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The
EPRP extends its heartfelt condolences to the 90 victims of the
Ethiopian Airlines crash. The tragic accident has highlighted the
plight of Ethiopian young women employees as domestic workers in
Lebanon and the racism and brutal treatment they receive there in
what is actually a modern slave existence. The Lebanese officials
have exhibited the usual racism even around the handling of the
accident and their treatment of the relatives and friends of the
23 young Ethiopians who perished in the crash. Ethiopian mourners
at the Beirut airport were segregated and separated from the Lebanese
mourners and the officials did all in their capacity to show their
contempt for Ethiopians, dead or alive. Read
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MELES
REGIME'S USE OF FOOD AID FOR POLITICS DENOUNCED Further
evidence has emerged that the cruel regime of Meles Zenawi is using
food aid sent to famine victims for political purposes. Previously,
credible accusations had been made exposing the fact that the Meles
regime diverts food aid from the famine victims to its army, to
the market (for sale that benefits it), and for the granary in its
Tigrai homeland. Read
more...
CONDEMN
THE BETRAYAL OF THE MELES REGIME ON THE QUESTION OF THE NILE RIVER
The
tyrannical regime of Meles Zenawi has struck a secret deal with
Egypt on the question of the Nile and the said deal reportedly betrays
the national interest of Ethiopia and that of the Nile Basin countries.
Read more... EPRP
DENOUNCES THE JAMMING OF FINOTE RADIO BY THE MEELS REGIME The
repressive regime of Meles Zenawi has continued to jam the Finote
Democracy radio broadcast to Ethiopia. The jamming is centered in
and around Addis Ababa while the radio continues to be heard, sometimes
with difficulty, in other parts. Finote Democracy had broadcast
to Ethiopia for more than a decade now. Read
more... STATEMENT
ON THE MAKALLE MEETING OF SUDANESE AND MELES REGIME OFFICIALS The 12th so called Ethio-Sudanese
Development and Boundary Commission meeting has started in Makalle
town, Tigrai, and is expected to last for four days. The 135 members
Sudanese delegation is led by General Salah Abdella while the Meles
Zenawi side is represented by security chief Getachew Assefa and
top officials of the regions (kilil) of Tigrai, Amhara, Beni Shangul-Gumz
and Gambella. Tigrai is bordering the Sudan because the ruling TPLF
forcefully annexed the Gondar territories (of Humera, etc) into
Tigrai region. Read
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STATEMENT
ON WORLD AIDS DAY
More than 3 million Ethiopians are afflicted by the AIDS and virus
and hundreds of thousands have died from the malady over the years.
As the world observes AIDS Day, it behoves on the EPRP to clearly
point out that the responsibility of the group in power in Addis
Ababa is big and undeniable. Read
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THE
US AGOA PROGRAM IS HELPING THE RULING PARTY On
Nov. 19, the US Agency for International Development- funded AGOA
Plus said it brokered a contract worth as much as $30 million annually
between Jackson, Mississippi-based Atlas Manufacturing Group and
the Adwa (Tigrai) based Almeda Textile. Almeda is part of a group
of companies that was founded and is controlled by members of the
ruling TPLF party under the EFFORT umbrella. EFFORT controls most
of the sectors of the Ethiopian economy and is chaired by TPLF Central
Committee member Abadi Zemo and its deputy is none other than Azeb
Mesfin, the queen of corruption and the wife of tyrant Meles Zenawi.
Almeda, that is to say the dictatorial regime of Meles Zenawi is
getting a US$ 30 million contract through a shady deal that enjoyed
the manoeuvre and backing of the ruling party and State.
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more...
LEASE
OF FARM LAND TO FOREIGN COMPANIES HURTS ETHIOPIAN FARMERS
As
if the ceding of Ethiopia's fertile land to the Sudan was not disastrous
enough, the Meles Zenawi regime has now leased more than 3 million
hectares of land (7.4 million acres) to foreign companies that are
to farm this land and carry off the produce back to their countries.
It is a 15 Birr (US$1.19) cheap sale per hectare and Arab, Chinese,
South Korean and Indian companies have rushed in to take advantage
and the so called investors are being given grace periods on payment.
