Ethiopia Democracy

Dictator Meles Zenawi recently responded to questions about his so-called Growth and Transformation Plan by igniting into spontaneous self-combustion. It was vintage Zenawi.

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Waiting for Zenawi, Ethiopia's dictator, to leave is like waiting for Godot to arrive. It ain't happening. He's the only man with the answers, and the patron who makes everything work.

As Ghana was the original model of the one-man, one-party state in Africa, Ghana today could be the model of constitutional multiparty democracy in Africa.

Ethiopia's future cannot be left to a few politicians or intellectuals. The values of freedom and human rights have taken root among Ethiopian youth. They will be leading our country's march into a glorious future.

On December 29, 2008, almost a year ago to the day, the only woman political party leader in Ethiopia's 3,000-year history was manhandled and abducted to prison.