A short story on the arrival of the Peoples Leaders, from a guy who was there
Remember, Remember the 9 th of September!
Alemayehu G. Mariam
September 10, 2007
I wish you were there! How I wish you were there!
It was the 9 th of September. A day I will always remember.
Ethiopians around the world have started celebrating the upcoming New Year which will usher in a new Millennium hoping against all hopes that this new era will bring in peace, prosperity and democracy.
US gives stark warning to Eritrea
By Elizabeth Blunt
BBC News, Addis Ababa
The US has issued Eritrea with its strongest warning yet over its alleged support for terrorism.
A senior US official said the presence of an exiled Somali Islamist leader in Asmara this week was further evidence Eritrea gave sanctuary to terrorists.
The gathering of further intelligence could lead to Eritrea being named as a state sponsor of terrorism - followed by sanctions, the official said.
The Eritrean government has accused the US of deliberate distortion.
CALL ME BY MY NAME: A debate with Debteraw, XVI
After the celebration of 2 nd Millennium and Border Demarcation what?
Wolde Tewolde alias Obo Arada Shawl
September 3, 2007
Debteraw website is a Marketplace for solution seekers
Ethiopia is a country of many Writers
Eritrea is a country of many Fighters
The world is full of problem Creators
UN team returns from Ethiopia's troubled Ogaden
Thu 6 Sep 2007, 12:55 GMT
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - U.N. aid officials and human rights investigators ended a week-long mission to Ethiopia's troubled Ogaden region on Thursday and said they would present their findings to the government next week. The mission primarily assessed the food, water and health needs in the remote area, said Paul Hebert, head of the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Ethiopia.
KINIJIT LEADERS TO ARRIVE SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
The Ad Hoc Committee coordinating the Kinijit Leadership Delegation visit to the U.S. is pleased to announce that the Leadership Delegation will be arriving in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, September 9. The Delegation will include Kinijit Vice Chair Birtukan Midekssa, Dr. Hailu Araya (Spokesperson), Ato Brook Kebede and Ato Gizachew Shiferaw. Dr. Birhanu Nega, Mayor-elect of Addis Ababa, is already in the United States having left Ethiopia earlier on personal matter.
Kinijit Chairman Ato Hailu Shawul is not expected to arrive with the delegation. He has not received an entry visa from the U.S. Embassy as of the date of this press release.
IEWO Radio - September 2, 2007 on the New Year/Millennium
STOP BLAMING THE “RED TERROR” VICTIMS!
Let the healing begin by saying “Never again!” Help us stop blaming the victims of “Red Terror” by signing
“Red Terror Condemnation Registry” today! Let us all stand guard against any political prosecutions and killings by any government in Ethiopia!
Ethiopia rebels 'agree UN truce'
BBC NEWS Sunday, 2 September 2007, 14:57 GMT 15:57 UK
Rebels in south-eastern Ethiopia say they will observe a ceasefire for the week-long visit of a UN delegation.
The team is probing rights violations and humanitarian issues in the conflict between troops and the Ogaden National Liberation Front in the Somali region.
The ONLF has been fighting for independence for ethnic Somalis in the region for more than 20 years.
The conflict flared in April when the ONLF attacked a Chinese-run exploration team, killing 74 people.
Ethiopia 'blocking MSF in Ogaden'
By Martin Plaut
BBC Africa editor
International aid agency Medecins Sans Frontiers has accused Ethiopia of denying it access to the country's eastern Ogaden region.
The barren region has recently been the scene of a fierce conflict between government troops and rebel forces.
The exclusion follows an order to the Red Cross to stop operations in Ogaden.
The rebels accuse the government of imposing a blockade and creating what they described as a man-made famine. Ethiopia denies imposing no-go zones.
Ethiopian Millennium Celebration in San Jose, California
For the third time, the Ethiopian flag is flying high in the heart of the Silicon Valley, at the San Jose City Hall from September 7, 2007 and will remain flying until September 14, 2007 and already declared Ethiopian Week in commemoration of the Ethiopian 2000 Millennium by the City of San Jose in the presence of the Mayor and Council members on August 28, 2007. Read More>>>
What in the World is the World’s Oldest Woman Doing in Houston?
