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Saturday 17 March 2012 Ethiopia: Ethiopia again attacks rebel targets in Eritrea By Aaron Maasho, ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopian troops carried out more attacks on rebels inside Eritrea on Saturday, a government source said, a day after its neighbour called for U.N. action over a similar incursion earlier in the week. The attacks are the first on Eritrean soil that Ethiopia has admitted to since the end of a 1998-2000 war that killed 70,000 people and left a border dispute unresolved. Eritrea says there have been others. [ Read the rest... ]
Friday 16 March 2012 Eritrea: Eritrea says will not retaliate against Ethiopia NAIROBI (AFP) - Eritrea said it will not retaliate after rival neighbour Ethiopia attacked its territory, dismissing charges it harbours armed groups against Addis Ababa as a "base and bogus lie." "It is those who do not know the price of war who are hungry to go to war," Eritrean Information Minister Ali Abdu told AFP by telephone. "We fought enough for 30 years, and we will never be dragged into war through such hostile provocations as this." Ethiopia on Thursday said it attacked Eritrean military bases over the killing of five European tourists on its territory in January, accusing Eritrea of training "hit-and-run terrorists." [ Read the rest... ]
Eritrea: Provocative Attacks By the TPLF Regime Asmara — As reported, with much bravado, by the news media of the TPLF regime, its armed forces yesterday "penetrated 18 km inside sovereign Eritrean territory to carry out an attack on Eritrean army outposts". This is not surprising. Nor is it occurring the first time. However, it amplifies the extraordinary situation where the culprit "strikes but cries first" while all along pleading with its protectors to "disarm the victim". The timing of the provocative attack seems to have chosen to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the arbitral ruling of the Eritrea Ethiopia Boundary Commission. In this sense, it epitomizes the incessant acts of aggression that have and continue to be perpetrated against Eritrea for the last ten years by the TPLF regime with the encouragement of its backers. The objective of the attack, and its audacious publicity, is to divert attention from the central issue of the regime's flagrant violation of international law and illegal occupation of sovereign Eritrean territories as well as from its myriad internal problems. [ Read the rest... ]
Thursday 15 March 2012 Ethiopia: Ethiopia carries out attacks against Eritrea By Associated Press, ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopian forces entered archrival Eritrea on Thursday and carried out what a government spokesman described as "a successful attack" against military posts. Shimeles Kemal said Ethiopia launched the attack because Eritrea was training "subversive groups" that carried out attacks inside Ethiopia. Ethiopia and Eritrea fought a border war from 1998 to 2000. Tensions have reignited between the countries in recent months. No details about the military operations or any damage or casualties were immediately released. The "Eritrea government has continued launching attacks at Ethiopia through its proxy groups. The attacks had continued. And the recent attacks against European tourists is one of the reasons for the retaliation," Shimeles said. Militants attacked European tourists from five nations traveling in Ethiopia's arid north in January. Five tourists were killed and two were kidnapped. The two kidnapped German tourists have since been released. [ Read the rest... ]
Ethiopia: Ethiopia 'launches military attack inside Eritrea' By BBC, Ethiopian forces have launched a military assault on positions inside Eritrea, Ethiopian officials have said. Ethiopia attacked because Eritrea was training "subversive groups" to carry out attacks inside Ethiopia, a government spokesman said. A number of people were killed and others captured when three camps were attacked, a defence official said. Eritrea has not yet commented. The two countries fought a border war from 1998 to 2000. Despite signing a peace treaty, tensions between the two countries have remained high ever since. However, Thursday's dawn raid is the first attack by Ethiopian troops inside Eritrean territory since the end of the war, in which some 80,000 people died. [ Read the rest... ]
