You have done all that could be done to have your human dignity restored and country be free from the yoke of tyranny. Ethiopians have petitioned; Ethiopians have remonstrated; Ethiopians have supplicated; Ethiopians have prostrated themselves before the ´throne´ of Meles again and a...

Looking at Ethiopia's regime track records in the past the rumors regarding the killings of European Tourists as being masterminded indirectly by the regime's intelligence forces seems to be very convincing if one sees it in the light of wikileaks report from the October 6, 2006 US diplomatic cable sent from Addis Ababa to Washington DC by ambassador Vicki Huddleston , the evidence is too big to ignore. The cable reads: "A series of explosions were reported in Addis Ababa on September 16, killing three individuals. The GoE announced that the bombs went off while being assembled, and that the three dead were terrorists from the outlawed Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) with links to the Oromo National Congress (ONC). An embassy source, as well as clandestine reporting, suggests that the bombing may have in fact been the work of Government of Ethiopia security forces."

On a recent interview with ESAT, former US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Ambassador Herman Cohen made some startling revelations regarding matters that influenced the history of the people of Eritrea and Ethiopia. While I am not a fan of the Ambassador and cognizant of the negati...

Human rights reports, appeal letters and scholarly predictions of instability, conflict, war, genocide and ´politicide´ are prevalently treated as ends in themselves. They often make the hottest hard-hitting news of the day, but the next day they are dumped as irrelevant garbage. Trumping the entrenched culture of hypocrisy and promise-making by the international community, the most desirable practice is to turn information and knowledge into powerful tools of predicting risks and initiating preventative actions against regime elites and the internal forces that contend with them. How can it be ethical to know that human rights violations are being perpetrated against innocent victims, but remain inactive and silent? The knowledge and information we have need to serve life-saving purposes. While West keeps abundant data on the genocidal behaviors of the Ethiopian government against Oromos, Ogadenis, Anuak, and southern peoples, one may wonder what the international community is waiting for in order to act. Why are principal donors and enablers to the Ethiopian regime such as the United States, England, and other European powers postponing actions of stopping genocide and instability in Oromia and other targeted regions of Ethiopia´s south?

Ogden National Liberation Front (ONLF), a terrorist armed group, was product of such "Greater Somalia" Policy. Barre regime trained, educated and financed large number of Somali-Ethiopians in Mogadishu to fight Ethiopia. The regime instructed the group to fight Ethiopia and merge the 5th Region of Ethiopia into "Somalia", in order to demarcate the internationally recognized Som-Ethiopian border.

Bertrand Pecquerie, CEO Global Editors Network Paris, France Dear Mr. President, I am writing as a proud member of The Global Editors Network(GEN), a blogger, journalist, and scholar to bring to your attention the continued and ever mounting persecution of journalists by the Government of...

On 23 December 2009, after the Security Council adopted Resolution 1907 (2009) that imposed sanctions on the State of Eritrea and its people, Susan E. Rice, the US Ambassador to the United Nations, insulting the intelligence of the Eritrean people and showing her contempt for Africans in general and...

On a recent interview with ESAT, the Founder and President of Genocide Watch, Dr. Gregory Stanton stressed that Ethiopia is high on the list of countries of Genocide Watch. The reasons Dr. Stanton outlined are alarming; however true, yet, an opportunity for Ethiopians and other peace loving people i...

At unprecedented rates than ever in the history of the colonization and oppression of the Oromo people, an ethno-racist Tigrean-elite led Ethiopian state is cracking down on Oromos from all walks of life natzi-style, amassing them into military camps, prisons and torturing and killing them without traces every passing day. Human rights groups cannot even keep up with the enormity of the situation as millions of Oromo and the south are wasted away in the empire. In response to the Oromiawide gross human rights violations, the International Oromo Youth Association launched a creative We the People Petition, asking the United States government , "to stop supporting dictator and state-terrorist Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia" and all his natzi institutions of repression and control.

As a lead diplomat for the Clinton Administration for Africa, Ambassador Rice failed the people of Africa and particularly Rwanda in the most negligent of ways imaginable. Of course, no one will accuse Ambassador Rice for creating the genocide but she is responsible in many ways. As a point woman, o...

Why is ´land grab´ both a structural and personal violence? Think of what you can buy with 40 cents if you walk into a grocery store in the U.S., or Europe? Will you be able to buy a piece of candy with 40 cents? Probably not! But if you go to Africa, you can buy an acre of land for money as small as 40 cents for a 99 years stretch of time into the future in countries like Ethiopia from dictators. This can be framed as ´the structural violence of globalization superimposed on local ethnic-racism against indigenous peoples such as the Oromo in Ethiopia. Violence is of two types (Galtung, 1969): one in which elites deploy soldiers and police and kill people directly—termed ´direct violence´ and another in which they create a system of perpetual unequal relationship between power-wielding minorities and the vast majority of peoples—termed ´structural violence.´ It is structural because states and corporations follow it at faceless policy levels.

Ethiopia, the second most populous nation in Africa, is situated in Horn of Africa. Ethiopia tourist destinations have been attracting people from different parts of the world.

