Finote Hibret Radio Voice of EPRP:05/12/2012
‘No Mob without a reason’? Rumour in the short stories of Hama Tuma
Title: The Case of the Criminal Walk and Other Stories
Author: Hama Tuma
Book review by Tom Seymour
Perhaps it was inevitable, seeing as I had read a good deal Hama Tuma’s satire before I read any of his fiction, that I 
would read his short stories for his politics, and for the keen sense of justice that marks his satirical essays. There is much of this to be found in his fiction. First, in his sardonic depictions of petty bureaucrats, government thugs and political bullies, whose cool treatment of suffering is a recurring feature of the stories
Ethiopian journalist faces death penalty
Ethiopian journalist Eskinder Nega could be sentenced to death tomorrow (11 May). He is one of several people accused of inciting terrorism.
He was arrested in September last year after writing an article that questioned the arrests of journalists and the actor Debebe Eshetu under the country's sweeping anti-terror legislation.
It criminalises any reporting deemed to "encourage" or "provide moral support" to groups and causes which the government considers to be "terrorist".
In Ethiopia, new printing directive equals pre-censorship
New York, May 9, 2012- -Ethiopia's main, state-owned printing company has directed newspaper publishers to censor any content that may draw government prosecution under the country's anti-terrorism law or face cancellation of their printing contracts, according to local journalists and news reports.
A note to President Obama. By Yilma Bekele
Dear President Obama,
I am sure you do not have time to read my letter nonetheless it gives me a certain amount of release from the pain I am feeling and the little chance of this letter getting to you fills my soul with great amount of joy and hope. I am an Ethiopian immigrant currently living in California. I came to your country to go to college. I am always grateful to the American people in general and the citizens of the State of Oregon in particular that supported me in fulfilling my dream. Their graciousness in welcoming me and their generosity in helping me with financial aid to finish my education will stay in my heart forever.
Ethiopia Makes 4 Million Hectares of Land Available to Investors
Ethiopia has made more than 4 million hectares (9.9 million acres) of “fertile and unutilized” land available for agriculture companies that meet government requirements, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said.
Canada to cut aid to Ethiopia
THE NILE CRISIS
Obama invites African leaders to G8 food security talks
Chicago Tribune
Those invited to participate are Benin's President Yayi Boni, Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, Ghana's President John Mills and Tanzania's President Jakaya Kikwete, White House spokesman Jay Carney said in a statement.
An imprisoned Ethiopian journalist and blogger has been given a prestigious
BBC News
Eskinder Nega was awarded the Pen America's "Freedom to Write" annual prize for publishing articles critical of Ethiopia's human rights record. His wife Serkalem Fasil, who is a journalist and also spent time in jail, received the award on his behalf.
SOCEPP letter to Malawi’s President regarding mistreatment of Ethiopian refugees in Malawi
Official: Gunmen kill 5 farmworkers in Ethiopia
Muslims Dead in Ethiopia Ahbashism Protests
May 3/2010
REPRESSION AGAINST THE PRESS INTENSIFIES IN ETHIOPIA
One of the State controlled courts has sentenced the editor of the FITH newspaper, Ato Temesgen Desalegn, to four months imprisonment or a fine of 2000 Birr. Reports indicate that the Meles regime is out to close the FITH newspaper, perhaps the last of the relatively free press in the country.
May 3/2012
MAY 3--WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY
The regime of Meles Zenawi has been indentified and condemned as one of the worst predators of the free press in the world. Its latest victims are Woubshet Taye, Eskinder Nega and Reeyot Alemu, jailed and condemned as terrorists for writing and reporting on the news and the sad plight of the Ethiopian people.
Milestone or tombstone? EPRP’s 40 years of struggle
By Obo Arada Shawl May 1, 2012
Introduction
Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Party (EPRP) was formally founded on a week long underground conference April 2 - 9, 1972. Four decades have elapsed since that time. Is this a milestone or a tombstone? That is everybody’s inquiry.
May 1/2012
MAY DAY 2012 ETHIOPIAN WORKERS SUFFER BEYOND GRIEF
Ethiopian workers got the right to get organized and to observe May Day after paying sacrifice of big proportions—workers leaders like Abera Gemu, Markos Hagos and others- were killed by repressive regimes. We
Hundreds of thousands Ethiopian protesters rocked Addis Ababa
April 22, 2012 (Durame) – Addis Ababa was rocked with the largest protest in the city’s history last Friday afternoon when hundreds of thousands of Ethiopian Muslims gathered after Friday prayers to demand an end to oppression and interference in their religious affairs.