Tuesday 06 March 2012 Ethiopia: From dictatorship to democracy By Alemayehu G Mariam, Mahatma Gandhi first formulated the iron law of history for dictators: “There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall - think of it, always.”Just in the past year we have seen Gandhi’s words come to pass as dictators fell like dominoes in the Arab Spring: Ben Ali in Tunisia got the boot after 24 years. Hosni Mubarak was thrown out and hauled into court after 32 years. Moamar Gadhafi in Libya was literally dragged out of the sewers, paraded in the streets and and executed with his own golden pistol. Ali Saleh ruled Yemen for 33 years and went into exile after suffering disfiguring burns and shrapnel injuries. Bashir al-Assad is running a slaughter house in Syria, and he will surely face the same fate as his brother dictators. [ Read the rest... ]
ETHIOPIA: Congressman Donald Payne dies at 77 after undergoing treatment for colon cancer TRENTON, N.J. — U.S. Rep. Donald Payne, the first black elected to represent New Jersey in Congress, died Tuesday. He was 77. Payne's brother, William, said he died at St. Barnabas Hospital. The 12-term member of the House had announced in February that he was undergoing treatment for colon cancer and would continue to represent his district. He had held his congressional seat since 1988 and was elected to a 12th term in 2010. He represented the 10th District, which includes the city of Newark and parts of Essex, Hudson and Union counties. [ Read the rest... ]
Monday 13 February 2012 Ethiopia: The Dragon’s Dance with Hyenas By Alemayehu G Mariam, The Chinese Dragon is dancing the Watusi shuffle with African Hyenas. Things could not be better for the Dragon in Africa. In the middle of what once used to be the African Pride Land now stands a brand-spanking new hyenas’ den called the African Union Hall (AU). Every penny of the USD$200 million stately pleasure dome was paid for by China. It is said to be “China’s gift to Africa.” It was all lovey-dovey two weeks ago when the hyenas assembled to pay homage to the mighty Dragon: … This magnificent…building which will now house the headquarters of our continental organization is built on the ruins of a prison that represented desperation and hopelessness… The face of this great hall is meant to convey this message of optimism, a message that is out of the decades of hopelessness and imprisonment a new era of hope is dawning, and that Africa is being unshackled and freed… It is therefore very appropriate for China to decide to build this hall -- the hall of the rise of Africa -- this hall of African renaissance… I am sure I speak for all of you when I say to the people and government of China thank you so very much. May our partnership continue and prosper. There was no end to the bootlicking and praise of the “generosity of the Chinese government”, and how the “gift” represents “a qualitative leap in the relations between China and Africa”. AU president Teodoro Obiang Nguema, Equatorial Guinea’s dictator since 1979, even saw “a reflection of the new Africa, and the future we want for Africa” in the glassed 20-storey tower. [ Read the rest... ]
Ethiopia: The Scramble for Ethiopia's Land By Translated from Le Monde | Rich soil, a tropical climate, and an abundance of water: the region of Gambela in the west of the country is fertile. Foreign investors are renting thousands of hectares of it to develop intensive agriculture without regard for the environment and the population. A few kilometers before the village of Ilya, in western Ethiopia, the forest abruptly gives way to a tortured landscape where knocked down stumps and grassy islands emerge in the middle of broad savage cuts to the rich black soil stripped by clearing operations. "Welcome to the 100,000 hectare Karuturi farm," says the sign planted along the trail. In 2010, the global market leader in cut roses, the Indian group, Karuturi Global, signed an agreement with Ethiopia to lease 100,000 hectares of land in Gambela, with an option for an additional 200,000 hectares. The nine page document, available on the Internet, fixes the rent Karuturi paiys at 20 Ethiopian Birrs (0,90 Euro) per hectare, per year for fifty years. That’s standard for this kind of contract. ? [ Read the rest... ]
Ethiopia: Atlanta says "ESAT is ours" News Release ATLANTA, Georgia - "ESAT is ours and we are for ESAT" was the favorite slogan for the night that Ethiopians and Ethio-Americans chanted last Saturday at Jade Event Hall. When guest speakers arrived, the crowd welcomed with a standing ovation. Then Tekle, the master of ceremony, then quickly took the stage and warmed the crowd with his wit and humor. The fundraising night at Jade Event Hall was packed beyond its capacity, signifying the public trust ESAT has won since launched about two years ago. When the evening guests of honor Artist and Activist Tamagne Beyene, Activist Shambel Belayneh, Journalist Dawit Kebede and Activist Teklemichael Abebe (Tekle), also the eveningthe Chairman of the ESAT Atlanta chapter, Getachew Legesse, stated that Ethiopians view ESAT as genuine source of information and called upon the attendees to stand behind fully support of such young media. [ Read the rest... ]
