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The 50% Movement:No Women - 50% of population50% OLF, 50% Ginbot 750% bald, 50% not so bald50% bespectacled, 50% not bespectacled50% exiled, assuming 50% exist on the home-front50% Eritrean connection50% Latin Font, 50% Ethiopic50 yrs of age and above: No Youth, No Use50% Alliance, 50% Liberty, 50% Equality, 50% Justice

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Remember our post on Access Capital recommending privatization of EAL, Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, etc.? Remember the name Berhane Ghebray? And Ermyas Amelga [owner & founder of Access]. Tsegaye Habte? Do you still remember Prime Minister Meles actually fired Ethiopia's Auditor General Lemma Aragaw in 2007 because he reported on deepening corruption [and Meles did not have the prerogative to

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Credit: Nehanda Radio

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The imprisonment of two Swedish investigative journalists by Ethiopian authorities seem to have finally brought to light prevailing conditions in the country. There is fear that one could land in jail for speaking or writing on the reality of corruption, genocide, torture [yes, torture], uprooting of urban and rural populations to make way for developers, on poverty, and about a prime minister

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In June 2011, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, said China was "stifling the Internet” and displayed traits of “new colonialism” in Africa. Asked about whether China was a role model for governance, Clinton answered: “In the long-run, medium-run, even short-run, no I don’t …We saw that during colonial times, it is easy to come in, take out natural resources, pay off leaders and leave, …And

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The Fate of Ibrahim EisaaSource: World AffairsIn the 1980s I applied for a grant to study in the United States and one of the conditions was to pass the TOEFL examination (for non-native English speakers). I took the exam in the Ewart Hall at the American University in Cairo and the room was full of young doctors and engineers who, like me, were applying to go abroad to study. That day I asked

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The current prime minister of Ethiopia must be regretting he allowed a US Drone Base in southeastern region of the country. Getting away with murder isn’t what it used to be. For instance, Zenawi can’t make up stories about his errands into South Sudan or Somalia. No longer can he manufacture incidents in Afar or Ogaden regions or deceive the world about deforestation, forced relocation of

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Though separated by 200 years destiny finally succeeded to bring President B'Obama and Lincoln the Great Emancipator into the Oval Office. Comparisons have been rife since Obama, the “real” first black president, won election in 2008. Lincoln was himself once referred to as ‘Abraham Africanus the First.’ Civil rights leader Martin King delivered his “I have a dream” from the steps of Lincoln

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Two observations about President Obama's State of the Union Address 2012:1. Observe references to the military - is his militaristic portrayal the true color of his Administration or of America? At a time when too many of our institutions have let us down, they exceed all expectations. They're not consumed with personal ambition. They don't obsess over their differences. They focus on the

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Sweden and the European Union demand two Swedish journalists in Ethiopian custody be released IMMEDIATELY. Meles will relent. He just wants to appear he is in charge. Well, he is not. Swedes, the EU and US will sweeten the deal and he will give in. He is in a losing battle and he knows this is the case; it is his big ego getting in the way. He sold the Swedes a poisonous pill he termed a "prime

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Diageo recently acquired Meta Brewery. During the G8 summit in July, as Tony Blair beds down in the Gleneagles Hotel, owned by drinks company Diageo, is he aware that his host is accused of forcing products into the African market, undermining labour rights and lobbying for free trade? Well, yes. As we see, Diageo is the very model of a modern Neo-Liberal, New-Labour company...Diageo PLC is a

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As Ethiopian journalists are hunted down one by one the world stands by and does nothing. "Five [ ] convicted of conspiracy to commit terrorist acts, which carries a sentence of 15 years to life imprisonment or death, as well as of participating in a terrorist organization. They were also convicted of money laundering under the Ethiopian criminal code" reads today's news. Of course, none of that

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Voluntary Resettlement? That Is A Lie One Too Many!Two SwedesAid does not get to needy

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On 25 January 2010 an Ethiopian Airlines [EAL] flight 409 took off from Lebanon and few minutes later crashed into the sea killing all 90 passengers most of whom were Lebanese. It did not take the Lebanese authorities long to conclude "pilot error" as cause of crash. The evidence they had at the time was words of a kiosk attendant, a gas attendant, a cab-driver who drove the pilots to the airport