A young man doused himself with petrol
Addis Abeba (25 April 2012): A young man doused himself with petrol in Giorgis, Addis Ababa yesterday.
Eritrean Government Denies President Afwerki Is Terminally Ill
Eritrea’s government denied what it said was an “intensive campaign of rumor” in recent weeks suggesting that President Isaias Afwerki is terminally ill and his health is deteriorating
Revolution and the domesticated Ethiopian elite
By Gemencho
In a joint public address with the Ginbot 7 group, an official from Kemal Gelchu’s wing of the OLF, made an interesting remark. He said, his group, if need be, is ready to lead the coming Ethiopian revolution. Though thinly veiled, it is a clever move, to win the hearts of the gullible. No matter, he is not alone in this. We have been amused by those who sabotaged the May 2005 peoples’ uprising and saved the Meles regime from its doom, tripping over each other to pay homage to the North African and Arab revolutions.
Why Have the Amaras Once Again Become Victims of Ethnic Cleansing by TPLF?
By Assefa Negash, M.D.
Amstelveen, the Netherlands - 18th of April 2012
“A pregnant woman who only gave birth to a child during the night was thrown out on the street the following morning along with her mattress and child who is just a few hours old (neonate). Pregnant Amara women have been forced to flee their homes.
Editor’s Note – Kenya’s deputy speaker, Farah Maalim, ridiculed a Meles Zenawi envoy to Nairobi as an ignorant who doesn’t know how democracy works. The Kenyan made the remark after Shemsudin Roble, Zenawi’s ambassador to Kenya, wrote in The Standard criticizing Kenya for its role in Somalia. The Kenyan lawmaker’s article is posted below.
Setting record straight on regional politics and ‘Operation linda nchi’
By Farah Maalim (East African Standard)
My attention has been drawn to an article published by The Standard On Saturday on March 24 by Shemsudin Roble, Ethiopian Ambassador to Kenya.
Good Press for Dictators
Ken Silverstein December 19, 2001
(An old article but worth reading….
Somewhere in Africa, a dictator sits in his presidential palace, alone and forlorn. Just recently, he deployed troops to quell an opposition rally and a few unarmed civilians were killed. Nothing out of the ordinary, really; but this time the international press have descended on his capital. Foreign governments are calling for democratic reforms. And embarrassed international financial institutions, which have long subsidized the corrupt regime, are openly discussing a loan cutoff.
Ethiopian gunmen attack Sudanese governor
April 9, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – A convoy carrying the governor of Sudan’s eastern state of Al-Qadarif across the shared borders with Ethiopia on Sunday was attacked by suspected members of the Ethiopian gang known as Shifta, Sudan Tribune has learned.
BREAKING NEWS: Maitre Artiste Afewerk Tekle dies at 80
Gura Ferda and crimes against Humanity
April 14, 2012
By Tesfay Atsbeha and Kahsay Berhe
The inhuman measures of expelling Ethiopians from their own country in the district of Gura Ferda should outrage all Ethiopians. How can hardworking innocent farmers, women and children who were living legally be deprived of their houses, farmland and belongings and evicted by force, simply because they are ethnic Amharas? The root cause of this crime is the backward and divisive ethnic politics of Meles Zenawi.
Southern Ethiopia-the playground of Meles Zenawi
By Yilama Bekele
Most locations are just bland places. There is not much variation in the topography. Look at Google satellite map of Africa and you will see what I mean. Endless flat land, a stretch of desert, an occasional river or a few hills is the norm. Our Ethiopia is different. In the North we have the Semen Mountains rearing high as if trying to reach heaven.
A DELIBERATE AND OUTRIGHT DECEPTION–PART III
Mankelklot Haile Selassie (PhD) - April 9, 2012
3.2 Uprising (revolution)
To directly empower the people of Ethiopia uprising is the most efficient and effective method of struggle. But, the crux of the matter is, once the uprising is started it has to be on persistent level which inevitably would be directly proportional to the sacrifices that will follow.
A DELIBERATE AND OUTRIGHT DECEPTION–PART II
Mankelklot Haile Selassie (PhD)April 6, 2012
2. Which one of the Oromo organizations are the true representatives of the Oromo people?
Responding to this very important question boldly will help one look into the current event critically and take well articulated and measured steps. There are the prominent Oromo organizations who are recognized by the people of Ethiopia in general and by the Oromo people in particular, namely Oromo National Congress-ONC, Oromo Federalist Party (OFP), and Oromo Peoples Democratic Organization (OPDO) and others.