For Eritreans, the very existence of the nation as recognized by the UN is a testament to how victorious, hard working, independent, resilient and self reliant people that they are. The reason being, Eritrea was a condemned nation by the British, US, Italy and others from existence. These nations co...

Ethiopia's Hidden Support to Alshabab Exposed

Using the politics and power of human rights theoretical lenses, this paper examines why and how the Ethiopian security forces pursue civilian Oromo refugees into several neighboring countries of the East African region (Kenya, Djibouti, Puntland and Somalia). How do these human rights violations by state security forces and hitmen compare to regional and international conventions, treaties and legal instruments for refugees? What are the politics surrounding the institutions involved in ostensibly protecting human (refugee) rights in the region? I argue that interstate system in East Africa have come to exploit certain loopholes/exceptions in the regional and international systems to allow states to flagrantly disregard or violate major conventions and treaties they are signatories to regarding protecting civilians refugees caught between the crossfire of rebels, opposition parties and governments. The question is not whether or not the regimes violate human rights because they obviously do. A better question is: how can one state get into another sovereign state in order to retrieve and refoul UNHCR-mandated and certified refugees without habeas corpus? And who should take the responsibility?

The other day, I was talking to an Ethiopian friend of mine who found himself apologizing for the minority regime´s latest diplomatic faux pas. He was referring to the latest Ethiopian "diplomatic" charade at the UN Security Council. He was having a hard time understanding how any Ethiopian w...

Eritrean Americans have been watching the flurry of reports emanating from the Ethiopian capital and have been following the minority regime´s latest shameful and embarrassing pandering at the UN Security Council. It was indeed a spectacle, one that the western media has chosen to ignore, for ...

After touring different places and evaluating Ethiopia´s economic condition, in 2006 reporting from Mekele, BBC´s correspondent Peter Greste said "Like a patient addicted to pain killers, Ethiopia seems hooked on aid". Today, Greste´s description is not only a reality witnessed dur...

The ruling party in Ethiopia has strong historical connection with famine: Tigray People Liberation Front (TPLF) was born out of the wombs of the 1974 famine. The military wing of this Front thrived on the back of the 1984 famine when its operatives hijacked some 95 percent of the relief money to bu...

Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, if your child was dying of thirst and malnutrition because of a horrifying drought created by global warming, what would you do? I would suggest you make plans because this scenario will happen to you SOONER THAN YOU THINK! It will happen to millions of Nor...

On July 3, 2011, the BBC advertised, "UK aid for Ethiopia 'to prevent catastrophe" and stated, "The UK has pledged £38m ($61m) in food aid to drought-hit Ethiopia - enough to feed 1.3m people for three months. International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell said "direct intervention", managed by...

Threats to peace, stability and security remain at an all time high and questions about the credibility, efficacy and integrity of the UN Security Council in addressing these serious global issues abound. International and regional organizations remain under greater public scrutiny and one such orga...

There is lots of stuff that I want to address, like the fabulous 20th Independence Anniversary in Eritrea, my visit to Bisha Mines and other development sites in Eritrea and more, but just haven´t had the time to do so. I came back just in time for the launch of the global two-week long E-SMAR...

The on going debate on the relevance of the "developmental state" for Ethiopia has been really encouraging. Though I was intrigued by Prof.Messay´s emphasis on the role of the elite in shaping the historical courses of their respective countries, I did not, however, like the authoritarian flavour th...

It never seizes to amaze me on how the Ethiopian elite, many of whom are some of the most vocal Diasporas the world has seen, love to talk without doing the walk. I must say that many of them are good in writing papers worthy of a college dissertation. They are also good at beating the war drum of...

This article discusses warning signs of collective violence with a view to helping the UN make timely and effective decisions to prevent civil war, genocide, ethnic-cleansing and political violence in Oromia, Gambella, Ogaden and Addis Ababa regions in Ethiopia.

Note: this is a response to Fiker Yibeltal´s [1] recent article in which he claimed that Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and his comrades use witchcraft/sorcery to rule over the Ethiopian people without facing any challenges. I am not sure if such stories are true but there is no doubt that...

If we look back at the recent History of Africa and particularly World War II, there has never been a government or a leader that deliberately instigated enmity with countries and people solely as a ploy to remain in power and gain prominence like the conman Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia. He has committe...

In theory, devaluation promotes exports and aggregate economic activity through the famous "multiplier effect." However, currency devaluation may not produce the desired outcomes for several reasons: First, the Marshall-Learner (ML) condition may not hold in the short run. The ML condition is a ...

Mr. Tesfaye, Speak the Truth! Note: this article is a response to Mr.Tesfaye Habisso´s (hereafter Tesfaye) e-mail reaction to my earlier article on his argument about the convicted former Derg officials in Ethiopia. Thank you for your reaction. Actually when ever I raise an issue on Ethiopia...

Sooner or later, the Ethiopian people, as Tunisians and Egyptians, will break the barrier of fear, and once that is broken, there is no stopping them. Yet, I see one compelling reason why we have to regard the prospect of an Ethiopian upheaval with trepidation: Meles Zenawi has systematically neutered the opposition groups, leaving the breakup of Ethiopia as the most obvious alternative to him having successfully portioned the country purely along ethnic lines.