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A report on Monday, 9 January 2011 in CapitalEthiopia talked about Mr. Gebeyaw Takele buying back Debre Birhan Spring Water Company “at a significantly higher [and undisclosed] price” from Access Capital. Yes the same Access Capital under the chairmanship of Ambassador Dr. Berhane Ghebray who this month put out the recommendation to sell off Ethiopian Airlines [EAL] and four other state-owned

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The news this time is about selling off five state-owned companies with potential to generate $7.6 billions for building dams, factories and roads. That is quite a sum of money and a worthy endeavor for a country like Ethiopia. But we insist returning the illicitly transferred $11.7 billions and putting the culprits behind bars is the better option. Just this month Mr. Meles was showcasing the

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No Aid for Repressive Tyrants Source: DRI We … call on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and America’s Western allies to publicly repudiate Ethiopia’s efforts to use terrorism laws to silence political dissent. We also urge the U.S. to ensure that our more than $600 million in aid to Ethiopia is not used to foster repression. More here.

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We suggested in an earlier post that you should go ahead and ask Meles Zenawi for “pardon”. By asking for pardon you also win. Think of it this way: Meles has no choice but to pardon you. The other day Bengt Nilsson [the Swedish reporter who embedded with Meles Zenawi’s guerrilla group in late-1980s] said that “Ethiopian culture is very different from Sweden, and there’s a custom to accept that

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The ruling minority in Ethiopia has been dogged by numerous issues over the years. And because it has been consistent in how it attempted to forestall legitimate criticism we can safely predict its future course of action. In the past, the ruling minority pre-empted its critics, denied allegations, denied and then made admissions, made admissions and promised to address mishaps, promised remedial

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It does not take much to send the headless and herd-like opposition to run with what it wants to hear. The big news for the New Year is, “OLF drops secession, embraces Ethiopian unity.” It could be the media agents were too eager to give us a scoop without checking its veracity or who might be dispensing it this time. The obvious question is three-fold: Did the Oromo Liberation Front [OLF] drop

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Here is a Prime Minister with a grenade in one hand and a constitution in the other, both serving the same end and both made in the USA. His blue sofa is now replaced with an imperial one [click]. His one goal is to impress the Obama Administration. In 2009 [just before election 2010] Meles cleverly grew membership in his party to 5 million by requiring university graduates to register if they

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President Obama yesterday announced $113 million in addition to $870 million emergency aid to Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia because of, he said, recent drought and famine. Mr. Meles Zenawi says there is no famine [only terrorists?] in Ethiopia [at 1.09 mark]. To prove his point he talked to Christian Science Monitor correspondent William Davison [his prey] who posted a video of a productive

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Ethiopian Court's Conviction of Two Swedish JournalistsPress Statement, Mark C. Toner, Deputy Spokesperson, Office of the SpokespersonWashington, DC; December 21, 2011 The United States notes with concern an Ethiopian court’s recent conviction of two Swedish journalists on a terrorism-related charge, in which the verdict appears to equate reporting about terrorism with support for terrorism. The

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Prime Minister Meles is not unaware of why or how foreign journalists embed insurgent groups; during his days of insurgency he has used a few of them to sell a hoax to the international community. What goes around comes around. He did it to Derg and understands how effective the tactic could be to turn the tide in favor of a 'cause'. Read reposts below. Ed. "...Mr. Meles also has other plans [or

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We want to commend Abebe Gellaw for his exhaustive two-part interview with ex-TPLF member Ato Mekonen Zelelew. The interview is very informative and the second part, especially, provided a much-needed corrective to disinformation Meles’s government has been waging over the past two decades. Considering his body language and the manner of his recollections Ato Mekonen appears to be a trustworthy

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Mr. Obama: 4,474 servicemembers have been killed in the Iraq War [most recent count]. Mr. Meles: 26 were killed in Addis Ababa in 2005 in the process of enforcing law and order and most casualties were self-inflicted [actual count: 197 unarmed citizens protesting stolen election; snipers were ordered by Meles himself]. Mr. Afewerki: What deaths? This is a joke. Did you hear us say that? Mr.

