18 years in power, Meles Zenawi and co. reduced the Ethiopian nation to destitution, hunger and disaster. According to this year’s annual Failed States Index, Somalia ranks first. Woyane’s Ethiopia is among failed states. It is funny to see failed state trying to rescue the failed Somalia. In the fourth annual Failed States Index, FOREIGN POLICY and The Fund for Peace rank the countries where state collapse may be just one disaster away. Read more…
Zenawi’s Ethiopia is among failed states
Written on Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 at 7:35 am by ethioforumRelated post:
June 24th, 2008 at 8:56 am
Ethiopia used to be rich like America before Prime Minster Meles Zenawe took power, now Ethiopia is poor country.
HA!!HA!!!HA!!!!HA!!!!!!HA!!!!!!!!!!
June 24th, 2008 at 10:12 am
If you look at the grading(@ http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=4350&page=1), if fact the organization has been very generous with Ethiopia; for instance, 8.6 for economic instability while Zimbabwe 10. I don’t remember seeing dying Zimbabwean children due to hunger on any media!
June 24th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
How long is the Tyrant Meles Zenawi and his gang of gangsters going to hide the truth and pretend like everything is fine in Ethiopia?
June 24th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
Can P.M Meles zenawe fix 100+ years corrupted and mismanaged Ethiopias economy in only 17 years period ? ? ?
Only if Meles have cristal ball. Fact is economic change requires time and needs more than complaining in web site.
June 24th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
I agree with you sharew. blaming all with woyane is wrong but if woyane has brought the political stability and democratization it claimed to bring, we wouldn’t be talking about hunger after 17 years of west backed economic development. And I wouldn’t be typing this online here in US. Your bosses need to stop becoming stubborn to allow a peaceful power transfer if they care for Ethiopia and themselves…
June 25th, 2008 at 12:46 am
Why should we oromos be forced to learn and speak amaras minority language within our own territory and regions ? ?
If there ought to be lasting peace and meaningful democratic reform in ethiopia, then “Ethiopias National language should immediatelly be changed from Amaras minority language (Amharic) to Ethiopias Majority (Afaan oromoffiaa).”
June 27th, 2008 at 12:25 am
To Haile,
Yes, you can now write. You did not have this chance during the previous regime even from the US.
You appear to be educated in your writing. So, what hunger in Ethiopia are you talking about? Do you mean that this can not happen even in a global crisis situation? After all, Ethiopia is still a developing nation and it cannot be immune to global circumstance. Try to talk both sodes
Cheers,
K.
June 27th, 2008 at 10:52 am
kebede,
As to the “global crisis”, I haven’t seen the horrific picture of kids all over the Internet from other corners of the world. http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/06/ethiopia_in_food_crisis_once_m.html
You are hilarious! Are you claiming it is woyane not DARPA who invented the Internet?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20080627/wl_csm/odrought_1
Or is your statement on “developing nations about your nations and nationalities?
peace
June 28th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
Mr. Medeksa,
I do not think the Amaras are ready for Democracy nor to surrender their language to majority.
June 30th, 2008 at 1:46 am
Haile,
I did not say Woyane has created the Internet. I mean, during the previous regime people in the diaspora were not able to comment on the government for fear of retaliation on the relatives. So, the fact that there is freedom in this regard is one thing.
In relation to the crisis, I am saying Ethiopia is a developing nation based on rain fed sunsistence farming. And, in as much as it is able to move to mechanized farming practice, this is gonna happen every time the rain fails. Meanwhile, it seems you are trying o undermine the issue of nationas and nationalities. Remeber, as a multi-nationality country, this is a political issue you can not undermine if the country is to continue to exist. I think there will not be any future without due consideration to this issue.
Cheers,
Kebede.
June 30th, 2008 at 1:55 am
Haile,
I did not say Woyane has created the Internet. I mean, during the previous regime people in the diaspora were not able to comment on the government for fear of retaliation on the relatives. So, the fact that there is freedom in this regard is one thing.
In relation to the crisis, I am saying Ethiopia is a developing nation based on rain fed subsistence farming practices. And, in as much as it is not able to move to mechanized farming practice, this is gonna happen every time the rain fails. Additionaly, as a developing nation its resilience is so low that it is not immune to global crisis situations like the current one. Meanwhile, it seems you are trying to undermine the issue of nations and nationalities. Remeber, as a multi-nationality country, this is a political issue you can not undermine if the country is to continue to exist. I think there will not be any future without due consideration to this issue.
Cheers,
Kebede.
