Ethiopian Action for Unity and Democracy

By Tony Okerafor One of the big African stories of the last eight days or so has been the holding of key parliamentary elections in one of the continent's most populous countries. Ethiopia has been such a major player in not just regional politics, but, equally world affairs, not least since it openly chose to [...]

By Barry Malone ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) — Girma Seifu was at home hosting a dinner party to celebrate what looked like a sure parliamentary seat win when he got the phone call that would force him into the spotlight. Ethiopia's opposition coalition, the eight-party Medrek, had won only one seat in the 547-seat parliament — [...]

By Filip Hruby Ethiopian movies Teza (Haile Gerima), Atletu (Rasselas Lakew, Davey Frankel) and LEZARE (Zelalem Woldemariam) won the main awards at 7th African Film Festival in Tarifa (FCAT). Teza won the award “Wind Griot” for the best feature film. The award is worth 15.000€ and includes the trophy. Atletu won The Audience Special Award [...]

By Sally Healy Ethiopia's ruling party has already staged a victory rally in Addis Ababa to mark their satisfaction with the elections held last Sunday. The official results will not be announced until 21 June. But it is already clear that Meles Zenawi's Ethiopian People's Democratic Revolutionary Party (EPRDF) has seen off the opposition parties [...]

Alemayehu G. Mariam Note: Over the past week, I have received numerous requests from those who read my last commentary “Ethiopia at the Crossroads of History[1], to share my views on the on the question, “Where do we go from here?” in the aftermath of the so-called May 2010 elections.  I am pleased to oblige [...]

(Press Release) — For the past three days and intermittently before that, Ethiopian Satellite Service (ESAT) broadcasts in Ethiopia have been interrupted due to undetermined electronic interference. Following preliminary investigations, we have confirmed the following facts: Our service providers have performed extensive technical tests and determined that ESAT transmissions have been targeted for multiple interference [...]

Ethiopian Satellite TV (ESAT) (Press Release) — The Ethiopian Satellite Broadcasting Service (ESAT) has been off the air for the past 24 hours. We have received thousands of telephone calls and email inquires concerning the interruption of service. We thank our viewers and supporters for their expressions of good will, moral support and concern. We [...]

By Christopher Vouralias | Variety Ethiopia's first independent satellite TV launched in May, breaking the monopoly long held by Ethiopian Television. Ethiopian Satellite Television (ESAT) began a trial run May 14, with plans to unveil a full slate of original programming in June. ESAT debuted with a series of reports on last week's elections — [...]

By Ed Royce, U.S. Congressman Nineteen years and counting. Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and his ruling EPRDF party are cruising to an easy "victory" in the May 23 elections. Taking power in 1991, Meles is as entrenched as they get. Meles' win did take some work. After the 2005 election, in which the opposition [...]

By Messay Kebede I am still struggling to make sense of Sunday’s election from the viewpoint of the Woyanne government itself. There is no doubt that its results represent a crushing and demoralizing defeat for the opposition. Such a colossal defeat shows once again the pettiness and the self-defeating impact of the disputes among opposition [...]