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Meles Zenawi said irrespective of provocations on the part of Shabia, Woyane would only react if there is full-scale invasion on the Ethiopian territory. Watch his interview with AlJazeera

IEWO Radio discusses the political consciousness of Ethiopian women

Kinijit President Hailu Shawel addressed Metropolitan DC area supporters
KIC press release

Zenawi Enlists Oklahoma Senator James Inhofe to Kill HR 2003 in the U.S. Senate
Coalition for H. R. 2003

The Coalition calls attention to Sen. Inhofe’s statements on video found at the web address above where he promises to deliver the remains of H.R. 2003 to Zenawi in three weeks. The Coalition has learned from highly reliable sources that Inhofe is currently organizing a group of Senators to kill H.R. 2003. Read More.....

Ato Bedru Adem Response to Prof. Mesfin's Interview with DW & VOA

Brief historical reminder on current Kinijit political crisis, part II
By Tesfaye Mengestu

In this second phase, you will find Andargachew’s e-mail initiated conspiracy to appoint his six cabinet ministers to out vote the rest of KNA representatives in KIL and to take over the organization with an definitive plan to exile it and. You will find the camaraderie that existed between Dr. Brehanu Ngega and Andargachew and how both used it to play to advance their end games. Read More.....

Bad Cure! This Time My Hero failed to Show His Wisdom
By Getachew Reda

The price of greatness is responsibility as Churchill putted and he proudly performed his responsibility all his life as long as I remember. This time of his interview with VOA regarding Kenijit’s conflict seemed to take a side and my hero failed to show his wisdom. Read More.....

Video Clip on Kinijit Wahsington DC public meeting

The Flood Victim Afars of Ethiopia Need Urgent Humanitarian Responses!
The Afar Human Rights Organisation (AHRO), Press Release, October 16, 2007

As a consequence there are reports of causalities by hyenas, lions, crocodiles and snakes which are also displaced by the flooding. Water protected areas are occupied and guarded by the TPLF-army to safeguard the sugar cane plantations. Thus, there is a clear indication that the TPLF wishes to see the Awash Valley evacuated for the investors affiliated to the regime and intentionally neglects to address the tragedy of Afar people. Read More.....

Speechs made for the Kinijit Public Meeting which is still going on in Washington DC in the presence of its Chairman Engr. Hailu Shawel: Part I // Part II // Part III // Engr. Hailu's Speech; Questions & Answers ...

Kinijit Women Speak Up, Part III (IEWO Radio, 14 October 2007)

Interview with Ato Getachew Wanna, Kinijit International Council Executive in Paltalk Diaspora Room

Contrary to the TPLF/EPLF/KIL agent Elias Kifle’s false alarm, the Grand Public Meeting with Engr. Hailu Shawel will be held on 14 October 2007 from 2.00pm @ Renaissance Washington DC Hotel. It is reported that more freed Kinijit leaders have already arrived to Europe and will join Engr. Hailu at the meeting. Read More….. // The meeting will be broadcasted live to Toronto; and in Assimba, the Forum for Ethiopians and Diaspora paltalk rooms.

Interviews with Dr. Taye WeldeSemayat, Kinijit International Council President, and Ato Assefa Habtewold, Kinijit Laelay Mikirbet Member, in the Forum for Ethiopians and Diaspora paltalk rooms

Betrayal of a Nation by Dr. Berhanu Nega
www.mahder.com

This is a short extract from a personal diary. It is a reflection of my experience with the main culprit in Kinijit-CUD turmoil in The Diaspora. The sole aim is to share my experience and encourage others to share their knowledge and experience about the persona and character of this despicable individual and his entourages. The Kinijit-CUD delegation currently on a Thank You Mission to the United States is in deep turmoil in Washington DC and elsewhere. The central issues are becoming a lot clearer now that the Kaliti Prisoners in Ethiopia and out of the country are speaking up and telling us who, the trouble monger, Dr. Berhanu Nega really is. Read More.....

