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The BBC's allegations over Ethiopian aid: what is the truth?

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Aid workers must be pragmatic - if food was getting to people, then the money was doing its job. To suggest that the TPLF never pulled a fast one and took their share would be a very foolish .... (more)

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Sir Bob Geldof – Defending the indefensible | Abbay Media

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The year was 1984. A famine of unimaginable proportions was ravaging the northern region of Ethiopia. Besides the famine, that part of Ethiopia was also in the midst of a multi dimensional bloody civil war that took so many lives and destroyed infrastructure. The fighting parties were the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and the Eritrean People’s Liberation Front (EPLF), operating in a close alliance, launching a coordinated political and military operation against the regime in Addis Ababa. In 19... (more)

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PM Meles Zenawi denies 1984-85 Ethiopia aid was diverted

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The Ethiopian Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi has denied the allegation which claimed that 95% of the $100m aid raised by Live Aid and others to fight famine in rebel-held northern Ethiopian in 1985 was diverted to be spent on weapons.He said the BBC had fallen for lies put out by his political opponents on the eve of a general election in Addis Ababa next month. (more)

Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: www.africanews.com tags: election 2002, eprdf, ethiopia, Food, Meles Zenawi, TPLF

የመለስ ዜናዊ ገደብ አልባነት

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መለስ የህወሓት 35ኛውን ዓመት አስመልክቶ ሲናገርና በድምፅ ወያነ ትግራይ ጥያቄዎች ቀርበውለት ሲመልስ ልዩ ክብደት የሚሰጣቸው የቅስቀሳ መልዕክቶች አሉ። አንዱ መልዕክት በሃሳቦች ላይ ሳይሆን በሰዎችና ድርጅቶች እንዲሁም በተሸፋፈነ መልክ በህዝብ ላይ ያነጣጠረ አስቀያሚ፣ መጥፎ አርኣያነት ያለውና ባህላችንን የሚበክል ስድብ ነው። ሁለተኛው ደግሞ በሃሳቦች ላይ ያተኮረ የሚመስል ነገር ግን ሃሳቡ የተቃዋሚዎች መሆኑን ማስረጃ ሳይቀርብለት በእነሱ ያልተባለን እንደተባለ አድርጎ የሚያቀርበው በውሸት ላይ የተመሰረተ ህዝብን የማወናበድና የማስፈራራት ቅስቀሳ ነው። (more)

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Woyane Blood Money

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The story of how the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), commonly known as Woyane, stole famine aid money in the 80's has been an open secret among Ethiopians for quite sometime. Only now it is getting the attention it deserves by the international press (see yesterday's BBC expose on the subject titled "Ethiopia famine aid 'spent on weapons"). (more)

Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: www.enset.org tags: eprdf, Food, Meles Zenawi, TPLF

BBC holds firm over Ethiopia famine funds report

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Bob Geldof with Ethiopian children in 1985. Geldof galvanised international aid to fight the famine. Photograph: Rex Features The BBC is standing by a report that 95% of the $100m aid raised to fight famine in northern Ethiopia in 1985 was diverted by rebels and spent on weapons, despite denials by Bob Geldof and leading charities. (more)

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TPLF spent aid on weapons - while millions died in 1984 starvation

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The BBC has evidence that millions of dollars, earmarked for victims of the Ethiopian famine of 1984-85, went to buy weapons. The investigation found claims that a rebel movement in Ethiopia diverted the aid to fund its attempt to overthrow the government of the time. (more)

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BBC News - Ethiopia famine aid 'spent on weapons'

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An investigation found claims that a rebel movement in Ethiopia diverted the aid to fund its attempt to overthrow the government of the time. (more)

Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: news.bbc.co.uk tags: Eppf, Meles Zenawi, TPLF

The Ethiopian Military Leadership Under Haile Selassie and Derge Regimes

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A few months ago, Ginbot 7’s research team presented an extensive list of the top military commanders of the Woyane regime including their names, their position in the military and their ethnic background. That meticulously researched study showed how the current military of Meles Zenawi’s regime is totally dominated [...] (more)

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UK and Ethiopia to lead climate change finance group

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The Prime Ministers of the UK and Ethiopia, Gordon Brown and Meles Zenawi, are to lead a climate change finance group, they announced with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday. The advisory group has been charged with finding ways to provide ... (more)

Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: www.energyefficiencynews.com tags: Energy, environment, ethiopia, Meles Zenawi

እያንጓለለ! (የምርጫ ጭውውት)

