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Response
to Dr. Said Hassan: On
the cause of the current Ethiopia soaring inflation rate By
Teshome A.1 For
the last few months I have been reading various commentaries
written by different people FACTBOX-What next after rebel attack on Sudan's capital? May
11 (Reuters) - Below are answers to some key questions
about the Darfur rebel attack on Sudan’s capital. The sound of gunfire continues on the western edge of the suburb of Omdurman, across the River Nile from Khartoum. There have been reports that the Justice and Equality Movement rebels are sending reinforcements to back up a first assault that was repelled by government troops, but sustaining a fighting force over 600 km (400 miles) from rear bases is likely to prove difficult over time. President Omar Hassan al-Bashir’s government has extended a curfew indefinitely, saying it wants to track down pockets of rebels in the city. EPRDF Support Forum Denounces Amnesty International Smear Campaign on Ethiopia. (May 8 2008) Amnesty International seeks to attract attention by going as far as it can so that policies of those nations it is targeting are changed. In this case, Amnesty International is seeking to change the great helping hand that Ethiopia had lent Somalia at the behest of TGS. Amnesty International is also being lobbied by various groups including OLF and ONLF, so that, these terrorist groups get what they have failed to achieve through terrorism by the pressure that Amnesty International brings forth on Ethiopia. In other words, what these terrorist groups failed to achieve with the help of mad Congressmen from New Jersey is being tested by Amnesty International. Archaeologists find Queen of Sheba's palace at Axum, Ethiopia Hamburg, Earth Times (May 7 2008) - Archaeologists believe they have found the Queen of Sheba's palace at Axum, Ethiopia and an altar which held the most precious treasure of ancient Judaism, the Ark of the Covenant, the University of Hamburg said Wednesday. Scientists from the German city made the startling find during their spring excavation of the site over the past three months. Ethiopian tradition claims the Ark, which allegedly contained Moses' stone tablets on which the Ten Commandments were written, was smuggled to Ethiopia by their son Menelek and is still in that country. Finding Solace in a New Setting at EPRDF-SF
May 6, 2008 SOME OPPOSITONS’ ENDLESS HOODWINKING,
DENIALS AND LYING March
29, 2000 By Mathza-The so-called highly educated, particularly those whose names are preceded by a ‘PhD’ find it difficult to measure up to him. Whatever irrational things they say and foolish steps they take are indications of inferiority complex and frustrations. In their relentless character assassinations, there are no stones they have not turned to blemish his name, condemn every thing he says and does, deny all the progress made under him, belittle his outstanding performance at the international level, and call him a stooge because of his outstanding ability to obtain international assistance based on convincing policies, plans, programs and strategies. And recently they boycotted the elections simply because they, as was evident, realized that the 2005 protest vote against EPRDF was not going to repeat. By Dr. Yohannes Kiros March 15, 2000
“As they say better late than never for the Ethiopian government to show its dislike against countries by severing its diplomatic ties.Simple messengers but is dependent on the deep-rooted intrigues of the countries around. Self-interest, misconception about Ethiopia spread by the hate mongers inculcated in their own minds for years against “the Christians”, though the Ethiopian people has all the representatives of the major religions, makes the fight against terrorism extraneous if those funding and protecting them are not prevented through joint collaboration. The work of Qatar as a peace broker nation between Eritrea and Sudan, Sudan and Egypt, Eritrea and Djibouti way back during the Eritrean invasion in 2000. After that period Qatar has been on the offensive by laying and winning the bid for the Port of Djibouti and immediately letting to skyrocket the tariffs for import and export commodities to Ethiopia. Here is follows an article, which appeared in March 2000 in Ben’s homepage and