5 missing in Kenya bandit attack

Calm is returning to Kenya’s border with Ethiopia, following the killing of four people by suspected Ethiopian armed bandits.

5 missing in Kenya bandit attack

Calm is returning to Kenya’s border with Ethiopia, following the killing of four people by suspected Ethiopian armed bandits.

Ethiopia’s election: all losers

The crushing electoral defeat of the Ethiopian opposition does not actually help the ruling party and encourages its slide into authoritarianism ‘I really feel totally betrayed by the system,’ confessed Beyene Petros, one of the most respected leaders of the Ethiopian opposition, a few days after its crushing defeat in the general elections on 23 May 2010. ‘I thought that, if we competed in the elections, there would be a door ajar that could be made use of by competing parties.

Africa: Continent in Tears – Of Joy and Sorrow

By Oromsis Adula* In the closing minutes of a spectacular sporting event, organized by an African nation for the first time, a twin bomb blast rocked the capital of another African country – Kampala, Uganda. The simultaneous attack left an estimated 74 people dead and scores wounded. The two targets, an Ethiopian restaurant and a rugby club, were in ruins

Oromo and Ogaden Communities Protest Against Zenawi at to G20

Some of the Dictatorial Natures of Ethiopian PM Meles Zenawi and His regime As one of the worst enemies of freedom of expression in the world who has had the highest number of imprisoned journalists since 1992, Meles Zenawi has made the Ethiopian peoples voiceless by severely weakening independent press through continuous and indiscriminate crackdown, and by maintaining full control over electronic media and the Internet service, despite the provisions in the Constitution and the Press Law that allow the private ownership and investment; he has become the first head of state in the world to charge journalists with treason simply because they put pen to paper and attempted to help ordinary citizens exercise their right to freedom of expression;

Uproar Over Meles Zenawi’s presence at G20 in Canada

…the protesters were also expected to include groups and concerns foreign to most Canadians, whose demonstrations are to be directed against the attendance of foreign dictators such as Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi…

Africa’s New Age of Authoritarianism

By Jason McLure : June 18, 2010 Why Democracy Isn’t Working Despite an economic renaissance, much of Africa is drifting toward a new age of authoritarianism. A government supporter of Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front at a demonstration. 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 democratic progress in a poor and troubled part of the world.

Ethiopia rebels get lengthy jail terms

An Ethiopian court has slapped lengthy prison terms on 24 rebel fighters for alleged terrorist activities and treason, the justice ministry says.

The West – turning a blind eye to Ethiopias heinous crimes

By Jody Clarke Letter from Addis Ababa : Ethiopian stability is key to maintaining regional stability in the volatile horn of Africa ETHIOPIA CONFOUNDS the senses.

2nd Round of Death Sentence to Oromo Nationals By Ethiopia’s Kangaroo Court

The following is a press release from the Oromo Human Rights and Relief Organization (Oromo Menschenrechts- und Hilfsorganisation – OMRHO e.V. )* In a less than two months of time, the Ethiopian court has handed down a death penalty and a life-long imprisonment on Oromo civilians for the second time

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