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Statement of Worldwide Ethiopian Civic Associations on Government Transparency and Accountability

January 15, 2022 The series of high-handed, inexplicable and confounding measures taken by the central government since the November 2020 treasonous attack by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) on the Northern Command of the National Defense Forces has justifiably led to popular resentment and disillusionment. Owing to these measures, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government […]

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Statement on Press Freedom for Local Journalists in Ethiopia

Statement on Press Freedom for Local Journalists in Ethiopia

December 12, 2021 Vision Ethiopia conveys its congratulations to the joint Amhara and Afar Special Forces, Amhara Militia Fanno, and the Ethiopian National Defense Forces on their heroic achievements in the fight to repel the brutal attacks by the terrorist groups, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and the armed wing of the Oromo Liberation

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The Ethiopian American civil society organizations condemn and reject the formation and announcement from Washington DC of a federalist Alliance

The Ethiopian American civil society organizations condemn and reject the formation and announcement from Washington DC of a federalist Alliance

SUBJECT: THE FORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF NINE ETHNIC-BASED FEDERALIST/CONFEDERALIST ALLIANCE WILL FAIL! November 28, 2021 PRESS RELEASE The undersigned Ethiopian American civil society organizations condemn and reject the formation and announcement from Washington DC of a federalist/confederalist Alliance consisting of nine (9) ethno-nationalist entities in the Diaspora. There is no doubt in our minds this

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EU-IGAD COVID-19 Response programme marks fifteen months of implementation at Project Steering Committee Meeting

EU-IGAD COVID-19 Response programme marks fifteen months of implementation at Project Steering Committee Meeting

Press Release For immediate release: 23rd November, 2021 The EU-IGAD COVID-19 Response programme hosted its 4th Project Steering Committee meeting in Djibouti, from 23rd to 24th November, 2021, with senior representatives of the Delegation of the European Union to Djibouti, Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), UNOPS, Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) and government

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Suprisingly weak press brief by #US Special Envoy #Feltman on #Ethiopia war on #TDF #Tigray

Suprisingly weak press brief by #US Special Envoy #Feltman on #Ethiopia war on #TDF #Tigray

Lack of empirical knowledge, void of analytical reflections, and detached the complex political context. Counter-productive to his mission; better keep quiet. Kjetil Tronvoll @KjetilTronvoll Briefing with U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Ambassador Jeffrey Feltman On the Ongoing Situation in Ethiopia SPECIAL BRIEFING AMBASSADOR JEFFREY FELTMAN, U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY FOR THE HORN OF

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An Open Letter to US Special Envoy Jeffrey Feltman

An Open Letter to US Special Envoy Jeffrey Feltman

NOVEMBER 8, 2021 BY FREE PLANET PUBLISHING  MONEY, BLOOD, AND CONSCIENCE Your Excellency: I am a US citizen who has advised Ethiopia’s anti-TPLF opposition on an unpaid basis since 1991 and am probably the TPLF’s most outspoken foreign critic. My partisan perspective on the Tigray conflict is surely distinct from a career diplomat’s such as yours. Yet

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Joint Statement on the Release of the OHCHR-EHRC Joint Investigation MEDIA NOTE

MEDIA NOTE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON NOVEMBER 6, 2021   We, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States, would like to extend our gratitude to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the

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Ethiopian Americans Made the Difference for the Republicans in Virginia

Ethiopian Americans Made the Difference for the Republicans in Virginia

American-Ethiopian Public Affairs Committee PRESS RELEASE Ethiopian Americans in Virginia have helped deliver an unexpected win for the Republican Party in Virginia’s gubernatorial governor election. Close to 100,000 Ethiopian-Americans live in Virginia, and many have for weeks been highlighting their anger with the Biden White House over its policy on the tragic and continuing conflict

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House Foreign Affairs Committee Passes Resolution on Ethiopia

House Foreign Affairs Committee Passes Resolution on Ethiopia

Press Release WASHINGTON – On Thursday, the House Foreign Affairs Committee passed an amended version of H.Res. 445, condemning all violence and human rights abuses in Ethiopia and calling for all combatants in the conflict in Northern Ethiopia to cease all hostilities, respect human rights, allow unfettered humanitarian access, and cooperate with independent investigations of

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PRESS RELEASE ETHIOPIAN & ERITREAN AMERICANS IN LOS ANGELES

PRESS RELEASE ETHIOPIAN & ERITREAN AMERICANS IN LOS ANGELES

CONTACT: Dagnachew Teshome TEL. #: (877) Ring-Ethiopia 746 – 4384 Email: 4RuleOfLaw@gmail.com SAY NO! TO KAREN BASS FOR MAYOR OF LOS ANGELES The Ethiopian American community has supported Congresswoman Karen Bass for decades. She has, unfortunately, chosen to support TPLF’s brutal ethnic-dictatorship and the rampant atrocities it perpetrated against our people through her silence. Most

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An Open Letter to H.E. Antonio Guterres

An Open Letter to H.E. Antonio Guterres

October 14, 2021 H.E. Antonio Guterres Secretary-General of the United Nations RE:The Discriminatory and Unfair Treatment of Black Female Whistleblowers Dear Secretary-General Guterres, We the undersigned civic society and professional associations are deeply concerned and incensed at the United Nations’ formal treatment of two senior female officials, Ms. Maureen Achieng and Ms. Dennia Gayle, after

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Statement on President Biden’s Executive Order Regarding the Crises in Ethiopia

Statement on President Biden’s Executive Order Regarding the Crises in Ethiopia

September 25, 2021 The Board of Directors, GESI We, the Board members of the Global Ethiopian Scholars Initiative (GESI), have read with deep concern the Executive Order signed by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., on September 17, 2021 in relation to the ongoing crises in Ethiopia. GESI is a non-profit organization of leading scholars from across Ethiopia’s diverse

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