Ethiopia's 'own Darfur' as villagers flee violence - Independent

EthioGuardian.com: News: "Ethiopia's 'own Darfur' as villagers flee violence - Independent Ethiopia's 'own Darfur' as villagers flee government-backed violence By Steve Bloomfield in Bosasso Early one June morning, in Kamuda, a village of 200 families in the remote Ogaden region in eastern Ethiopia, 180 soldiers announced their arrival by firing guns in the air. The village, they said, had been providing food and shelter for the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), a separatist rebel group . As the villagers froze in horror, the soldiers plucked out seven young women, all aged between 15 and 18, and left. [ Read the rest... ]"

CUD leaders weakened themselves.

EthioGuardian.com: News: "CUD leaders weakened themselves. - Reuters Analysis ANALYSIS-Ethiopia opposition out of jail but in disarray By Katie Nguyen NAIROBI, Oct 17 (Reuters) - When Ethiopian opposition leader Hailu Shawel was freed from jail, hordes of relatives and supporters swarmed his gated mansion in Addis Ababa to raise a dram of whisky to his liberty. Such was the euphoria at his release -- and that of 37 other opposition figures -- after almost two years in a maximum security prison for allegedly inciting their followers to riot in protest at a disputed 2005 election. [ Read the rest... ]"