Alemayehu G. Mariam
8/31/07
Dinkenesh (Lucy) in Houston with Diamonds?
We call her Dinkenesh2. They call her “Lucy”. But what’s in a name? “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet,” said Shakespeare. But Lucy is one of a kind. She is unlike any other hominid fossil ever found. She is the most complete hominid skeleton of the Pliocene Epoch [1.8-5.3 million years ago]. And she is in terrible danger in Houston, if you believe the foremost paleontologists in the world.
But what in the world is she doing in Houston, Texas?
Anti-terror Terrorists
By Teferi Atlabachew
Terror has been one of the most important weapons of the Woyane since its birth in the wilderness of Tigray. During the 17 years of rebel movement of the Woyane terror was used as a tactic several times in different places, different occasions and in different forms.
NES COMMENTARY. No.10
Network of Ethiopian Scholars (NES)
August 29, 2007
UNITE THE PEOPLE FROM THE RED SEA TO THE INDIAN OCEAN: DIVISION AND FRAGMENTATION HAS NOT AND WILL NEVER WORK!!
I. Inspiration :
“As long as boundaries inherited... drawn arbitrarily with no heed to the ethnic, economic and social realities of Africa (continue), so long shall we be plagued by the political refugee problem… (Thus) the fault is in ours, not in our stars!”K. Nkrumah, October, 1965, Accra
“Where there has been racial hatred, it must be ended. Where there has been tribal animosity, it will be finished. Let us not dwell upon the bitterness of the past. I would rather look to the future, to the good new Kenya, not to the bad old days. If we can create this sense of national direction and identity, we shall have gone a long way toward solving our economic problems .”
Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya’s founding President
ETHIOPIAN WOMEN FOR PEACE, JUSTICE, & DEMOCRACY
PRAYER USHERING PEACE FOR THE ETHIOPIAN NEW MILLENNIUM
The Ethiopian calendar begins the third Millennium on September 11, 2007 We, concerned Ethiopian women and mothers working for peace, justice, and the development of democracy in Ethiopia, call on all Ethiopians, friends of Ethiopia and all loving people of the world to join us in prayer of Thanksgiving welcoming the New millennium.
August 23/2007
MODERN SLAVERY THRIVES IN ETHIOPIA
UNESCO is observing today the Slave Trade and it s Abolit ion and it af f ords a good occasion to SOCEPP to raise once again the issue of the thriving modern slavery in Ethiopia. Aside f rom the bonded labor that does exist in some part s, the main f orm of modern slavery that thrives in Ethiopia involves
trafficking in young girls to the Middle East (two maids commit ted suicicde there only last week). More than a hundred thousand young Ethiopians have been sent to the Arab countries in this respect.
UPDATE
KINIJT LEADERS’ U.S. ARRIVAL ON 8/29
DELAYED TO ALLOW MORE TIME FOR VISA PROCESSING
The Ad Hoc Coordinating Committee has learned that the Kinijit leaders have not yet received entry visas to enter the U.S. As a result, the August 29 expected date of arrival is likely to be postponed to give the leaders more time to secure visas. The leaders have completed all of the requirements and submitted their visa applications, and we are informed that the U.S. Embassy is awaiting clearance from the Department of State. The Committee expects that the consular office will process the visa applications within a reasonable time.
Response to the recent statements of DLA Piper on HR2003 and political conditions in Ethiopia
Dear Mr. Klein:
I write this letter to challenge recent statements that you have personally made in a radio interview, and other statements made by your firm on behalf of your client the “Government of Ethiopia”. In these statements you and your firm make certain factual assertions about political conditions in Ethiopia, and inaccurately characterize the legislative intent of H.R. 2003 (“Ethiopia Democracy and Accountability Act of 2007”. I believe a number of statements that you and your firm have made concerning political conditions in Ethiopia and H.R. 2003 are grossly inaccurate; and other statements reflect a reckless disregard for the truth.1 I am a member of the Coalition for H.R. 2003, eponymously named after the bill.
