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With the help of ex-Peace Corp to Ethiopia Mr Joe Ciuffini, Addis Voice is pleased to give visitors full access to over 350 hard to find articles, documents and research papers via our Mediamax account. The files are particularly useful to researchers, students of Ethiopian studies and anyone keen to explore historical, political, economic, cultural and social issues related to Ethiopia. Thank you Mr Ciuffini for keeping the Peace Corp spirit alive. Access link.

Alliance for Freedom and Democracy  May 26, 2006 [Statute: Full text]

AFD memorandum of understanding

Amnesty International: Ethiopia's prisoners of conscience on trial for treason, May 2 2006 

AU's commitment to democracy in theory and practice, Ann Hammerstand

Carter Center's Observation Report of the Ethiopia 2005 National Elections, September 2005

Christopher Clapham's Comments on the Ethiopian Crisis

'Constitution' of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Contending political ideologies in Ethiopia, Kostas Loukeris

Crime and Nourishment in Ethiopia

Crimes against Ethiopian children: CRDA

Democratic assistance in Ethiopia, Desalegne Rahmato and Mihiret Ayenew

Donkoro Chaka: A "Deaf Bush" in Ethiopia, Glen Bargaldino

Ethiopian Embassy, Washington D.C: Leaked documents (Amharic)

Leak 1 [PDF Amharic]   Leak 2 [PDF Amharic]  Leak 3 [ Amharic]

A guideline to embassies to deal with Ethiopian Diaspora (PDF)

End of poverty, review on Jeffrey Sache's theory, Fekadu Bekele

EPPF fighters- Who killed TesfayeGetachew?

Ethiopia's agony, Inigo Gilmore, Observer

Election 2005, disputed result of ethnic voting

Ethiopia: Country Profile, Library of Congress

Ethiopia – Current Situation, Possible Solutions, Professor Theodore Vestal 

Ethiopia Country Report, Economist Intelligence Unit

Ethiopia: Human rights defenders under pressure, Report by FIDH and WOAT

Ethiopia: a new start?, Minority Rights Group International

Ethiopia on the brink of civil war, Rene Lefort

Ethiopia Since the Derg: A Decade of Democratic Pretension and Performance, Siegfried Pausewang et al

Ethiopia: World Report 2006, Human Rights Watch

Ethiopia: analysis and trend assessment, Sarah Vaughan

Ethiopia lessons  in repression: violations of academic problems, HRW

Ethiopia: Asylum assessment (UK)

Ethiopia: Hidden Crackdown in Rural Areas, HRW

Ethiopia in 2005: The Beginning of a Transition?, Professor Terrence Lyons

Ethiopian: transition without democracy, Merera Gudina

Ethiopia Pre-Election Assessment Report, IFES

Ethnic Federalism in Ethiopia, Arnault Serra-Horguelin

Ethnic Federalism in a Dominant Party State, Lovise Aalen 

Ethnic voting in a multi-ethnic in Ethiopia, Marie-Anne Valfort

Ethnic Conflict: The Ethiopian Prospective Case, Sandra F. Joireman and Thomas S. Szayna

Ethnicity and Power in Ethiopia, Sarah Vaughan

EUROPEAN UNION ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION FINAL REPORT

European Parliament resolution on the situation in Ethiopia and the new border conflict

Exclusion and national cohesion, ACP-EU

FOOD INSECURITY IN ETHIOPIA, Stephen Devereux

H.R 5680, Ethiopia freedom, democracy and human rights advancement act of 2006

Human Rights in Oromia , HRW

Human Rights Violations and Crimes against Humanity in Ethiopia’s Gambella Region, HRW

Kinjit's Manifesto, Amharic

Kinjit's Manifesto English

Kinijit's memorandum of understanding

Land Reform in Ethiopia, Gebru Mersha and Mwangi wa Gĩthĩnji

Land tenure politics in Ethiopia, Hussien Jemma

Land tenure debate: Need for third alternative, Siegfried Pausewang

May 2005 elections and human rights, AI

Meles Zenawi: Profile, BBC

Meles Unveiled, Open Democracy

The "Press Law"

Power structures and relations in Ethiopia, Sarah Vaughan and Kjetil Tronvoll  

Protesters killed and 40,000 jailed as Blair's friend quells 'insurrection', David Blair

Questionable figures behind Yara Award, Norwatch

Somali Region of Ethiopia: Political instability, Tobias Hagmann 

Testimony of Andargachew Tsigie before US International Relations Subcommittee on Africa, April 2006

Testimony of Lynn Fredriksson of Amnesty at US Congress

Testimony of Dr Meqides Mesfin before US Congress, International Relations Subcommittee on Africa

Testimony of Obang Metho before US congress, International Relations Subcommittee on Africa

Testimony by Deputy Assistant Secretary Donald Yamamotom Bureau of African Affairs

Tigray People's Liberation Front, Aregawi Berhe

Two groups of TPLF, two issues of Ethiopia, Kahsay Berhe and Tesfaye Atsbeha

US Department of State Human Rights Report on Ethiopia

War Between Ethiopia and Eritrea, Patrick Gilkes and Martin Plaut

WHY ERITREA AND ETHIOPIA ARE AT WAR, Martin Plaut and Patrick Gilkes

Yara, Norway and Ethiopia, Professor Negussie Ayele

Yara Prize and Corruption, Tekola Hagos