Ana Gomes Member of the European Parliamen PRESS RELEASE, September 29 2010 (Brussels) MEP Ana GOMES (S&D, PT) asked President Jacob Zuma of South Africa today, during a meeting of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament, to help liberate Birtukan Mideksa, a young woman leader of the main opposition party in her country, [...]
Acute Poverty amidst “Double Digit Economic Growthâ€: A Contradiction in Terms By Getachew Begashaw Introduction Gebru Tareke, a professor of history at Haile Selassie I University, once wrote: “…by supporting a social hierarchy that was markedly extractive and exploitative, Ethiopian peasants lived for very many years in a terrible state of ignorance and gruesome conditions [...]
Unity no longer elusive to defeat tyrant Meles By Robele Ababya Meles has at last made his speech at Columbia University against mounting opposition that may have forced the University officials to move the venue from the stately Low Rotunda to the class-room-like Roone Arledge Auditorium. President Lee Bollinger was a no show, reportedly away [...]
Following the successful demonstration staged against the visit of the Ethiopian dictator to Columbia University, the organizers of the protest from New York, D.C. area, and other north-eastern states issued the attached Manifesto. In the coming few days and weeks, there will be extensive discussion on each of the three items constituting the Manifesto. We [...]
By Tedla Asfaw The Sept.22 rally in New York by Ethiopians remind me the rally in in the South Lawn of the White House during the first term of the Clinton Administration in 1990s. Back then Ethiopians in thousands denounced one of the “new breed “of African leaders, Meles Zenawi based on his anti-Ethiopia stand [...]
By Robella Mash Naive or morally bankrupt? Why Columbia University and entrepreneurs got it wrong? In reference to World Leaders Forum and the warm reception given to Meles Zenawi by the University of Columbia, my question goes like “Why Columbia University got it wrong and failed to make background check on Meles Zenawi, the self-acclaimed [...]
By Teshome Debalke Aiga Forum, a forum of hoodlums of tyranny has a lesson or two to learn about governance and accountability. Like their beloved regime they operate in clandestine fashion doing the damage like their counterpart cadres do all over Ethiopia. As the usual they posted an open letter from an outfit called Ethiopian-Americans [...]
By Yilma Bekele Let just say it is painful to hear that a prestigious University like Columbia has invited Ethiopia’s tyrannical leader Meles Zenawi to speak at the annual World Leaders Forum. As an Ethiopian I feel insulted and mocked upon. Then again we Ethiopians are used to having our country and people judged with [...]
By Alix Pianin A biography of a World Leaders Forum guest, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, was called into question. The World Leaders Forum is no stranger to controversy—its famous invitation of Iranian President MahmoudAhmadinejad in 2007 set off a firestorm of media and protest—but it was the series’ website that proved inflammatory on Wednesday. [...]
Dear Marchers: We want to thank you for your strong support for human rights in Ethiopia. You have successfully advocated for accountability, justice and change at the highest levels. Today we ask you to take the next step and show your commitment by sending to Columbia University the letter we have attached below. You may also [...]
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