Ethiopia opposition members freed
(BBC NEWS)
The Ethiopian authorities have pardoned at least 31 opposition members detained after post-election violence in 2005.
They were jailed along with 38 senior figures - who were freed last month - from the opposition Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD).
All the freed CUD members and supporters signed a letter of pardon acknowledging a role in the disorder after the polls two years ago.
The Phony OLF Lacks Distinguishing Between Truth & Falsehood
By Getachew Reda
As I explained to my readers in the past, OLF is not political, but criminal entity. For well over a quarter of a century, the organization as a faculty for group of myth dreamers & mercenaries, it demands the dismemberment of the Oromo society, its human affairs with its god made fabrics and relations with the rest of their Ethiopian brothers and sisters.
KINIJT LEADERS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN THE U.S. ON AUGUST 29, 2007
The Ad Hoc Coordinating Committee for Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) Leadership Delegation Visit to the United States is pleased to announce the scheduled arrival in the U.S. of six top Kinijit leaders on August 29, 2007.
The Delegation to the U.S. will include Ato Hailu Shawul, Chairman of CUD, W/T Birtukan Midekssa, Vice Chair, Dr. Berhanu Nega, Addis Ababa Mayor-Elect and members Dr. Hailu Araya (Spokesperson), Ato Brook Kebede and Ato Gizachew Shiferaw.
THE REPRESSION IN THE OGADEN MUST BE STOPPED
Solidarity Committee for Ethiopian Political Prisoners (SOCEPP), August 14/2007
The regime in Addis Ababa is benefitting from the diplomatic and political support of certain countries that have liked its role as a foot soldier in the so called "war on terror" and it has taken this opportunity to spread terror among the people in Ethiopia. One of the main targets of its wrath are the Ethiopian Somalis living in the Ogaden.
CALL ME BY MY NAME: A commentary
Wolde Tewolde alias Obo Arada Shawl
August 13, 2007
In 1986, a group of Ethiopian graduate students were enrolled at the University of Virginia Tech. On the first week of college day, we attended a conference on “Futuristic” seminars. The futurists explained at length on countries that would progress and regress. In the end they enumerated those countries without future. Ethiopia was listed as a futureless country. At that moment all my Ethiopian colleagues left the conference, as they were upset. I stayed not only until the question and answer session but also even after the conference has formally closed. I had to get a real explanation for their prediction. Having talked to some of them, I found out it was based on shallow reasoning and scientifically or statistically untenable.
SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE FOR ETHIOPIAN POLITICAL
PRISONERS – CANADA (SOCEPP-CAN)
P. O. BOX 413 STATION E, TORONTO, ON. M6H 4E3 CANADA.
Email: socepp.can@sympatico.ca
August 7, 2007
TO: Mr. Antonio Gutteres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (Geneva)
Amnesty International, London & Ottawa; info@amnesty.ca
Human Rights Watch, New York, Toronto, hrwnyc@hrw.org; herltj@hrw.org
The Ambassador, Government of the Republic of Sudan, Ottawa;
sudanembassy-canada@rogers.com
Re: Update on the status of Ethiopian refuges in the Sudan who faced involuntary repatriation to Ethiopia.
On July 20, 2007 SOCEPP Canada issued an urgent action appeal regarding the new wave of mass arrests and possible involuntary repatriation of Ethiopian refugees suspected of having affiliations with and/or support opposition political groups such as Oromo Liberation front (OLF), Ethiopian People Patriotic Front (EPPF) and others.
Ethiopia executes spy boss killer
A major in the Ethiopian army has been executed for murdering the head of the intelligence and security services six years ago, the authorities say.
Tsehaye Woldeselassie was found guilty of shooting dead Kinfe Gebremedhin in a case which shocked the country.
