A 5 billion dollar baby Semhal Meles: Is she Ethiopia’s version of Imelda Marcos?

The Horn Times opinion July 31 2013by Getahune Bekele, South Africa “Doesn’t the fight for survival also justify swindle and theft? In self-defense anything goes.” Former Philippines first lady Imelda Marcos. “The amount I earn is well known. My riches, my most prized possessions are my books.” The late Ethiopian ruler Meles Zenawi Asres. Semhal Meles Zenawi is known in Ethiopia for her lavish and jet-setting lifestyle. She starts her morning...

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GadaaTube: Wallo Oromo Cultural Heritage (Oromia) « GadaaTube

GadaaTube: Wallo Oromo Cultural Heritage (Oromia) « GadaaT...

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Ethiopia and the next revolution By Abebe Gellaw

Exactly a year ago, ESAT (Ethiopian Satellite Television) declared the death of Meles Zenawi. That was the most important breaking news in the last two decades. TPLF went into frenzy to bury the news under a barrage of counter-propaganda. Bereket Simon went on ETV to curse ESAT and reassure the nation that the “great leader” would return intact. The propaganda chief and his foot soldiers had already kept the local media extremely busy with so...

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Oromo Political Prisoners Continue to Be Tortured by the Woyane Abyssinian Army (VOA Audio)

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Eskinder Nega’s Letter on The New York Times

July 24, 2013 The New York Times ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — I AM jailed, with around 200 other inmates, in a wide hall that looks like a warehouse. For all of us, there are only three toilets. Most of the inmates sleep on the floor, which has never been swept. About 1,000 prisoners share the small open space here at Kaliti Prison. One can guess our fate if a communicable disease breaks out. I was arrested in September 2011 and detained for...

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በቅርቡ በኦሮሞ ወንድሞቻችን ላይ የተፈጸመዉ ሰቆቃ ሊቆጨን፤ ሊያንገበግበንና ሊያስተባብረን ይገባል

የተባበሩት መንግስታት ድርጅት አለምአቀፋዊ የሰብዓዊ መብቶች ድንጋጌ አንቀጽ ዘጠኝ፤ አንቀጽ አስርና አንቀጽ አስራ አንድ የማንኛዉም አገር ዜጋ ያለ አግባብ መታሰር እንደሌለበት፤ በወንጀል ተጠርጥሮ የሚታሰር የማንም አገር ዜጋ በአስቸኳይ ፍርድ ቤት መቅረብ እንዳለበትና የፍርድ ቤቱ ሂደት አስከተፈጸመ ድርስ ደግሞ የተጠርጣሪዉ ዜጋ ንጽህና የተረጋገጠ መሆን እንዳለበት ይደነግጋል። በዚሁ የተመድ አለምአቀፋዊ ሰብዓዊ መብቶች ጥበቃ ድንጋጌ ሰነድ ላይ ተመስርቶ የተጻፈዉ የ1994ቱ የኢትዮጵያ ህገመንግሰት አንቀጽ 17 ንዑስ አንቀጽ ሁለት ደግሞ ማንም ዜጋ ያለ አግባብ መታሰር እንደሌለበት፤ ማንም ዜጋ ከፍርድ ቤት ትዕዛዝ ዉጭ መታሰር እንደሌለበትና በፍርድ ቤት ትዕዛዝ የታሰረ ዜጋም ቢሆን በአስቸኳይ ፍርድ...

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