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There is yet hope for those whose voices are muzzled by oppressive governments. The Chinese have sided with Meles Zenawi not only by obstructing the flow of information to and from Ethiopia but also by providing technology for surveillance and for incriminating the citizenry. The government of Meles Zenawi rules by creating an environment of fear. The flow of information is one way to overcome

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Foreign reporter to left of ex-FM Seyoum did not have a valid visa! Meles has few objectives in mind by allowing this long-drawn court case against two Swedish journalists. It is not that he did not know these are not terrorists but that he was afraid the rolls of film and reports would reveal activities he does not want the world to know exist in the Ogaden and in Somalia proper. He knows that

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Ethiopians have known forever that Meles Zenawi, his wife and their ruling minority are engaged in money-laundering, illicit transfers of money, and kick-backs from shady deals. If you are Ethiopian it did not take you a minute to notice their lavish lifestyle is impossible unless they stole from state treasury or diverted aid money. That in fact is the case. How else could a virtually penniless

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Good students that you are, dear viewers, we have every reason to believe that you heeded our advice to purchase and read through Dr. Bereket’s memoir. So let us begin by quoting his contrasting study of the leaders of Eritrea and Ethiopia, Isaias and Meles, respectively [pp83-87].Meles, according to the professor’s observation, is what Isaias is not. Fair enough. Now hear this. “Where Meles

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US-Pakistan relations have been nothing but glamorous. In fact, they have always been on a downside cycle. The only reason they were up and going was due to infusion of billions of taxpayer dollars [over $3 billion per year]. United States had its eyes primarily on its regional security interests. This took arming Bin Laden’s Jihadists in the 1980s and using Pakistan as conduit to Afghanistan to

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We just finished reading Bereket Habte Selassie’s two-volume memoir, Wounded Nation [2011] and The Crown and the Pen [2007, both by Red Sea Press] – in that order. We won’t go into why anyone would want to write their memoir; indeed, it is a subject that would require a book length treatment for which we are not prepared at the moment. Suffice it here to say that the reason could range from the

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Let us start at the beginning. In 2006 PM Meles Zenawi sent Ethiopian forces into Somalia having received a humiliating verdict in the 2005 election where the voter public made it known it did not have any use for the PM, his wife or their minority ethnic party. Ethiopian public did not see then as now it was in the national interest to invade Somalia and the PM did not even care to bring the

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A donkey strayed into Somalia carrying TPLF flag and soon found itself on the shores of the Indian Ocean. A Somal was talking on his cellphone [never mind to whom] when he noticed the beast of burden. The Somal to the donkey: You must be from Ethiopia. Donkey: Yes?Somal: So what brings you out here?Donkey: Meles has given orders for the arrest of fat terrorist camels and I am trying to save my

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Bob Geldof is a rat. We are not referring to his 1977 album. Geldof is a real rat. He is afraid of the light. Turn on the switch you will see him scurrying for his hole. In recent years he has come out as staunch supporter of Ethiopian tyrant and human rights and ecology abuser Meles Zenawi. He made statements defending the indefensible stealing of aid money in the 1980s and thereafter. He

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In Ethiopia today every one is required to volunteer. That is, excepting PM Meles and his wife and friends. Early this year every civil servant was ordered to volunteer to forego a month's salary spread over a year for the Big Dam Project. Journalists, publishers, and priests are routinely told to voluntarily self-censor. And now rural populations are being resettled - voluntarily, of course, or

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Here is a case study of how the ruling minority uses "legal" methods to break up civil society agencies [in this case Ethiopian Women Lawyers Assoc., Ethiopian Human Rights Council] and puts out 'quickie' laws to block accounts and intimidate, jail, and exile leaders and pocket monies legally raised from outside sources. This is a pattern that has persisted from days of insurgency and, sadly, a

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Adut & Nardos Republic of South Sudan [RoSS] is abuzz because an Ethiopian “refugee” married President Salva Kiir Mayardit’s eldest daughter Adut. Editor of a local paper is now in jail for writing an opinion page critical of the President for being less than patriotic. Patriotic is a loaded word. According to the editor Adut’s hand could only have been given to a native, not a foreigner.

