Ethiopia and Eritrea’s peace must be rooted in past
August 7, 2019 by Samuel Fikreselassie Historical grievances between the two societies are a major barrier to a healthy relationship between Ethiopia and Eritrea Words can be a powerful tool to rally a...
View ArticleIllegal Activities of Sidama Extremists in Awassa and What Must be Done to...
By Damo Gotamo Ejjeettos and their financiers are in big trouble. They are running for their lives. Many are behind bars, and those who escaped prisoner are being chased down by the brave men and women...
View ArticleDeforestation: Did Ethiopia plant 350 million trees in a day?
By Reality Check team BBC News Ethiopia says it planted more than 350 million trees in just one day which, if verified, would be a world record. But is such a feat even possible? We’ve been looking at...
View ArticleThe Intellectual Bankruptcy of Hizkiel Gebissa Part II: The Plan to Destroy...
By Gemechu Aba Biya Whenever Hizkiel Gebissa is asked about secession, he equivocates, but he is a committed separatist. He just doesn’t have the decency, integrity, or honesty to say it openly. He...
View ArticleRaising the White Flag! The Power of Medemer and the “Disarming of the...
By Prof. Alemayehu G. Mariam Is PM Abiy Ahmed winning the battle (of ideas) for hearts and minds? In an interview, a self-styled journalist-cum-former-regime official-turned-opposition activist and...
View ArticleRaising the White Flag! The Power of Medemer and the “Disarming of the...
By Alemayehu G. Mariam Is PM Abiy Ahmed winning the battle (of ideas) for hearts and minds? In an interview, a self-styled journalist-cum-former-regime official-turned-opposition activist and avowed...
View ArticleThe greatest confusion and deception of all time- duty-free or free trade...
Fekadu Bekele (Ph D) 08. 2019 Human dignity is offended when persons are denied the opportunity to participate in their own development, when development “takes place over their heads” (Yuengert M....
View ArticleThe constitution should be changed unconstitutionall
By Shiferaw Abebe There has been much talk lately about the constitution – its contents, its applications, its defects, and the opportunity and the timing of making amendments to it. There are several...
View ArticleEthiopia: Consensus required before constitutional change
The Africa Report Until consensus emerges, reform of the constitutional framing of ethnic diversity is hard to contemplate. Following Abiy Ahmed’s assumption of the premiership in April 2018, several...
View ArticleWhat Ethiopia needs is an independent prosecution
Abiy Ahmed’s ambitious reform agenda cannot succeed unless the office of the Attorney General is depoliticised. by Adem K Abebe 16 Aug 2019 Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed walks past the coffin of...
View Article‘Little Ethiopia’ neighborhood could become official in Las Vegas
The “Little Ethiopia” neighborhood in Spring Valley could become officially recognized LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — A community informally known as Little Ethiopia could get that official designation, if a...
View ArticleKenyan president to attend Ethiopia’s reconciliation festival amid strong ties
Source: Xinhua ADDIS ABABA, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) — The Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta is set to attend the national peace and reconciliation festival in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, scheduled to be...
View ArticleWhy does TPLF badly need the next election to be held?
Asmelash Yohannes (PhD, Mekelle University School of Law) From strategic point of view, the leaders of TPLF (Tigray People’s Liberation Front) know, or they are predicting to say the least, that the...
View ArticleThe Menelik Hall Ethiopian Cultural Garden Is Dedicated, the First From an...
Sat 8/24 @ 1-3PM People who regularly drive MLK Drive between University Circle and the Shoreway have probably noticed a new entry in the Cleveland Cultural Gardens taking shape to the south of the...
View ArticleEthiopian authorities arrest journalist Mesganaw Getachew after he films...
August 20, 2019 Authorities in Ethiopia should unconditionally release journalist Mesganaw Getachew, who was arrested on August 9 after recording an interview outside a court in Addis Ababa, the...
View ArticleTo Ezekiel Gabissa: A Self-appointed leader of a land of Dystopia
By Tesfaye Yigzaw My writing today is about this individual who is making a lot of hullabaloos with several appearances in a public forum that needs a retort. I have waited for so long not to disrupt...
View ArticleAddress to the Oromo Intellectuals’ Misrepresentation, Fabrication of, and...
Prof Haile LArebo On July 28, 2019, a group of 54 people, claiming to represent “individuals and national/ethnic based nonprofit and community organizations representing our members”, published “An...
View ArticleEthiopia’s opposition parties criticise election law changes
On Friday 57 opposition parties said their proposed amendments to the bill were ignored by the ruling party, who currently hold all parliamentary seats. The country has regularly held elections since...
View ArticleEthiopia’s opposition parties criticize election law changes
Saturday, August 24, 2019 A general view shows Ethiopia’s Parliament buildings in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, July 1, 2019. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopian lawmakers on Saturday...
View ArticleHypocritical Political Manipulation Isn’t Better Than Treason
G/Kirstos Abbay 25th August 2019 I have carefully listened to Professor Hizkiel Gebissa’s rhetoric and the questions raised by the attendees and the explanation given by the presenter at Mekelle...
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