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WikiLeaks Reveals Details of U.S. Dialogue With Meles Zenawi

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Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told top visiting American officials before elections in May this year that he would “crush… with our full force” opposition leaders who “violated the laws of Ethiopia,” according to a diplomatic cable published by WikiLeaks. The cable, sent to Washington from the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa, reported Meles as telling a U.S. delegation in January that such leaders would suffer the fate of the jailed opposition leader, Birtuka... (more)

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EU report says Ethiopia's elections had many flaws

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The European Union says Ethiopia's national elections in May were flawed. The EU observation mission released its final report Monday. It says the electoral process was short of international standards concerning transparency, and that state resources were used in the ruling party's campaign. The report says opposition candidates also feared the consequences of their political activities. Prime Minister Meles Zenawi rebuffed U.S. and EU criticism of the election in May. The ruling party won in a landslid... (more)

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Meles appoints political veterans as ‘special envoys’

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Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has appointed 21 veteran politicians as Ethiopia’s special envoy and plenipotentiary ambassadors. The newly appointed diplomats have the authority to act independently on behalf of the government. Experts say the selection aims to restore the political seniors’ former government status. The list of new diplomats was presented by Meles on Wednesday 27 October, 2010, a... (more)

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በውሸት ደዌ ለምትሰቃዩ - እነሆ እውነቱን! የአፍሪካም ጭራ ነን (ሲሳይ አጌና)

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ሲሳይ አጌና - ከአዲስ አበባ ከአምስት አመት በፊት 1997 ኢትዩጵያ ዲሞክራሲን አማጠች፤ የተስፋ ብርሃንም ተንቦገቦገ፤ ኢትዮጵያ ሚያዚያ 30 የጀመራትን ምጥ ግንቦት 7/97 ተገላገለች። ዲሞክራሲ ተወለደ። ግንቦት 7 አመሻሹላይ ህጻኑ ዲሞክራሲ ህመም ጀመረው፤ በማግስቱም ህመሙ ጸናበት፤ ህጻኑ አንዴ እየተሻለው ሌላ ጊዜ ደግሞ እየበረታበት ግንቦት 29 ሀወመሙ አጣደፈው፤ ግምቦት 30 ይበልጥ በረታበት፤ ሰኔ አንድ ቀን ነፍሱ አልወጣ አለች እንጂ በድን ሆነ። አዎ ህጻኑ የኢትዮጵያ ዲሞክራሲ በ “ኮማ” (ሰመመን) ውስጥ ለአራት ወራት ያህል ቆይቶ ጥቅምት 22/98 ዓ.ም አሸለበ። ሁሉም ነገር ወደ ኋላ ተመለሰ። (more)

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ኢትዮጵያን የአማራ ያደረጋት ማነው?

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መክብብ ማሞ ታሪካዊው ‹‹ምርጫ›› በኢትዮጵያ ከተደረገና ህወሃት/ኢህአዴግ ራሱ ጥያቄውን አውጥቶ፣ ፈተናውን ካረመና በውጤቱ A+ ማግኘቱን ከነገረን ወዲህ በኢትዮጵያ የፖለቲካ ጉዳይ ላይ እንቅስቃሴ በሚያደርጉ ድርጅቶች እና ግለሰቦች መንደር ‹‹የአሁኑ ጊዜ ተከፋፍለን የምንጨቃጨቅበት ሳይሆን የአንድነት ነው›› በማለት ተባብሮ የመሥራት ጥያቄና ሃሳብ ሲቀርብ ሰንብቷል። (more)

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መድረክ ወደ ግንባርነት ተሸጋገረ

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የኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዴሞክራሲያዊ አንድነት (መድረክ) በትናንትናው ዕለት ባደረገው 3ኛው ጠቅላላ ጉባዔ ዝግ ስብሰባ የአባላቱን ሙሉ የድምፅ ድጋፍ በማግኘት ከጥምረት ወደ ግንባርነት መሸጋገሩን ምንጮች ገለጹ፡፡ በአመራሮች ላይም ለውጥ ያደረገ ሲሆን ኢንጅነር ግዛቸው ሽፈራው የግንባሩ ሊቀመንበር ሆነው ተመርጠዋል፡፡ (more)