refused by Walta information center about the regional interplay among the prominent members of our Arab neighbors and financers. This point makes even more fastidious in view of the current shipment of weapon to the odious regime in Zimbabwe by China. Mind you Djibouti port or Port Sudan owned by private entrepreneurs owned by these murky and hateful regimes in our region! “ SKY ROCKETING PRICES China salaries overseas Chinese for anti-Tibetan protests By Phurbu Thinley Saturday, April 19, 2008 The Global Human Rights Torch Relay, scheduled to pass through 37 countries, arrived in Minnesota (MN) State on April 16 on its America leg of the ongoing relay. The torch arrived after passing through New York earlier on Sunday. The organizers of the torch relay hope to draw attention to human rights concerns in Tibet, as well as the Chinese government's persecution of the Falun Gong, Buddhists, rights advocates and others. THE SAGA OF AFRICAN UNDERDEVELOPMENT April 18, 2008 The Saga of African Underdevelopment examines in careful detail the economic conditions in Africa during the pre-colonial and colonial periods. The authors argue eloquently that most of the development paradigms that were used to transform African economies, under free trade imperialism or under colonial and postcolonial periods were incompatible with the African system of thought and traditional production systems or mode of production. Following this, they propose a bold development strategy to reverse the dismal economic performance of African countries in the post independence period. SOME OPPOSITIONS’ ENDLESS HOODWINKING, DENIALS AND LYING April 17, 2008 By Mathza Part I The vested interest of consumers as share holders in the associations coupled with the determination of the Addis Ababa Women’s Forum to assist the government effort of stabilizing the market augers well to efficient price monitoring. It will check elements in the bureaucracy from abusing the intervention. The cooperation of the organizations will end the role of the chain of middlemen who have been the major culprits in inflating prices of foodstuffs by manipulating prices and gobbling huge margins between the farmers and the retailers. A number of middlemen, each charging a margin, are involved before grains reach the retailers. Corruption: The Byproduct of Greed and the "Profit Motive" There is also the sleeping giant "profit motive" that may vitiate EPRDF’s planned objectives- the men and women who join the front not so much for the love of their people and country but for their own calculated interest. These fellow Ethiopians may end up hurting our people and country more so than others for they are shielded by many layers of organizational and some other formal covers Ghelawdewos
Araia April
7, 2008
This
essay will make a brief historical synopsis and analysis of the
crimes perpetrated by the Italian fascists against Government & Organized Crime, A History of Co-existence April 8, 2008 Throughout history there has been constant struggle, but also connection between governments and organized crime. In addition, many world famous political and military leaders have been accused of running their countries like criminal organizations, for instance: Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler, Mao Zedong, Nicolae Ceausescu, Idi Amin Dada, Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno, Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte, among others. For many top government politicians is believed to grow enormous wealth by running a kleptrocracy, a government that extends the personal wealth and political power of government officials and the ruling class at the expense of the population. A
Tour of Italian Archives on Ethiopia By Professor Richard Pankhurst-This being Ethiopia’s Millennium Year we wonder, on our side of the world, whether our Ethiopian Millennium Committee has been able to arrange for the repatriation to Ethiopia of Dossier Fasc. 21 bis – which should have taken place in 1947-8 - or whether the question of the seventy-nine missing royal and related letters will continue to stick up the noses of friends of Ethiopia for further decades to come. The Idea of Privatizing Land in Ethiopia:
But Privatizing For Whose Benefit?
Prince
Rasselas, Fact or Fiction? A
Glimpse at our History –
Part Two
G.
