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2010

Ethiopian Groundhog Year 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 …

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Ethiopia: “So What!”

By Prof. Alemayehu G. Mariam “So what! Soo what!! Sooo whaaat!!!” was the repetitive mantra of dictator Meles Zenawi recently in response to pesky questions lobbed at him in parliament about his so-called Growth and Transformation Plan[1] (GTP), which will presumably make Ethiopia self-sufficient in food production in the next five years and expand the …

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The 2005 election in retrospect

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 …

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Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi presses party’s case

November 16, 2010 YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has gone on a legal offensive, filing a document with the country’s High Court to have her political party reinstated after the ruling generals disbanded it earlier this year. Burma’s democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, center, arrives at the Burmese …

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Ethiopia: Feed Them and Bleed Them

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 …

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Seattle activists force TPLF cancel public meeting

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 …

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Prominent Ethiopian Opposition Leader Released From Prison

Ethiopian opposition leader Birtukan Mideksa has been released from prison, 21 months after authorities revoked an earlier pardon and ordered her to serve out a life sentence for treason. Hundreds of delirious supporters greeted Unity for Democracy and Justice Party leader Birtukan Mideksa as she arrived at the modest house she shares with her mother …

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