SOCEPP Objects to illegal execution of Major Tsehaye W.Giorgis
The regime of Meles Zenawi has executed Major Tsehaye Wolde Sellasie who had been convicted of shooting to death the former security chief Kinfe Gebre Medhin in 2001. The trial of the Major was neither fair nor proper and SOCEPP had objected to this in time.
Of Lies, Promised Joy, “Shimagles”, Pardons and Bananas
Alemayehu G. Mariam
8/6/2007
“If they will stop telling lies about us, I will stop telling the truth about them.”
Note to the reader: The following analysis may appear be a bit long for the casual reader of internet literature. I am told that “people do not read long political analysis” (and perhaps even short ones as Prof. Ephraim Isaac has proven to us). But I have been overwhelmed, as many have been, by a systematic and clever disinformation campaign calculated to mislead and deceive us about recent events in Ethiopia. We must fight back lies with Truth, and I hope the reader will take the time to read and consider my defense of the Truth against an avalanche of lies and deception that have been unleashed against us recently.
Fall from Grace: From New Breed of African Leader to “Vicious Dictator”
Zenawi was once the darling of Tony Bliar and Bill Clinton. He was lionized as one of the “new breed of African leaders”. There was boundless hope that Zenawi and a menagerie of other anointed African “new breeders” would lead the continent out of the darkness of authoritarian rule into the sunshine of freedom, democracy and human rights.
I dedicate this piece to the Kality prisoners of conscience, and all political prisoners in Ethiopia; and above all, to Truth, which has set some of them free, and no doubt, will set all political prisoners free in Ethiopia.
Coalition for H.R. 2003 members, Prof. Alemayehu G/ Mariam, W/Z Meron Ahadu, and Ambassador Emiru Zelleke were at Assimba PalTalk Room and discussed about Mediation effort, H.R. 2003 and what needs to be done.
Listen to the audio below:
CALL ME BY MY NAME: A debate with Debteraw, XV
Wolde Tewolde alias Obo Arada Shawl (August 3, 2007 )A time to kill
A time to die
A time to reflect
Leadership 101 has arrived
Defining Moment ( LEADERSHIP)
And that having been relieved from the sentences of death and from the agony of imprisonment, the fate of CUD leadership seems to be over. Last week, a new phase of struggle is made. The Team of Debteraw Website has to be commended for bringing forward into the limelight those heroes and heroine Ethiopians/Eritreans who stood for Justice and Freedom for all Ethiopians regardless of ethnicity, nationality or religion.
Ethiopia: Jailed Anti-Poverty Campaigners Face Two-Month Wait for Verdict
ActionAid (London)
PRESS RELEASE
3 August 2007
Posted to the web 3 August 2007
Judges trying the case of two anti-poverty campaigners in Ethiopia yesterday (Thursday 2 August) adjourned the trial until 8 October, when the court will give judgement.
We are all the Losers: Looking at the Effects of the Ethiopia–Eritrea Border Dispute
By Maru Gubena
( This paper was written in early 2000, and was published …)
It is difficult if not impossible for most of us to assess the effects, including the loss of human lives, the displacement of a large number of people, and the impact on economies, of the still unsettled Ethiopia-Eritrea conflict – a most unfortunate war that is said to be a result of border dispute. To make such an assessment and be able to present relatively balanced figures on the repercussions of the war, one would certainly require a proper and probably lengthy study, including access to government documents in both countries and the cooperation of officials. In general terms, however, it is clear (as many observers have indicated) that if it is allowed to continue the war will have a devastating effect on the people of the two countries.
It won’t be Far to Hear Mr. Yamamoto Repeating Mr. Cohen’s Regret for Supporting the TPLF/EPRDF?
By Getachew Reda
Mr. Harmon Cohen, I am hoping that you have been followed the interview of Ambassador Donald Yamamoto with the EPRDF sympathizer website calling itself “Ethiopia First”, Not surprising, that, the Ambassador’s response to all the questions forwarded to him regarding the current Ethiopian situation was simply a doses of habitual propaganda that was going on for century as the policy of the USA applied everywhere where tyrants got first respect before human rights (Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Egypt, Ethiopia….)
