Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) -- Ethnic Conflict In Ethiopia, Episode three

Episode three 

 

People in this episode:

Yonas Deressa

Dr. Berhanu Nega

• Founder of Ginbot 7
• Former Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party (EPRDP) member

Deacon Yoseph Tafari   

• Ordained deacon serving under the Archdiocese of the exiled Ethiopian Orthodox Holy Synod
• Chariman of the Ethiopian American Civic Council

 Guya Abaguya Deki

• Representative of the Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition 

Dr. Paulos Milkias

• Political Science Instructor at Concordia University
• Ethinicity: Oromo 

Herman J. Cohen 

• United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs 

Paul Henze

• Former consultant for think tank Rand Corp.
• Former CIA Station chief in Ethi­o­pia during the 1960s and ’70s

Daniel Berhane

• Editor of Horn Affairs news site 

Dr. Edmond Keller

• Professor at University of California, Los Angeles
• Long-time commentator and observer of Ethiopian history and politics

U.S. Rep. Karen Bass

U.S. Rep. Thomas Garrett
U.S. Rep.Thomas Suozzi

 

Dr. Terrence Lyons

• Associate professor at George Mason University

Meles Zenawi

• Ethiopia's former prime minster

Goshu Wolde 

• Foreign Minister of Ethiopia from 1983-1986 under the Derg
• Former leader of the Ethiopian Medhin Democratic Party

Tewodrose Tirfe

• Co-founder of the Amhara Association of America

Dr. Weldu Weldeyesus

• Language instructor at the Community College of Denver
• Ethnicity: Tigrayan  

Dr. Yohannes Gedamu 

• Lecturer of Political Science at Georgia Gwinnett College
• Born in Gonder in the Amhara region

Dr. Ezekiel Gebissa

• Professor of History and African Studies at Kettering University
• Ethnicity: Oromo 

 

Credits and sources:

Former prime minister Meles Zenawi interview with

• ITMN Television's Vikram Bahl in 2011 
• Al Jazeera in 2010
• World Economic Forum in 2012

Eskinder Nega's article on an African Spring in Ethiopia 

 

WikiLeak cables

Elections

• Cable one
• Cable two

Cable on Dawit Kebede

ACCORD's report on Coalition for Unity and Democracy

The Carter Center final report on the 2005 elections 

World Bank 2015 report


CSPAN video library  

• Civil War and Famine in Ethiopia, June 18, 1991
• Paul Henze's testimony, Famine and Civil War in the Horn of Africa, May 30, 1991

U.S. Subcommittee Hearing: Democracy Under Threat In Ethiopia, March 9, 2017 

U.S. Subcommittee Hearing: Ethiopia After Meles: The Future of Democracy and Human Rights, June 20, 2013

VOA article On DC Ethiopian Embassy Shooting 

 

Embassy shooting video