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“An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it,” says Orlando Battista. And the best way to handle a mistake? Admit it and correct it immediately. Otherwise, the mistake could be exaggerated and one is forced to deal with a much aggressive and virulent blend of information. This is especially true of politics. Our November 1 post dealt with typographical errors [nearly a

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Mr. President,You are a democratically elected president of the greatest democracy on earth. You have made speeches in Cairo [June 4, 2009] and Accra [July 11, 2009] extolling the virtues of democracy and its significance to peoples of the world. Many have responded [and many more are trying] in ways that surprised even skeptics. The Arab Spring is a prime illustration of the effect of that

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“Yes, there is drought and there is famine in Ethiopia. Government report on economic growth is not accurate. And political space is fast shrinking.” So states today’s official communiqué in Amharic posted in Ethiomedia and put out by Ethiopian Federal Democratic Unity Forum [locally Medrek]. [Recycler translation] What is our gripe this time? Typos. Lots of them. Nearly a hundred of them. Go

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You’ve heard Gaddafi was killed this Thursday morning. You also may have watched his body being dragged through the streets. The intriguing question is this: Why did Gaddafi turn down the offer of a safe exit to a country of his choosing, especially when there were countries ready to grant him refuge. Why when he could spend the remainder of his sunset years in comfort and pleasure, breathing

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Drones are in; democracy is out. Not to say democracy was ever in Ethiopia. Sure, there was talk of “multiparty democracy” up until 2010 [meaning there were over sixty registered ethnic parties and three more parties organized by Mr. Meles as an appendage to his Tigray Liberation Front to form Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front]. To say Drones never deliver democracy is not a

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The one thing swirling in cyber highways these days is this quote from [the Ethiopian, later Eritrean, and now Eritrean-Ethiopian] Dr. Bereket Habte Selassie:  "I have been part of Ethiopia. There is a larger sense of which we are all Ethiopians: historically, culturally as I tried to explain today, and my wish, my hope before I die is that we will comeback together, in a larger unity

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In our last post we pointed out that the Military Council [MC] is none other than Mubarak in disguise. This will not alter the facts even if Mubarak were to be hanged in Tahrir Square [which is not going to happen any way]. And so we closed by calling for vigilance. Obviously, distraction is the enemy of vigilance. And the MC has been real good at creating distraction upon distraction. After all,

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Radu Sigheti/Reuters  Source: BBC   Wangari Maathai: Death of a visionary Wangari Maathai's compelling life story is inextricably linked with the social and political changes that so much of Africa has been through since the idea of throwing off European colonialism began to gain traction shortly after World War II.Her unique insight was that the lives of Kenyans - and, by extension,

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Source: The Economist [2008] THE alliance between the United States and Ethiopia was born of pragmatism. In another time, they might have been enemies. Ethiopians do not like American soldiers tramping on their soil. Americans dislike Ethiopia's bad human-rights record. Local elections due this month are a case in point. Ethiopia's opposition, emasculated by the long imprisonment of its leaders

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We seethe with anger to find our country listed among “The Worst Places to be a Woman.” Or at the bottom of global rankings in governance, as the most dangerous place to be a journalist, among the worst human rights abusers and for illicit money transfers [UN reported $8.2 billion in two decades, not counting rampant corruption] and “land grab” and “torture by proxy” capital of the world. This is

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Two American Hikers? Two Swedish Journalists? But many, many Ethiopians are tortured daily in detention and without charge. Two American hikers, Shane Baur and Josh Fattal, were in Iranian jail since 2009 and were released few days ago. Iran has a practice of throwing in jail any who threatened or challenged its authority. Two Swedish journalists, Johan Persson and Martin Schibbye, have been in

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Source: The View From FezBack in early September, the recruitment committee of the Council of Saudi Chambers of Commerce and Industry announced that recruitment companies would be established and will be licensed to bring in housemaids from Morocco, East Asia and South Africa… The reason for this recruitment move, according to a Saudi chamber official, was that they were turning to Morocco and

