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                     Ana Gomes is coordinator and spokesperson of the foreign affairs committee for her political group, the Social-Democrat. With 200 members the Social-Democrat is the second largest group within the European Parliament. For Ethiopia and Ethiopians though Ana Gomes is best remembered for her role as the leader of the EU election observers’ team during the 2005 crisis-induced general election in Ethiopia. She has had a troubled relationship with Ethiopia’s late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who she still calls “a dictator,” after she published her report in which wrote the election was massively rigged. Eight years later, Ana Gomes came to Ethiopia to participate in the just concluded 26 th ACP-EU parliamentary meeting. Her arrival in Addis Ababa caught many, who thought she would never be allowed to set foot in Ethiopia, ...

JEDDAH: MD AL-SULAMI Security forces arrested 20 Ethiopian rioters on the Makkah-Jeddah Expressway on Friday for throwing stones that damaged 14 cars and injured four Saudis. An eyewitness said police officers fired shots into the air to disperse the rioters and soon brought the situation under control. The Ethiopians were apparently rioting because they could not gain entry into the Shumaisi detention center, he said. “A large number of Ethiopians, who arrived in buses, moved onto the highway and tried to stop speeding cars. However, the highway security patrol closed the expressway at a safe distance from the detention center to prevent the situation from escalating. The troublemakers were confronted and taken into custody," a security source said. “The rioting started when a group of Ethiopians hurled stones at passing motorists and the security forces. The police opened fire into the air to bring the situation under control,” the eyewitness said. He said the Ethio...

November 27, 2013 by Teshome Debalke What can be said more than what my compatriots and the world over said about the shameful act of the ethnic Chiefdom of Woyane regime and the tribal Kingdom of Saudi in the suffering of Ethiopians. How an 18 th century ethnic mercenary at home and tribal Kingdom in Arabia that financed it inflect so much pain and suffering on our people in front of our eyes? We knew all along when the mercenary ethnic regime sold our people and nation in daylight. We witnessed our people being chased out of their country in every direction to end up in strange lands around the world. We watched when Woyane invites Arabian moguls and Chinese and Indians scavengers with the red carpet treatment in Sheraton Addis owned by the infamous Ethiopian-born Saudi investor to be handed our precious land pennies on the dollar. We were also distraught when our leaders and history tarnished by small time TPLF mercenary that sold it soul for petro dollars of Arab depots, on...

November 26, 2013 by Yilma Bekele According to Tigrai on line web site that published it the good Dr. is welcoming our deportees from Saudi Arabia. As you can see there are lots of problems with this assertion. It just looks like the people he is welcoming don’t seem to be aware of the presence of such a high ranking official, the future Prime Minister in their midst.  Tedros Addhanom seems to have landed from out of nowhere. Is it possible he was in charge of keeping the line moving in an orderly manner, if so does he moonlight as a security guard in his spare time? Where is the stick, normally Woyane security always carry a stick to whip citizens into compliance or maybe he is a humane guard since he is highly educated. Also what is with this scale discrepancy? I know our Tigrean warriors are big and strong but really do you think this picture takes that a little bit further? If you remember old Chinese propaganda posters always showed Chairman Mao bigger than life, is it pos...

November 20, 2013 by Tedla Asfaw The job of journalist is to Report what he or she sees. Ethiopians in Saudi Arabia have been under attack for almost two weeks now.The Arab media is calling them “rioters”. The lynching, the chopping of victims and badly beaten can be seen on social medias. Women were gang raped and the families of victims were heard crying and ask for help. They were all in Saudi Arabia not from another planet. Henok Semaegzer yesterday on VOA was quoting the Saudi’s and tell the VOA listeners that “the killers are not Saudis and the crime is not in Saudi Arabia”. What a shame ??? The job of journalist is to have courage and report from the crime area than looking for an expert of “Middle East and Africa” from Columbia University in New York. If he reports from distance to do his research diligently. I am ashamed of VOA that has enough resource for not sending its journalists to Saudi to visit the victims in jails, “concentration camp” and those who are hiding in...

Open Letter to Ethiopian Foreign Minister (CREW) November 20, 2013 Center for the Rights of Ethiopian Women (CREW) Re: Abuse of Ethiopian migrant workers in Saudi Arabia Center for the Rights of Ethiopian Women (CREW) is concerned about the recent abuse of Ethiopian migrant workers in Saudi Arabia, especially the reported torture, abuse and rape of Ethiopian women. CREW is a non-government, non-profit, non-partisan, human rights and peace organization established to promote the social, economic and legal rights of Ethiopian women in Ethiopia and worldwide. One of the objectives of the organization is to assist and represent abused Ethiopian women living and working abroad. As documented through various media outlets, Saudi authorities launched a crackdown on undocumented migrant workers following the expiry of amnesty linked to a new employment rules. As results of this crackdown, migrant workers, particularly Ethiopians, have faced beatings, abuse, torture, and in some instances...

