Joint Coordinating committee of Ethiopian Democratic Forces
Joint Coordinating committee of Ethiopian Democratic Forces August 30, 2012 News Release The Joint Coordinating Committee of Ethiopian Democratic Forces, composed of ten prominent political and civic organizations, has recently established a common platform to jointly struggle against all forms of repressions, tyranny, corruption, discrimination, ethnic hegemony, and injustice in Ethiopia. In a recent statement we jointly […]
Read More →THE BLIND SAMSON…..BYE! BYE! By Solomon Tessema G.
 (semnaworeq) Great questions have the habit of reappearing in Human history. They reappear among all peoples and in all races; and since the establishments of a government in human history; people have been confronted at many periods with a tendency on the one hand to confer greater power upon the single leader, and the other […]
Read More →Meles Zenawi’s Death: Why do I get happy? By Ibro( Nebiyou A.)
Meles Zenawi’s Death: Why do I get happy? Friday, August 24,2012 I found this a question that has preyed on my mind, and It seems to me should pretty much based on moral facts. I have never wished anything bad on anyone. But, I think that we can be judged on the morality of […]
Read More →The National Council of Unity for Democracy and Justice Party an emergency meeting Resolutions
Unity for Democracy and Justice Party Addis Ababa Communiqué The National Council of Unity for Democracy and Justice Party held an emergency meeting on Friday, August 25, 2012 in which it adopted the following Resolutions  following the passing away of The Prime Minister of Ethiopia Ato Meles Zenawi. The National Council of Unity for Democracy and […]
Read More →Meet the Ethiopian Boy Whose Rare Startling Blue Eyes Make Him Absolutely unique
This is the story of a young boy in Ethiopia. The color of his eyes truly stands out as it is extremely rare to find a blue-eyed boy in Ethiopia. Abushe is from Jinka, southern Ethiopia. With his dark skin that accentuates his blue eyes, his look has captured the imagination of the world. The young […]
Read More →Ethiopia’s prime minister The man who tried to make dictatorship acceptable What will follow one of Africa’s most successful strongmen?
THE death of Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia’s prime minister, on August 20th reveals much about the country he created. Details of his ill health remained a secret until the end. A short broadcast on state television, late by a day, informed Ethiopians that their “visionary leader†of the past 21 years was gone. He died of […]
Read More →Ethiopian Leader’s Death Highlights Gap Between U.S. Interests and Ideals
By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN LIBREVILLE, Gabon — There was probably no leader on the African continent who exemplified the conflict between the American government’s interests and its highest ideals better than Prime Minister Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia. Enlarge This Image Pool photo by WPA From left, Prime Minister Meles Zenawiof Ethiopia, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations […]
Read More →Requiem for a Reprobate: Ethiopian Tyrant Should Not Be Lionized
By Thor Halvorssen and Alex Gladstein With the dust beginning to settle on yesterday’s death of Meles Zenawi—ruler of Ethiopia since 1991—Western leaders have been quick to lavish praise on his legacy. A darling of the national security and international development industries, Zenawi was applauded for cooperating with the U.S. government on counter-terrorism and for spurring economic growth in Ethiopia—an […]
Read More →Back To Ethiopia With Love Beide-Mariam Ejigu
www.maledatimes.com/2012/08/21/back-to-ethiopia-with-love-beide-mariam-ejigu  Back to Ethiopia with love Â BeideÂMariam Ejigu (June 2012) Page 1 Back To Ethiopia With Love Beide-Mariam Ejigu It was in the early hours of Sunday morning that I arrived in Addis Ababa after 8 hours flight from London. It took me almost 2 hours to obtain the required visa before I got out of […]
Read More →Meles Zenawi, Ethiopian Prime Minister, Dies at 57
Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia’s technocratic but repressive prime minister, who lifted his country from the ruins of civil war and transformed it into one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies and one of the United States government’s closest African allies, died on Monday, state television reported. He was 57. Enlarge This Image Sayyid Azim/Associated Press Meles Zenawi, shown here […]
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