In the (almost) words of Mandy Rice-Davies "They would say that, wouldn't they?"
The Walta Information Centre that Electro-Vlasic links to is hardly an objective source of information about Ethiopia and things Ethiopian.
Although nominally privately-owned, it is always extremely careful to disseminate the official line of Prime Minister Melles Zenawi and his largely-Tigrean clique.
Many Ethiopians at home and abroad regard it as nothing more than a Government mouthpiece.