Why Ethiopia is not the voice of Africa
By M G Zimeta
It gets a disproportionately large slice of Africa's aid, but the Ethiopian regime does not act in the best interests of its citizens or its neighbours. So why has the G20 made the country a spokesman for the entire continent?
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Ethiopia, Somalia Face Humanitarian Crises, Insurgency and Instability
By Neel Arora - At a Capitol Hill hearing, experts on Somalia and Ethiopia warned the area is becoming less stable and less democratic.
Washington, D.C. - infoZine - Scripps Howard Foundation Wire - One of the world's most volatile region, the ...
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Ethiopians protest Meles Zenawi’s visit to G20
By Liz Monteiro
KITCHENER – Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi is a repressive dictator who shouldn’t be allowed to visit Canada and participate in the G20 summit this weekend, says an Ethiopian-born Kitchener man.
Semou Zinabou and about 60...
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Testimony of Leslie Lefkow, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health
Leslie Lefkow:
House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Hearing of June 17, 2010
Thank you, Chairman Payne, and members of the subcommittee, for inviting me to participate in this hearing. My name is Leslie L...
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UNESCO suspends prize funded by Guinea dictator (AFP)
PARIS — UNESCO on Tuesday suspended the awarding of a life science prize named after Equatorial Guinea's notorious dictator Teodoro Obiang Nguema, voicing its "alarm" over human rights complaints.
The 300,000-dollar (243,000-euro) prize was to rew...
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Ethiopia’s Embarrassing Elections
By Abebe Gellaw
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, one of America’s key allies in Africa, is gloating over his “landslide victory” in the country’s national elections earlier this month. The ruling party has claimed to have swept all but...
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Government pressured, intimidated and threatened voters, rights group contends
JOHANNESBURG — From Wednesday's Globe and Mail Published on Wednesday, May. 26, 2010 4:10AM EDT Last updated on Wednesday, May. 26, 2010 5:29AM EDT
Ethiopia’s ruling party has claimed a landslide victory in the first vote since a...
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EU chief observer says Ethiopian poll was not fair
By ANITA POWELL
The Associated Press
Tuesday, May 25, 2010; 5:27 AM
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- Tens of thousands of ruling party supporters rallied Tuesday in Ethiopia's capital to celebrate victory in the national election, while the chief EU obser...
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Ethiopia’s Meles Zenawi Will Likely Muscle His Way to Re-Election
by Lauren E. Bohn
As the ballot counting continues in Ethiopia, tensions remain high.
Sunday's election is likely to give the incumbent Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's U.S.-allied party, Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, a majori...
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Ethiopia: Government Repression Undermines Poll
International Election Observers Should Condemn Voter Intimidation
May 24, 2010
Behind an orderly facade, the government pressured, intimidated and threatened Ethiopian voters. Whatever the results, the most salient feature of this election w...
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US Congress Sends A Strong Message to the Ethiopian Rulers Before the Election
To Read the letter in PDF, click here!
May 19,2010
The Honorable Johnnie Carson
Assistant Secretary,
Bureau of African Affairs
U.S. Department of State
2201 CSt NW
Washington DC 20521
Dear Ambassador Carson:
We are concerned that...
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Sudan: Sudan’s President Should Be in The Hague
By HRW.org:
Sudan: Flawed Elections Underscore Need for Justice
Sudan’s President Should Be in The Hague Facing Charges Against Him
(New York) - Political repression and human rights abuses across Sudan - in addition to widespread logistical...
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Ethiopias State Terrorists Adopt Anti-Terrorism Bill
Ethiopia's state terrorists ( Meles Zenawi and his cronies) on Tuesday adopted a new anti-terrorism bill despite criticism by rights groups that the legislation violates civil liberties.
The State Terrorist's law, proposed last year after a string...
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Global Initiative expels two Countries that lagged on reform; Retains 16 Others
The decision to end two countries' quests for membership in a global initiative on openness about natural resource profits shows that the initiative will not automatically accept governments that lack the political will to improve, but requires furth...
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Rights group: Ethiopia cracks down before May vote
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia's government is waging a coordinated attack on rights activists, journalists and political opponents ahead of the country's national elections in May leading to human rights group said Wednesday.
Some radio broadcast...
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Ethiopia Under the Tigrai Tribalists, The only Sub-Sahara Africa Nation to filter Net
By Rebecca Wanjiku:
Though various African countries monitor and restrict Internet access in some way, Ethiopia under the current rulers is the only country with a technical filtering regime in the sub-Saharan region, according to a report by OpenNe...
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Andenet Support Chapters in Europe Endorses March 4 Freedom
Calls on all Members, Partners and Others to Participate! We, members of the Interim Task Force of Andenet Support Chapters in Europe fully endorse the upcoming “March to Stop Genocide and Dictatorship in Ethiopia/Africa in Washington D.C., sch...
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Ethiopia: Draft Law Threatens Civil Society
Donor Governments Should Condemn Assault on Rights
(New York, October 13, 2008) - Ethiopia's parliament (Gangsters Club) should reject a draft law that would criminalize human rights activity and seriously undermine civil society groups, Human R...
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Human Rights Report Says Ethiopia Committing War Crimes in Ogaden
By Alisha Ryu
Nairobi
12 June 2008
U.S.-based Human Rights Watch says it has collected extensive evidence that confirms allegations the government in Ethiopia is committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in its military campaign to crush...
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