Mr. Obang Metho Addresses Oromo Community in Minnesota and Asks the Question: If Woyane Can Unify, Why Can’t We?
July 26, 2007
I was invited by our Oromo brothers and sisters through the Oromo-American Citizens Council to speak at
the Second Annual International Oromo Human Rights Conference on “Conflict in East Africa and the Current Human Rights Situation.” I was to address the subject of human rights violations in Ethiopia with a
special focus on the Anuak as well as to assess the risk of genocide and further human rights violations against other ethnic groups in the Horn of Africa.
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ZENAWI TAKES MORE POLITICAL PRISONERS HOSTAGE IN H.R. 2003 MARK-UP BATTLE
CHAIRMAN LANTOS DECLARES WE WILL CONTINUE TO HOLD
THE ETHIOPIAN GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE WAY IT
TREATS ITS CITIZENS
PAYNE FIGHTS TOOTH AND NAIL TO GET
H.R. 2003 MARKED-UP IN COMMITTEE
Prof. Ephraim Isaac says H.R. 2003 has many good ideas in it.
PHONE/FAX CAMPAIGN A MASSIVE SUCCESS IN FIRST TWO DAYS
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U.S.-Ethiopia: A Double-Edged Partnership
July 31, 2007
After Ethiopia’s December invasion of Somalia to vanquish Islamic militants, many observers labeled Addis Ababa a proxy of the United States, and a few even called it a “puppet” (Guardian). Both labels implied the United States was an unseemly ally. Now, after the Ethiopian government’s recent attempt to put dozens of opposition politicians to death and reports of military abuse of civilians (HRW), Washington may be starting to balk at its close relationship with Addis Ababa (AP).
LANTOS DIRECTED NOT TO MARK UP H.R. 2003!
ZENAWI BUYS SPEAKER PELOSI, MAJORITY LEADER HOYER
EPHREM ISAAC LOBBIES HARD AGAINST H.R. 2003
The Coalition for HR 2003 has learned that Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Tom Lantos was directed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (San Francisco) and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (Maryland) not to mark-up H.R. 2003 on July 31, 2007. The reasons for the directive are not clear.
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Stop U.S. Support of Human Rights Violations in Ethiopia
Please ask your Representative to support two bills on Ethiopia
Thirty-eight political prisoners have been freed in Ethiopia, largely thanks to grassroots pressure, which compelled Congress to act. The prisoners, earlier threatened with execution, had been sentenced to life in prison. Their release came just 2 days after a Congressional subcommittee, compelled by public pressure, approved legislation to end U.S. support for Ethiopia’s human rights violations. (Ethiopia is a U.S. ally in the invasion of Somalia.)
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Ethiopian Socio-Cultural Rules Require Fundamental Change: A Case from my Bag of Childhood Memories
By Maru Gubena
It is in fact not difficult to provide multiple examples of Ethiopian socio-cultural rules that contain negative connotations, and which have been partly or fully responsible for molding the unaccommodating and unproductive attitudes of the members of Ethiopian society. These socio-cultural rules are also obviously responsible for our dysfunctional behaviours, which continue to be a permanent impediment to the process of democratization and to a free flow of ideas and views among individuals.
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If The Upcoming Mode of Struggle Remains Unchanged: Get Ready For
Another Round Of Arrest And Another Round of Meddling/Negotiations
By Getachew Reda
First Congratulations to all patriotic Ethiopians who showed their best humanity to the most cruel, rude and most anti Ethiopian elements who done tremendous damage to the Ethiopian history, sovereignty and dignity, on which you all paid dearly with your life for the sake of Ethiopia’s culture, dignity, history, humanity and justice which at the end made your acceptable genuine intention released you from the Fascist prison in Ethiopia for “now”. I salute you!
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Ethiopia Is Said to Block Food to Rebel Region
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Dr Seid Hassan @ Assimba PalTalk Room
Dr Seid Hassan, Professor of Economics and Editor Journal of Business and Public Affairs presented Ethiopian Economic and Political Situation on Sunday July 22, 2007. Is there relationship between economic development and political freedom? Is privatizing land ownership in Ethiopia needed? Is Globalization hurt or help Ethiopian people? And more….. Listen to the audio below:
What next for Ethiopia's freed leaders?
