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What do you expect from the coming elections in Ethiopia?

published 915 days, 20 hours, 35 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 910 days, 20 hours, 45 minutes ago
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 2:50:17 AM GMT Monday, November 23, 2009 2:40:08 AM GMT
By Messay Kebede Articles fulminating against Hailu Shawel’s signing of the code of conduct proliferate on Ethiopian websites. For these articles, the unilateral and hasty agreement with Meles while other opposition groups, such as Medrek, are still in contention about some important issues, constitutes nothing less than betrayal on Hailu’s part. This act of sabotage suggests, [...] (more)

የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ ለሰጠን ኃላፊነት ብቁ ሆነን አልተገኘንም – ዶ/ር ያዕቆብ ኃ/ማርያም

published 915 days, 20 hours, 55 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 915 days, 21 hours, 5 minutes ago
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 2:30:17 AM GMT Wednesday, November 18, 2009 2:20:04 AM GMT
ዶ/ር ያዕቆብ ኃ/ማርያም፥ የአንድነት ለፍትህና ለዴሞክራሲ ፓርቲ ም/ሊቀመንበርና የውጪ ግንኙነት ኃላፊ የነበሩ የአንድነት ለፍትህና ለዴሞክራሲ ፓርቲ ምክትል ፕሬዚዳንትና የውጪ ግንኙነት ኃላፊ ዶ/ር ያዕቆብ ኃይለ ማርያም ፓርቲያቸውን በቃኝ በማለት ተሰናብተዋል፡፡ ከፓርቲው ራሳቸውን ያገለሉበትንና ሌሎች ጉዳዮችን በተመለከተ ከሪፖርተር ጋዜጣ አሰግድ ተፈራና ሰብለወንጌል ሃብታሙ አነጋግረዋቸዋል፡፡ ሪፖርተር፡- እርስዎን የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ የሚያውቆት ከ1997ቱ ምርጫ ጋር በተያያዘ ነው፡፡ ከምርጫ 97 በፊት ከኢህአዴግ የሹመት [...] (more)

የግል ሚዲያ የዴሞክራሲ ዋስትና እንጂ ጠላት አይደለም

published 919 days, 6 hours, 18 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 919 days, 6 hours, 30 minutes ago
Saturday, November 14, 2009 5:07:45 PM GMT Saturday, November 14, 2009 4:55:09 PM GMT
ኢትዮጵያ ፈርማ ከተቀበለቻቸው የተባበሩት መንግስታት የሰብአዊ መብት ሰነዶች አንዱ በዓለም አቀፍ የሲቪልና የፖለቲካ መብቶች ቃል ኪዳን አንቀጽ 19 ስር የሚገኘውና ማንኛውም ሰው ያለምንም ጣልቃ ገብነት የራሱን አስተሳሰብ ስለመያዝ መብቱ የሚደነግገው ክፍል ነው:: ድንጋጌው ሃሳብ በነፃነት የሚገለጽባቸውን የተለያዩ መንገዶች በመብትነት ያጎናፀፈ ሲሆን አጠቃቀሙን አስመልክቶም ግዴታዎችንና ኃላፊነቶችን አካቷል:: … የኢ.ፌ.ዴ.ሪ. ህገ መንግስት አንቀጽ 29 [...] (more)

Is the recent Election Code of Conduct Binding?

published 920 days, 19 hours, 6 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 920 days, 19 hours, 18 minutes ago
Friday, November 13, 2009 4:19:46 AM GMT Friday, November 13, 2009 4:07:37 AM GMT
I read the opinion column of Fortune of November 8, 2009 under the title, “ The Victorious Meles, the Vindicated Lidetu, the courageous Hailu, and the Unsung Ayele” where the gains of Ato Hailu from the recent agreement with EPRDF are stated as follows: “ … no opposition  could have it better than [...] (more)

Ethiopia opposition says food aid kept from members

published 920 days, 19 hours, 6 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 920 days, 19 hours, 21 minutes ago
Friday, November 13, 2009 4:19:46 AM GMT Friday, November 13, 2009 4:04:15 AM GMT
Ethiopian opposition parties said on Wednesday that their members were being refused food aid to force them to join the ruling party before national elections are held in May next year. The Ethiopian TPLF government says 6.2 million people will need emergency food this year and has appealed [...] (more)

Ethiopia Opposition Accuses Weyane of Using Aid for Votes

published 920 days, 19 hours, 6 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 920 days, 19 hours, 22 minutes ago
Friday, November 13, 2009 4:19:46 AM GMT Friday, November 13, 2009 4:03:48 AM GMT
Ethiopia’s opposition accuse Meles Zenawi’s government of using its access to foreign-funded, anti-poverty programs to gain support for the ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front. Members of the opposition are routinely denied benefits to relief food, microfinance loans and access to civil service jobs, the Forum for Democratic Dialogue, a coalition [...] (more)

