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 »
ETHIOPIAN AMERICAN CIVIC ADVOCACY
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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 »
By Aaron Maasho (AFP)
ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopian opposition groups on Wednesday rejected results of parliamentary elections which gave long-time ruler Meles Zenawi a landslide win, and demanded fresh polls. Read more »
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 »
he Associated Press./ By ANITA POWELL
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Tens of thousands of ruling party supporters rallied Tuesday in Ethiopia’s capital to celebrate victory in the national election, while the chief EU observer said the poll had been marred by an uneven playing field.
A top opposition leader denounced the provisional results released by the Ethiopian elections board, but did not indicate what action his party would take. Read more »


