May
31, 2005
Opposition Oromo party says members killed during,
after elections
Sudan Tribune
- Sudan
ADDIS ABABA, May 31, 2005 -- The opposition Oromo
National Congress (ONC) has ... from Beladumo
town, Fedis District, eastern Harerge zone in
eastern Ethiopia.
Ethiopia opposition files case against poll board
Reuters South
Africa - Johannesburg,South Africa
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's main opposition
coalition said it had filed complaints against the
election board on Tuesday, accusing it of bias and
...
Ethiopia -The undemocratic elecotral system
Sudan Tribune
- Sudan
By Hibret Selamu May 27, 2005 -- It is well known
that Ethiopia is presently structured along ethnic
lines, a situation akin to the apartheid system in
the ...
Ethiopia ruling party consolidates poll lead -board
Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News
Mon, 30 May 2005 10:03 AM PDT
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's ruling party and
its allies secured a clear majority in May 15
parliamentary elections, according to the latest
provisional results released on Monday, prompting
fresh opposition calls for recounts.
May
27, 2005
The Oromo “have no choice. They have to live under a
brutal government...
Portland
Tribune - Portland,OR,USA
He once told Brown,
“In America, you have a choice. In Ethiopia, your
only choice is survival.”
Adds Ahmed: The Oromo “have no choice. They have
to live under a brutal government. There’s no
democracy, it’s like Cuba with Fidel Castro. They
tell the U.S. they have democracy to get economic
aid, but there’s no democracy.”
City of Seattle urged to help foreign families
Seattle Times
- Seattle,WA,USA
... at City Hall, the session was
simultaneously translated into four languages --
Spanish and Somali, and two languages spoken in
Ethiopia, Tigrinya and Oromo. ...
Ethiopian Demonstrators Call for Transparency in
Elections
AllAfrica.com
- Africa
... outside the State Department May 26 to
call for full transparency in the vote counting that
is taking place after the recent parliamentary
elections in Ethiopia ...
What is 'The Agazee' militia doing in Addis Abeba
Nazret.com -
College Park,MD,USA
... regime, they know that they are facing
defeat throughout the country and they have to do
something before they are totally humiliated by the
people of Ethiopia ...
Kenya Call to Have Refugees Pay Income Tax
AllAfrica.com
- Africa
... quoting specific figures, Ms Wakahiu said
the vibrancy experienced in Eastleigh in Nairobi
after the influx of thousands of Somali and Ethiopia
refugees is an ...
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May
26, 2005
EU observers say Ethiopia's electoral board has
lost control of ...
CBC News -
Canada
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - Ethiopia's electoral
board appears to have lost control of the vote
counting for the May 15 legislative polls, European
Union ...
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Ethiopia's ruling party leads parliamentary
elections: preliminary results
People's Daily
Wed, 25 May 2005 4:59 PM PDT
The ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary
Democratic Front was leading the May 15
parliamentary elections with 165 seats it secured,
according to preliminary results issued Wednesday by
the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE).
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Ethiopia and Eritrea locked in border battle
Independent
Online - Cape Town,South Africa
Asmara - Eritrea's president said on Tuesday that
Ethiopia sees war as the only way to overcome
festering border tensions between the rival Horn of
Africa ...
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May
23, 2005
70 Ethiopian opposition poll observers seek refuge
at Red Cross
Sudan Tribune
- Sudan
... observers of the opposition Oromo
National Congress, (ONC), in Bedeno and Weter town
have sought refuge at the Red Cross in Harer, in
eastern Ethiopia. ...
May
22, 2005
Ethiopia to Hold New Election at 6 Stations
Voice of
America - USA
Ethiopia's National Electoral Board has announced
that it plans to hold a new election this weekend at
six polling stations where irregularities were
reported ...
May
20, 2005
Ethiopia probes 'huge poll fraud'
BBC News - UK
... The opposition Oromo Federal Democratic
Movement wants re-runs across the region. There have
also been complaints of fraud in southern Ethiopia.
...
Ethiopia takes 'huge stride' in first free
election
Guardian
Unlimited - UK
... the CUD draws support from the Amhara
ethnic group, who traditionally ruled Ethiopia.