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A Letter From Meles Zenawi's Prison: I am Eskinder Nega. Actually, I am the voice of Eskinder Nega. Eskinder Nega is today the prisoner of Meles Zenaiwi in Ethiopia.Though Eskinder Nega is locked up, his voice echoes and reverberates in the cries and whispers of millions of his fellow Ethiopians who speak his language of freedom. I am but one of the millions of voices of Eskinder Nega. They can

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A while back we posted a somewhat cryptic message titled, Ethiopian Foibles. The post was essentially our national flag in an upside down position with [mis]spelt names of three opposition leaders. The aim then was to drive home the point that someone unfamiliar with our culture would assume as many persons exist and that Ethiopia’s shortages are not limited to food and leadership but extend also

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Women and children are methodically being attacked in Ethiopia. It has been going on quietly over the past ten years. Few are raising their voices because the ruling minority has divided up the nation along ethnic, geographic, economic and religious lines as well as concentrated all power in its hands. For ten long years children were being handed over to foreigners for adoption at an average

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Once upon a time, we did not know a blogger from a cow. Our journey into the cyber world came about almost by accident when we attempted to send in comments alongside our enlightened brothers and sisters. Oh, the exhilaration of hoping to see your ‘two cents’ count and make sense to someone somewhere in Siberia or Scandinavia. Alas, we would soon discover the operator on the other side did not

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Is Saudi Arabia Next?No?We thought we heard the same tired response for Tunisia, Yemen, Egypt, and Libya – and sooner than you think - Syria. Bashar of Syria has spilled enough blood [over 2,000 since mid-March] and disappeared more than 10,000 so far to stop the nation of 23 million from going the way of North Africans. Saudi Arabia needs one Spring all its own. Despite the oil wealth and royal

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Ex-CEO of Ethiopian Airlines, Wake, for Medal of Glory Award Source: Afriquejet Girma Wake Riding EAL 2011 Medal of Glory Award - A former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ethiopia Airlines, Mr. Ato Girma Wake, has been named the recipient of the 2011 Medal of Glory Award (MOGA) by the organisers, the Foundation for Democracy in Africa (FDA). In a statement sent to PANA Tuesday, the

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Subtitle: Your Day In Court L-R: Saddam, Meles/Mubarak, Mubarak & Sons WARNING: Children, ages 6 - 12

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February 4: Obama suggests Mubarak should step down now February 26: President Obama says Gaddafi has lost legitimacy, needs to leave Libya now March 26: Obama Tells Gbagbo [Ivory Coast] To Step Down From Power June 13: “…we do know that too many people in Africa still live under longstanding rulers, men who care too much about the longevity of their reign, and too little about the legacy that

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We are glad Judge Birtukan’s application was accepted by the National Endowment for Democracy [NED] and that in a couple of months she will be commencing the five-month study. We believe this will provide her with an opportunity to regroup, to think through her core beliefs and to chart the direction of her engagements in Ethiopian politics in the coming years. Birtukan has indicated she would

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NOTE: Land is being handed over to foreigners in Afar, Gambela, Gumuz, etc areas. These are all remote locations [away from easy access to international human rights observers and the media] and inhabited by minority ethnic groups - groups for whom Meles Zenawi's party had promised equality and justice - and NONE of these tracts of land is in Mr. Meles's minority Tigray Region!!NOTE: Indian

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INFORM YOURSELF. DON'T BE DECEIVED. YOU CAN AVERT HUMAN SUFFERING We have pulled few previous posts to show the donor world where and how money was being used; to show how and why lives are being wasted and perhaps to nudge some from deep sleep and ask their governments why human rights abusers are being propped up and why they have not been told the whole truth. And to demand a stop to this

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In the early 1990s the US and Britain made sure Meles Zenawi and his ethnic party took power in Addis Ababa. The two nations' Embassies became ground zero for consultation and where such a road map was ratified. Mr. Meles promised “three meals a day”, “multiparty democracy”, and not to repeat anything Mengistu’s Derg had engaged in. For complying he was granted legitimacy and shots of aid after

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It is us again. Remember we inquired, Where is Hosni Mubarak Now? Do you think the person you see in the hospital bed is the real Mubarak? So, is it Egypt or Mubarak on trial? We believe it is Egypt on trial. Mubarak was done for the day he resigned. The present drama is just a distraction. A crowd-pleaser. Even a brainteaser. The trial could take months and end in capital punishment. Or may be