What Happened to the Amharic Service of VOA?
By Getachew Admassu

The TPLF/EPLF gangsters led by Elias and KIL
Melaku Yesmaw

TPLF/EPLF gangsters lead by Elias and Co. are planning to create chaos/ protest against the people's hero Hailu Shawel - which is part of a return to the 40 Million Dollar WOYANE investment in the Diaspora community. It started to pay off first by breaking the unified action of COEDF and CUD and latter dividing CUD as a consequence of which murderers such as Melese Zenawi, Aba Gebremedhin etc… freely tour the USA/Europe without any opposition from the Diaspora. Surprisingly enough, their implanted gangsters travel extra mile to the extent of organising protest against the opposition. This has unequivocally send a clear message for those who doubt about the position of KIL/ Berhanu/Andargachew group who are officially executing their TPLF/EPLF masters mission of terrorizing, misinforming and dividing Ethiopians who flea their country seeking the protection of the democratic and civilized society. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! Watch Elais & Co. Gangsters in their Woyane-sponsored covert actions…..

What did Dr. Taye do?
Berhanu Tessema

Media Briefing on Ethiopia and Human Rights with Rep. Christopher Smith (R-NJ)
On Monday, October 22, 2007 @ 10:00-11:00 a.m. National Press Club (Lisagor Room)

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee's Africa & Global Health Subcommittee, will be speaking about his efforts to advance human rights reform in Ethiopia as well as recent legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives that aims to hold Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's government accountable for their abuses and promote change in the country's human rights practices. Read More.....

Response to AtaKlti Hagos the Author of AynitaHamame
By Getachew Reda (San Jose, California)

“AynitaHamame” is a Tigringa word; it means “let us not backbite at each other”. The author was a member of the TPLF guerrilla fighters who presently live in Ethiopia most probably in Tigray. Read More.....

VOA Interview with Eng. Hailu Shawel, Kinijit Chairman (Part I, 09 Sept 2007)

***** Kinijit Women Speak up (Part II)

Breaking news: Sudan Deported 15 Ethiopian political Refugees, including Atanaw Wase
SOCEPP Urgent Press Release

Sudan deported 15 Ethiopian refugees who were in prison since early July 2007. According to eyewitnesses from Metema on the Ethio-Sudanese border, on September 27 , 2007 the Sudan Government handed over the Ethiopian political refugees who are alleged supporters of the armed groups supported by Ertirea. Sources from Addis Ababa confirmed the deportees are in MAIKELAWI prison. The elderly Atanaw Wase, a well known founding leader of the EDU , is one of the deportees. Read More..... (Details will follow soon)

Interview with Ato Tadios Tantu Blate, Kinijit Mikirbet Member, Recently Released Journalist in Paltalk Diaspora Room Part I // Part II

Interview with UEDF Chairman Ato Fassika Belete in Paltalk Forum of Ethiopians Room

Andenet TV with Eng. Hailu Shawel, Kinijit Chairman

Interview with Shaleqa Getachew Mengiste, Kinijit Laelay Mikirbet Member, in Paltalk Diaspora Room

My Comment To “The Criminals With Worth Motives” & To The “Problem Solvers”
By Getachew Reda

What gave special flavor to the discussion in Capitol Hill regarding Human Rights concern in Ethiopia, in particular the Ogaden Issue is the actors who involved in the discussion. Read More.....

Apprehension and Fear in the Camp of TPLF/Meles
Seifu Tsegaye Demmissie

The cadres have gone wild and are churning every thrash they can produce to defame and smear popular political figures. Meles Zenawi and his cadres put on the Ethiopian identity (the very thing they loathe) when they face crises and they are using it in their vicious propagnda against the bill. They are lamenting the passage of the bill and trying to associate it with termination of aid. They go crazy and tremble when the issue of aid is raised because it is the cake for which they have sold their souls and put theme selves at the service of one of the world’s cruellest dictators. Read More.....

Germany's Merkel calls for more freedom in Ethiopia
AFP

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday urged Ethiopia to allow more democratic freedoms after the country ran into international criticism over disputed 2005 elections. Read More.....

