Daniel Berhane

Birtukan Mideksa Petition for Pardon and Interview Video

We reported earlier that the Ethiopian government accepted Birtukan Mideksa’s petition and granted her pardon for second time and, thus,…

Meles Zenawi Appoints New Cabinet [full list]

The 4th House of Peoples’ Representative endorsed the new cabinet members nominated by the Prime Minister in its second day…

EPRDF’s New Leadership (Executive & Council members lists)

Ethiopia’s ruling party, EPRDF, held its Eighth Party Congress from Sept 17-19/2010 under the theme "We will make Ethiopian Renaissance…

EPRDF – Overhaul or Just another Revamp?

No less than three of ten, on average, EPRDFites holding posts at City, Sub-city and Woreda Administrative tiers of Addis…

Ethiopia’s Legitimate Government, Worrisome Demography

Published On  July 18,  2010; Addis-Fortune,Volume 11, Number 533 The Failed Sate Index, annually conducted by the US-based Fund for…

How Long is ‘Too Long’? Meet 10 Long-serving Western Leaders

In western media reporting of EPRDF’s election win, three points were common. The margin of win, the length of EPRDF…

‘Election-win-EPRDF-style’ in 8 Liberal Countries

“Can you think of any government that purports to be a multi-party democracy, but manages to win all but two…

‘Addis Neger’: when deceit becomes the norm

It took International Press Institute (IPI) only two days after the polling to make a press statement alleging "Independent Media…

Media Darling: Human Rights Watch’s 10 flagrant blunders

Several western newscasts and blogs misleadingly blended sound bites from the EU Observers Preliminary Report with the Human Rights Watch…

Eleven Things Nobody is Telling You: Comparing the Two Elections

It's been a few days since EPRDF's massive win in the 2010 has become evident and analysts are struggling to…

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