June 30th, 2008 at 10:18 am
kebde,
Yes there WAS a relative small freedom. Unfortunately, even that small democracy has slipped away. Remember, the world has become so small. I can tell you incidents happening from small Ethiopian towns to the bigger addis. I just don’t have time to illustrate them now and how many of the diaspora critics have started to become unanimous in cyber world.
I agree what you said about the low tech agriculture economy. woyane’s fault is the fact that it couldn’t mobilize all of us (or most of us) to change this stinky reality. Democracy, democracy is the only weapon that can push the blame away from the gov to the ordinary citizens. I can tell you this. Ethiopia wouldn’t be what it is now if we had a 5-year old system that 60% of us agree.! The flip side of this is the corruption of the woyane ethnic based-system. How is it possible the usual draught prone Tigrai didn’t get hit by the latest cycle while the most unanticipated regions like Gurage and Oromia got victimized? We will never forget woyane for that. It is not a threat., just a promise. I am not going to comment on the crap you wrote about woyane’s miserably failed policy crafted by those who want to erase Ethiopia from the world map. Keep singing Ethiopia will not survive without it song until you realize it is too late.
June 30th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
Haile,
It is good to have a dialogue in as much as we remain reasonable with our comments. However, I see some prejudices and generalizations that will not take us along in the process.
Firstly, I am not preaching Woyane’s politics when I talk about the issue of nations and nationalities. It is a reality that we all have to accept in the actual circumstances of the country. Ethiopia is a multi-ethnic nation and we can not ignore it.
Secondly, I do not agree with generalizations for example, if one opposes Kinijit or talks positive about EPRDF, he/she is dubbed Woyane. This is really anti-democratic. When we talk about good for our country, we are talking about democracy and democratic rights. But, by not accepting ideaological differences, we are opposing democracy. So, we have to accept that one can uphold whatever political ideology she/he thinks is right. I can accept the issue of nations and nationalities and you can support Kinijit’s political ideology. You can try to convince me that the ideology I am following is not right and vice versa.
The other prejudice is about the drought situation in Ethiopia. You think Tigray was drought-prone and it should be on the forefron when it comes to drought and famine. You did not even mention Wello which was almost equally worse when it comes to the histrory of drought and famine in Ethiopia. It seems you believe that if drought and famine situation happens in Ethiopia, Tigray region should be number one in the list, otherwise, it is not acceptable for you. Drought and famine is a natural condition and it is beyond man’s control. I believe such a projudice and generalization is not reasonable.
With regards,
Kebede.
July 1st, 2008 at 11:56 am
kebede,
You are absolutely right. Ethiopia is a multi-ethnic country, which is the “actual circumstance” of the country as you said and nobody can deny that. In fact our poor infrastructure has created small disparity even within the same ethnic. The main issue, however, is the way woyane exploits and inflates this minor situation and mixes with politics to create a permanent damage to the country. But if you really think about it, are we really that different? I am not talking about the general fact that we humans (Caucasian, Hispanic, Asian, etc) share many things in common. Have you wondered how different a Gondere is from Tigray or a Tigrayian from Gurage or Shewa Oromo from Shewa Amahara, Gurage from Oromo, Amhara from Gurage, etc? Haven’t we all intermarried, descended from the same history, etc? Don’t we look pretty alike?
You are not naïve enough to seek explanation from me on how the modern world order works viz EU and the advantages. By now we all know why woyane emphasized the multi-ethnic side of Ethiopia as opposed to glorifying unity, anyways. It is kind of the old tactic in the book that all Ethiopians are well aware. Ethiopians from north to south and east to west want a gov that dwells on their similarity and the big pictures not on a minor dissimilarity to move our old nation from the symbol of war, disease and famine to the 21st addition to the world. It will happen. It is just a matter of time. There is nothing human man couldn’t solve. Let alone a lack of seasonal rain, the rest of the world endures much harsher environmental conditions.
I was trying to give an example when I talked about Tigry. That is a poor statement on my side. Sorry about that. Yes definitely Wollo is part of the example. I was trying to refute your statements but never labeled you a woyane, if you were making a particular reference to me. If you were meant to talk about the opposition, well I can write a lot nasty things on the opposition; including poor understanding of democratic principles. However, you need to have some level of decency if you want people to respect your views and uphold it as democratic value. I am referring to woyane supporters here. You can’t approve the shooting of your opponents on the head and expect them to respect “your political ideology” at the same time because that is not an ideology to begin with. It is called fascism.
Thanks for the civil discussion.