, moving more slowly but with bigger consequences, involves Ethiopia’s...
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A Conversation Between Semhal Melese (?) and Her Mother Golla
Semhal, why do I feel that my life worth no longer living?
Mother – you are intelligent, you have passed all your exams with distinction!
Semhal – yes I’ll soon be a lawyer and had aimed to be a good one.
Mother – you see that is what I mean, we are rich...
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Happy 117th Birth Day : The Pan-African Negus Haile Selassie
Haile Selassiewas born on July 23, 1892, the son of Ras Makonnen, a cousin and confidant of Emperor Menilek II. Baptized Lij Tafari, Haile Selassie spent his youth at the imperial court of Addis Ababa, where, surrounded by constant intrigues, he learned much about the exerci...
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Tyrant Melese Zenawi Suspends 42 NGOs From Ethiopia as Hunger Worsens
Meles Zenawi admits that he has suspended the operations of 42 non-governmental organizations allegedly involved in activities that are "out of their mandate” in the Southern region of the country despite over 14 million Ethiopians are in need of food aid.
The tyran...
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Now is the Time to End Tyranny!
By Alemayehu G. Mariam:
End Tyranny Now!
“No person wants to live in a society where the rule of law gives way to the rule of brutality and bribery. That is not democracy, that is tyranny, and now is the time for it to end.” Thus spoke President Barack Obama ...
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Tyrant Melese Zenawi Fired Over 300 Non Tigrean Police Officers in Addis
According to some sources, the decision to fire non Tigrean Officers was made by the i tribalists who are looting Ethiopia following the self-assessment meeting the commission held in Tolay military camp in Welega Zone of Oromia region, 327 kilometres west of the capital.
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Head of Ethiopia Telecommunication Agency Under The Tribalists Defects
The director of Ethiopian Telecommunication Agency, Ato Eshetu Alemu, has escaped from the Woyanne tribalists looting Ethiopia, and sought Asylum in the USA.
Mr Eshetu came to the U.S. to attend a 15-day conference in executive telecommunication management. Eshetu is the...
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UDJ Suspends Dissident Members For Misconduct
According to the tribal news source , REPORTER, the Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ) Party will hold a meeting today to take measures on council members accused of distributing “defamatory document” on executive members of the party. The party has suspende...
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