Ethiopian News and Politics Journal
US universities in Africa ‘land grab’
Jun 9th
Guardian: Institutions including Harvard and Vanderbilt reportedly use hedge funds to buy land in deals that may force farmers out. … In Ethiopia, a process of "villagisation" by the government is moving tens of thousands of people from traditional lands into new centres while big land deals are being struck with international companies. Read More…
Of bonds and facts: please let us not repeat history
Jun 8th
Fidel Hawarya (social scientist): When history of change which takes a whole period occurs, you may wish to observe serious things happening. Sometimes ground breaking, often sad. The logic and principles of stabilized and regular systems may not apply here. Read More…
Press Release: The Farce of a Criminal Regime Pardoning Mass Murderers
Jun 7th
The EPRP condemns the decision of the repressive regime on the grounds that the TPLF organization of Meles Zenawi has no moral or legal power and legitimacy to accuse, sentence and pardon Red Terror criminals as it was part of the terror campaign itself using its cadres who had infiltrated the Mengisstu regime to denounce EPRP supporters and members in Tigrai and to have them arrested and liquidated. Read More…
SOCEPP condemns repression against Arba Minch students
Jun 4th
Arba Minch students (Gamo Goffa, Southern Ethiopia) are still on strike refusing to pay levies for the so called Renaissance Dam (80 billion Birr/close US$ 5 billion) and for the “Development” bodies of the government. Both operations spell robbery and the shameless fleecing of the people as the Ethiopian majority living in abject poverty can hardly finance a billion dollars dam. Read More…
Sudanese soldiers kill five Ethiopians
Jun 3rd
EPRP: On May 22, armed Sudanese soldiers crossed into Korgena and told the villagers to evacuate as Korgena has been given to the Sudan by the EPRDF of Meles Zenawi. The Ethiopian villagers resisted and the Sudanese soldiers opened fire and killed five before they were able to overcome the villagers and take control of Korgena. The soldiers of the EPRDF did not come to help the Ethiopian villagers. Read More…
