The Next Big Thing
By Ephrem Madebo So much of the long history of the struggle between autocratic regimes and the good people of Ethiopia can partially be explained by critically analyzing the essence of good and evil. It is …
July 2007
Artist Tamagn Beyene in Zurich, Switzerland – July 21, 2007
Artist Tamagn Beyene in Zurich, Switzerland – July 21, 2007
The moral hazards of dealing with Meles Zenawi
Washington Post Editorial Saturday, July 21, 2007 MORE THAN once during the Cold War, the United States aligned itself with dictatorial or corrupt, but anticommunist, foreign governments, compromising democratic principles for perceived advantage against the …
A Letter to Ambassador Donald Yamamoto
Ambassador Donald Yamamoto American Embassy P.O.Box 1014 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia E-mail:Â pasaddis@stat.gov Dear Ambassador Yamamoto: Your recent assertion1 that suggests a parallel between the democratic path followed by the Founding Fathers of the USA and the …
Ethiopia Kinijit calls for renewed vigor in the march towards democracy
Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party (Kinijit)http://www.kinijitethiopia.orgA Call for Renewed Vigor in the March towards Democracy and the Rule of Law Kinijt International Leadership (KIL) expresses our earnest delight and enquan des alen to our …
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The Ethiopian Freedom Bus is on the March
Very happy about the release of the CUD (Kinijit) prisoners of conscience. Sad about the thousands of others left behind bars. I have heard that the CUD folks have signed a document in which they …
High Court, Low Verdict
Tuesday, July 17, 2007 By Ephrem Madebo The absolutely nonsense and preposterous ‘political’ verdict that started on June 11 calumniated to its worst stage yesterday when the Ethiopian High Court nominal judges read a political manuscript …
Ethiopian opposition leaders get life sentence
Tsegaye Tadesse ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – An Ethiopian court sentenced 35 opposition members to life in prison on Monday, rebuffing a prosecution request that they be executed for trying to overthrow the government, treason and …
“Abusing the people doesn’t make sense”
In a recent must-read article (“Fallout from war on terror hits Ethiopia“) by a foreign correspondent of the Chicago Tribune, an article that deals with the repercussions of Ethiopia’s interference in neighboring Somalia in the name of the …