Tag Archives: Meles Zenawi
By Teklu Abate The regime in Ethiopia and the opposition in the Diaspora and at home appear to live in totally different ‘worlds’. Each is a typical alien to the other. The governing party sees the opposition as powerless, incompetent, … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Amhara, Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Ethiopia, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, Hailemariam, Human rights in Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, United States Constitution
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“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world,” said Nelson Mandela. For the late Meles Zenawi and his apostles (the Melesistas) in Ethiopia, the reverse is true: Ignorance is the most powerful weapon you … read more »
Posted in Alemayehu G. Mariam, Article, Columnist, Op-ed
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Tagged Carter G. Woodson, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Fela Kuti, George Orwell, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Nelson Mandela, sub-Saharan Africa
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By Shem Oirere, construction.com Ethiopia’s capital city, Addis Ababa, may boast Africa’s tallest building by 2017. While a 58-story building had been announced, plans unveiled by a private Chinese developer now call for a 99-story office-hotel tower. Guangdong Chuanhui Group has … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Addis Ababa, African Union, Carlton Centre, Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, Ethiopia, ethiopioan, Guangdong, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi
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Abdel Latif El-Menawy Al Arabiya THREE years ago I warned of the water crisis and the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam via a series of articles. I traveled to Ethiopia and Eritrea and met with late Ethiopian premier Meles Zenawi and Eritrean … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Isaias Afewerki, Meles Zenawi, Nile, Sudan
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Meles Zenawi when he was alive and his apostles today (“Melesistas”) keep playing us in the Diaspora like a cheap fiddle. They make us screech, shriek, scream and shout by simply showing their mugs in our cities. How do they … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Blue Nile, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, New York City, Nile, San Diego, Sudan
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Bloomberg News Ethiopia is negotiating with Brazil, Russia and India to finance and build rail links after agreeing terms last year with Chinese and Turkish companies for other routes, the head of the state rail company said. Russia’s government may … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, News
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Tagged Addis Ababa, China, China-Africa Development Fund, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Hailemariam Desalegn, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi
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Local Ethiopian Community Invited to Attend Meeting, Allege They Were Kicked Out for Protesting Ethiopian Government’s Human Rights Abuses By Anna Daniels Lines of taxicabs were parked along Fairmount Avenue in City Heights yesterday afternoon–Sunday April 28. Police cars were … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Ethiopian government, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, los angeles, Meles Zenawi, Politics of Ethiopia, San Diego, United States
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America is Watching!? Diplomacy by hypocrisy is “diplocrisy”. Edmund Burke, the British statesman and philosopher, said “Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing.” We’ve heard many promises on … read more »
Posted in Alemayehu G. Mariam, Article, Columnist, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged CPJ, Eskinder Nega, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, John Kerry, Meles Zenawi, Reeyot Alemu, United States
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Despite the sudden death of long-standing Prime Minister Meles Zenawi in August 2012, the smooth handover of power and his successor’s endorsement of the status quo should see stability and broad policy continuity preserved through to elections in 2015. We … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Special Reports
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Tagged Addis Ababa, August 2012, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, National Bank of Ethiopia, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi
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by Alemayehu G. Mariam “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing”, said Edmund Burke. But what happens when evil triumphs over a good young woman journalist named Reeyot Alemu in Ethiopia? Do … read more »
Posted in Alemayehu G. Mariam, Article, Columnist, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Amnesty International, Ethiopia, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, International Women's Media Foundation, Meles Zenawi, Reeyot, World Press Freedom Day
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By Robele Ababya, Self-defense is a natural right Self-defense at this critical time in the history of Ethiopia threatened by divisive ethnic policy being perpetrated by TPLF’s warlords is a natural right. The Amharas subjected to ethnic cleansing and indeed … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed, Robele Ababya
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Amhara people, Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Ethiopia, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, Flag of Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front
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By Fekade Shewakena The despicable and barbaric action of targeting, evicting and deporting ethnic Amaharas from the Benishangul-Gumuz ethnic state in western Ethiopia is a horrific crime and a crime against humanity by any measure and the outrage of Ethiopians … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Amhara, Amhara people, Bench Maji Zone, Benishangul-Gumuz, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi
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By Duach R. Mach, South Sudan News Agency The Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) issued a statement that Gambella governor, Omode Obang Ulam, is no longer the Chief administrator of the State of Gambella. In “an extraordinary session held … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Anuak people, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, Gambella, Gambella State, Government, Meles Zenawi, South Sudan
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By Ewnetu Sime We are witnessing unprecedented hatred to Amhara ethnic group under Tigrai People’s Liberation Front (TPLF)/ Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Party (EPRDF) ethno-centric dictatorial rule. As soon as TPLF/EPRDF came to power in 1992, the regime and supporters … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Amhara, Derg, Eritrea, eritrean, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front
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By Teklu Abate The Ethiopian regime has launched the Meles Zenawi foundation following its April 6 Congress at the AU Hall here in the capital. The foundation constitutes a library, a research center, a fellowship programme, and a public park, … read more »
Posted in Article, By Teklu Abate, Columnist, Op-ed
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Tagged Azeb Mesfin, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, IndepthAfrica, Meles, Meles Zenawi, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Sudan
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By Yilma Bekele Animal trainers use a whip with a stiff handle to show who the boss is. A whip is used to gain control and achieve compliance using pain. During slavery in the US whipping was a powerful weapon … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed, Yilma Bekele
