Ethiopian News and Politics Journal
Some notes on the historical trajectory of Eritrean Nationalism
May 17th
By Mesfin Araya: Indeed, despite the tragedy that mercilessly descended upon the population–during the brutal war unleashed by the Ethiopian dictator, Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam – the history of the Eritrean nationalist struggle is–to employ Shakespearian expression– “A Tale Told by an idiot full of sound and furry Signifying nothing.” Read More…
‘No Mob without a reason’? Rumour in the short stories of Hama Tuma
May 13th
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. Second, in his own third-person narrative voice which, for all the irony and dark humour of the stories, is still prone to talking in a direct and sincere tone: Read More...
Mass Murderer Mengistu cannot be allowed to benefit from his crimes
Jan 14th
Mass murderer and brutal dictator Mengsitu Haile Mariam (exiled in Harare, Zimbabwe) has written a 500+ pages book that 
has been published by Tsehai Publisher of Los Angeles. This mass murderer has not yet atoned or paid for his horrendous crimes and the mass killings of the Red Terror. He now hopes to benefit from the sale of his book of lies. We strongly feel that this criminal should be tried before a court of law and should be hindered from benefitting from his crime. Thus, we have published the book in PDF and we are posting it for free usage of all interested readers. Read More of our preface and the book…
Feb 6th
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A Must be read book (free copy)
Title: To Kill a Generation: The Red Terror in Ethiopia
Author: Babile Tola
Denounce the Repression against Priests of the Historic Waldiba Monastery
Mar 27th
Reports reaching SOCEPP reveal that armed police of the Meles regime have infested the historic Waldiba Monastery and are engaged in a hut to hut search operation, violating sacred quarters and manhandling the priests and monks. A monk who gave an interview to the Voice of America Amharic service is being sought by the police. Read More…
April 1972 – April 2012: 40 Years of Continued Struggle
Apr 7th
The EPRP was established to struggle for democracy and the sovereignty of Ethiopia. It has stayed steadfast and true to its objectives despite the brutal repression that has been its lot for decades. The EPRP was established by a founding congress that lasted from April 2–April 9/1972 with the declared aim of fighting for democracy and popular people’s government. Read More…
Interesting tidbits about Ethiopia on this date on April 9
Apr 9th
Wayne Edward Maddock: Today begins the Ethiopian calendar month of Miyazya (April 9-May 8). .jpg)
On this date on April 9, 1972, following a week long congress, the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Party was officially inaugurated. … On this date in 1922, a groundbreaking ceremony was held in Harlem, New York … On this date in 1868, a British expedition force that entered into Ethiopia … On this date in 1533, an arab chronicler reported that forces of Imam ibn Ibrahim captured … (Photo: The Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem became a rallying point for the Friends of Ethiopia that assisted in her struggle during the 1935 Italian invasion.) Read More…
Open Letter to Mr. Bill Gates
Apr 10th
SOCEPP addresses this letter to you assuming that news report of your two days trip to Ethiopia and what you said there are on the whole true. If not, it would not be the first time that the State owned news agency (ENA) has propagated a gross lie. Read More…
Ethiopian gunmen attack Sudanese governor
Apr 10th
Sudan Tribune: The attack took place as the convoy of the governor, Karam Allah Abbas, was crossing Um Dabalo area in Abu Sanda Sudanese locality bordering Ethiopia. Abbas was on his way to the neighboring Amhara Region of Ethiopia for a meeting with its governor when he stopped in Um Dabalo after spotting an Ethiopian farmer working in the area. The governor started an argument with the Ethiopian farmer and told him that the land belongs to Sudan, at which point a group of armed Ethiopian men arrived at the scene and opened fire on the governor’s convoy. Read More…
Gura Ferda and crimes against Humanity
Apr 15th
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. Read More…
RWB creates mirror of radio station’s blocked website
Apr 19th
Reporters Without Borders has today launched a mirror site of radio La Voix de Djibouti’s website, http://lavoixdedjibouti.com, in order to help circumvent the government’s censorship and allow the population to have access to a news sources to which it is being denied. Read More…
Setting record straight on regional politics and ‘Operation linda nchi’
Apr 21st
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. …
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“Conference on the Horn of Africa ”
Apr 22nd
Yelfiwos Wondaya: One wonders why some quarters continue to avoid the name that says Ethiopia . If the intention is to extract our patriotic memories we hold on firm for Ethiopia , the intention will not go any further than it already did. However, I leave that for the groups to elaborate on the notion of name changing trail and beyond, and yet as any loyal citizens, I remain firm in using my shield, a symbolic image that is associated with Ethiopians’ defense system against foreign aggression. Read More…
Revolution and the domesticated Ethiopian elite
Apr 22nd
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. Read More…
A youn man doused himself with petrol
Apr 25th
Addis Abeba (25 April 2012): A young man doused himself with petrol in Giorgis yesterday. Some photos or videos have leaked out. It is alleged that police cordoned off the area at once and arrested everyone who happened to be at the spot and confiscated mobile phones. We will follow up.
