At the “World Economic Forum Meeting” in Ethiopia last week, dictator Meles Zenawi lectured: … My view is that there is no direct relationship between economic growth and democracy historically or theoretically. But my view is that democracy is a good thing in and of itself irrespective of its impact on economic growth.
How comes the Friday April 18 event that shocked Meles Zenawi and his foreign backers at the Regan Building between 10:30 am and 11 am was blocked from the Ethiopian public back home ? Is VOA the propaganda media of the Obama Administration or the tax payers funded media that reflects the value of the American people ? America is not China where people are told what to see and hear. VOA is now behaving like Chinese media under the control of one party to censor the brave Journalist act who exposed the most hated person in Ethiopia, Meles Zenawi the number one Terrorist in Ethiopia.
In countries like Ethiopia, meaningful government reforms must be undertaken first, including the privatization of land, the opening of political space, the restoration of freedoms of expression, the rule of law, the representation of stakeholders at every level and the return of civil and human rights. All sectors of society are controlled by the current regime where access to private enterprise is politically linked and inaccessible to the majority.
Abebe Gellaw Ethiopian Journalist, protests against Meles Zenawi during the Symposium on Global Agriculture and Food Security May 18, 2012 at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, DC.
President Obama is now in the business of propping and supporting African dictators. Obama’s victory raised great excitement, hope and pride for the people of Africa. Unfortunately, his invitation of one of Africa’s worst dictators, Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia, to Camp David on May 18, 2012 has dashed hopes for Obama’s redemption as a friend of Africa and declared commitment for freedom and democracy to triumph in the continent. As a Nobel Peace Prize winner, he was supposed to stand with the oppressed not with the oppressors and killers.
In 2008, inspired by his message of change and his catchy slogan of “Yes We Can” [Yechalal], Ethiopian Americans joined Obama’s grassroots movement in unprecedented numbers and became part of the American political process with passion and aspiration unseen in any previous US elections.
No wonders many African countries in general and Ethiopia in particular is the center of gravity when it comes to charity. She became the symbol of a damping ground for every conceivable financial and material charity, thanks to Woyane and its stooges that mastered the art of beggary.
Mulugeta Hailu’s sudden death has been a source of much agony and shock to me as much as to countless others who knew and deeply appreciated and loved Mulugeta Hailu. Mule, as many call him affectionately, of course belongs to that generation, the gallant generation that rose up for social transformation of Ethiopia during the 70s. Such characterization alone, however, can’t possibly capture the essential qualities of Mule, the man, Mule, the Ethiopian.
Ethiopian governments over the past four decades have blamed food shortages and famines on everything except their own indifference, incompetence and negligence. Emperor Haile Selassie in 1974 pretended there was no famine until “The Hidden Famine” by Jonathan Dimbleby was aired to a shocked and angry Ethiopian public. Former socialist junta leader Mengistu was arrogantly dismissive of the 1984-85 famine in which an estimated one million people perished. Mengistu would contemptuously respond to reporters by challenging them, “What famine?”
The Holy Synod made a press release in which it condemned the killing of Muslim brothers and sisters in Ethiopia and called upon all Orthodox believers to join the fellow Muslims in their protest against the unlawful intervention of the TPLF/EPRDF regime in their religious norms. Here is a clip of the message.
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