From: f54oguocha@edison.usask.ca
Newsgroups: soc.culture.african
Subject: RE: Ethiopia: Massacre at Addis Ababa University
Date: 11 JAN 93 00:55:17 GMT
Organization: University of Saskatchewan
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In a previous article, alakew@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Abiye Lakew) wrote:
>...
>Government forces shot and killed about 12 students and injured more than 100.
>It was reported that some students of Eritrean and Tigrean origins
>participated in the killing using assault knives and pistols. This atrocity
>occured at the campus of the Addis Ababa University.

please, go ahead and tell us the ethnic origins of the dead students, so that
we may be in a better position to say whether the killing was ethnically biased
or not. as you presented the case, it looks as if none of the dead  and wounded
students came from either Tigrea or Eritrea. moreover, we are not sure if the
demonstration itself was sectional in the first place. and if that is the
case, it may not be proper for you to generalise a sensitive issue like this;
you should have told us that a group of Addis Ababa university students from 
so-so ethinic group(s)........ 

> 
>Sources indicate that the ruling party EPRDF ( Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary
>Democratic Front) actively prevented the injured from receiving medical
>attention.
if this is true, then such govt is not worth anything.

>EPRDF is mainly dominated by TPLF (Tigrean Peoples Libration Front) and has
>been working with the EPLF ( Eritrean Peoples Liberation Front) to facilitate
>the independance of Eritrea and the dismemberment of Ethiopia along ethnic
>lines.
>
this is not very difficult to understand. it's a matter of "you rub my back and
i rub yours". that's what life should be. the two groups must be commended for 
keeping to their terms of agreement. they combined forces and resources to oust
the bloody regime of Mengistu at the appropriate time in history under certain
agreement(s). so, if they work together to implement their agreement(s), my
brother, that's not a bad thing. at least, they saved us from another Somalian
debacle in the continent. this shows the leaders of the two parties are 'gent-
lemen'. well, you have every right to argue for the oneness or unity of Ethiopia
and Ethiopian peoples. but don't forget that our Eritrean brothers have spent
the past three decades or more fighting for their dignity. now that this dignity
is about to be restored fully, you should not blame them for working with the
government in power. honestly, they deserve whatever deal they can get from the
ruling party. if they vote for an independent nation in the forthcoming referen-
dum, they should be allowed to go in peace and i hope you will respect their 
choice then.

>In related news the leader of the Provisional Government of Eriteria and
>chairman of EPLF Mr. Issayas Afwerki has died in Israel due to cerebral
>malaria. This was reported on Jan 10, 93 (sunday) on Addis Ababa radio.
may his soul rest in perfect peace. he is one of the few Africans i have respect
for, no matter what people say. i wish he had lived to see the outcome of the
forthcoming referendum. this is a man who spent his life for a cause he beli-
eved in. i hope he would be remembered by the people he served. 
Eritreans, ndo o nu!!!
oguocha
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