Ethiopia: The hazards of effective merger of party, state and ethnicity and its devastating impact By Aklog Birara, Ph.D. The promises of ethnic-federalism were short-lived, and soon betrayed TPLF/EPRDF’s “divide and rule” strategy aiming at securing Tigreans’ political supremacy resulting notably in a pro-Tigrean public good allocation due to an excessive financial dependence of the federal regions on the central government”. See, Y. Ghazi. Autonomy and Ethnicity: negotiating competing claims in a multi-ethnic state and M.A. Valfort, Ethical Altruism in a multi-ethnic developing country. The hottest conversation in Ethiopia today is land: who owns it; and who does not? Who prospers from it and who becomes destitute? Who will have power and who will remain dependent? Who will have power and who will remain powerless and voiceless? In the realm of political economy, no public policy issue is more telling about governance than the land question for which hundreds and perhaps, millions of Ethiopians had sacrificed their lives. It was the most important driver of the 1974 popular revolution. [ Read the rest... ]
Ethiopia: Meles Zenawi says may pardon jailed politicians, journalists By Aaron Maasho, Reuters ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said on Wednesday Ethiopia could pardon politicians and journalists arrested under a 2009 anti-terrorism law, but dismissed opposition criticism he was using the law to clamp down on dissent. Rights groups say the government has used the law to crack down on its opponents, saying 150 opposition politicians and supporters have been detained under its provisions in the past three years. Zenawi rejected the complaints, telling parliament: "All trials are transparent, all suspects are allowed access to lawyers and some have even been freed when no evidence was found to justify their arrests." [ Read the rest... ]
Sunday 05 February 2012 UN Rights Advocates Criticise Ethiopia’s Use of Anti-Terror Law By William Davison, Bloomberg, Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- The United Nations criticized the Ethiopian government’s use of an anti-terrorism law to curb freedom of expression by jailing opposition politicians and reporters critical of the state. In December, two Swedish journalists were sentenced to 11 years each by an Ethiopian court for supporting terrorism after being captured with a banned rebel group. An exiled journalist, two writers, a politician and one other individual, all from Ethiopia, were given terms ranging from 14 years to life last week for plotting terror acts. [ Read the rest... ]
Ethiopia: Hegemony: Potential for war between Ethiopia & Eritrea By Robele Ababya, The writing is mainly in response to Ethiomedia Editor’s question: “Will Eritrea and Ethiopia go back to war over the 'volcano attack'? If yes, what do we have to do to stop the return to the 1998-2000 carnage?” posted on 26/01/12. Internecine war of 1998 -2000 The root cause of the ugly internecine war of 1998 – 2000 between Ethiopia and Eritrea that claimed 100, 000 lives, numerous injuries, dislocation of innocent citizens and colossal damage to the economy should be revisited in order to predict whether more of the same would repeat. The fact that Zenawi publicly complained that he was “stabbed in the back” by his mentor Isaias Afeworqui may provide a clue but may not reveal the truth regarding their differences causing havoc to national and regional peace and stability. Any incident may ignite war between Ethiopia and Eritrea - not necessarily the ‘volcano attack. This writer would like to draw lessons from world history of warfare to make his best guess of the reason for the split of the duo that led to the war and then predict whether a second one may breakout. [ Read the rest... ]
Ethiopia: Ethiopia uses anti-terror laws to terrorize dissent Epoch Times | February 3, 2012 Last week, the Ethiopian High Court delivered harsh sentences to five dissident journalists, including an exiled editor living in the United States, on vague charges of terrorism. Critics call the charges trumped up and accuse Ethiopia of using so-called anti-terrorism laws as a tool of oppression. “They don’t have any evidence about any act of terror. I believe in peaceful civil resistance to replace dictators like Meles Zenawi,” said Elias Kifle, the editor-in-chief of Ethiopian Review, who was given a life sentence in absentia. [ Read the rest... ]
