Picture by EMF: ESFNA’s 2008 special guests, the fourth from left Abenet Gebremeskel, representing Sheik Al-Amoudi.
ESFNA’s festival is opened yesterday with extremely large numbers of Ethiopians who are gathered from all over the world. The opening ceremony is below expectation and the organization is extremely poor. Journalists are unable to get in to stadium as before because the organizers have failed to issue a press pass to journalists for a lame reason of technical problem. Earlier, this large organization, which brings all Ethiopians togather, has been criticized by the media for taking money from EPRDF affiliated millionaire Sheik Al-Amoudi. “If you have money you will be a special guest of honour”, Critics say who saw Abnet as guest of honour. ESFNA didn’t mention this earlier.
June 30th, 2008 at 7:59 am
why ESFNA’S need donation from shaki? what was the propuse giving the money. I remember he donated for TPLFE to dance overnight party.the fillet man with multi million dollar man nobody nows whose money is invest in it.if he is real Ethiopian capable giving money why can donate for the stared people who are dieing lack of food.when the whole world is donate. he donate for fantasy only.
June 30th, 2008 at 8:47 am
I don’t believe this thing still gathering many ethiopians. Cmn guys this people sold out thew sprit of orignal ESFNA to the woyane killers and their financiers. wake up my people boycott all ESFNA sposored festivities. if you have to go to DC go and have fun in many true ethiopians restaurants and clubs.
June 30th, 2008 at 8:53 am
I think we all need to take this gathering as oppoertuniy=ty to express our diguest on Weyane. What about a daily comdemination chant (mefekir) at about 12 noon, sau down to Weyane, Weyanew geday new, Weyane, hager Shach new, let us do it. yichlal
Please pal talk roooms publicise this
every day once or twice a day condemn Weyane, with chanting, mefekir
June 30th, 2008 at 9:16 am
It is very obvious that ESFNA is a dynamic tool for weyane to silent ethiopians from concerning about thier bad governance in ethiopia. The so called Al Amoudi has given the money on purpose that the HODAM ESFNA exectives wouldnt give the chance ethiopians to discuss on thier critical issues such as poverty, famine, lack of democracy, unempolyment and so many several probelms that comes from bad governacne of weyane worest economic policy that is surrounded by so much corruption. So the easiest thing is to boycatt all ESFNA events, and aware the ethiopians to boycatt the events by passing out flyers around the stadium and using most anti tplf medias to aware the public. NO MONEY TO HODAM ESFNA MEMBERS….
June 30th, 2008 at 9:21 am
If you are smart and courageous, you can use this opportunity to spread Anti Weyane Messages and Speeches, spread Flyers, slogans, sing to humiliate weyanes and Hodams. make pictures of the Weyanes, Hodams and post it for us in the internet.
June 30th, 2008 at 9:27 am
Hi All;
It is amazing what we are looking at the picture and what you wrote are totally anatagonastic.
Why do you relate everyy thing to Weyane?
Please Please Please try to learn from what you previous mistakes!!!!
Are you planning to spoil the only non-political gathering of Ethiopians abroad??????
Shame on you stone-heads!
Almaz from Addis
June 30th, 2008 at 10:09 am
Please correct your article. The forth person from the left is indeed a white guy. I don’t think his name is Abenet Gebremeskel. Please correct it.
June 30th, 2008 at 10:25 am
ሆዳሞች የሃገርን ጥቅምን በገንዘብ መቸርቸር ጀመሩ እንዴ
June 30th, 2008 at 10:50 am
Simple, as your name you are nothing, simple and stupid. Go and fill your stomack, Hodam!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 30th, 2008 at 11:07 am
You guys problem is from left or from right any ways Abinet G/meskel is there. Simple if you don’t know who are the killers of Mama Ethiopia, you are so ignorant. It is not good to be ignorant on the case of mama Ethiopia. By the way we need to add Abinet G/Meskele among the list of Ethiopian killer or Bandit
June 30th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Abenet is Ala Moudi’s house boy and the frifari lekames at ESFNA were paid $300,000 to invite him.
They are already scamming to profit in the name of Ethiopian famine victims. DO NOT ATTEND THE FUNDRAISER, INSTEAD FORCE THEM TO GIVE THE $300,000 THE WOYANE MONEY LAUNDERER GAVE THEM.
I don’t know why Addis Voice is even posting these laebas Press Release.
