Ethiopian opposition for May 23 election

(Reuters) – Ethiopians vote on Sunday in the first election since a disputed 2005 poll.

The Tour of Oromia Region (AllAfrica.com)

The tour saw us in two companies in the Industrial zone of the Oromia region. We visited Cedilla, an Etho-Indian pharmaceutical company where out of the 361 staff, 350 are Ethiopians and only six are Indians.

Rush for Land Grab in Ethiopia – The Human Rights Issue of Our Time

By Oromsis Adula As Election Day fast approaches, Ethiopians are under a cloud of fear and uncertainty. Reports show massive propaganda campaigns and endless mandatory meetings. Despite all the rhetoric of democracy, Ethiopia remains a country where a support for the opposition could mean imprisonment and/or a denial of foreign food aid.

The new breadbasket of the world?

As swathes of their country’s land is leased, cleared and prepared for food production by foreign companies, Ethiopians are divided over whether this constitutes ‘agro-colonialism’ or much-needed development, writes MARY FITZGERALD Foreign Affairs Correspondent. ‘WHY ATTRACTIVE?” reads an Ethiopian government poster pinned to a wall at the rambling offices of the Gambella regional investment agency

Aid groups to probe charges by Ethiopia opposition

By Barry Malone ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Aid workers in Ethiopia will investigate how foreign humanitarian relief supplies are delivered after opposition political parties alleged that their members were being denied food ahead of elections in May. A coalition of eight opposition parties called Medrek, or the Forum, accuses some officials of only allowing ruling party members to benefit from a long running food-for-work programme that helps more than seven million Ethiopians survive.

Ethiopia : Farmland for Sale to the highest bidder – Video

The repressive regime in Addis Ababa continues to auction virgin land to the so called “foreign investors” falsely claiming to bolster the flagging economy and transofrm agricultural practices. All the while, millions of Ethiopians are on the brink of starvation

Ethiopia:The closest thing to Hell on Earth

Famine and Meles Zenawi’s Ethnic Apartheid Policy In 1984, the secessionist Tigre Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF) tribal rebel group led by Meles Zenawi caused the death of millions Ethiopians in Wollo and Tigray.

Ethiopia : Déjà Vu – Much Ado About an Already Won Election (AllAfrica.com)

Ethiopia has been ruled for too long by a dictator who mocks all Ethiopians with puppet elections, writes Alemayehu G. Mariam in this week’s Pambazuka News