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Why Democracy Isn’t Working

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Despite an economic renaissance, much of Africa is drifting toward a new age of authoritarianism. To a casual observer, the tens of thousands of people who poured into the central square of Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on May 25 to peacefully celebrate the country’s elections might have been mistaken for a massive symbol of [...] (more)

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ከዝንብ ማር አንጠብቅም

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አይሆንም እንጂ ቢሆንና ዝንብ ማር መስጠት ብትጀምር ከአዲስ አበባ አካባቢዎች እንደ ተክለኃይማኖትና መርካቶ ማርን በብዛት የሚያመርት ይኖራል ብዬ አልገምትም። ለምን? ቢሉ አዲስ አበባ ምን ትላለች እኔም አፍንጫ የለኝም ነው ያለው ጋሽ ስብሃት። እውነታው ግን ዝንብም ማር ሰጥታ አታውቅም፤ ወያኔም ዴሞክራሲያዊ ምርጫን። (more)

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የዋሽንግተን ዲሲው ሠልፍ የተሳካ እንደነበር ተገለፀ

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”ማርች ፎር ፍሪደም” በዩናይትድ ስቴትስ ኦፍ አሜሪካ መዲና ዋሽንግተን ዲሲ በኋይት ሐውስ እና በአሜሪካን የውጭ ጉዳይ መሥሪያ ቤት ፊት ለፊት በጠራው ሠልፍ ላይ በርካታ ኢትዮጵያውያን ተገኝተው፤ የ2002ቱን ምርጫ ኢህአዲግ ማጭበርበሩን በመቃወም የአሜሪካ መንግሥት ኢትዮጵያን አስመልክቶ የሚከተለውን ፖሊሲ እንዲቀይር ጠየቁ። ሠለፉ የተሳካ እንደነበር አዘጋጆቹ ለኢትዮጵያ ዛሬ ገለፁ። (more)

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The muggery that was named election in Ethiopia

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If you define election to mean what it means – freely choosing between choices, and tell me that there was an election in Ethiopia on May 23, 2010, you must either be crazy or think I am crazy to believe you. The whole charade, people going to the [...] (more)

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The muggery that was named election in Ethiopia

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Ethiopia Election Board Rejects Call for New Poll

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Ethiopia’s elections body has rejected opposition calls for a re-run of last month’s parliamentary poll, won by the ruling party in a landslide. (more)

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Ethiopia officials to disclose assets

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The Ethiopian Parliament has passed a bill that will force government officials to disclose and register their assets.The first draft bill for Disclosure and Registration of Assets was presented to parliament in mid-January. It requires that all government officials, employees and constituency must register all their wealth in... (more)

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አቶ በረከት ስምዖን በአል ጀዚራ ተፋጠጡ

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እንዲህ ያለ የምርጫ ውጤት በአምባገነኖች ብቻ የሚካሄድ ነው፤ ውጤቱ በሠላማዊ ትግል የሚያምኑትን ሲያኮማሽሽ፣ በትጥቅ ትግል የሚያምኑትን ያበረታታል፤ በዚህም ምክንያት ጦርነት በአካባቢው ቢጀመር ለዓለምም ሆነ ለአካባቢው ከፍተኛ የፀጥታ ችግር ሊያስከትል ይችላል (more)

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የኢትዮጵያ ‘ምርጫ’ እያወዛገበ ነው

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“ምርጫው ይደገም” ተቃዋሚዎች የምርጫ ሥርዓትን የተከተለ አይደለም” በግል በብቸኝነት ለፓርላማ ያለፉት ከእግርኳስ ፌዴሬሽን ፕሬዝዳንትነት ኢህአዲግ በጉልበት ያነሳቸው ዶ/ር አሸብር ወልደጊዮርጊስ ናቸው ረቡዕ ግንቦት 18 ቀን 2002 ዓ.ም. በኢትዮጵያ ግንቦት 15 ቀን 2002 ዓ.ም. በተካሄደው ‘ምርጫ’ ገዥው ፓርቲ በቅድመ ምርጫ ቆጠራ ማሸነፉን ካወጀ ወዲህ በተቃዋሚዎች፣ በሰብዓዊ መብት ተሟጋቾችና በአውሮፓ ታዛቢዎች ከፍተኛ ተቃውሞ እየገጠመው መሆኑ ተነገረ። የአሜሪካ ስቴት ዲፓርትመንት መግለጫ አውጥቷል። (more)