E. Gorfu- There
are some discrepancies to point out in Rasselas, where Dr. Samuel
Johnson used another major source of information besides James
Bruce: the book by Father Jerome Lobo: A
Voyage to NES (Network of Ethiopian Scholars)
and its delusional "Ideas for ending endemic governance crisis in Ethiopia"
Friday March 28, 2008@7PM Queen of Sheba, www.qsheba.com 1594bWoodcliff Dr. N.E Atlanta, GA 30329 404 321-1493 EVALUATING
Commentary
with Reference to By
Mathza-Some of the human
rights problems are intentionally perpetrated by the so-called
liberation fronts (OLF, ONLF, etc.) and their likes indirectly
through their support groups and individual supporters. Their
history is replete with bombing hotels, buildings and transport
infrastructures, assassinating government officials and
supporters, harassing and killing innocent people, etc. Unlike the
liberation fronts comprising the EPRDF, the ONLF insurgents kill
people who do not accede to their demands for money and food. Like
in
Rep. Donald Payne's Animus for Ethiopians Finally Exposed If
there was one central theme that seemed to run through the
testimony of the senior U.S. officials called upon to testify
before the committee, it was the overwhelmingly negative role that
Eritrea continues to play. The Ethiopian Research Council (ERC) was founded in 1934 in Washington, D.C. by a group of Ethiopian and American professionals and scholars. The Council is the brainchild of Dr. Melaku Bayen, a surgeon, one of the twelve founding members & the guiding light of ERC strategies until his death; he was the first Ethiopian to graduate with an Medical Doctorate from an institution in the USA. The distinguished Professor William Leo Hansbury was elected as the first Director of the Ethiopian Research Council in 1934 while the suave William Steen handled the day to day affairs of the ERC as Executive Secretary demonstrating his unusually outstanding skills in administration and public relations as well as his love of Ethiopia and Ethiopian causes. Professor Hansbury's was a distinguished professor of history at Howard University, who received the coveted Haile Selassie I Prize in Literature (then the African equivalent to the European Noble Prize) in 1963. Before he died in 1965, he completed a manuscript on ancient Ethiopian history which was later published by Howard University Press in 1974 under the title Ethiopia: The Pillar of Civilization. Professor Hansbury was the founder of the African Studies Program at Howard, which later became the first Black Studies Department in the United States and the world. Prince
Rasselas, Fact of Fiction? A
Glimpse at our History March
21, 2008 G.
E. Gorfu March 18, 2008 Transcript I am the son of a black man from Kenya and a white woman from Kansas. I was raised with the help of a white grandfather who survived a Depression to serve in Patton’s Army during World War II and a white grandmother who worked on a bomber assembly line at Fort Leavenworth while he was overseas. I’ve gone to some of the best schools in America and lived in one of the world’s poorest nations. I am married to a black American who carries within her the blood of slaves and slave owners – an inheritance we pass on to our two precious daughters. I have brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, uncles and cousins, of every race and every hue, scattered across three continents, and for as long as I live, I will never forget that in no other country on Earth is my story even possible. It’s a story that hasn’t made me the most conventional candidate. But it is a story that has seared into my genetic makeup the idea that this nation is more than the sum of its parts – that out of many, we are truly one. Belated Yet Very Important Revisiting the Question of Nationalism to Critique Siye Abraha and Tedros Kiros (PhD) Adal Isaw March 18, 2008 As Ethiopians, we have argued passionately and to no avail so far, as to what it means to be an Ethiopian. At times, the question of who is Ethiopian is foretold for others by those who know little about whom they ask a pledge from. Even those Ethiopian PhD holders of social science discipline, have erroneously define what it means to be an Ethiopian, mistaking state for nation and nation for state in a spiral unenlightened diatribe to the abyss Looking Forward Sifting Through the Process and Doctrine of the Foreign Policy of America Adal Isaw-The recent Senator Feingold’s hearing was not induced by narrowly organized pressure groups, but rather by a general concern about the state of affairs of East Africa as a region. It is one thing to have a hearing on Ethiopia and quite another to have a hearing on regional concern such as East Africa. Blast on Ethiopia-Eritrea border There has been a deadly explosion in a bus on the disputed border between Ethiopia and Eritrea. Ethiopian
officials said at least seven people were killed and 10 wounded