Police crackdown on demonstrations against targeted attacks on Ethiopian migrant workers in Saudi Arabia. The government said protesters did not have a permit to demonstrate and confirmed the arrests [AFP] Police in Ethiopia have arrested dozens of people outside the Saudi embassy in the capital Addis Ababa in a crackdown on demonstrators protesting against targeted attacks on Ethiopians in Saudi Arabia. Police units blocked roads on Friday to prevent the protest at the embassy from growing and forced some journalists to delete photos. "The police came and they beat us... and now more than 100 people are at the police station. Getaneh Balcha, Blue Party`` One protester, Asfaw Michael, who was beaten, said he did not understand why Ethiopia wanted to shield Saudi Arabia from the protest. According to the Ethiopia n government, three Ethiopia ns were killed last week in Saudi Arabia in clashes with police. Saudi authorities are in the process of repatriatin...

By Bewket Abebe, 10 November 2013 The Federal High Court's 15th Criminal Bench released seven tax officials on Monday, November 2, 2013, after prosecutors from the Federal Ethics & Anti-Corruption Commission (FEACC) dropped all charges against the defendants. The released officials, who had all been charged under the file of their superior Melaku Fenta - the former director general of ERCA - were Nebiyou Samuel, former deputy director ; Asfawossen Alene, head of Large Taxpayers' Office; Amha Abay, customs affairs advisor; Girma Tafesse, head of branch offices coordination directorate; Tesfaye Mergia, manager of the Merkato Project; Amare Gebrewold, senior officer at the Office of the Director General, and Mulugeta Balcha, law enforcement work-process coordinator. Nebiyou, Amha, Girma and Mulugeta, who had all been escorted by police to the 15th Criminal Bench to have charges read to them on Tuesday, October 29, 2013, had been in jail since that date, due to bail having...

   By yeshihareg bekele In african media leaders and journalist meeting on 7th november 2013 in addis ababa, mr Hailemariam the ethiopian PM, said ( Africa can only be heard if it speaks with one voice , ). Here, I would like to ask mr hailemariam which one voice is he talking about? the one voice of dictatorship and the killing of innocents,depriving peoples properties to make them homeless, or the one voice of running away from justice from the ICC?   Again ( He said, African media leaders and journalists have a key role in building the continent's image and changing it for the better .).How many journalists were wrongfully acused and jailed in Ethiopia? if he is expecting journalists to change the image of african continent for the better? then he has to releas those journalists and the political leaders been detained in his prisons?  The general idea is, to call the Afriacn journalists attention on free medias so that, t...

woyanes stupidity, I dont think they even attends an adult`s education(meserete temihert). what foreign journalist and African Media Leaders has got to do with home land security equipments? its like washing your dirty cloths outside. What is the use taking them on guided tour to show them what you have? The whole idea is, we know you are affraid of the nation, the freedom fighters. you show all these to scare the nation, but the nation would not be scared. struggling of an animal can not prevent its death when the knife is on its troat. http://www.fanabc.com በመገናኛ ብዙሃን ጉባኤ ላይ የተሳተፉ የሚዲያ አካላት የተለያዩ ቦታዎችን ጎበኙ አዲስ አበባ ፣ ጥቅምት 30 ፣ 2006 (ኤፍ ቢ ሲ) ትናንትና በተጠናቀቀው በ6ኛ የአፍሪካ መገናኛ ብዙሃን መሪዎች ጉባኤ ላይ የተሳተፉ የተለያዩ የአፍሪካ ጋዜጠኞችና የሚዲያ አካላት ዛሬ የተለያዩ ቦታዎችን ተዘዋውረው ጎበኙ። የብሄራዊ ሙዚየምንና ሌሎች በአዲስ አበባ ያሉ ታሪካዊ መስህቦችን፣ አዲሱን የአፍሪካ ህብረት ጽህፈት ቤትን እንዲሁም የቢሾፍቱ ሃይቆችንና የቢሾፍቱ ብረታ ብረት ኮርፖሬሽን የኢንዱስትሪ ልማትን ነው የጎበኙት። በመንግስት ኮሙኒኬሽን ጽህፈት ቤት የሚኒስቴር ጽህፈት ቤት ሃላፊና 6ኛው የአፍሪካ ሚዲያ አካላት አመራሮች ፎረም ብሄራዊ አስተባባሪ አዘጋጅ ኮሚቴ አቶ ሞቱማ ተመስገ...

                      By yeshihareg bekele TPLF tigray government Haile mariam in his chicken speach, he said GREAT GINBOT7 are day dreaming, if g7 are day dreaming, why worried and interpreting and misinterpreting the dream of day dreamers as risky to your dictatorship regime? sending fools to kill the g7 leader Andargachew tsige the prince of justice,natural born leader of men. Ginbot 7 means Ethiopia, more than 80 millions of Ethiopians are all leaders of g7, if you kill 1 you have 80millions to fight. this struggle will never stop untill you and your evil ghost legacy are completely and permanently eradicated.

