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...constitution. We are now on the threshold of the formation of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. The constitution was drafted by representatives of the people themselves. It has been submitted to all Ethiopian citizens, including those living abroad, and it will be promulgated after it is put to a referendum. Such democratic participation is unparalleled in the history of Ethiopia. Once the constitution assumes its final shape, Ethiopia will never again be ruled by the personal absolutism of any one individual or a handful of individuals. There will be no more discrimination according to sex, religion or ethnic...
...relations with the U.S. The Ethiopian people have no hatred toward any people, especially not toward the American people. The U.S. is no stranger to us. We still have full diplomatic relations, as well as trade relations. But from the onset of our revolutionary process, our relations have not been as they should be. Ethiopians had the basic right to fight oppression, to overthrow the monarchy. The fact that we exercised this right should not have irritated Washington. But we were denied aid that had been given previously. Just as we accept the social and political order...
Even now, there are signs not of improvement but of worsening relations. How can any efforts we make to improve relations have a chance? U.S. support for anti-Ethiopian elements might lead to trouble for us, to individual sacrifice, but will not change our direction. The heritage of such a U.S. policy will be only to poison and embitter coming generations of Ethiopians. Parties come and go, but peoples and countries will always be there...
Despite the differing expectations, there was a unanimous feeling that the session had come not a moment too soon. The images of starving Ethiopian children that first flashed across television screens more than a year ago continue to haunt and outrage people the world over. A wellspring of sympathy gave rise last year to Live Aid, the globally televised rock concert aimed at putting an end to famine, and last week to Sport Aid, a 78-country marathon to raise more funds...
Even as he was being chosen by the recently elected National Assembly, Sadiq was reminded that he faces enormous problems. After a quarter-century of sporadic fighting and unrest between the Arab north and the black south, the civil war is on again. Last week the Ethiopian-backed rebels of the Sudanese People's Liberation Army captured two more southern towns. Apart from the war, the moderate Sadiq must find ways of balancing the influence of Libya, which helped him during his years in opposition, and the U.S., which last year gave Sudan more than $400 million in military...