Ethiopian Opposition, Ruling Parties Exchange Allegations Over Upcoming Elections

published 920 days, 19 hours, 6 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 920 days, 19 hours, 25 minutes ago
Friday, November 13, 2009 4:19:46 AM GMT Friday, November 13, 2009 4:00:37 AM GMT
Opposition groups accuse Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's ruling party of trying to systematically crush them before elections (more)

Exiled opposition leader rules out free elections in Ethiopia

published 931 days, 18 hours, 58 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 931 days, 19 hours, 24 minutes ago
Monday, November 02, 2009 4:26:56 AM GMT Monday, November 02, 2009 4:01:21 AM GMT
Dr Berhanu Nega says to conduct a free and fair election in Ethiopia under current conditions is an exercise in futility. (more)

Why are we surprised by Hailu Shawel’s betrayal?

published 931 days, 18 hours, 58 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 931 days, 19 hours, 26 minutes ago
Monday, November 02, 2009 4:26:56 AM GMT Monday, November 02, 2009 3:58:56 AM GMT
When Ethiopian Review published a series of articles 2 years ago about Hailu Shawel's corruption and treachery, his supporters were up in arms. It took them 2 years to find out that this man is a pathological traitor. (more)

The Madness of Ethiopia’s “2010 Elections”, Part II

published 935 days, 17 hours, 14 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 935 days, 17 hours, 15 minutes ago
Thursday, October 29, 2009 6:11:02 AM GMT Thursday, October 29, 2009 6:10:44 AM GMT
In the first part of our commentary[1] on the madness of Ethiopia’s 2010 “elections”, we posed the question: “Is it possible to have a fair and free election in a police state?” In light of the persuasive anecdotal evidence presented by former Ethiopian president Dr. Negasso Gidada, which pointed to the complete absence of a level electoral playing field, we concluded it was not possible. (more)

No level playing field for the 2010 election

published 950 days, 16 hours, 37 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 950 days, 17 hours, 34 minutes ago
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 6:48:12 AM GMT Wednesday, October 14, 2009 5:51:20 AM GMT
The following must-read report by Dr. Negasso Gidada is an evidence how Ethiopia has been caught inside a security trap of the Meles Zenawi regime. Prior to 1991, when TPLF was a rebel group, a similar serveillance was strictly observed throughout rebel-held areas. Everyone who wanted to stay out of trouble would serve as a spy for the Front. When clueless visi... (more)

Woyanne vs. Woyanne in June 2010

published 951 days, 17 hours, 57 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 951 days, 18 hours, 15 minutes ago
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 5:27:55 AM GMT Tuesday, October 13, 2009 5:10:45 AM GMT
The stage is now set — it will be Woyanne vs Woyanne in 2010. With the announcement on Saturday by the newly formed "opposition" alliance in Addis Ababa that it will participate in the June 2010 elections, it will be a match between one Woyanne-led group (EPRDF) vs another Woyanne-led group (FDD). (more)

Ethiopian Opposition Parties unite for a common manifesto

published 953 days, 17 hours, 36 minutes ago posted by editoreditor 953 days, 17 hours, 38 minutes ago
Sunday, October 11, 2009 5:48:54 AM GMT Sunday, October 11, 2009 5:47:27 AM GMT
A coalition of Ethiopian opposition parties on Saturday presented a common manifesto and said they will field joint candidates in next year's general elections. (more)

In Contempt of. . . the Truth!

published 964 days, 17 hours, 41 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 964 days, 20 hours, 46 minutes ago
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 5:44:32 AM GMT Wednesday, September 30, 2009 2:39:27 AM GMT
In Contempt … Commenting recently on an International Crisis Group (ICG) study dealing with rising ethnic tensions and dissent in advance of the “May 2010” elections, Ethiopia’s arch dictator wisecracked, “This happens as some people have too many billions of dollars to spend and they feel that dictating how, particularly, the developing countries manage their affairs is their God given right and (more)

Ethiopia – Déjà vu: Much ado about an already won election!

published 965 days, 17 hours, 6 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 970 days, 16 hours, 55 minutes ago
Tuesday, September 29, 2009 6:18:58 AM GMT Thursday, September 24, 2009 6:30:48 AM GMT
Alemayehu G. Mariam, is an Ethiopian professor of political science at California State University, San Bernardino, and an attorney based in Los Angeles Ethiopia – Déjà vu: Much ado about an already won election! By Alemayehu G. Mariam | September 21, 2009 Déjà Vu: Here We Go Again With the Charade Last April, we commented that the whole business [...] (more)
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