Correction from Solomon Bekele to the misleading Ethiopian Review Report

I just finished discussing the matter with both Abebe Belew and Elias Kifle. Elias promised he would write a disclaimer immediately. Let us wait and see. However, in the event, he is not forthcoming with his promise; the following will be my statement. Read More…..

Kinijit Women speak up (IEWO Radio, 30 September 2007)

EACA Applauds the House of Representatives for Passing the Ethiopia Democracy and Accountability Act of 2007 (H.R. 2003)

WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, the United States House of Representatives passed the Ethiopia Democracy and Accountability Act of 2007 (H.R. 2003). The measure marks a victory in the fight against global terrorism through its promotion of a stable democratic society with strong human rights protections in Ethiopia, which lies in the heart of the volatile Horn of Africa region. Read More.....

Breaking News: HR 2003 approved unanimously!
Mesfin Mekonen, KIC Foreign Relations, 02 October 2007

WHAT HAPPENED TO KINIJIT AFTER KALITI?
Ethiopian people Voice Support in United Kingdom, London, 02 October 2007

Dr. DoLittle (Berhanu Nega) Please Apologize to Rural Ethiopia
By Gasha Kelemu

Knowing failures is helpful if one is ready to learn from them
By Wowoka Abebe

On one of the cyber discussion forms on Ethiopia, a participant once asked why it is so difficult for the Ethiopian people to be free from Woyanne barbarism, while this is the most important wish of every Ethiopian. Yes, the Ethiopian people have expressed their wishes for freedom from Woyanne repression by the huge support they have shown favoring the opposition parties since the last general election. In the opinion of this writer, the lack of success in accomplishing the people’s desire is more closely linked to problems of leadership in the opposition camp. He considers the following factors to have contributed to this unfortunate scenario. Read More.....

They became heartless horses & mules that missed aim & judgment (BEHIG AMLAK!)
By Getachew Reda

As I read Professor Getachew Haile’s book “Dekike Estiphanos” the Geez translation of it into Amharic version, some where in the page, I read, the Geez prayer of Abba/Kidus Estiphanos , if I correctly understood it which says, ” WOKONU- KE ME FERES -WO BEKIL- ELE ALBOMU -LIB. FITAH LEETE- EGZIO- WETEBEKEL BEKELIYE”. Read More.....

Last call for Hailu Shawel, Opponents received in Washington
Indian Ocean Newsletter N° 1222 25/09/2007

The American government has invited Ethiopian opponents to Washington for talks with opposition leaders recently freed from prison. The latter group, led by Ms Birtukan Mideksa (ION 1222), came to the USA on its own steam two weeks ago. All were received at the State Department on 21 September by American officials working on the Africa and Ethiopia desks. This meeting gathered Beyene Petros, Merera Gudina, the former President Negaso Gidada, Ayele Chemiso (an MP from the legal arm of the CUDP), Lidetu Ayalew, Berhanu Nega, Birtukan Mideksa and Hailu Araya. Their discussions with the American officials concerned how the Ethiopian opposition could adopt a joint political platform so that it could take part in the next elections in Ethiopia with the approval of the Addis Ababa government. They also discussed a strategy to sideline the hard wing of the opposition, consisting of Hailu Shawel and the EPRP, which wants nothing to do with the current EPRDF regime in Ethiopia. The talks are expected to continue with further meetings with the presence of Bulcha Demeksa, currently passing through Washington. The American Deputy Secretary of State for African Affairs, Jendayi Frazer is expected to meet these Ethiopian opponents this week. This American mediation is consistent with the strategy devised by the US Ambassador to Addis Ababa Donald Yamamoto, intending to isolate Amhara radicals such as Hailu Shawel and the anti-EPRDF forces like the EPRP.

