2010

By Alemayehu G, Mariam Groundhog Year in Prison Nation In December 2008, I wrote a weekly column entitled “Groundhog Year in Prison Nation” summarizing some of my weekly columns for that year. I used the “groundhog year” analogy following the title of the motion picture “Groundhog Day” in which a hapless television weatherman is trapped …

Ethiopian Groundhog Year 2010 Read More »

By Maru Gubena (Ph.D.) | December 4, 2010 Five year ago, though there were feelings of uncertainty and fearfulness about the future direction of Ethiopia itself, as well as its politics – including the possible transfer of power from the regime of Meles Zenawi to the then opposition parties – a good number of Ethiopians …

The 2005 election in retrospect Read More »

By Yilma Bekele It is true lots of illigal things were done, that is why I apologised ahead. I want to admit that the executive commitee did not carry its duties in a proper manner. The issue should not have been brought for voting at all on the otherhand it is the board’s pergoative to …

Yilma Bekele “ESFNA – the face of ugly Ethiopia” Read More »

By Alemayehu G Mariam   Western Donors as Accessories to “Democricide” in Ethiopia The helping hand that feeds Ethiopians is the same hand that helps bleed Ethiopia. Every year, the U.S., U.K, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Japan and other Western countries hand out billions of dollars in “humanitarian” and “economic” aid to the regime of …

Ethiopia: Feed Them and Bleed Them Read More »

By Kirubeal Bekele October 23, 2010 The following story is written by activist Kirubeal Bekele, Seattle (October 22, 2010) Activist Yoseph, second from right, advises the members that even if there are still divisions among opposition leaders in Ethiopia, that shouldn’t affect the anti-Woyane activists here Cameraman Weynegus Debeb (left) speaks about the benefits of …

Seattle activists force TPLF cancel public meeting Read More »

The child in the man’s arms is painfully thin. The father is hungry too. He lives in southern Ethiopia, where food shortages are an annual occurrence. There are food distributions in his village but the man, let’s call him Joseph, is a member of the wrong political party. Joseph is a well-known critic of the …

World Bank Feeding Repression in Ethiopia Read More »

By Peter Clottey October 04, 2010 A leading member of the Ethiopian Federal Democratic Unity Forum (Medrek), the largest opposition party said Prime Minister Meles Zenawi?s new cabinet comprises people who have no capacity and new imagination to transform the country. Merara Gudina said the new cabinet enables the prime minister to consolidate what he called …

Ethiopia’s New Cabinet Said to Lack Fresh Ideas Read More »