Ethiopia Refuses to Cooperate With World-Bank-Funding Probe (2)
Ethiopia’s government said it won’t cooperate with a probe into whether the World Bank violated its own policies by funding a program in which thousands of people were allegedly relocated to make way for agriculture investors. Ethnic Anuak people in Ethiopia’s southwestern Gambella region and rights groups including Human Rights Watch last year accused the […]
Read More →The Never Ending Brutality Dictatorship and Lawless Regime of Ethiopia
By Mekonnen Workineh Ever since TPLF came to power over 21 years ago, there was no facet of an Ethiopian citizen’s life that has not been affected by the brutal and dictatorial regime. There remains no stone left upturned by the regime in order on power forever. Let alone respect democratic rights and freedom of its citizens.Â
Read More →Full List of TPLF Companies Under EFFORT Companies with investment capital of < 20,000,000 Million Ethiopian Birr
Full List of TPLF Companies Under EFFORT Companies with investment capital of < 20,000,000 Million Ethiopian Birr Company Name Year Est.(EC) Capital HQ Board Chairman -Selam Transport 1995 10,000000 Birr Mekele Arkebe Ekubay -Segel Construction 1995 10,000,000 Birr Mekele Araya Zerihun -Mega Net Corp 1995 10,000,000 Birr Mekele Alemseged Gebreamlak -Hitech Park Axion Association 1995 10,000,000 Birr […]
Read More →Ana Gomes calls for immediate release of political prisoners
Spokeswoman for foreign affairs Ana Gomes S&D Euro MPs call for the release of human rights activists in Ethiopia After the death of Ethiopian prime minister Meles Zenawi, S&D Group spokeswoman for foreign affairs Ana Gomes today made the following statement: “Meles Zenawi was a dictator. His rhetoric on development, democracy and combatting terrorism only […]
Read More →Ethiopia blocks OnIslam.net, Al-Jazeera in latest media crackdown
In the latest attack on media, the Ethiopia government has blocked the international website OnIslam.net over its coverage of recent protest in the country, the website said on Tuesday. “The Ethiopian government has blocked access to OnIslam.net and other media websites over their coverage of Muslim protests against government interference in their religious affairs,†the […]
Read More →Ethiopia: Has Meles Gone AWOL?
By ALEMAYEHU G.MARIAM (Prof.)  What happens when a “prime minister†goes AWOL? That is, absent without constitutional leave of absence.  Dictator Meles Zenawi has disappeared from public view for several weeks now. He was last seen in public on June 19 at the G20 Summit in Mexico. His disappearing act has provided more grist for […]
Read More →United Nations dumbfounded by danger of reporters in Ethiopia
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(UN News Center) — The tip United Nations tellurian rights central currently pronounced she is “seriously alarmed†by a stream meridian of danger opposite reporters and tellurian rights defenders in Ethiopia due to an overly extended interpretation of laws concerning terrorism and polite multitude in a country.“The new sentencing of 20 Ethiopians, including distinguished blogger […]
Read More →“I am Ethiopian, as truly and wonderfully as that is, and no one has the right to define, reduce, or otherwise dismiss my identityâ€; Dr. Eleni Zaude Gabre-Madhin
Much has recently been made of my ethnic identity although this is a matter of no relevance whatsoever to a reasoned discourse on the existence of the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange. However, when the unnecessary gets in the way of the important, however unpleasant it may be, it must be faced. I am Ethiopian, as truly […]
Read More →Ethiopia and Eritrea: Rising Tensions Amid New Opportunities for Engagement
by Jason Mosley, Associate Fellow, Africa Programme The latest report from the United Nations Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea has stirred tensions between Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia. 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. […]
Read More →LAST DAYS OF DICTATORS IN North and East Africa,(Homes of Modern Day Notorious despots.)
By Abby Minda [MT] In history the world has seen many tyrants arise and fall. Quite a lot of them have shown no mercy to their own people. Most tyrant governments have common characteristics. In order to sustain in power and to prolong their ruler ship; they arrest, torture, kill and cleanse generation. Most of […]
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