By Elizabeth Blunt
BBC News, Addis Ababa
Ethiopia's opposition leaders, freed from jail last Friday, have now had a few days to enjoy their freedom. They have been receiving the congratulations of their friends and neighbours, meeting new grandchildren for the first time, and enjoying the pleasure of sleeping in their own beds. But now they have to start thinking about the future and where they, and their organisation, go from here.
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The Dubious Path of the Resistance: Can the Ethiopian Diaspora Contribute to Future Political Stability and the Development of Democratic Institutions in Ethiopia?
PART II By Dr. Maru Gubena
This article is part two of my contribution entitled, “ The Dubious Path of the Resistance: Can the Ethiopian Diaspora Contribute to Future Political Stability and the Development of Democratic Institutions in Ethiopia ?" As you may remember, the first part of this article has already been published on various Ethiopian websites, including other websites engaged with issues of Ethiopia. To have a background on the issues assessed in this article, it is advisable to download and read part one before proceeding with part two of the article
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My Fellow Ethiopians: We’ve just won the Battle but not the Victory.
By Obang O. Metho (Anuak Justice Council) July 18, 2007.
We Ethiopians are rejoicing, wherever we are—in or outside of Ethiopia, at the release on Friday of the Opposition leaders, journalists, human rights defenders, political activists and others from Kaliti prison. July 20, 2007, will forever mark a great day, similar to May 15, 2005 that will go down in history books for all freedom loving Ethiopians, but please remember, as we are celebrating a beginning victory, it is only one battle in a war for justice, freedom, peace and liberty.
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RELEASE DANIEL BEKELE, NETSANET DEMISSIE AND ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS
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Release all Political Prisoners! Account for the “disappeared”!
SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE FOR ETHIOPIAN POLITICAL
PRISONERS – CANADA (SOCEPP-CAN)
July 20, 2007
SOCEPP Canada applauds the release of the 38 CUDP leaders, journalists of the free press, and others. It congratulates the “freed”, their families and friends.Thanks largely to the steadfast efforts of many citizens of Ethiopia, political organizations, human rights and civic society groups, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Parliamentarians and other members of the international community, these political leaders, journalists and others are now out of jail not withstanding the fact that they may have secured their release on conditions dictated by and/or favorable to the EPRDF government.
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TO: Mr. Antonio Gutteres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (Geneva)
- Amnesty International, London & Ottawa ; info@amnesty.ca
- Human Rights Watch, New York, Toronto, hrwnyc@hrw.org; herltj@hrw.org
- The Ambassador, Government of the Republic of Sudan, Ottawa;
sudanembassy-canada@rogers.com
PRISONERS – CANADA (SOCEPP-CAN)
July 20, 2007
Subject: Ethiopian Refugees facing an involuntary repatriation from Sudan, your urgent action needed Reports reaching SOCEPP Canada indicate a new wave of mass arrests and possible refoulment of Ethiopian refugees suspected of having affiliations with opposition political groups such as Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), Ethiopian People Patriotic Front (EPPF) and others.It is reported that since this current round up which begun on or around June 20, 2007, up to 30 such individuals have already been imprisoned in Khartoum by the Sudanese authorities
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Ethiopia's freed leader defiant
Ethiopia's opposition leader has hit out at the government just hours after being pardoned and released from a life sentence in jail. Hailu Shawel said he had signed a document admitting to organising violent election protests in 2005 and asking for clemency "under duress".
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HISTORY When the fly defeats the lion and the young rule over the old when the Potomac becomes grander than the Nile and Lalibela fades before the Empire State building, and the Ethiopian bows to the Ferenji/the white when Axum means division and Babel unity's symbol This is History as written and lived by fools and knaves.
Hama Tuma
Ethiopia lost one of her son Arrangements are being made ------------------ WHY DIE? I met a grim skeleton
“No pain, No gain”
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