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It is dangerous to be an educated and a vocal woman in Ethiopia today. The ruling minority in Ethiopia has succeeded to sidetrack lazy foreign reporters from The Economist, The Financial Times, The Washington Post, Reuters, etc, by pointing out that 27 percent of seats in parliament are occupied by women and that the Prime Minister’s wife chairs the Social Affairs Standing Committee and runs her

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A donkey strays into the new nation of South Sudan. The new chief of police hears of the incident and orders his officers to stop the beast and undertake a thorough investigation of why and how it ended up there. And no matter how hard the officers tried they could not get the donkey to talk. So they report their frustration to the chief and the chief orders the stray visitor brought to him

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One common feature of the popular movement in Tunisia and Egypt is the rising tide of youthful and energetic faces. Nearly 80 percent of Ethiopia's population is under 40 years of age. This is a clear indication that it is they who should be taking the lead to organize and to remove tinpot and corrupt dictator Meles Zenawi and his ethnic ruling party. It is they who are losing on all fronts - in

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“Extra cash for starving Ethiopians” declares the British government. How insensitive could one get? They have to spit on you and slap you in the face as they hand you “extra cash.” That is an enormous price to pay for not having enough to eat. The fact is, not all Ethiopians are starving; and certainly not those in Mr. Meles's region. UK’s International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell has

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Letter to South SudanThe morning of July 9, 2011 you hope to wake up to a new day. An independence day. Independence from what? Independence from “being second class citizen in your own country.” This is a noble idea and one you should not be found violating – especially because you are composed of at least 69 ethnic groups! As fellow Africans we would like to offer our unsolicited advice and a

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No part of original blog posts in Ethiopian Recycler may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the author.

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To us America means: The system gets you a good deal. It is two of the same in 42 years in Ethiopia. Compare that to the US! Do you notice Mengistu and Meles are the spitting image of each other? Both talk and talk and talk? And lie and lie and never listen. It is either 'terror' or 'anti-terror'. It is hunger and fear. It is incarceration and exile. It is exaggeration after exaggeration about 

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The Libyan crisis is taking strange turns and longer to resolve. Colonel Gadhafi, as a last ditch effort, is threatening attacks in Europe and/or doing all it took to settle with the opposition. African Union, on its part, has decided to disregard International Criminal Court’s [ICC] arrest warrant. Collaborating with the ICC would have created precedence as most African leaders are tainted by

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1. Bush policy was plain bad for democracy and human rights in Ethiopia; Obama policy is even worse. Secretary Clinton hardly said a word in public to defend Birtukan Mideksa’s illegal imprisonment [only “quietly”? We're afraid even Meles could not make out her words]. Meles is once again sending journalist Ms. Reeyot Alemu and two others to jail for writing their conscience. [Don't you see Meles

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In 2005 the ruling minority in Ethiopia stole the elections. International observers confirmed the elections were neither “fair” nor “free”. In 2006, Meles Zenawi deployed troops into Somalia to hunt down Al Qaida. It was mid-term elections in the US in 2006 and the Bush Administration was looking for a saleable story instead of the flopping mission in Afghanistan and, particularly, Iraq. Meles

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According to Tesfa-Alem Tekle, "The Ethiopian parliament during its 27th Cabinet meeting this week added a total of five domestic and international groups to its terror list, according to a statement by the government." After reading the WSJ article below you will have to ask how billions were stolen and stashed away in foreign banks and the ruling minority could talk about development and still

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Ambassador Tesfaye Habisso is in hot water. He gently dunked himself into it and so he only has himself to blame. This time it is plagiarism; evidently, he was in the habit of lifting off, rather copying whole passages and articles that were produced by somebody else. He engaged in those acts in his capacity as the Speaker of Ethiopia’s Parliament and later as Ambassador. What is infuriating his

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Secretary Hillary Clinton will soon be in Ethiopia and the ruling minority is doing all it could to show off the growth it said it registered and the democratic governance it has put in place. Except the 14.5 percent growth it publicized a year ago has been contradicted by reality on the ground and consistently contested by the World Bank which put the figure at between 6 and 7 percent. The