... accused its critics of involvement with the
rebel Oromo Liberation Front ...
May
19, 2005
Big gains for Ethiopia opposition
BBC News, UK
The ruling party has acknowledged
the two main opposition groups have won about one
third of the 547 seats. Information Minister ...
May
17, 2005
Oromo immigrants strive to be heard
by
Art Hughes, Minnesota Public Radio
 |
| The Oromo
region occupies a portion of southern and
central Ethiopia, including the capital
Addis Ababa. (Map courtesy of Oromian
National Academy ) |
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The Twin Cities area offers
refuge for many immigrant groups from around the
globe escaping social and political problems in
their homelands. One such group is the Oromo people
from Ethiopia. One of the largest populations of
Ethiopian immigrants in the United States has
settled in the Twin Cities metro area.
The varied cultures and disparate groups from the
eastern African nation make national identity a
complex and touchy issue. The Oromo find fertile
ground in the Twin Cities for speaking out against
claims of human rights abuses in their homeland.
Meanwhile, relationships with fellow Ethiopian
immigrants remain strained because of a long history
of political differences.
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Friends mourn slain mother
Metro Toronto
- Toronto,Ontario,Canada
... Kassim is a Canadian citizen who
immigrated to Canada from Ethiopia in the mid-'90s
... Street and Lawrence Avenue, said Abera
Makonnen of the Oromo Nation Canadian ...
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Rights Group Claims Ethiopia Repression
WINK TV Southwest Florida
Mon, 16 May 2005 7:14 AM PDT
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia Systematic political
repression in Ethiopia's largest state has kept
people there from freely participating in the
country's third general election campaign, a leading
human rights group said Tuesday.
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Ethiopia Opposition: Government Victory Claim is
Premature
Voice of
America - USA
By Alisha Ryu. Ethiopia's largest opposition group
has accused the ruling party of using what it calls
"illegal means" to cling to power. ...
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Ethiopia: Opposition Accuses Ruling Party of
'Clinging' to Power
Voice of
America - USA
Ethiopia's main opposition group has accused
the ruling party of trying to cling to power, after
claiming election victory while votes were still
being counted ...
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US watching Ethiopia 'closely'
News24 - Cape
Town,South Africa
Washington - The United States said on Monday the
latest legislative elections in Ethiopia were
fraught with multiple problems, but there was no
evidence of ...
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US Urges Calm in Ethiopia after General Elections
Voice of
America - USA
The United States is urging parties in Ethiopia to
maintain a peaceful atmosphere in the country after
general elections Sunday marked by fraud claims by
...
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May
16, 2005
Oromo: Ethiopia Opposition Claims Big Win in
Capital
UNPO - The
Hague,Netherlands
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's main opposition
coalition said on Monday it had won around 20 out of
23 seats in the capital Addis Ababa during Sunday's
...
May 15, 2005
Ethiopia bans demos after poll, fears "trouble"
Reuters.uk -
UK
... remarks provided an abrupt change of tone
at the end of a day marked by an apparently peaceful
display of voting by large numbers from Ethiopia's
26 million ...
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Backgrounder: Major Ethiopian opposition parties
contesting ...
People's Daily
Online - Beijing,China
... The Oromo National Congress is the
alliance's core party. ... They hope to
change the 1994 constitution that divides Ethiopia
into nine ethnically-based regional ...
High turnout, peace featuring Ethiopia's third
general elections
Xinhua -
Beijing,China
... International observers monitoring
Ethiopia's hotly contested general elections Sunday
said long lines due to huge voter turnout appeared
to be the only ...
Eritrea ever present in Ethiopia's imperial
politics, election ...
Eritrea Daily
- Perth Amboy,NJ,USA
15 May 2005, EDnews- In a report to Reuters
yesterday, Katie Nguyen bemoaned "Eritrea slips off
Ethiopia's election agenda". No panic Ms. Katie.
...
Backgrounder: Major Ethiopian opposition parties
contesting ...
People's Daily
Online - Beijing,China
Polls have opened in Ethiopia where some 26.5
million eligible voters are casting their ballots to
elect the country's federal and regional
legislators. ...
