.Ethiopan undemocratic govt, a dilemma of western donors
Feb
22nd 2007 | ADDIS ABABA From The Economist print edition
.....In any event, Meles Zenawi's government is finding it hard to run the
show. Some 80% of the people in Addis Ababa probably back opposition
parties. In response, the government has become harsher, muzzling free
speech and forcing independent newspapers to close. Many journalists are
in jail on trumped-up charges. Dissidents have been disappearing, along
with critical websites. Telephones are often tapped. For more than a year,
text messaging on the country's small number of mobile phones has been
hampered by “technical difficulties”. |
INTERVIEW LIVE 7:00- 7:30 pm EST
THIRTY MINUTES WITH THE SPOKESPERSON
OF EIDM, Ato Kidane Hagos
(In
Tigrigna) Host
Naz
Yemane, Voice of Eritrea.
On
Sunday Feb, 25 from 8-8;30 PM Atlantic time (7-7:30 PM ES.T), Voice of
Eritrea on CKDU 88.1 FM is pleased to announce an interview with Mr
Kidane Hagos the spokesperson of the Eritrea Independent Democrat Movement (EIDM).
Mr. Kidane Hagos will be speaking with regards to the current meeting of
the Eritrean Opposition Groups that took place in Ethiopia.
Topics will cover the following:
1) Has EIDM been invited to such meeting, and if not why not?
2) What do you expect from their congress?
3) Ethiopia seems to be on the war path against Eritrea counting on
American fire-power and technology. Can Ethiopia do it alone? Do you
think the US would get involved if Ethiopia decides to invade Eritrea?
4) What is the cause of instability in the Horn?
To listen the interview go on line at
http://www.ckdu.ca then click on the right side either HI_-FI or Lo-FIor
go directly to Meskerem web site.
To ask question while Mr. Kidane is on-line call us at (902) 494 2487.
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Ethiopia
urged to assist Eritrean opposition to replace Afewerki Sunday
25 February 2007 00:10.
Feb 24, 2007 (ADDIS
ABABA) — A member of the Eritrean opposition alliance which held a
meeting in Addis Ababa last week, was openly calling for Ethiopia’s
intervention to help oust President Isayas Afewerki from power.
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Somalia Reverts to Political
Fragmentation
Drafted By: Dr. Michael A. Weinstein
http://www.pinr.com
During the first three weeks of February, Somalia continued its slide into
political fragmentation as violent attacks against occupying Ethiopian
forces and militias loyal to the Transitional Federal Government (T.F.G.)
persisted on a nearly daily basis, inter-clan fighting continued to break
out and the level of crime increased |
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US used Ethiopia bases to attack Al-Qaeda in Somalia: report.
Fri Feb
23,
2:20 PM ET
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The
US
military remained silent on a press report Friday that US ground troops
used Ethiopian bases to fight Al-Qaeda in Somalia, but said it would help
regional allies fight terrorists.
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NO
WMDS ~ NO TERRORIST ATTACKS?
. THE US PUBLIC AND US LAW MAKERS NEED TO BE
CAUTIOUS
"We were misled, we were given evidence that was not true," Kerry said.
"It was wrong, and I was wrong to vote [for it]." |
U.S.
Secretary of State
Colin Powell Addresses the
U.N. Security Council
For Immediate Release
February 5, 2003
POWELL: My second purpose today is to provide you with additional
information, to share with you what the United States knows about Iraq's
weapons of mass destruction as well as Iraq's involvement in terrorism,
which is also the subject of Resolution 1441 and other
The material I will present to you comes from a variety of sources. Some
are U.S. sources. And some are those of other countries.
Some of the sources are technical, such as intercepted telephone
conversations and photos taken by satellites.
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Ethiopia accuses Eritrea of 'terror attacks'
Thu Feb 22, 11:40 AM ET
There
is convincing information about Shaebia's (the Eritrean government)
strategy, plan and network aimed at wreaking havoc in Ethiopia through
the orchestrated terror attacks," officials said in a report broadcast
on national television.They claimed to have substantial evidence,
including email messages, video recordings and photographs, linking
Eritrea with groups Ethiopia claims use terrorist methods....Major
targets of the terror attacks were hotels, main roads, government
officials and institutions in Addis Ababa," it said.
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Islamist Websites Monitor Project No. 67
Middle East Media Research Institute -
Washington,DC,USA
On February 20, 2007 Islamist websites posted a communiqué by a group calling
itself "The Mujahideen Brigades in Eritrea." The message opens by
criticizing ... |
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