when the bus exploded in the Ronan Farrow sends a misleading message about Ethiopia's effort to battle international terrorism and local insurgents. The article failed to study the geopolitical intricacies of the Horn of Africa and the emergence of terrorism as a weapon of proxy war by a rogue regime in the region. Don't
glamorize insurgents OBSERVING DEVELOPMENT IN By Mathza-
With the above brief review
on development let me now move to my objective in this writing. It
is to draw the attention of the Ethiopian Diaspora who have been
and are being misled by the vociferous hateful and hate monger
compatriots amongst them. The latter have been intentionally
misinforming the former about development activities in Kosovo Brief March 10, 2008 Ivan Simic-In the next two years, Kosovo-Albanians will think that they have succeeded in their agenda, but they will realise they were wrong. By mid 2010, when the EU succeeds with The Helsinki Headline Goal, and when new US administration takes firm control over the United States, they will announce that various reports have shown that unilaterally declared Republic of Kosovo under international supervision is not capable of independence, and that they are recommending that Kosovo Albanians continue to negotiate their terms with the Republic of Serbia. Also, that Republic of Kosovo was a mistake, and that Kosovo needs to be a part of Serbia. Senator Russ Feingold
Leave Ethiopia Alone Senator Feingold failed to make impartial assessment of Ethiopia. Mekonnen Kassa On March 3, 2008, Wisconsin Senator Feingold took the respected Senate floor to spread fear citing unconfirmed “credible accounts”, to defame the Ethiopian government, and to declare his cynical appraisal of state of affairs in Ethiopia to date as “the political crisis that has been quietly growing and deepening over the past few years may be coming to a head.” Contrary to the Senators alarmist declaration, there is abundant evidence that corroborates the bright direction Ethiopia is headed Congressional Record Statement of Senator Russ Feingold On the Political Crisis in EthiopiaMr. President, I rise today to discuss the political situation in Ethiopia. The US-Ethiopian partnership is an incredibly important one – perhaps one of the more significant on the continent given not only our longstanding history but also the increasingly strategic nature of our cooperation in recent years. Ethiopia sits on the Horn of Africa – perhaps one of the roughest neighborhoods in the world, with Somalia a failed state and likely safe haven for terrorists, Eritrea an inaccessible authoritarian regime that exacerbates conflicts throughout the region, Sudan a genocidal regime, and now Kenya descending into crisis. By contrast, Ethiopia seems relatively stable with its growing economy and robust poverty reduction programs. Send Senator Russ Feingold an email, telling him this is not to the best interest of the US, where Ethiopia is at fore-front of the struggle against Islamic Terrorists: Press Release Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – March 5, 2008 Today, at the Science with Africa conference held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Nokia Siemens Networks explained how and why groundbreaking new connectivity findings are relevant for Africa. The conference, an initiative mandated by European Parliament in Lisbon reflecting EU-Africa Summit goals, gave Nokia Siemens Networks and other global telecommunications players the opportunity to demonstrate the valuable contribution that the public-private-partnerships are making to empower developing countries. March
2, 2008
THE ETHIOPIAN VICTORY AT ADWA: MEANINGS FOR AFRICANS AND PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT IN THE DIASPORADr.
GHELAWDEWOS ARAIA- March 2,
2008 Nationalism,
Self-determination, Article 39, & the Eyes of International
Law FEB.
26, 2008 Adal
Isaw- Ethiopia’s Land is not a Saleable Social Product Adal Isaw- FEB. 20, 2008 As a result of having been able to protect our beloved country from the crushing jaws of European colonizers, our ancestors have managed to hand us our land with unadulterated communal ownership. Had they failed, we would have found ourselves in the mist of intricate claim and counter claim of ownership of our own land with those who happen to have the imperial paper work for it. What our ancestors paid in full with their blood should not be lost in the name of production efficiency and investment incentive-both of which that we’re achieving as we speak, without compromising our whole livelihood. It’s therefore to the best interest of the Ethiopian peoples, that the land of Ethiopia should not be allowed and considered to be a social product, saleable to the best bidder for absolute private ownership. Remember, to own land privately in absolute term amounts to owning those whose life is dependent on it. Eternal
Woyane with NO Apology! In Memory of Lekatit 11 FEB.