June 30th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Dont waste yur time!
Please do something diffrent useful.
Poors!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Money is a power that can buy yourself.
June 30th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
Everybody knows Abenet nowadays. Have you heard about MONEY LAUNDRY. He is the chief capitain of Almoudi who extracts the Legedembi and KibreMengist Work and laundry his terrorist money through the Dashen Bank. He loans 3 billion from the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia and built the Sheraton Hotel. People think the money comes from abroad. Do not be fools. It is all laundaryed here in Addis and the money of $300.000 is the money snatched from the Sidama Peasants. Almoudi trades on Coffee and Hides. You do not know that. Little chicken heads. The masterminds are Abenet et al. It doesnot require to be a genius to do this. It only requires only a gut to SELL OUT the poor destitute and langushing segiment of the Ethiopian people.
Believe it or not the $300.00 comes from the poor famine stricken people of Ethiopia.
Abenet as you see the picture is an example of a HODAM that are prevailing in Ethiopia. No wonder he is fat. He has fattened his already fat stomach. Don’t have a pity for the poor to accept this money that was snatched in some way or another from the broad masses. The coordinating comittee knows where the money comes and yet they accept the moeey because they donot care where it came from. Jiboch. Jib le Jib abet Menakes new. Timb ansa hulu
June 30th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
I tried to read all the above. Let me add to this group. Al moudi has come with the money gesture to buy the heart of the Diasphora. If you think you have a soft heart for him accept his money and forgive him. Remeber this money is not his. As above said it is a Laundry Money. And remember this money has been awarded to the TPLF to pay off Agazi to
massacre the innocent. Almoudi said one day ” TPLF IS HIS LIFE AND HE IS READY TO GIVE NOT HIS MONEY BUT ALSO HIS DEAR LIFE FOR TPLF cause”.
Almoudi stays in Ethiopia only in the era of the TPLF. AND HIS DAYS ARE DRAWING NEAR. TIME IS THE FACTOR AND ESSENCE.
HAD THE COMMITTEE REJECTED THE MONEY IT WOULD HAVE COLLECTED SAME AMOUNT FORM THE SHOWING OF THE GAME. BUT THEY DO NOT HAVE THE GUT TO DO THAT. IT IS A PITY THEY DO NOT HAVE THE GUT TO SAY NO TO THE MONEY OF A MERCENARY.
THE HISTORY OF ALMOUDI WILL BE REVEALED WHEN THE SITUATION RIPES
June 30th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Whether you like Almoudi or not the Committee has already decided and took the money no matter where comes from or the motive it has underneath. If you choose to accept the money of Almoudi that means you are accepting Almoudi himself. If you accept Almoudi into the Ethiopian Community of the Diasphora you guys are taking up the initiative of accepting the atrocities committed by Alomoudi over the Ethiopian Economy and the Massacre of the Ethiopian People. Accepting money from an Enemy means a lot. Let the crime of Almoudi be a curse to these who accepted his blood-stained money
June 30th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Whether you like Almoudi or not the Committee has already decided and took the money no matter where comes from or the motive it has underneath. If you choose to accept the money of Almoudi that means you are accepting Almoudi himself. If you accept Almoudi into the Ethiopian Community of the Diasphora you guys are taking up the initiative of accepting the atrocities committed by Alomoudi over the Ethiopian Economy and the Massacre of the Ethiopian People. Accepting money from an Enemy means a lot. Let the crime of Almoudi be a curse to these who accepted his blood-stained money
June 30th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg7qUyhiyLE
June 30th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
June 30th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
It’s not surprising to all of us. For the past four or five years ESFNA lean towards to woyane. I concluded they are woyane. Since they are a not- for-profit organization registered in the USA, we all have the right to ask their financial report to be public. What we here in DC area is unbeliveable. The best thing to kill this organization is just boycot. For this goal DC area people is enough to harm.
