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Mission Impossible: Repackaging Meles
By Eskinder Nega–“There are times when I have to flutter an eyelid several times to make sure that all this is not a dream,” says Meles Zenawi. “In view of the Derg’s superiority in arms and numbers, and the distressing poverty of the people we mobilized to fight it, I am amazed that we prevailed,” ponders Meles in a new book.
West endorsing cooked elections
By Thomas C. Mountain–Ethiopia held another “election” in late May, 2010 and the sort of “democracy” the powers that be in the West support with annual “aid” and “loans” to the tune of billions of dollars was the only winner. Western aid dependent Ethiopia, population 80 million, is one of the poorest, most underdeveloped countries in the world.
New opportunities for the opposition
By Eskinder Nega–Ethiopia’s highest court, the Court of Cassation, this week passed a ruling against Medrek’s legal bid for a re-run of the election in unyielding words: “No substantial case for a re-run has been presented,” it said concurring in almost exact words with an earlier ruling by the Supreme Court. But surprisingly enough, Medrek did not even feign an outrage.
Election rigging at Birtukan’s backyard
By Eskinder Nega–Perhaps the crudest claim by the EPRDF in its bungled-rigged election saga this year is its “triumph” in Birtukan Mideksa’s wereda; where she was born, raised and resided until she was imprisoned in 2009. Popularly known as Ferencay Legasion, the area was first settled by two prominent nobles…