20, 2008 A.G. Michael, Canada- Unfortunately, the present day chauvinists do not appear to get it. Their stupidity is always revealed through their behavior of interpreting the Tigraian civility as a sign of weakness and fear. They should have read the history of Woyane I, the first Tigaian revolution that humiliated and forced Emperor Haile Selassie to seek help from a foreign power. In 1943, when Tigrai was nearly to be administered fully by its sons and daughters, Haile Selassie begged for help of the British Empire. IT IS THE WATER, STUPID! II FEB. 15, 2008 G. E. Gorfu- Many Ethiopians are so foolish as to join these political schemers and operatives, and even give their monetary support, while some of the elites leading the legislation of HR Bills are outright traitors in the payroll of Egypt’s Mubarak and Eritrea’s Issayas. What a dastardly and heinous act! Is that what your motherland deserves? Is that how you repay the poor peasant who worked hard, tilled, and sweated to get you educated? How sad! Yaw
Davis Director of the Pan African Technical Association (www.pataus.org)
will be giving a slide FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE...TORONTO, CANADA...FEB. 14, 2008 THE GE’EZ FIDEL AND THE MILLENNIUM February
13, 2008 By Mathza-The observations and suggestions on the fidel below are from a layman in the script and Ethiopic languages. I have no doubt that the linguists and those who designed the Ge’ez software have considered these among many other possibilities and changes. My second objective in writing this brief piece is, therefore, to prompt Ethiopian linguists and Ge’ez software designers to educate us about the history and development of the fidel and its incorporation in the cyber world. For example, what is the origin of the fidel? How does it relate to other Semetic scripts? What did the original fidel look like? When were the vowels added? How did the fidel expand to its present form, apparently, accommodating many new sounds? How many groups were and are involved in developing software for the fidel? At what stage is the development of the soft ware? Has a standardized software been agreed upon? There's
been no contest like it Alfred Nobel: Controversial Man, Controversial Awards Ivan Simic Belgrade, Serbia-Alfred Nobel was a pacifist, which is highly contradictory, since he invented dynamite which had enormous use in many wars, but also in industry. Furthermore, he owned a company named Bofos, which was a major weapons manufacturer. Bofos was founded in 1873, but it originates from the iron and steel mill called Boofors, established in 1646.
UN’s Ethiopia-Eritrea force at risk Top Ten Mistakes Leaders (or Managers) Make January 24 2008 Compiled by Tesfaye Habisso-Making mistakes and erring from time to time in itself is not a bad thing. How else can we learn if we are not allowed to a mistake or two? People who learn from mistakes are those who remember them and ensure that they never repeat their failed effort again—good wisdom. And there are those that keep repeating the same mistakes, never learning. The crucial issue here is not about the one or two mistakes that a leader can or will make. But it is about a pattern of operation or a way he or she always does things. New
World Order Evolving January
24 2008 Five More Years! January 23, 2008 G. E. Gorfu-There are some of us, therefore, who would like to see you lead your party to victory in the next election, appoint a capable successor, and within one year of your fourth term, bow out gracefully, in dignity and honor, to be a backbencher in the Ethiopian Federal Parliament. That would put your name as the first in Ethiopian history to do this, and a give you a far greater stature as a true Statesman. That would usher in a historic trend of genuine democracy in our country, a trend for which Ethiopia is waiting and longing for. Seeye
Abraha: The
Transformative Personality in Ethiopian Politics. By Bereket Kiros No
political journey is easy; Seeye’s journey is no exception
either. He We stand in unison For a Common Denominator By: Union of Tigreans in North America (U.T.N.A) Recently, the Tigray Disabled Veterans Association (T.D.V.A) delegation that toured the US and Canada, returned home safely registering a resonating triumph and exuding the deepest love and sympathy from the Tigray community and friends in North America The sojourn of the T.D.V.A delegation was unparalleled in its capacity and outcome attracting and magnetizing a huge audience in all the cities it set its legs on. ETHIOPIA: The Case Against State Funding of Political Parties By Tesfaye Habisso-There are thousand and one reasons why I dissent from the usage of taxpayers' money to be used to support political parties, and that includes the incumbent party. The argument against this system of funding of political parties is that if parties can rely on state funding, they will renege on their attempt to bond with civil society and their supporters and well-wishers. In that case, the whole democratization exercise is often defeated. Terrorism and War: Parallels, Differences and Suffering January 20, 2008 Ivan Simic- Terrorism, on the other hand has been described as the threat of violence, or other harmful act committed for political or ideological goals. The main goals of terrorists are to spread fear among the world population and get global attention for their actions in order to accomplish their goals. Almost every country and organization have different definitions for terrorism, therefore, it is still impossible to give an official one. Up to now, the United Nations has not accepted, nor given definition for terrorism. ILLUSIVE