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Ethiopian authorities prohibit candidate symbols
in polling ...
People's Daily
Online - Beijing,China
The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) said
Saturday that voters are not allowed to display
poster or logo of any political party or show
symbols with ...
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May
13, 2005
Ethiopia's path of oppression
Mail &
Guardian Online - Johannesburg,South Africa
... In the days before Ethiopia's election,
Amnesty International has received reports ...
Instead, the Oromo People's Democratic Organization,
one of Zenawi's ...
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Oromo: Union of Oromo Students in Europe Condemns
TPLF's ...
UNPO - The
Hague,Netherlands
... The Union of Oromo Students in Europe
condemns the barbaric acts of Meles-led TPLF regime
in Ethiopia and demands the unconditional release of
these students.
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By CHRIS TOMLINSON,
Associated Press Writer
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - Systematic
political repression in Ethiopia's largest
state has kept people there from freely
participating in the country's third general
election campaign, a leading human rights
group said Tuesday.
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May
12, 2005
From Adversarial Relationship to Respectful Dialogue
Nazret.com -
College Park,MD,USA
... call or invitation by the
government made to the OLF (Oromo Liberation Front
... Finally, to discuss democracy and
democratic elections in Ethiopia today is to
talk ...
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Meles Zenawi plays the terror card
SomaliNet -
USA
... widespread human rights abuses in Oromo
region. Somalis under Ethiopian occupation also
report similar brutalities. People who oppose
Ethiopia's occupation ...
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Rights groups cry foul as Ethiopia prepares for
poll
Mail &
Guardian Online - Johannesburg,South Africa
... without charge of two reporters
from the country's majority Oromo tribe. ...
United States State Department noted improvements in
conditions in Ethiopia but still ...
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Rights groups cry foul as Ethiopia prepares for
weekend elections
Sudan Tribune
- Sudan
... detention without charge of two
reporters from the country's majority Oromo tribe
... the US State Department noted improvements
in conditions in Ethiopia but still ...
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11, 2005,
Suppressing Dissent Human Rights Abuses and
Political Repression in
Ethiopia’s Oromia Region! (pdf)
On May 15, 2005,
Ethiopia will hold national elections. The
international community,including international
donors, who have poured substantial amounts of aid
into Ethiopia since the current government came to
power fourteen years ago, will be watching these
elections closely for signs that Ethiopia is moving
towards real democracy. In advance of these
elections, the government of Prime Minister Meles
Zenawi enacted reforms that could, on the surface,
make the elections more open. However, as this
report documents, the political freedoms required
for elections to be a meaningful exercise of
Ethiopian citizens’ fundamental right to participate
in the selection of their government do not exist
for many Ethiopians. In Oromia, the largest and most
populous state in Ethiopia, systematic political
repression and pervasive human rights violations
have denied citizens the freedom to associate and to
freely form and express their political ideas. As a
result, on election day, most voters there are
unlikely to be presented with real choices.
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Human
Rights Watch
To
understand the context in which the 2005 election is
taking place in Oromia—and the underlying causes of
the patterns of political repression and human
rights abuses documented in this report—it is
necessary to understand the history of the
competition for political control of Oromia.
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Ethiopian Elections Key to Advancing Democracy in
Africa
United States Department of State (Washington,
DC)
May 10, 2005
Posted to the web
May 10, 2005
Jim Fisher-Thompson
Washington, DC
Democracy endowment's Peterson tells Congress
U.S. should press for change
It is hard to see democracy expanding throughout
Africa if a populous nation like Ethiopia -- a
country of enormous political and strategic
importance for the African continent -- drifts
toward "corrupt authoritarianism," says Dave
Peterson, Africa program director of the National
Endowment for Democracy (NED).
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Ethiopia: Rights Group Accuses Gov't of Suppressing
Opposition
UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
May 10, 2005
Posted to the web
May 10, 2005
Addis Ababa
Political dissent in Ethiopia's most populous region
is being quashed by the government, thereby
compromising the integrity of the 15 May elections,
a human rights group said on Monday.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said systematic repression
in Oromiya region, where one-third of the country's
71-million population lives, makes next week's
elections a "hollow exercise".
