June 2006

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By Messay Kebede I would like to add my voice to the ongoing debate and exchange over the creation by some opposition parties of a coalition titled “Alliance for Freedom and Democracy.” The initiative has generated a chain of diverse, contradictory, and sometimes heated reactions, ranging from surprise to outright support and rejection. Unsurprisingly, TPLF …

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By ANTHONY MITCHELL ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, June 6, 2005 (AP) — Clashes between police and student demonstrators left one girl dead, seven people injured and hundreds arrested Monday in protests against disputed Ethiopian election results, a police statement said. An Ethiopian policeman beating a university student using the butt of his assault rifle as another …

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By Olaana Abboma AFD (Alliance for Freedom and Democracy) arrived with a bang and took almost everyone by surprise. Its birth had already generated strong reaction among all the stakeholders. Several articles and commentaries were written in this short period of time; mostly pro, a few against. Its arrival is welcomed by the majority as …

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