Comment: Ethiopia today is reminiscent of apartheid South Africa, where anyone who questions the state is a terrorist    Zakes Mda in Cape Town theguardian.com , Tuesday 5 November 2013 16.47 GMT Eskinder Mega. Photograph: Pen International The award-winning Ethiopian journalist Eskinder Nega will turn 45 this month in Kaliti prison outside Addis Ababa whilst serving an 18-year sentence as a convicted terrorist. The government in Addis would have the world believe he is a reckless, even racist, agitator bent on violent revolution. Yet, a review of the evidence against him and his writings reveals a thoughtful and principled man whose only crime has been to urge, peacefully and publicly, Ethiopia 's rulers to deliver on their long broken promise of peaceful, democratic reform. "Democracy is so important to Ethiopia, because we need it to moderate the differences between civilization and civilization," Eskinder ...

ESAT News   The new Defense Proclamation that was tabled for discussion for the members of the External Defence Security, Legal, Justice and Administration Standing Committees of the Ethiopian Parliament would make no change on the current nepotistic leadership structure of the Defense where 98% of the army officials come from a single ethnic group, it has been learnt. Officials of the Ethiopian Defense Forces on the other hand say the proclamation annuls the previous laws and promotes the Defense Force. Although the members of the Standing Committees had asked for changes regarding rank promotion, accommodation, the execution of death sentences, none of them had dared to question the complete dominance of the TPLF in the military structure, it was reported. Sources say the new Proclamation makes the Force a servant of one Party and contains nothing new that helps soldiers “who suffer in the desert and foreign lands”. Samora Yenus, the Chief of Staff of the Ethiopia...

Saturday, November 2, 2013 አቶ ልደቱ አያሌው “ከ6 ሚሊዮን የኢህአዴግ አባል አንዱ ብሆን ምን ችግር አለው;” አቶ ልደቱ አያሌው “ወ/ት ብርቱካን የተሰጣት ኃላፊነት አግባብ አይደለም” “እንባ አውጥቼ አልቅሼ ኃላፊነት በቃኝ እያልኩ ነው የተመረጥኩት” “ከኢንጂነር ኃይሉ እንዲሕ ያለ ውሸት አልጠብቅም ነበር” “የእስክንድር ነጋ ጋዜጣ ቅንጅትን ወደተሳሳተ አቅጣጫ ገፍቷል”አቶ ልደቱ አያሌው በኢትዮጵያ ፖለቲካ ውስጥ ጎልተው መውጣት የጀመሩት በ1990ዎቹ ሲሆን፣ ከምርጫ 97 ዋዜማ አንስቶ አነጋጋሪነታቸው በእጅጉ ጨምሯል፡፡ ከሁለት ዓመት የእንግሊዝ ቆይታ በኋላ ወደ ሀገር ቤት ከተመለሱት አቶ ልደቱ አያሌው ጋ፣ የሎሚ መፅሔት አዘጋጅ ቶማስ አያሌው ያደረገው ቆይታ እንደሚከተለው አሰናድቶታል፡- ሎሚ፡- ለረዥም ጊዜያት ከሚዲያም ከፖለቲካም ርቀኻል፤ በሠላም ነው; ልደቱ፡-እንደሚታወቀው ሀገር ውስጥ አልነበርኩም፡፡ በኢዴፓ ውስጥ የነበረኝን የሥራ አስፈፃሚ ኃላፊነትም አስረክቤ ስለነበር ወደ ሚዲያ የምመጣበት ዕድል አልነበረም፡፡ ከዚሁ ጋር ተያይዞ ፖለቲካችን ወደተስተካከለ መስመር ለመግባት ስለተቸገረ፤ አንዳንድ ጊዜ ለሀገር፣ ለሕዝብ ይጠቅማል ብለህ የምትሰራውና የምትናገረው ነገር በሌሎች ዘንድ ትርጉሙ እየተለየ ሲያስቸግር፣ ሰዎች በነገሮች ላይ የማሰቢያ ጊዜ እንዲያገኙ ፋታ መስጠትም ይጠቅማል ብዬ ነው፡፡ እንጂ ሌላ ምክንያት ኖሮኝ አይደለም፡፡ ሎሚ፡- ከፓርላማ የአምስት ዓመት ቆይታህ በኋላ የነበረው ጊዜህን በምን ነበር ያሳለፍከው; ልደቱ፡- ፓርላማ አምስት አመት ነው የቆየሁት፡፡ የፓርላማው አሠራር በሚፈቅደው መሠረት እንደ ፓርቲያችንን ወክለን ተሣትፎ ስናደርግ ነበር፡፡ በተለያዩ ቋሚ ኮሚቴዎች ውስጥም የተወከሉ ነበሩ፡፡ ከኛ ፓርቲ አ...

November 1, 2013 Opposition party says more than 150 of its members have suffered abuse at hands of Ethiopian security officials. Negasso Gidada, the UDJ party chief, centre, has urged the government to stop abusing his party members [EPA] An opposition party has accused the Ethiopian government of beating, abducting and illegally detaining more than 150 of its members during July and September this year. In a 39-page report launched on Thursday, the Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ) detailed what it said were “gruesome rights violations” committed against its supporters and members. “One hundred and fifty members and supporters of the party have been subjected to severe beatings, illegal detentions and abductions by the police and security officials,” Negasso Gidada, the party chairman, told reporters. “We are asking the government to stop these human rights violations and take those responsible to justice,” said Negasso, who served as the country’s president from 1995...