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TPLF’s Minority Ethnic Monopoly of the Armed forces in Ethiopia ( A revisit after four years)[GINBOT 7]
TPLF’s Minority Ethnic Monopoly of the Armed forces in Ethiopia
( A revisit after four years)
Oct 06, 2014
The monopoly of key government decision making positions in Ethiopia by individuals of one ethnic group, the TPLF led Tigrean elite,...
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What does President Obama “know” about the 2015 “election” in Ethiopia? [Prof. Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Last week, President Barack Obama met with a delegation of the regime in Ethiopia and said, “… the Prime Minister [Hailemariam Desalegn] and the government is going to be organizing elections in Ethiopia this year. I know something...
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United States expels Ethiopian Embassy gunman[ By Abebe Gellaw]
The United States has expelled the Ethiopian Embassy gunman who opened fire at peaceful protesters last Monday, Ethiopian embassy sources confirmed to the Ethiopian Satellite Television (ESAT).
Solomon Tadesse Gebreselassie, aka Wedi Woyni,...
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Government using taxpayer's money to train Ethiopia's security forces while British man is held there on death row -The Independent
Exclusive: The 59-year-old sought asylum in Britain in 1979 after being threatened by Ethiopian authorities over his political beliefs
The Government is using taxpayers’ money to train security forces in Ethiopia who are currently holding...
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South Sudan Government : Seyoum Mesfin undesirable to us, we request a new envoy
Juba ( Agencies + DIPLOMAT.SO) – The South Sudan government demanded the removal of Ethiopian chief mediator Seyoum Mesfin after accusing him of pursuing “regime change” at the behest of the Troika members of the US, UK and Norway.
Government...
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Crimes Against Womanity: Marriage by Abduction in Ethiopia (Prof. Alemayehu G. Mariam)
The truth is stranger than fiction
In my September 7 commentary, DIFRET: The Abduction of a Film in Ethiopia, I expressed my outrage over the aborted Ethiopian premiere of the film DIFRET. That film, based on a “true story” of Aberash...