"The political freedoms required for elections to be
a meaningful exercise of citizens' fundamental right
to participate in the selection of their government
do not exist for many Ethiopians," the New
York-based organisation said.
"In Oromiya, systematic political repression and
pervasive human rights violations have denied
citizens the freedom to associate and to freely form
and express their political ideas," it added. "As a
result, on election day, most voters there are
unlikely to be presented with real choices."
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May
10, 2005
Ethiopia:
Political Dissent Quashed (Human Rights Watch Report)
Human
Rights Watch - USA
... the Oromo Peoples' Democratic
Organization, holds the largest share of
parliamentary seats within the four-party coalition
that has ruled Ethiopia since 1991 ...
Ethiopia Polls "Hollow Exercise" in Democracy,
Report States
Epoch Times -
New York,NY,USA
... countries, which provide $2 billion in
budget support to Ethiopia annually, are ...
of male detainees accused of supporting the
separatist Oromo Liberation Front ...
Rights body accuses Ethiopia
News24 - Cape
Town,South Africa
... The southern state is home to the Oromo
people, who make up 32% of Ethiopia's 73 million
people, and it has been the centre of dissent
against the ruling ...
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Ethiopian Government Taken to Task Over Massive
Rights Abuses
AllAfrica.com
- Africa
... the Oromo Peoples' Democratic
Organisation, holds the largest share of
parliamentary seats within the four-party coalition
that has ruled Ethiopia since 1991. ...
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May
09, 2009,
Election fever grips Ethiopia
News24 - Cape
Town,South Africa
At least 250 000 supporters of Ethiopia's opposition
Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) turned out
on Sunday for a rally in the capital Addis Ababa to
...
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Desert of death and dreams
Mail &
Guardian Online - Johannesburg,South Africa
... "The Tigray govern by dictatorship,
because they are only six million. We Oromo
want a share of the wealth of Ethiopia for the
oppressed majority and the ...
Ethiopia prepares press IDs for local, foreign
journalists
Xinhua -
Beijing,China
¡¡ADDIS ABABA, May 8 (Xinhuanet) -- The National
Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) said Sunday it
has prepared identification cards for some 65 local
and ...
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Melez Zenawi of Ethiopia warns against Ethiopian
Internal ...
Geeska Afrika
- Somalia
Kenya for the second in a series of country visits
to take stock of the worldwide fight against the
menace. Javier Rupérez, Executive ...
Ethiopian opposition rallies ahead of election
CNN
International - USA
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) -- Ethiopia's main
opposition leader promised a rally of 250,000 people
on Sunday to spur economic growth and create jobs by
...
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May 03, 2005
TPLF AND THE DEMISE OF ETHIOPIA
Nazret.com -
College Park,MD,USA
... world that they are champions of the poor and
oppressed people of Ethiopia. ... Clashes occur
regularly, for example, between Oromo and Somalis
groups in the south ...
Floods still devastating Ethiopia
Brisbane
Courier Mail - Brisbane,Queensland,Australia
AT least 146 people have been killed and more than
250,000 displaced in massive floods that continue to
devastate southeast Ethiopia for nearly two weeks
...
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Poll scam in Ethiopia
News24 - Cape
Town,South Africa
... There are about 30 000 polling stations
across Ethiopia and about 25.6 million of Ethiopia's
71 million people have registered to vote.
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Chinese firms receive investment
licenses in Ethiopia
Xinhua -
Beijing,China
ADDIS ABABA, May 2 (Xinhuanet) -- About 70 Chinese
enterprises have so far received licenses to invest
in Ethiopia thanks to the country's efforts to
attract ...
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Eritrea/Ethiopia: Why fighting talk could lead to
all-out ...
Eritrea Daily
- Perth Amboy,NJ,USA
03 May 2005, EDnews- Eritrea and Ethiopia
have moved troops to the border and are at the brink
of a return to war, writes Martin Kimani, Lloyds
List. ...
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Study: Africa Worst Place for Moms, Kids
ABC News - USA
... shows a malnourished child being prepared
to be weighed at a UNICEF supported therapeutic
feeding center in the Somali Region, Bissidimo,
Ethiopia, on Thursday ...
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