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መድረክና መኢአድ ምርጫው እንዲደገም ጥሪ አቀረቡ

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የኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዴሞክራሲያዊ አንድነት መድረክ እና የመላው ኢትዮጵያ አንድነት ድርጅት (መኢአድ) ለአራተኛ ጊዜ ግንቦት 15 ቀን 2002 ዓ.ም. በመላው ኢትዮጵያ የተካሄደው ምርጫ 2002 እንዲደገም ጥሪ አቀረቡ፡፡ (more)

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Analysis: EPRDF’s Percentage of Parliamentary Seats Breaks African Record | Addis Neger

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The 99.63% parliamentary seats EPRDF got in last Sunday’s election beats the percentage of seats garnered by ruling parties in the ten most authoritarian African states since the end of the cold war, a study by Addis Neger reveals. Addis Neger selected these ten African countries based on Polity IV data of authority trends. The Polity IV project is considered as the most sophisticated and comprehensive dataset on regime trends by many academics and political analysts. The dataset... (more)

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EU chief observer says Ethiopian poll was not fair

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A crowd is dancing away from a pro-government rally, where they carried signs saying, "We have spoken!" and "Don't second guess us!" Tens of thousands of people wave flags, sing and dance. They said they came out against a report released by Human Rights Watch on Monday, which condemned the Ethiopian national elections, calling them an "orderly facade." (more)

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EU observers slam lack of political freedom in Ethiopia vote

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(ADDIS ABABA) - Ethiopia's weekend elections were marked by "narrowing political space", with the ruling party using state resources to boost its campaign, European Union observers said Tuesday. The east African nation's electoral board annnounced late Monday that Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's ruling coalition was in the lead across the country following Sunday's legislative polls. "The title of our preliminary rep... (more)

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Ethiopia vote not up to international standards: US

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Ethiopia's weekend elections, which gave long-time ruler Meles Zenawi a landslide victory, were "not up to international standards," a senior US diplomat said Tuesday. Johnnie Carson, the assistant secretary of state for African affairs, said that while the elections were relatively peaceful, "we note with some degree of remorse that the elections there were not up to international standards." Over the last 18 months, the "government has taken clear and decisive steps that would ensure that it would garn... (more)

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election 2002

WikiLeaks Reveals Details of U.S. Dialogue With Meles Zenawi

EU report says Ethiopia's elections had many flaws

Meles appoints political veterans as ‘special envoys’

በውሸት ደዌ ለምትሰቃዩ - እነሆ እውነቱን! የአፍሪካም ጭራ ነን (ሲሳይ አጌና)

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Why Democracy Isn’t Working

ከዝንብ ማር አንጠብቅም

የዋሽንግተን ዲሲው ሠልፍ የተሳካ እንደነበር ተገለፀ

The muggery that was named election in Ethiopia

The muggery that was named election in Ethiopia

Ethiopia Election Board Rejects Call for New Poll

Ethiopia officials to disclose assets

አቶ በረከት ስምዖን በአል ጀዚራ ተፋጠጡ

የኢትዮጵያ ‘ምርጫ’ እያወዛገበ ነው

መድረክና መኢአድ ምርጫው እንዲደገም ጥሪ አቀረቡ

Analysis: EPRDF’s Percentage of Parliamentary Seats Breaks African Record | Addis Neger

EU chief observer says Ethiopian poll was not fair

EU observers slam lack of political freedom in Ethiopia vote

Ethiopia vote not up to international standards: US

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