August 2012

by THOMAS C. MOUNTAIN Is Meles a Vegetable? Long time Ethiopian dictator Meles Zenawi, missing in action for almost 2 months now, is reported to be in a coma leaving the Obama White House’s Crisis Team for Africa scrambling to find a replacement. Officially, Ethiopian “Prime Minister” Meles Zenawi has taken “sick leave” and “getting […]

FBI Press Release (FBI, ALEXANDRIA, VA). Three employees of Parking Management Inc. (PMI) were arrested late Saturday afternoon on charges of stealing at least $400,000 of visitor parking fees collected at the Smithsonian Institution’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; Scott S.

Press Release The Free Ethiopian Armed Forces movement For peace, justice, unity and democracy The role of the Ethiopian Armed Forces has historically been to: •Defend the territorial integrity of the country •Protect the unity of its people •Act as the vanguard of freedom and defend the constitution The members of the Armed Forces have

29 women, 6 men assaulted while in jail for months after being detained for holding an all-night prayer vigil in Saudi Arabia. (jpost.com) – Saudi Arabia deported 35 Ethiopian Christians last week after incarcerating them for over seven months for praying in advance of the Christmas season in December 2011, according to Christian media outlets

Iftar fundraiser to be held for her family who has now lost their sole breadwinner By Janice Ponce de Leon, Staff Reporter Dubai: A housemaid who sustained serious burns in a gas cylinder explosion at her employer’s residence died of her injuries in hospital, Gulf News has learnt. A two-day charity iftar was held on

FREE MEDIA FOR ETHIOPIA Washington D.C. August 17-19, 2012 — Starting from Friday 12:00 AM to Monday 12:00 AM Free Media for Ethiopia will be giving up everything for something we care about. We will be living in the same conditions as the people we’re fighting for. Free Media for Ethiopia is willingly abstaining from

By Hunde Dhugassa* Many individuals, journalists, politicians, historians, academicians and leaders; from Ethiopia, neighbouring countries and from different corners of the world have written about the Oromo. This includes its history, politics, ability, value and nature. The time, objective, nature and fact differ from person to person. The objective of this brief note is not

By PAT GRAHAM LONDON (AP) – Tiki Gelana of Ethiopia won the women’s Olympic marathon in a race that began in heavy rain, saw the sun briefly come out and ended in another downpour. Gelana finished in 2 hours, 23.07 seconds Sunday, holding off Priscah Jeptoo of Kenya by five seconds. Tatyana Petrova Arkhipova of

Tesfaye Z. Yigzaw There have been much political discussions in recent days following the disappearance of Tigray People Libration Front’s leader who brutalizedEthiopiafor over twenty one years. Nonetheless, I am appalled to the oppositions not demanding TPLF’s autocrat to relinquish its power to a transitional government until people elects a democratic government. First of all

(ISN ETH Zurich) — Eritrea has seized on a selective reading of the report to call for the lifting of UN imposed sanctions, a call already rebuffed by the Monitoring Group’s Coordinator. The diplomatic fallout is likely to continue as Ethiopia and its allies push for continued (or tightened) sanctions on Eritrea. It is a