ETHIOPIA
- All Party Conference. Opposition Political Organizations of Ethiopia
- In English and Amharic. August 2003 15 Ethiopian opposition organizations formed a united front, the United Ethiopian Democratic Forces - UEDF / Ye'Ethiopia Democraciawi Hayloch Hibret. Conference objectives, activities, events, reports, discussion forum, press releases, list of participating political parties, links to Ethiopia-related sites. [CA KF] http://www.geocities.com/ethioallparty
- Ethiopian Medhin Democratic Party - MEDHIN
- In English and Amharic. Dr. Seyoum Gelaye is party chairman. Opposition party, supports a federal system, and "does not advocate privileges for any special or ethnic groups." Was part of the July 2003 "All Party Conference of Ethiopian Opposition Political Organizations" held in Washington, D.C. News, press releases, political program, operates Radio Medhin and publishes The Voice of Medhin. Based in Silver Spring, Maryland. Branches in Belgium, England, The Netherlands, Germany, and Sweden. Site based in Maryland. Also has a German site. [CA KF] http://www.medhin.org/
- Ethiopian National Congress
- Congress, held August 2003, of Ethiopian opposition political organizations with the goal of adopting a "common political platform on the future political direction" of Ethiopia. " We had pledged to stay the journey until our people become free from forced division and imposed dictatorship of the EPRDF." Produces LANDINET, an online journal, political commentary, press releases. At the Congress, 15 opposition organizations agreed to form a united front, the United Ethiopian Democratic Forces, UEDF. "The strategy of changing the regime through a free and fair election has been adopted..." Based in Washington, D.C. http://www.ethiopiannationalcongress.org/
- Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Party
- Opposition party. Has the party profile, political program, press releases, contact addresses, etc. http://www.eprp.com/
- Oromiyaa Liberation Council / Gumii Bilisummaa Oromiyaa
- In English and Oromo. "...to enhance the liberation of Oromiyaa and the establishment of a free and democratic state of Oromiyaa...." "...one of the largest ethnonations in Africa with a population estimated at about 30 million people in the mid-1990s." Council's objectives, resolutions, history, articles, news, on the Oromo people's homeland, culture, language, religion, living conditions, education, cultural heritage, sports, entertainment and recreation, and major holidays. Explains the Oromo "GADAA" system of self-government, the "QAALUU" and "SIIQQEE" institutions. Based in Washington, D.C [CA KF] http://www.gumii.org/
- Oromo Liberation Front
- "The Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) is a political organization established in 1973 by Oromo nationalists to lead the national liberation struggle of the Oromo people against the Abyssinian colonial rule." Has press releases, a history, policy statements, etc. Web site based in Washington, D. C. http://www.oromoliberationfront.org/