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እያንጓለለ!ያ ገብስማ ዶሮ- ዘንድሮስ ምን አለ?ሊቀ መኳስ ቆመ- አራት ኪሎ ላይትናንት መለስ መለስ…ዛሬም መለስ መለስ…ነገም መለስ መለስ- መለስ መለስ ባይ።አገር አሳደጉ ሰላም አወረዱ ይህን አድርገዋል -ስሙ ያልሰማችሁ ተገቢ ነውና-በሙሉ ድምጻችሁለዘንድሮው ምርጫ-እነርሱን ባትመርጡትዝብት ነው እንጅ-ምንም አታመጡ።ኩኩሉ አለ ዶሮየምን ምርጫ ነው ዘንድሮውጤቱን ያወቅነው ገና ዱሮመለስ ሊመረጥ ዞሮ ዞሮ!እያንጓለለ!ያ ገብስማ ዶሮ- ዘንድሮስ ምን አለ? መሪው ሊቀ መኳስ-አጭር ሰው መላጣ “ላሌ ላሌ” እያለ- ይኸውና መጣ።“ቂ! ቂ!....ልደቱ ልደቱ- እያሉ ሲያለቅሱእነኃይሉም መጡ- ከእኔ ሊቋደሱ”ኩኩሉ አለ ዶሮማን ነው (more)

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If push comes to shove, we can survive on our own - Meles Zenawi

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IT IS almost two decades since Meles Zenawi came to power in Ethiopia after the rebels he led toppled the brutal dictatorship of Mengistu Haile Mariam. (more)

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Ethiopia hopes to expand trade with China: PM

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Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said Monday his country hopes to expand its trade size with China. (more)

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Zenawi’s Political Vendetta Will Not Slow Our Quest for Freedom

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Ginbot 7 Press Release 23 December 2009 Press Release On November 19, 2009 the kangaroo court of the ethnocentric regime in Ethiopia passed a “guilty verdict” against General Tefera Mamo and another 40 defendants. Five days later, on November 24, the “federal prosecutor” who also is Zenawi’s henchman in the court, asked the kangaroo court to pass [...] (more)

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Ethiopian activists protest in Copenhagen

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Braving frigid weather unseen for over eight years, patriotic Ethiopians drove for several hours from all over Europe and descended on Copenhagen where they denounced genocide perpetrator Meles Zenawi, a pro-democracy website reported on Sunday. (more)

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Meles insulted US Amb., denies Tigrean domination

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The Ethiopian dictator Meles Zenawi angrily reacted over the weekend to [video]comments made by Douglas Griffiths, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva.Speaking to reporters in unusual press conference before traveling to the climate summit in Copenhagen, Meles dismissed a U.S. critique of Ethiopia’s restrictions on human rights and press freedom. He [...] (more)

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የምርጫ 97 ድክመቶች አይደገሙም

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ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር መለስ ዜናዊ በምርጫ 97 የታዩ ድክመቶች በዚህ ዓመት ምርጫ በፍፁም እንደማይደገሙ አስታወቁ፡፡ (more)

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U.S. Urges Ethiopia to Improve Human-Rights Record

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By Jason McLure, Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) – The U.S. called on Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s government to re-examine a law that limits foreign funding of human rights and pro-democracy groups, and expressed concern over the closure of the country’s biggest privately owned newspaper. (more)

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MP Marita Ulvskog to join Copenhagen protest on Zenawi

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EMF - The honorable Marita Ulvskog, Swedish MP of the European parliament will join the ever strong rally to protest the presence of Ethiopia’s dictator, Meles Zenawi at Copenhagen UN Climate Summit on 17-18 December. Ethiopians and friends of Ethiopia in Europe will be heading to Copenhagen to expose the Ethiopian despot in front of world leaders. (more)

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USA and Vatican accuse the Ethiopian government of unequal power sharing

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The United States of America today accused the Ethiopian government of favoring one ethnicity in appointing government positions. Mr. Douglas M. Griffiths, USA representative in the United Nations Human Rights Council, stated that: “Independent observers have noted…that most senior governm (more)

Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: www.ethioguardian.com tags: eprdf, Meles Zenawi

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Meles Zenawi

The BBC's allegations over Ethiopian aid: what is the truth?

Sir Bob Geldof – Defending the indefensible | Abbay Media

PM Meles Zenawi denies 1984-85 Ethiopia aid was diverted

የመለስ ዜናዊ ገደብ አልባነት

Woyane Blood Money

BBC holds firm over Ethiopia famine funds report

TPLF spent aid on weapons - while millions died in 1984 starvation

BBC News - Ethiopia famine aid 'spent on weapons'

The Ethiopian Military Leadership Under Haile Selassie and Derge Regimes

UK and Ethiopia to lead climate change finance group

እያንጓለለ! (የምርጫ ጭውውት)

If push comes to shove, we can survive on our own - Meles Zenawi

Ethiopia hopes to expand trade with China: PM

Zenawi’s Political Vendetta Will Not Slow Our Quest for Freedom

Ethiopian activists protest in Copenhagen

Meles insulted US Amb., denies Tigrean domination

የምርጫ 97 ድክመቶች አይደገሙም

U.S. Urges Ethiopia to Improve Human-Rights Record

MP Marita Ulvskog to join Copenhagen protest on Zenawi

USA and Vatican accuse the Ethiopian government of unequal power sharing

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