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Tagged China, Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, People of Ethiopia, Soviet Union, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, TPLF, United States
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President Yoweri Museveni has said that Africa needs to address the issue of electricity shortage as one of the means to enhance and enable its development efforts. He made the comments on Sunday at the African Union Headquarters, in Addis … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Hailemariam Desalegn, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Sudan, Yoweri Museveni
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By Alemayehu G Mariam Last April, I wrote a “Special Tribute to My Personal Hero Eskinder Nega”. In that tribute, I groped for words as I tried to describe this common Ethiopian man of uncommon valor, an ordinary journalist of … read more »
Posted in Alemayehu G. Mariam, Article, Columnist, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Birtukan Mideksa, Eskinder, eskindernega, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Meles Zenawi, Serkalem Fasil, Temesgen Desalegn, Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
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Why the Federal Minister of Trade of Ethiopian (Abdurahman Sheikh Mohammed) was Sacked by Meles Zenawi? What are the facts and who are the Key Players in this case? By A Yakume* In November 2011, Abdurahman Sheikh Mohammed, a 29 … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed, Yakume A
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Tagged Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Harar, Meles Zenawi, Non-governmental organization, Ogaden, Somali people, Somali Region, Somalia
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Government of Ethiopia (Addis Ababa) The inaugural meeting of Meles Foundation opened this morning (March 6) at the African Union Hall. The meeting is attended by Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn , President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, President Ismail Omar Guelleh … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somali, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Abdi Farah Shirdon, African Union, Azeb Mesfin, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Hailemariam Desalegn, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Sudan, Yoweri Museveni
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The two Sudans have pledged a combined $3 million in support of the Meles Foundation, established in honour of Ethiopia’s the late prime minister, Meles Zenawi and officially launched on Saturday in a ceremony held at the African Union (AU) … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, News, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Abdi Farah Shirdon, Addis Ababa, African Union, Azeb Mesfin, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Sudan, Yoweri Museveni
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By Destaw Andargie (Dr.) It will soon be twenty-two years since TPLF seized power in Ethiopia. Over these long and torturous years, TPLF faced no serious external challenge whatsoever. It has been in absolute command. Its rule has never come … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Amhara, Derg, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Meles Zenawi, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, TPLF, United States
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Tsehaye Debalkew It could be arguably and vehemently declared that the single most, cardinal issue that has captured unanimity in its entirety that has brought Africa together and indeed the world, a rare commodity in the global political and diplomatic … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged EPRDF, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, GTP, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, People of Ethiopia
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By Messay Kebede What else could better express the existence in today’s Ethiopia of more than eighty political parties, out of which ethnic parties represent the overwhelming majority, than the term “scramble?” That for now the TPLF holds together the … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Asmara, Derg, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Indepth Africa Magazine, Meles Zenawi, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front
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By Robele Ababya, Unity of Ethiopia is paramount The EPRDF regime is killing, arbitrarily arresting and encouraging ethnic cleansing; therefore an all-inclusive struggle in self-defense is morally and legally justified. The Amharas and Oromos are the main victims of such … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed, Robele Ababya
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Tagged Azeb Mesfin, China, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, Indepth Africa Magazine, Meles Zenawi, Robele Ababya, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, United States
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By Alemayehu G Mariam The silence of Ethiopia’s “beautiful minds” Professor A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, the renowned Indian scientist (“Missile Man of India”) and Eleventh President of India (2002-2007) said, “If a country is to be corruption free and … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Alemayehu G. Mariam, Corruption Perception Index, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Global Financial Integrity, IndepthAfrica, India, Meles Zenawi, Negasso Gidada, Transparency International
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By Getahune Bekele, South Africa IndepthAfrica – Ethiopian Foreign Minister, Warlord Tedros Adhanom’s 30 meters sprint to a waiting car after being separated from his body guards during scuffle with refugees must have been the most embarrassing moment of his … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Pan African News
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Tagged Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Hyatt, IndepthAfrica, Johannesburg, Meles Zenawi, Pretoria, South Africa, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front
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Addis Fortune (Addis Ababa) Delegates of the ninth convention of the ruling EPRDF party have shown their dissatisfaction over a eulogy written for their late leader, Meles Zenawi, while some were critical of the quality of its writing and completeness … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Azeb Mesfin, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, Hailemariam Desalegn, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, TPLF
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By KIRUBEL TADESSE,(AP) BAHRDAR, Ethiopia – Ailing ruling party veteran officials in Ethiopia are leaving their posts to a group of younger leaders in the East African nation which enjoys close ties with Washington but is increasingly looking to China … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Amhara National Democratic Movement, China, Ethiopia, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, Hailemariam Desalegn, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Seyoum Mesfin, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front
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By Addis Fortune Editor’s Note – Azeb Mesfin, the widow of Meles Zenawi, said her husband’s net salary was 4,000 Birr a month, too little money that he had no need for a bank account. Azeb was mad that such … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Azeb, Azeb Mesfin, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Hailemariam Desalegn, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, TPLF
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