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The difference between the ruling minority party of PM Meles Zenawi and the Socialist Workers' Party of Mengistu are that for 15 years Meles has been hiding his true color behind "free market", "democracy", and "multiparty" whereas Mengistu's was anti-imperialist, anti-feudalist Socialist revolution from the get-go. The similarity?: Mengistu waged war as he tried to "liberalize" the economy just

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Ethiopian PM Says He Will Authorize Jamming VOA Ethiopia admits jamming VOA radio broadcasts in Amharic [BBC] Ethiopia government denies jamming German radio service [European Journalism Centre] Ethiopia's government denies arrest of opposition party activists [Bloomberg] Ethiopian to charge 121 [opposition activists] "prisoners" with terrorism [Reuters] Ethiopia: Government admits arresting

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Discussions among our wider community are now centered on removing Meles and his wife from power. The excitable majority Diaspora continue to compare and hope repeat of events especially in Egypt in Ethiopia. We branded them ‘excitable’ because these jump to conclusions without ever doing their homework. Others major on slogans and minor on organizing and building coalitions with groups on the

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Opposition politics isn’t much different from Meles Zenawi’s. Both seem to exhibit a certain brashness and arrogance when faced with challenges. Two events in March provide evidence for our argument. The first case is G-7 meeting in Stockholm where Dr. Birhanu Negga spoke and later responded to questions. Of particular interest to us is the explanation he gave to his party’s alliance with the

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HERE WE GO: The ruling minority announced last week that "A bomb exploded near a court in the west of Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa this week, injuring two people, police officials said. "It exploded at 4pm on the pavement of a road that links with the Lideta High Court," said Tesfaye Eshetu, a district police investigator. Tesfaye said two people suffered slight injuries, but were soon

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Meles Zenawi is knocking doors. Unfortunately, the doors are shut tight. But he keeps knocking - just in case. He wants out. He is not sure what is behind those doors. Suddenly one of these days a door will fling wide open and then who knows what will happen? He must be regretting missing a chance of a lifetime when he reneged on his word to retire. All is quiet now on the home front. He is the

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Our post of 7 March castigated The Guardian UK for uncritically reporting Ethiopian government figures for “big gains” in providing the public with potable water. The jump according the government minister was more than three-fold from 20% a decade ago to 68.5% now. We complained the figures are simply arbitrary [check also figures for education and economic growth] and a good reporter would not

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Ethiopia to spend 80 mil Birr [to cost more than USD 5 million] for lavish residence [a bunker?] for PM Meles and wife [wife will supervise the project :)]. More here.Ethiopia warns Eritrea to “stop terrorist acts” or face military actionEthiopia crackdown on opposition to prevent protestsEthiopia plans hydropower project along Nile RiverEthiopian Church Burnings Incited by Extremists, Meles

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THIS WEEK IN ETHIOPIA Ethiopia warns Eritrea to “stop terrorist acts” or face military actionEthiopia crackdown on opposition to prevent protestsEthiopia plans hydropower project along Nile RiverEthiopian Church Burnings Incited by Extremists, Meles SaysEthiopia ready to send troops into Somalia if asked [troops already in Somalia!]Ethiopia: 120 senior Oromo officials arrested during OPDO

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Now that the rumored resignation of Addis Ababa University president Andreas Eshete is a fact, who succeeds him should be a fairly easy job. How so, you may wonder. Well, the first thing to consider in situation like this is whether the candidate is the best Ethiopia could produce – not whether the Prime Minister and his wife like him or her, or whether the appointment included providing private

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You know Joe, don’t you? He is the economist and Nobel Laureate now teaching at Columbia University. He is also mentor to Ethiopian dictator Meles Zenawi. You know Meles, don’t you? Meles is the guy who talked a lot about “free market” and ADLI [agricultural development-led industrialization] until he met up with Joe. ADLI petered out into allowing Saudi point-guard Al Amoudi to possess over a

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Ethiopian women are increasingly flocking to Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, the Gulf States and, more recently, to Yemen to improve their lives. Whether their lives are improving is a different matter altogether depending on who does the assessment and from which vantage point. Sure, they may be earning some money as domestic workers and most certainly, employment is the one thing their own government

