Ethiopian Action for Unity and Democracy

By Carl LeVan According to a “sensitive but unclassified” report from the U.S. State Department’s Inspector General on the US Embassy in Ethiopia just released, the Embassy suffered high staff turnover in the wake of unpopular decisions pushed through by the Bush Administration.  As a result, it is struggling to cope with important changes, including [...]

The Meles regime plays China against the U.S. as more U.S. officials express discontent with worsening political crisis in Ethiopia. The news below about Woyanne's military cooperation with China is Meles Zenawi's way of telling the U.S. that 'I do not really need your assistance, I can go to China.' The Obama Administration must call [...]

The U.N. and United States Department of State are slowly reversing their belligerent and misguided policy on the Government of Eritrea. U.N.'s change of heart is evident in today's comment by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, who praised Eritrea as working for peace in the region. The U.N. made a grave error last December when it [...]

Alemayehu G. Mariam Note: This is my fourth commentary on the theme, "Where do we go from here?” following the rigged elections in Ethiopia last month in which the ruling dictatorship won by 99.6 percent[1]. In this piece, I express deep anguish over the enormous problems and challenges faced by Ethiopia’s youth, and urge them [...]

An Indian journal, The Hindu Business Line, is reporting that the ruling junta in Ethiopia is renting fertile Ethiopian land for $1 per acre in a form of long-term lease to foreign corporations, while starving the people of Ethiopia through its misguided and corrupt farm policies. Read below: Ethiopia is offering one acre of land [...]

Ethiopians suspected to be victims of a human trafficking racket, were discovered on Wednesday at a bungalow on the outskirts of Nairobi. The 41 men were found in a secluded house about three kilometres from Ngong Town. The quiet compound had no sign of life except for the caretaker, who could barely speak English or [...]

By Yilma Bekele Foreign policy magazine had an article by Professor George Ayittey titled “The worst of the worst-bad dude dictators and general coconut heads.” As an Ethiopian I was sold by the title. I knew I was in familiar territory. That is one category we can claim ownership. There are a few human experiences [...]

Five officials and activists of Ethiopian opposition parties that operate inside the country have joined the armed resistance against the Woyanne genocidal regime, according to the Press Office of Ethiopian People's Patriotic Front (EPPF). One of them is Seid Ali Tegegn, an Ethiopian Democratic Party (EDP or Edepa, as commonly known) candidate in the town [...]

EDITOR'S NOTE: By supporting and covering up for Meles Zenawi's genocidal dictatorship, the American embassy in Ethiopia remains one of the main sources of misery in the Horn of Africa. Jeff Stein of the Washington Post reports about a recent finding by the U.S. State Department's Inspector General about administrative problems that have plagued the [...]

By Jason McClure To a casual observer, the tens of thousands of people who poured into the central square of Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on May 25 to peacefully celebrate the country’s elections might have been mistaken for a massive symbol of democratic progress in a poor and troubled part of the world. In fact [...]