2005

The 48-hour vigil that started yesterday has ended today after State Department officials left early for the New Year holiday. The participation was greater than anticipated by the organizers. There will be more vigils like this in the coming few days. Dec 30, 8:40 AM – A large number of Ethiopians continue holding a vigil …

48-hour vigil at the U.S. State Department Read More »

Two things I wanted to talk about today. One is the media, especially the media from fellow dictatorial countries. The other one is this heart-wrenching message that I saw on the net that I decided to post here. First what bothers me most these days is what these Chinese government media write (or not write) …

The view from NGOs – Meles Graziani had killed seven young kids around Piazza who were fleeing for their lives Read More »

Martyrs of 2005 Ethiopian Election, 9th year

7 December 2005, Ethiopian opposition to handing over the small town of Badme to Eritrea has until now prevented an international border commission ruling in 2002 being implemented – and left the uneasy peace struck when war ended in 2000 in the balance. With Eritrean frustration building, the UN’s role monitoring the ceasefire has come …

Horn’s bitter border war Read More »

By Fikru Helebo In the wake of the stolen elections of May 15, 2005 and the subsequent brutal repression of any meaningful political dissent in Ethiopia, the sole useful purpose that the continued participation of members of the Southern Ethiopian Peoples Democratic Coalition (SEPDC) in Meles’s parliament serves is to provide an appearance of a …

Withdraw from Meles’s Parliament Read More »

November 27, 2005 Washington Times When Adolf Hitler raised his beleaguered country to a new level of economic stability, we praised him and ignored his ideologies. When Josef Stalin threw in his lot with the Allied Forces, we called him Uncle Joe and handed many countries and millions of lives over to him. When we …

Now, that is America at its finest-Just one ordinary voice Read More »

The international pressure on the Fascist Meles Graziani increases with New York Times and Herlad Tribune asking publicly that the dictator be expelled from international community. Good governance gone bad The New York Times SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2005 Somebody needs to remind Meles Zenawi that he is supposed to be setting the example for how …

Evict Meles from Commission for Africa – Exile him declares Herald Tribune Read More »

Is Meles Graziani using HIV/AIDS as a weapon to terrorize Ethiopians? The following anonymous letter that appeared in Ethiomedia brings up the question that many have suspected for long that the Fascist Meles may be trying to punish the Ethiopian youth of the 2005 revolution with HIV/AIDS infection. In Ethiopia, it is common to shave …

Is Meles Graziani using HIV/AIDS as a weapon to terrorize Ethiopians? Read More »

By Fikru Helebo After listening to Herman Cohen interview on VOA last week, I thought that a letter writing campaign to educate Western policy makers on Ethiopia, particularly to those in the US, was in order. So, I was pleased to read an article that addressed this issue on Ethiomedia web site by Solomon Terfa …

Western Policy Towards Ethiopia Read More »

Ethiopia’s Capital, Once Promising, Finds Itself in Crisis By MARC LACEY ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – This city fancies itself the capital of Africa, the crossroads of the continent, a refined refuge where African leaders gather to address the crises in unruly places like Sudan, Ivory Coast and Congo. The city’s most powerful resident, Prime Minister …

New York Times offers a fatal blow to Fascist Meles Graziani’s Credibility Read More »