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UPDATE
ON THE DROUGHT AND FAMINE IN ETHIOPIA The Meles Zenawi regime has been forced finally to admit the existence of famine in Ethiopia and to ask for urgent international assistance. It has claimed that some 6.5 million people need assistance while in reality close to 14 million Ethiopians face the deadly spectre of famine. Read more... MELES
REGIME INTENSIFIES ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION Reliable
reports revealing the sad fact that the Meles Zenawi regime has
leased out parts of the Gambella National park land to a Saudi Arabian
modern farming company and that the felling of the trees has begun
in earnest has highlighted the regime's intensified assault on the
environment in Ethiopia. It is to be remembered that the vast Nech
Sar Park was torched by the cadres of the regime some years back
leading to the loss of the forest and wild life. Read
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Sudan,
Ethiopia to implement border demarcation in October September 17, 2009 (KHARTOUM) – Ethiopia-Sudan joint committee will begin border demarcation between the two countries next month, a Sudanese minister said. Engineer Ibrahim Mahmoud Hamid, Minister of the Interior announced the beginning of the demarcation of the border between Sudan and Ethiopia in the ninth of October this year by the joint Committee. Read more... OPEN
LETTER TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SUDAN: WITHDRAW FROM ETHIOPIAN TERRITORY
FAST! The
EPRP calls on the government of the Sudan led by General Omar Al-Beshir
to withdraw immediately and without condition from the Ethiopian
territory that it is occupying in Gondar region. Read
more...
CEDING
ETHIOPIAN LAND TO FOREIGNERS IS CONDEMNABLE
A
square peg for a round hole or, as Ethiopians say, a blanket for
a starving man. In other words irrelevant and that is precisely
what comes to mind when we consider the scope and impact of the
visit by secretary of state Hilary Clinton to seven African nations.
To begin with one wonders why Secretary Clinton avoided visiting
Ethiopia where Meles Zenawi a staunch US ally was recently praised
as the man who brought democracy to Ethiopia by none other than
Clinton's deputy Johnnie Carson.
Read
more... DENOUNCE
THE CEDING OF ETHIOPIAN LAND
SABRE
RATTLING BY EGYPT CANNOT PASS
EPRP
CONDEMNS SUDANESE AGGRESSION AND KILLINGS
EPRP
YOUTH LEAGUE FORMED
A
congress of youth delegates held in Chicago has formed the EPRP
Youth League on June 29, 2009. The congress was attended by young
delegates from various places while others took part via a teleconference
A special message from the EPRP centre in Addis Ababa was read to
the Congress participants. Read
more... Breaking News
The
deceptive regime of Meles Zenawi is adept at fabricating false slogans
and fake priorities which it cleverly passes to foreign news medias
and agencies. In this vein, it has recently circulated a non issue
like the possible stepping down of Meles Zenawi from his post as
prime minister and tried to cover up the main point that the coming
2010 election is going to be rigged and false as has been witnessed
before. Read
more…
The
Pope of the Catholic church is presently on a visit to the Middle
East and the fact that Vatican has apologized for the negative and
condemnable role and position of the Catholic Church during the
Second World War and the genocide of Jews makes it imperative that
we remind the Pope and the Vatican once again that Ethiopians are
still waiting for an apology for the support that Pope Pius XI and
the Vatican gave to the invasion of Ethiopia by Mussolini’s
fascist army. Read
more....
On December 1989, a year and half before the downfall of the Mengistu Haile Mariam military dictatorship, the EPRP issued a 23 pages paper on the question of the Democratic Alternative in Ethiopia. At present, such a document is again called for a variety of reasons. Read more...
Ethiopian women observe March 8, alas, not with cries of victory
but with declarations and vows to continue the struggle for their
basic and fundamental rights. Regime change in Ethiopia has not
augured well for women seeking emancipation and empowerment, demagogy
to the contrary by the ruling groups notwithstanding.
Read more... Opposition
urges South Africa to abrogate military deal with Ethiopia February
28, 2009 (ADDIS ABABA) — An Ethiopian opposition party slammed the
signing of defense agreement between South Africa and Ethiopia urging
Pretoria to abrogate it without delay.
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The
EPRP has over the years condemned the unholy alliance between
Djibouti and the Meles Zenawi regime, an alliance that has worked
against Ethiopian refugees and the interest of the people in the
region. Omar Gelleh’s dictatorial regime is presently waging war
against the Afar in its land and in Ethiopia with the full
cooperation of the Meles regime.
Read more...
The
defense ministers of South Africa and the Meles Zenawi regime have
signed a memorandum of understanding in Addis Ababa. Defense
Minister Charles Nqakula and his counterpart in Addis Ababa, Siraj
Fergesa agreed that both countries would work towards developing
procedures for military co-operation including the exchange and
training of military personnel, instructors and observers and
promoting technical co-operation.
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The invading troops of Meles Zenawi have been forced to leave
Somalia after two years of wreaking havoc and committing war crimes.
The corrupt commander of the troops, the officer who was shaking
down Mogadishu business men, that is to say, Gabre Yohannes, did try
to put a brave face and to claim that the operation was a success
and the mission “accomplished” bringing to mind yet another such
claim that turned to be false elsewhere.Read
more...
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