The Hazards of Restraining Free- Will Beyond Violation of Rights Belayneh Abate
I suppose readers would not mind if I start my message with part of a conversation I had with one of my friends. Indeed I had a discourse with my longtime friend (also considered as a family member...
View ArticleOpen Letter to Chairperson of the African Union Commission. By Robele Ababya
H.E. Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma Chairperson of African Union Commission African Union Headquarters P.O. Box 3243 Addis Ababa Ethiopia Your Excellency, Re: Endemic conflicts, corruption, youth...
View ArticleEthiopia: Court Hearing On Journalist ‘Politicized’– CPJ
An international press freedom watchdog has denounced an Ethiopian court hearing after a Judge on Friday renewed charges against a journalist who is facing multiple charges in connection to articles...
View ArticleIs European Union (EU) automated teller machine (ATM) for dictatorial...
As per the invitation I received from East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project (EHAHRDP) to attend the launching of the establishment of Pan African Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) Network...
View ArticleViolence and the Ethiopians. By Yilma Bekele
We always think of our people to be so loving that welcome a stranger into their homes and share what little they have. Our language is full of sayings about being a good host, a great neighbor and a...
View ArticleEthiopia: Where Do We Go (or not go) From Here? ALEMAYEHU G MARIAM:
On the road to democracy unity? For some time now, I have been heralding Ethiopia’s irreversible march from dictatorship to democracy. In April 2011, I wrote a commentary entitled, “The Bridge on the...
View ArticleEthiopia Coaxes Investors as It Struggles to Finance Growth Plan. Bloomberg News
Ethiopia’s government plans to attract more foreign investment and boost domestic savings as it struggles to finance infrastructure and other development projects, State Minister of Finance Abraham...
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EHSNA CELEBRATES THE VICTORY OF ADWA – EHSNA PR
The Battle of Adwa is a significant event in Ethiopian history. But it also had an effect on the entire world because of the message it sent regarding racial and gender equality at a time when those...
View ArticleCalling for financial help In the name of free press and multi-party democracy
When the Constitution was adopted in 1994, the Ethiopian people had hoped that press freedom and multi-party democracy would be a reality in Ethiopia. The people have been hoping for the last 22 years...
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Youth-focussed ‘governance’ structure to be introduced in Addis Abeba – sign...
When the late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi related his take on the state of Ethiopia to Richard Dowden, one of the editors of African Arguments, a thing he made the point of bragging about on this May...
View ArticlePlaying with fire as EPRDF pries in religious and ethnic affairs By Robele...
Weird Sunday mass at the Palace This article is prompted by The Horn Times News breaking news dated 03 Feb 2013 titled: “Ethiopia: ‘Judas of Wollayta’ shattered as pagan TPLF warlords cancelled his...
View ArticleEthiopia’s new leadership is practising hero-worsh. The economist.
DURING his two decades running Ethiopia, Meles Zenawi almost single-handedly engineered its rise from lost cause to model pupil. Even his enemies admit he was both popular and competent. Often working...
View ArticleEthiopia: The politics of fear and smear By Alemayehu G Mariam
In December 2011, I wrote a commentary entitled, “Ethiopia: Land of Blood or Land of Corruption?” contrasting two portraits of Ethiopia. At the time, the portrait painted by Transparency International...
View ArticleHow to Tackle the TPLF’s Theory of the Ethiopian Jihadists By Teklemichael Abebe
The Trial and the Documentary The documentary “Jihadawi Harekat”, sponsored by the state-owned television and security forces in Ethiopia that I watched on youtube a week ago is indicative of the...
View ArticleToo undemocratic to split By Tesfay Atsbeha
It is being disseminated that a certain group of the TPLF and Bereket are trying to purge some veteran members of the TPLF. Purges are not new in the TPLF, but it is a break from the tradition of the...
View ArticleMAKE POVERTY THE TARGET OF POLITICAL STRUGGLE By Mankelklot Haile Selassie (PhD)
Poverty is ceaselessly hovering over the society with crippling effect on its motivation, on its physical activities, on its mental creativeness and dashing its hope. The intention of this article is...
View ArticleMagnificent Atlanta protest against Fascists Crime in Ethiopia
Please check the following link to see a youtube video of the magnificent protest in Atlanta (USA)against the Fascist war crimes in Ethiopia as well as the Graziani mausoleum: At the outset, I would...
View ArticleEthiopia: The Prototype African Police State By Alemayehu G Mariam
When Erin Burnett of CNN visited Ethiopia in July 2012,she came face-to-face with the ugly face of an African police state: We saw what an African police state looked like when I was in Ethiopia last...
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