Tuesday 31 January 2012 Ethiopia: Meles Zenawi: What’s He Got to Hide? by Nicholas D. Kristof, The New York Times IN a filthy Ethiopian prison that is overridden with lice, fleas and huge rats, two Swedes are serving an 11-year prison sentence for committing journalism. Martin Schibbye, 31, and Johan Persson, 29, share a narrow bed, one man’s head beside the other’s feet. Schibbye once woke up to find a rat mussing his hair. The prison is a violent, disease-ridden place, with inmates fighting and coughing blood, according to Schibbye’s wife, Linnea Schibbye Steiner, who last met with her husband in December. It is hot in the daytime and freezing cold at night, and the two Swedes are allowed no mail or phone calls, she said. Fortunately, she added, the 250 or so Ethiopian prisoners jammed in the cell protect the two journalists, pray for them and jokingly call their bed “the Swedish embassy.” [ Read the rest... ]
Ethiopia: Saudi Arabia: Christians Arrested at Private Prayer Ethiopia: Ethiopian Women Subjected to Unwarranted Strip Search By Human Rights Watch, Beirut – Thirty-five Ethiopian Christians are awaiting deportation from Saudi Arabia for “illicit mingling,” after police arrested them when they raided a private prayer gathering in Jeddah in mid-December, 2011, Human Rights Watch said today. Of those arrested, 29 were women. They were subjected to arbitrary body cavity searches in custody, three of the Ethiopians told Human Rights Watch. [ Read the rest... ]
Ethiopia: Ethiopians hold Historic Panel Discussion at Columbia University By Organizers, As part of the continuing effort to bring democracy to Ethiopia by ending the divisive and ethno-centric dictatorial rule of Meles Zenawi, Ethiopians residing in the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut tri-state area held a historic political discussion on January 28, 2012 at Columbia University. The forum brought together Diaspora community members, including students, scholars, and professionals, to critically examine the prevailing political and socio-economic conditions facing the country and to explore avenues to enhance engagement of the Diaspora in the struggle for freedom of the Ethiopian people. [ Read the rest... ]
Ethiopia: African Dictators: Can’t Run, Can’t Hide! By Alemayehu G Mariam, The International Criminal Court (ICC) is on the chase; and over the past few months, things have taken a slow turn for the worse for African dictators and human rights violators. They are finding out that they can’t run and they can’t hide. Laurent “Cling-to-power-at-any-cost” Gbagbo of Cote d’Ivoire was snatched from his palatial hiding place in April 2011 after he defiantly refused to give up power to Alassane Ouattara in a presidential election certified by international observers in December 2010. In late November 2011, Gbagbo was quietly whisked away to the Hague from house arrest in Korhogo in the north of the country to face justice before the ICC on charges of crimes against humanity (murder, rape and other forms of sexual violence, persecution and other inhuman acts) that were allegedly committed during the post-election period. The U.N. estimates well over three thousand people died between December 2010 and April 2011as a result of extrajudicial killings by supporters of Gbagbo and Ouattara. Gbagbo is the second former head of state to be tried by the ICC since it was set up in 2002. [ Read the rest... ]
Monday 23 January 2012 Ethiopia: Copyrights and CopyCrimes By Alemayehu G. Mariam, Crimes Against the Mind If a person were to maliciously burn or vandalize another’s house, it would be regarded as a serious property crime under the laws of any nation. If one were to walk into a bookstore and steal thousands of books and give them away to any passerby, that would also be a major property crime. How about taking a copyrighted book, scanning it and making it available to anyone in digital form online? Is that a serious criminal act? Is it also an immoral and depraved act? Is it fair? When a publisher, author or artist produces a book, a piece of music, a painting or other similar work, s/he is creating intellectual property which is as valuable as any other kind of property recognized by law. Just as doctors, lawyers, engineers and others make a living by practicing their professions, those in the literary, artistic and publishing communities make their living from marketing their intellectual creations. But the total disrespect and contempt shown by some individuals to the intellectual property rights of Ethiopian musicians, artists and authors is downright sickening and maddening. [ Read the rest... ]
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