PEACE IN EAST AFRICA: MUHAMMAD MEGALOMMATIS
ADVOCATES GENOCIDE AGAINST
ETHIOPIANS! [ Paper Submitted for the Emergency Meeting, Afrikan Unity of Harlem, Inc,By Tecola W. Hagos- The type of attack that Megalommatis is waging against Ethiopia can be identified as a variation of the old form of “divide and rule” tactics used by both earlier colonizers and the present day neocolonialists. The effort of Megalommatis against “Amharas and Tigrays” who make up the majority of the diverse people of Ethiopia is far worse than anything seen on the African Continent, except the Rwandan and Darfur Genocide. Megalommatis is not even an Egyptian, but a mercenary of Greek nationality (by his own admission) and yet he is advocating of the elimination of close to forty million Ethiopians. One thing is obvious that such individuals if left unchallenged would sow the seed of strife among the many people of Africa
Mr
DiVanna will hold a full-day “Banking Mini-MBA” on 15
February, entitled “The African Banking Agenda: Innovation,
Performance, Service”. He offers the following preview of the
themes he plans to cover in the course: “The dynamics of the
unfolding landscape of today’s world financial markets demands
that financial institutions learn to excel at innovation in order
to compete. In Beyond The Fence--Double Agony Bay Area residents send medical gear to their native Ethiopia A
New Paradigm in Ethiopian Politics: A discussion on what
Ethiopians can do at this historical juncture to bring about
change in Ethiopia
Hegemony January 14, 2007 Ivan Simic-Hegemony results in the empowerment of certain cultural beliefs, values, and practices to the submersion and partial exclusion of others. Hegemony influences the perspective of mainstream history, as history is written by the victors for a congruent readership. History has it that hegemony has been played since time immemorial; we may recall the dominance of Persian, Roman, Mongol, Ottoman, Austro-Hungarian, German, Chinese, Russian, French, British Empire, amongst others. Ethiopia
plans to build more power plants Scuffle in Seattle – Kinijit vs. Kinijit January 11, 2007 By Mekonnen Kassa-Kinijit the “spirit” is no more and the “divine father” and his disciples are keeping busy in an unprecedented political fight and power struggle. The irreconcilable difference between these two splinters is evident more so this weekend than ever as they each have called for a separate meeting for Saturday and Sunday here in Seattle. US Debating Shift of Support in Somali Conflict. January 10, 2007 Matthew Mainen Policy Analyst, Institute for Gulf Affairs More importantly, however, is Somaliland’s location and the context in which it finds itself. The horn of Africa is an often overlooked yet critical front in the war on terror and Islamic extremism. It is one thing to continue to defeat the terrorists and insurgents on the battlefield, and the allies of the United States, particularly Ethiopia, have done a tremendous job of defeating Somalia’s former Islamist regime, but military victories are not enough to win this war. This is a war of ideology, a war between democracy and Islamism, and nothing will unsettle the Islamists more than establishing free governments in the territories that they wish to control. The future of Somalia is uncertain compared to Somaliland, and as they say “a bird in hand is better than two in the bush.” SEYE
ABRAHA: MYTH AND REALITY By Tecola W. Hagos- This presentation of Seye clarified who Seye Abraha really is. In a way it separated the myth from the reality of Seye. Very often, I have heard very many Ethiopians mostly former Derg officials and collaborators (no surprise here) alleging that Seye is a narrow minded ethnicist and chauvinist who is full of arrogance. I must say that with that single speech he has successfully demolished such myths with the reality of his passionate expression of his love of Ethiopia and his enlightened and firm convictions on the value of reconciliation and understanding. In fact, Seye puts us all to shame by not holding grudges against those who inflicted tremendous pain and suffering on him and his family members.....Seeye Abraha, Ethiopia’s National Treasure, speaks Truth to Power: An outline of Seeye’s New Thinking. By Tedros Kiros, PhD January 7, 2007
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