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1253 days ago
Ethiopian Women for Peace and Development (EWPD) 5505 Commecticut Avenue,NW, Washington, DC 2005 ewpd@ewpd.info or ewpd@yahoo.com To All Peace Loving People: We would like to bring to your attention the current situations and particularly the suffering of women in Ethiopia. Since the May 15, 2005 parliamentary elections in the country, the government arrestedalmost all opposition political leaders leaders and thousands of their supporters since the opposition complained about vote rigged by the government. Independent jornalists,human rights activists are elderly and have chronic health problems. As documented by international human rights organization, such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, tens of thousands of young people are imprisoned and some have disappeared. Most of the prisoners are placed in deplorable detention camps that are infested with malaria and venomous snakes. Some of the detention camps are very far from the prisoners' ...
1298 days ago
During the past week, Ethiopian People's Patriotic Front (EPPF) army has attacked Woyane army positions at Qwara, Belessa, Woggera, Tsegede, Armacheho, Metema and Wolkait. EPPF army burned down a Woyane military oil tanker and a military transportation truck on the main road going from Metema to Gonder.
1299 days ago
ለኢትዮዽያን ሪቪው እና ለሚመለከተው ሁሉ፦ ሜይ 8 ቀን 2006 ዓ.ም በኢትዮዽያን ሪቪው ላይ የወጣውን ዜና ተመለክተነዋል። በተለይም አቶ ብርሃነ መዋ ለትንሳኤ ሬድዮ ትእዛዝ መስጠታቸውን አስመለክቶ የቀረበው ዜና ፈጽሞ ስህተት በመሆኑ እኛም እውነታውን የማሳወቅ ግዴታ ስላለብን በሰሜን አሜሪካ የኤዲቶርያል ከፍል የህንን አሰቸኳይ መግለጫ ለማውጣት ተገዷል።
1299 days ago
1299 days ago
The first time I came across the name Birhane Mewa was when he was the chair of the Ethiopian private Industrialists Association. I read an article on the reporter by a famous young libertarian, criticizing Birhane for suggesting that the government should give protection for Ethiopian infant industries who were really struggling against the competition from Chinese manufacturers. A week or so latter, I had an opportunity to talk with the man on a panel organized by the Ethiopian Economic Association. The man was articulate, knew what he was talking about. I was quite mesmerized. Afterwards, Birhane moved on to chair the Ethiopian Chamber of Commerce. I watched him closely. He was one of the very few leaders of an association who was not the imposter of EPRDF. The organizations he led were always independent of government influence, reflecting what Birhane thought were the interests of its members. With his profile always increasing, he gained the public’s trust as a man of ...