Listen to interviews in Diaspora Discussion room with:
Wotat Dereje Nigist Gebrehiywot

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Coalition for H.R.2003 -September 30,2007

We would like to request that you post the attached link for Acton for supporters of H.R.2003 as soon as possible. It is important that people take action on the link below. The Coalition and all civic group that work in the passage of H.R.2003 believes House Speaker Pelosi has a positive outlook on H.R.2003 and it is not necessary to put additional pressure on the House Speaker's office.
http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/involved/ethiopia.html

Washington Update (HR 2003 has finally been marked up by House International Relations)

HR 2003 has finally been marked up by House International Relations Committee Wednesday September 26th and sent to the floor of the full House. It was endorsed bipartisanly, by a unanimous vote including all Democrats and all Republicans. We thank the Chairman of the African Sub-committee and the ranking member, Congressmen Donald Payne (D-NJ) and Chris Smith (R-NJ). Read more.....

Weyzero Nigist Gebrehiywot, Kinijit Laelay Mikir Bet Member

Interview with Wetat Dereje from Ethiopia, a released Qaliti Prisoner of Conscious, in Paltalk Diaspora Room

Open letter from Seattle to Kinijit leaders (Amharic pdf)

AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE TO H.R. 2003
(Offered by Mr. Lantos of California)

In the Name of Christianity..... (Amharic pdf)
Editorial of www.ethiopianchurch.org

KINIJIT LAELAY MIKER BET MEMBERS ON THE FACTS: FOR YOUR FILES
By Kinijit North American Editorial Support, September 24, 2007

Watch Vol.I of Ethiopian Millennium Celebreations in London

Zenawi and his fascistic organizations and supporters have no respect for the truth and will destroy, divide and kill any perceived opposition. We are also finding some members in Kinijit who have no respect for the truth, who will call the minority a majority, an exclusive approach as a collective effort, and a defiance of democracy as the democratic approach. They are equally fascistic as Zenawi, and they intend to divide the Kinijit movement, though most supporters of Kinijit and non-members alike prefer a united Kinijit movement. Here are some pointers.

a) Would a meeting called by nineteen (19) Laelay Miker Bet (LMB) members out of sixty (60) LMB members constitute a majority? Does it even constitute a quorum? Are fifteen (15) LMB members out of 19 selected few, who voted for the Berhanu-delegation, the majority of the LMB? Yet, that is what the Berhanu-delegation to the USA claims as its mandate? (See Files 4, 5, and 6 below). Read More.....

In politics – Quality Counts
By Obang Ujilu, (Forbidden City, China, 2007/09/28)

Our politicians shall bear in mind that patriotism does not come from knowledge or university degree; it comes from emotion and faith. We should be standing behind our country a full 100 percent, whether we are knowledgeable or not. In this time of crisis, Ethiopia desperately needs our support, not our doubt in our own faith. Read More.....

On the gossip you read about the health condition of Kinijit Chairman

Elias Kifle of ER claims that "Ethiopian Review has been informed from sources close to Hailu Shawel’s family that he is critically ill in a Minneapolis hospital. Ato Hailu’s condition has gotten worse since Monday, forcing the doctors to allow access to close family members only. Two different sources told Ethiopian Review that the doctors said he feels better today, and that his condition is being stablized. Ato Hailu was planning to travel to Washington DC this coming Saturday for a meeting, but it is postponed for the following week due to his health, according to EPRP sources." In a brief interview at Paltalk Diaspora Room, however, Ato Assefa Deres says the unsubstantiated report about Kinijit President's health by Elias Review is groundless - if not nutty. Listen to the interview.....

Negative American policy towards Ethiopia or the presistence of incoherence
By Mulugeta Zerabruk

The US State Department is presently sponsoring a non transparent political maneuver aimed at bringing together a certain number of Ethiopian political forces deemed “reformist and moderate” to chart a working relationship with the ruling EPRDF led by dictator Meles Zenawi. It is a double pronged policy–on the one hand to strike a deal between groups that hardly love one another and on the other to isolate what US ambassador to Addis Ababa, Donald Yamamoto, refers to as “hardliners. Read More.....

What should I have to say, if the chaff ridiculed the grain?
By Obang Ujilu (Forbidden city, China)

It is high time for us Ethiopians from all walks of life within and outside the country have to bear in mind that advance without coordinated defense will pave a way for saboteurs to do harm on the progress of our struggle. If we master the art of defending ourselves, our heroes, heroines and national interest no amount of force can