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• Foreign nations reap bounty in Africa hunger [Edmond Sanders]

• Group says Ethiopia won't release terror suspects [AP]

• No sacrifice for Zenawi's imperial ambition [AV Editorial]    

• Bethelhem's testimony [NS]

• Ethiopia and South Africa: A tell of two countries [Prof Al Mariam] 

• Ethiopian rebels deny link with bomb blast [Reuters]

• I can go even faster, says Haile Gebreselassie [Michael Philips]

• Open letter to Ethiopians concerning starvation [Obang Metho]

• NGOs fear for human rights defenders in Ethiopia [Jennifer Henrichsen]

• For up-to-date news check out the News Updates page

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• Insurgents take upper hand in Somalia [Reuters]

• The Marxist root of Ethiopia's suffering [Geofrey Clarfield]

• Zenawi deepens Somalia crisis [Elizabeth Kennedy]    

• Senator Feigngold lambasts State Department [Letter]

• War on terror undermines human rights [Julio Godoy]

• Aid workers kidnapped in Ethiopia [AFP]

• Obama and the fight for the inner soul of America [Prof. Al Mariam]

• Meles pushes for a two-state solution for Somalia [Tamrat Nega]

• US concerned over aid bill, food situation [AFP]

• Why Care refused U.S. aid money for Ethiopia [Tom Heap]   

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• Football Federation to appeal FIFA ban [BBC]

• The rise of power sharing in Ethiopia [Tedla Asfaw]

• Ethiopian researcher wins Belgin dev't award [Daily Monitor]

• Mugabe, rival sign power sharing deal [AP]

• Feingold and Leahy for human rights [Prof. Al Mariam]

• Ethiopians hunger for compassion in the new year [Solidarity Movement]  

• Ethiopians in Seattle celebrate new year [SPI]

• Statement of Senator Feingold and Senator Leahy [US Senate]

• Human Rights Watch condemns draconian bill [HRW]

• Ethiopia thrown out of 2010 World Cup qualifying [AP]

• Ethiopia at the millennium plus one [Prof. Mamo Muchie]

• Senator introduces pro-Ethiopian democracy bill [Coalition for HR2003]    

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• Ethiopians can influence upcoming elections [Solidarity Movement]

• Nigeria threatens to ban Ethiopian Airlines [The Tide]

• Ethiopian gov't running out of luck? [Barney Japson]

• Ethiopia after Meles: Crossing the crossroads [Golto Aila]

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Racist TPLF charts ways to tighten grip on power

The 9^th regular conference of the Tigray People’s Liberation , a racist party originally set up to secede Tigray from the rest of Ethiopia,  has deliberated on ways of tightening its grip on power. During the course of the conference, held in Mekele, Meles Zenawi claimed that any serious challenge against the TPLF has been crushed and vitiated. He said that the TPLF would continue to rule the country with more resolve than ever before. The TPLF, which enjoys monopoly on power, owns many bogus ethnic parties, and runs an illegal business empire that enjoys tax exemptions and favoured status, has been in power under the leadership of tyrant Meles Zenawi for the last 17 years.

 

 Price of chicken double for "Enkutatash" [Dagnachew Teklu]

 New solution for a pestering question [Solidarity Forum]

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Addis Voice appoints new chief editor

AV has appointed Lisanu Tesemma as its interim chief editor. While AV's founding editor Abebe Gelaw is away as a Knight International Fellow, as well as Yahoo International Fellow, at Stanford University, California, Lisanu will be in charge of making editorial decisions. "In spite of the fact that running such a website is a demanding job at a critical time when Ethiopians have been denied the right to make their voices heard, I will make utmost efforts not only to sustain the smooth running of AV, but also to improve the quality of contents that appear on the site," Lisanu said. Lisanu can be reached at editor@addisvoice.com.

 

• The travesty of Zenawi's scholarship and crimes [Selam Beyene]

• Millennium on ice: reflections on broken promises [Prof. Al Mariam]

• A moment of euphoria and grief for Ethiopia [OMFEU commentary]

• Construction and corruption in Ethiopia [Dr. Seid Hassan]

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• UN aid chief urges help for starving Ethiopians

• Italy must also compensate Ethiopia [Prof. Mamo Muchie]

• The balad of Teddy Afro [Prof. Al Mariam]

• Obang's prayers for Ethiopia [Solidarity]

• Two months of rain but not enough to eat [IRIN]

• World watches as Obama makes history [Sonja Pace]

• FIFA cancels Ethiopia's world cup qualifier [Reuters]

• Tirunesh plans to repeat golden double [Sabrina Yohannes]

• No one is free until everyone is free [Obang Metho]

• Ethiopian athletes receive rapturous welcome [AFP]

• Interview with Meles Zenawi [Financial Times]

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• Reporter's Amare Aregawi arrested [RWR]

• Gotta know when to fold'em [Prof Al Mariam]

• Urban poor finding it hard to get food [IRIN]