June 30th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
ግዛው የማነህ ባንዳ አንተን ብር አፍህ ውስጥ አጉርሶ መግደል ብቻ ነው የአገር ሸክም ነህ ትል ነህ ገለባ ነህ
June 30th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
that is an blaveable the agent of alamudii is there on the soccer fest? we need kick his ass out. alamudii means like adog. he wash his hands with inocent ethiopians blood. money could be a loard. wipe ur ass ur damn money. we are ethiopians preod. that means free people. alamudii u must go back to middle east. u can,not buy us with ur blood money. u are not abill gates. u dont have a mind . u are a very simple ignorant. money can not buy a brain. i promise to bring u some biches sermuutaa alamudii shermuutaa…………….taaaa
June 30th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
i got some question 4 alamudii. where is a hospital in ethiopia or clinic or school or liberery or any public service? we now u atlist 4 20 years . with in this years u aint do nothing in ethiopia exept helping one man power government. we all nows about winfre opra. opening fusela hospital in our country. she is an american. but u edyet … what u do 4 us. opening pary house, buying former govrnmental factories, supporting tayrant with million birr for war or helping leagndery peorsons in cash?everybody nows u like show up. uaint mature persone as like ethiopians people . we trust in god not with money. so leave ethiopia alone alamudii or his agent ato G. meskel
June 30th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
Alex and Megecha,
I’m very amazed by your comments. I’ve no idea who Abinet G/meskel is and I’ve never heared about him until now. So I simply counted the forth person from left and found a white guy. So, I thought it is better to inform the administrators to correct the statement. And what I expected was that the Admins will correct it and that was it. But instead Alex and Megecha insulted me for asking clarification. I don’t understand why? I mean demonizing and insulting people for asking simple and constructive question? Hhhhhm? I’m so confused.
June 30th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
Alex and Megecha,
sometimes, I ask what would happen if guys got a political power? Killing people for asking clarification? You would have killed me by now for asking a simple and innocent question. Oh God forbidde! You guys are no better than the killer Meles! People like you, who only know insulting, are the cause for many people like me to not be far from politics.
Sorry for you!
July 1st, 2008 at 1:04 am
እር አዝቡ በረሃብ አያለቀ ነው:: እንድረስለት
July 1st, 2008 at 1:40 am
Am sorry simple it is not to insult you. But as an Ethiopian, we all have to know who the killers of Ethiopia are. But i want to tell you one thing; we all are worried for Ethiopia so that we don’t need any body’s approval to speak and to contribute for the free Ethiopia. People may insult you for speaking against of them, but we are not to get approval from some body so please don’t abstain your self from politics
July 1st, 2008 at 8:13 am
Simple, I was saddened when I read Alex’s and Megecha’s comments. It was unwarranted, but typical Ethiopian politics. My dear friend Alex, its sad that we have millions of Alexs and Megechas amongst us and that is why we have a bucher called Meles and a crime syndicate called TPLF.
July 2nd, 2008 at 2:21 am
It looks like EMF is following ER in many ways. If you guys keep doing what ER has been doing, you will fall from the grace just like Elias Kifle. Now, most Ethiopians that I know see Elias Kifle as Shabia’s slave. If he is slave, he can’t even think freely for himself let alone fight for others freedom. By the way Mr. Gambella you should know that when Amhra ruled Ethiopia. Ethiopia was a very respected and strong country in Africa. Eritrea was just one province of Ethiopia. Now, due to Weyanne Eritrea is gone and about 16Km west Ethiopian land is given to Sudan and ethnic tension is higher than ever. I am sure you are one Weyanne agent that goes by a mask name. If you feel inferiority complex towards Amahra, why don’t you go a head and do something more useful for Ethiopia than Amahra did? Just think about it!
July 2nd, 2008 at 1:50 pm
are you stupid.?what does it mean?the picture does notgo inline with your story.update yourself with journalism skill.journalism skill and traditional knowledge are diferrent.are you traditional midwife?
July 2nd, 2008 at 7:25 pm
….am up here with dusty lamp in broad day light looking for a
descent habisha with descent and sound judgement but couldnt get one.
It is absolutely appalling and scary…..It looks we already agreed not
agree…aint sayimg no more except wish all the blessing to my people.
July 5th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
NO FOR WOYANE.
WOYANE IS THE ENEMY OF ETHIOPIA.
WOYANE IS THE ENEMY OF FREEDOM.
WOYANE IS THE ENEMY OF FREEDOM.
WOYANE IS THE ENEMY OF RULE OF LAW.
EVERY ETHIOPIAN MUST STAND TO DEFEAT WOYANE.
ESFNA MUST BE RE-ORGANIZED AND REESTABLISHED.
HOW MANY YEARS ARE ESFNA COMMITTES MEMBERS IN POWER?
THE SAME PEOPLE ARE RULING LIKE WOYANE’S REGIME.
ESFNA’S REGIME?