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The Guardian [UK] paper last week reported, “Ethiopia posts big gains in access to drinking water.” It continued, “From less than 20% of the population having access to clean water in 2000, the figure has risen to 68.5% today.” A question any reasonable reader would ask is if the information is accurate and fair. That is, fair to the public who supposedly is beneficiary of good governance and

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Clearly having nothing better to do, we’ve been mulling over the meaning of assigning ex-Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin as ambassador to China. However one looked at it, the new position is a slap and a demotion. Seyoum Mesfin asnwers to Hailemariam Dessalegne? How absurd is that?! Earlier to Mr. Meles’s most recent cabinet reshuffle [“the changing of the old guard with new blood” as he called it

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We all remember Hosni Mubarak was the president of Egypt until 11 February 2011. He was the Vice-President and an Air Force officer before that. So where is he today? We know he is somewhere. But where exactly is he? We think we know the answer. Hosni is now effectively the Military Council. And who is this Military Council? You don't really need to know now! But you will soon. Hosni was an

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US supports war crimes tribunal for first timeSource: APUNITED NATIONS -- The U.N. resolution imposing tough sanctions against Libya marked the first time that the United States has given its support to the International Criminal Court and signified a remarkable turnaround, though it includes a key exemption demanded by the Obama administration.The resolution adopted unanimously by the Security

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Things are turning unexpectedly tense and uncertain for Gaddafi. The fox is in a hole and could be on his last legs. His assets are frozen; diplomatic immunity is denied and travel ban imposed on him and on family members and aides. There is a possible no-fly zone and arms embargo. He is further being referred to the International Criminal Court [ICC] for mindless civilian deaths.One thing we

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Here is a glimpse into how Meles makes decisions. This reminded us of Mengistu looking down on a lush plain from his helicopter window to order on the spot a large-scale farm. Dictators are efficient, not necessarily effective, because they tend to make decisions unilaterally. Meles, like his spitting image Mengistu, is now an agro-economist, military strategist, orator, foreign exchange analyst,

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Developments in Ethiopia1. We began the month of February with a warning by Meles Zenawi’s government of an impending terrorist attack during African Union [AU] meeting in Addis and a little later that the attack had been foiled. What is often forgotten is that the chief of police, the reporter, the judge, the security chief, chief of Interior, chief of Information are all appointees of Meles. We

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Ethiopia is fast turning into land grab capital of the world. At the center are few unaccountable individuals wielding enormous power. Leading the pack is PM Meles Zenawi who has effectively used issues of the environment to enhance his image abroad and get undeserved credit for supposedly being innovative. He it was who representing Africa at Copenhagen ’09 had called western nations “ecological

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Paul B. Henze, that is. Dr. Henze, was a CIA station chief in Turkey and National Security Adviser to President Carter in the 1970s. We don't know what advise he gave to Carter but at least we know Ethiopia was let down in the face of Somali invasion and Soviet regional machinations. Paul is a product of the Cold War world and vehemently opposed to anything resembling communism. He has remained

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Ethiopian Journalist Alleges Detention for Inciting Egypt-Style ProtestsSource: VOAAn Ethiopian journalist says he was detained and harassed by federal police after comparing conditions in Ethiopia to those in North African states hit by people power protests. Journalist Eskinder Nega says six heavily-armed policemen jumped from a truck on a busy central Addis Ababa street last week, grabbed him

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Mo Ibrahim recently announced he is in a joint venture bid with the government of Ethiopia for Meta Abo Brewery. Mo Ibrahim is none other than the Sudanese-British mobile communications entrepreneur who in 2006 established The Ibrahim Prize [$5 million over 10 years and $200K annually for life] to recognize and “award democratically elected former African Executive Head of State or Government who

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Mubarak of Egypt [2011] on February 10 was still the president of Egypt and vowed he was not resigning and would die on Egyptian soil. By then, his wife and his son [heir apparent] had already fled to the UK and the news that he and his family over three decades have stolen $70 billions began circulating over the airwaves. The next day, February 11, 2011 Mubarak was out; his whereabouts at the

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