In four earlier articles, published under the titles ´´Eliminate the Terrorist State Abyssinia (Fake Ethiopia) from the Map to Save Human Respectability´´ (http://www.buzzle.com/articles/eliminate-the-terrorist-state-abyssinia-fake-ethiopia-from-the-map-to-save-human-respect....

In three earlier articles, published under the titles ´´Eliminate the Terrorist State Abyssinia (Fake Ethiopia) from the Map to Save Human Respectability´´ (http://www.buzzle.com/articles/eliminate-the-terrorist-state-abyssinia-fake-ethiopia-from-the-map-to-save-human-respect...

In two first articles, published under the titles ´´Eliminate the Terrorist State Abyssinia (Fake Ethiopia) from the Map to Save Human Respectability´´ (http://www.buzzle.com/articles/eliminate-the-terrorist-state-abyssinia-fake-ethiopia-from-the-map-to-save-human-respect.htm...

With an earlier article, published yesterday under the title ´´Eliminate the Terrorist State Abyssinia (Fake Ethiopia) from the Map to Save Human Respectability´´ (http://www.buzzle.com/articles/eliminate-the-terrorist-state-abyssinia-fake-ethiopia-from-the-map-to-save-human-...

In an earlier article published yesterday under the title ´´After South Sudan, Referendum for Secession Needed in Ogaden and Oromia (Abyssinia, Fake Ethiopia)´´ (amongst others: https://www.examiner.com/web-news/wfp?index=4 and http://www.savethechildren.org.au/), I stated th...

Over the next few years, Eastern Africa will undergo a great change, following the recent referendum for independence and secession which was held in South Sudan. Africa´s worst tyranny is Abyssinia (fallaciously re-baptized as Ethiopia) whereby an ethno-religious minority of ca. 17%, name...

Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: "It is mine to avenge; I will repay," says the Lord. --Romans 12:19 "I was made, by the law, a criminal, not because of what I had done, but because of what I stood for, because of what I thought, because of my c...

This is an article about the recent drastic measures taken by the Addis Ababa City Administration against real estate developers to expropriate their land holdings and its legal and economic ramifications.

59 years old traveler Fyodor Konyukhov is going to cross the desert of Somalia

For a while many Tigrayans, some openly and some behind the curtains, have been ripping some benefits from the tyrannical Meles regime unashamedly, boldly and with impunity. They are benefiting at the expense of all Ethiopian ethnic groups in many ways in the name of Tigray. Why this issue warrant...

My contention in a nutshell is this: Aside the theoretical arguments for and against devaluation, the fact remains the same; that is, most people are hurt by devaluation. Inflation will climb while the economy slows, and uncertainty confuses any economic decision-making.

"He who oppresses the poor to make more for himself or who gives to the rich, will only come to poverty." Proverbs 22:16 Ethiopia has recently announced its new five year economic plan dubbed as Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP) which details the main economic performance targets and goals as ...

The minority regime´s paranoia is reflected in the writings that it posts on Walta Information Center, the official Ethiopian government site and the ranting of its representatives at the UN General Assembly in New York. The daily commentary about Eritrea, its government and activities in Eritrea, e...

Why does Columbia University continue the tradition of inviting some of our world's worst and most controvertial dictators of all time? In 2007, it was the Iranian President Ahmadinejad who spoke at Columbia University. This year it is Ethiopia's Prime Minster who is schedule to speak at Columbia on September 22,2010. Like so many Oromians and Ethiopians in Ethiopia and around the world, I am dismayed and offended by your invitation of Prime Minster Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia to speak at "The World Leaders Forum." This invitation will have serious moral and ethical consequences for Columbia University. Inviting Meles Zenawi to speak at Columbia University is tantamount to inviting Adolf Hitler, Iranian president Ahmadinejad, Omar Al-Bashir of Sudan or the surviving leaders of Khmer Rouge of Cambodia who in their respective countries like Zenawi masterminded genocide and crimes against humanity...

Columbia University´s lack of information ethiopia

Election 2010 is gone—for ever. TPLF/EPRDF won 99.6 percent of the seats for the lower house of parliament, or so we were told by that docile electoral board of Ethiopia. Most were surprised at the unprecedented level of the much anticipated fraud and used the fateful event of May 23, 2010 as ...

Note: this article was previously published on nazret.com and I have chosen to republish it as the issue is still fresh and relevant to the Ethiopian situation. Happy New Year to All Ethiopians everywhere! (Ethiopian new year starts on September 11). Prime Minister Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia, ...

Continuing the series of articles on the insightful documentation provided by the Russian Military Officer, Explorer, and Orthodox Monk in his books about his deeds and excursions, observations and explorations in Abyssinia (undertaken over three years 1896 – 1899), I herewith republish a last part ...

Continuing the series of articles on the insightful documentation provided by the Russian Military Officer, Explorer, and Orthodox Monk in his books about his deeds and excursions, observations and explorations in Abyssinia (undertaken over three years 1896 – 1899), I herewith republish another part...