Hundreds of thousands Ethiopian protesters rocked Addis Ababa
Apr 27th
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. The protesters came together after Zenawi's autocratic administration had put an Ahbas in charge of the religious affairs of Ethiopin Muslims with the aim of spreading Ahbash ideology. "Meles Zenawi must go, the dictator has declared war on Ethiopian Muslims. Read More…
Gunmen kill 5 farmworkers in Ethiopia
Apr 30th
AP: The property is owned by Mohammed Al-Amoudi, an Ethiopian-born Saudi businessman who is among the world's richest men. He said that among the dead were four Ethiopians and a Pakistani national. Five Pakistanis were among the wounded. Read More…
Ethiopian refugees in Sana’a seek third country resettlement
May 1st
By Muaad Al-Maqtari: With her eyes full of tears, Kadija said, ” my husband died while hugging our son.” While Kadija is Muslim, her husband was Christian. Their son, Ibrahim, was given a common name to both religions. They embodied a unique coexistence between people with different religious backgrounds. Read More…
May Day 2012: Ethiopian Workers Suffer Beyond Grief
May 1st
EPRP: 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 also remember a particular May Day during the previous totalitarian regime during which no less than 1,200 EPRP members and supporters were slaughtered all over Addis Abeba in a single day. Read More…
May 3 – World Press Freedom Day
May 2nd
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. Read More…
Repression against the Press Intensifies in Ethiopia
May 2nd
SOCEPP: 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. Read More…
May 3rd
Listen to audio record of tele Conference with Abune Melkesedek Bishop of Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Muslim Representatives, Dr. Ojulu and Ato Merchaw from Ethiopiawinet Radio
Open letter to Mme Joyce Banda, President of the Republic of Malawi
May 4th
SOCEPP: … We are certain that Your Excellency and your government know quite well the plight of Ethiopians under the repressive regime of Meles Zenawi. Hundreds of Ethiopian youngsters have been forced to flee political persecution, economic misery of unbearable intensity, religious and ethnic persecution to seek asylum elsewhere, near and far, from Sudan to South Africa and beyond. Hundreds of Ethiopian youths who have confronted immense danger and difficulties in the hands of human traffickers have made their way to Malawi, often to pass to South Africa and beyond. Many have been detained and even sentenced for six months imprisonment and jailed for “illegal entry”. The recent condemnation of 16 Ethiopian youths by a Rumphi court is a case in point. Read More…
Protest demonstration of two cities
May 4th
Protest demonstration on Monday, May 7, 2012 in front of the United States Department. 2201 C St NW Washington, DC 20520. Another demonstration will also be held in Oslo, Norway by fellow Ethiopians on the same day. Read More…
Ethiopians: tell Bill Gates to stop praising a dictator!
May 10th
The Editor: SOCEPP had earlier written an open letter to Bill Gates informing him that his praise for the butcher Meles Zenawi is an insult to the people of Ethiopia. However, the millionaire has gone on to heap praise on the tyrant and his regime. We, Ethiopians should write a protest letter to Gates and also start a petition to denounce his declarations. Read More…