• Brilliant Kenenisa lays double claim for greatness [Ian O'riordan]

• Ethiopia and Kenya shine for Africa [Reuters]

• Bleak prospects await refugees from Ethiopia [Matthew Stein]

• Open letter to Senator Barack Obama [Golto Aila]

• Thousands displaced by flood in Ethiopia [Tsegaye Tadesse]

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• Kenenisa truimphs as Emperor holds court [Ian O'Riordan]

• Ethiopia's new famine: A ticking time bomb [Rick Hampson]  

• Toll rising in Ethiopian troops civilian massacre [CNN]

• Ethiopian giants target more 10k gold [Sabrina Yohannes]

• Leaders who can build bridges to a new Ethiopia [Obang Metho]

• Journalists still denied basic rights [IPI's letter]

• Democracy and the rule of law: Necessary for Ethiopia? [Dr Seid Hassan]

• Beijing 2008: A false start? [Abiy Zewde]

• More on our up-to-date newsgator feed

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• Why I live in Minnesota and write about Ethiopia [Douglas McGill]

• The latest saga in Weyane's land giveaway [Robele Ababya]

• US and Ethiopia look for early winners [Reuters]

• A symposium: Where go from here? [Solidarity Forum]

• The clueless regime [Yilma Bekele]

• In Ethiopia, jailed singer is a political symbol [Edmon Sanders]  

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• HR2003 'Inhofed', but alive and well [Prof. Al Mariam]

• Guji versus Burji: proxy war and ethnic cleansing [Golto Aila]

• Zenawi's new war: killing the press again [Ephrem Madebo]  

• New publications, familiar question [Mohamed Keita]

• Open letter to Condoleezza Rice [Golto Aila]

• Meles Zenawi to give fertile land to Saudi Arabia [Arab News]  

• The colour of famine [Fekade Shewakena]

• Opposition MP stumps in America [Douglas McGill]

• Judiciary, press freedom questioned over singers trial [Henok Semaegzer]

• Court sends Teddy Afro's attorney to jail [AF]

• Obama grateful to Ethiopian Americans [EAO]

• Teddy Afro's lawyer and the contempt charges [Tesfalem Waldyes] 

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• Police threaten paper over Ginbot 7 coverage [CPJ]

• Ethiopia faces a new food crisis [Edmund Sanders]

• Millions starving in Ethiopia [ITV Video]

• Elias Kifle: a dictator in the making? [Mulumebet Asfaw] 

• Abuse of military power in internal armed conflict [Ababya Robele]

• Tearing down the wall [Prof. Alemayehu G Mariam]

• Save Addis Dimits radio broadcast to Ethiopia [Abbay Media]

• Risk of another senseless war, as UNMEE leaves [IRIN]  

• IOM aims to dissuade Ethiopians from risky gulf voyage [Lisa Schlein]

• The rains have come, but Ethiopians face hunger [Annie Kellie]

• OLF faces split as top leaders removed [PR]

• Looking for hope in Ethiopia [Refugee International US]

• No ordinary enemy [Yilma Bekele]

• Campaign launched to save at risk Ethiopian refugees [Sign Petition]

• Getting rid off the enemy [Afuna Birtukana]

A song for the hungry: Mindinew Mistru? [Henok Gebre]

Ethiopians for Obama: Register now to vote later

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All is not quite on the western front [Prof. Al Mariam

Death penalty used to intimidate journalists [IPS]

Serkalem and Eskinder : courage in journalism [IWMF]

RSF names Meles regime top Internet enemy

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No regrets over making Ethiopia landlocked
Dictator Meles Zenawi has said that he never regretted to have allowed Eritrea to secede with 1000 km of coastline that has ended Ethiopia’s access to the Red Sea since time immemorial. Answering questions in Tigrigna sent to him by listeners on Dimsti Weyane Tigray, the tyrant claimed that his decision to surrender all of Ethiopia’s coastlines has never affected any development endeavours. Disregarding the fact that foreign ports cost the poor nation over $400 million annually, surpassing hard currency earnings from coffee export, Meles said that there is no correlation between development and the loss of the nation’s ports. He claimed that the country has accelerated economic development in the last four years.
He also told his listeners that the root-cause of the bloody Ethio-Eritrean conflict was political and economic rather than a dispute over tiny villages. [Listen to report]

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Analysis: Blowing the Horn

John Prendergast & Colin Thomas-Jensen

Ethiopia and Eritrea: allergic to persuasion

By Sally Healy and Martin Plaut

Testimony Before the US House of Representatives  

Judge Frehiywot Samuel

Opening Remarks Congressional Briefing
Congressman Donald Payne

Testimony Submitted Before the US House of Representatives
Alemzuria Teshome ( Testimony Read by Congressman Donald Payne)
Ethiopia: No Progress on Human Rights
Lynn Fredriksson, Advocacy Director for Africa, AI, USA

 

 
 

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