My friend came from out of town for a visit. I took him around to all the tourist places, including our local Museum of Modern Art. Lucky for us there was a Picasso exhibit the critics were raving about. It was a delight to view Picasso’s work in living color. Read more »

Ye Andinet Dimitz May 30, 2010

ለመድብለ ፓርቲ ዴሞክራሲ የሚደረገው ትግል በሽፍጥና በማምታታት አይከሰምም

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ETHIOPIAN AMERICAN CIVIC ADVOCACY

Fighting for Democratic values, Human Rights, and Donor Accountability Read more »

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) – An Ethiopian opposition leader called Wednesday for a rerun of the weekend election, charging that the vote was flawed by intimidation and irregularities, as America and the European Union expressed concern over its fairness.

Prospective parliamentarian Hailu Shawel said he believes Sunday’s vote was controlled by the ruling party and has written a letter to the electoral board asking for a rerun. Read more »

AFP | May 25, 2010

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Ethiopia’s weekend elections, which gave long-time ruler Meles Zenawi a landslide victory, were “not up to international standards,” a senior US diplomat said Tuesday. Read more »

አቡጊዳ – ግንቦት 17 ቀን 2002

በአሜሪካ የዉጭ ጉዳይ መሥሪያ ቤት የአፍሪካ ጉዳይ ሃላፊ ሚስተር ጆኒ ካርሰን ዛሬ በሰጡት አስተያየት፣ ምርጫዉ የአለም አቀፍን መስፈርት ያልጠበቀ እንደሆነ ገለጹ። «የኢትዮጵያ መንግስት ላለፉት አሥራ ስምንት ወራት የተሰጠዉን ድምጽ ሁሉ ለመዉሰድ ግልጽ የሆኑ እርምጃዎች ሲወስድ ነበር» ያሉት ጆኒ ካርሰን፣ ምርጫ በሚደረግበት ጊዜ ምርጫዉ ፍትሃዊና ዴሞክራሲያዊ እንዲሆን ህዝቡን ያለ ስጋትና ያለ ፍርሃት እንዲመርጥ የሚያስችለዉ የዴሞክራሲ ተቋማትን ኢትዮጵያ መገንባት እንዳለባት አስረድተዋል። Read more »

አቡጊዳ – ግንቦት 17 ቀን 2002

 ምርጫ ቦርድ ባወጣዉ ዘገባ፣ አራቱ በኢሕአዴግ ዉስጥ ያሉ ግንባሮች እንዲሁም በአፋር በሶማሌ በጋምቤላ በሃረሬ ..ያሉ የገዢዉ ፓርቲ ተቀጥያዎች፣ ይፋ ከተደረጉት ከ 536 መቀመጫዎች 534 ቱን ማሸነፋቸዉን ምርጫ ቦርድ አሳወቀ። Read more »