SHENGO CONDEMNS THE REPRESSION OF PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATORS IN ADDIS AND THE...
We have learnt that the security forces in Addis Ababa have arrested leaders of the Blue Party and the UDJ who were leading a peaceful demonstration against the atrocity and brutality perpetrated...
View ArticleRetaliation to carnage on Ethiopians in Saudi Arabia By Robele Ababya
Inexcusable heinous crimes of Saudi authorities The obnoxious shocking news of the spate of barbaric attacks, murders, gang raping, and humiliation inflicted on Ethiopians in Saudi Arabia has opened a...
View ArticleETHIOPIA’S DEMOCRATIC DILEMMA by William Davison
Ethiopia is a definite success story in expert opinion about post-cold war Africa. The civil strife that wreaked havoc and made headlines in the 1980s has disappeared. Investments in roads, health,...
View ArticleSuch inhuman and shameful treatment of Ethiopian migrants living in Saudi...
I am a fourth generation Ethiopian-Armenian and, like many Armenians who lived in Ethiopia, my grandparents took refuge in Ethiopia after the Armenian Genocide. Those Armenians who were fortunate...
View Article“Kafala” Persian Gulf Countries Enslavement System by Geletaw Zeleke
The absolutist monarchy of Saudi Arabia has been stubborn about accepting the advice of human rights organizations for long time. Year after year the terrible conditions of human rights have persisted...
View ArticleNO THANKSGIVING FOR ETHIOPIANS By Tecola W. Hagos
I. No Thanksgiving to God or Man Thanksgiving has been my favorite of all holidays that people in the United States celebrate. I even wrote an article on Thanksgiving titled “Thanksgiving: Thank You...
View ArticleFrom the Ethiopian Fire Into the Saudi Arabian Frying Pan By Alemayehu G Mariam
Over the past decade, hundreds of thousands of Ethiopians have voted with their feet to escape one of the most ruthless and brutal dictatorships in Africa. According to Ethiopia’s “Ministry of Labour...
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The Ethiopian Ordeal in the Middle East: How can we end it? Fekade Shewakena
In Ethiopia we have a habit , I am not sure if I can call it a culture, of going through an agonizing massive problem and forgetting about it once we get the feeling that we are through it. We simply...
View ArticleEthiopian Hydropower Dam Assessment Warns of Structural Weakness
Ethiopia’s plan to build Africa’s biggest hydropower dam on the main tributary of the Nile River must address concerns that there may be flaws in the design of its foundations, a group of international...
View ArticleSaving African Dictators from the ICC. By ALEMAYEHU G MARIAM:
Note to the reader: In my commentary last week, I defended the International Criminal Court (ICC) against accusations of “race hunting”, selective and arbitrary prosecution and abuse of power by...
View ArticleThe Ethiopian Ordeal in the Middle East: How can we end it? Fekade Shewakena
In Ethiopia we have a habit , I am not sure if I can call it a culture, of going through an agonizing massive problem and forgetting about it once we get the feeling that we are through it. We simply...
View ArticleNelson Mandela: His impact on American activism, politics and pop culture CNN
Word of Nelson Mandela’s death spread quickly across the United States, bringing with it a mix of reverence and grief for a man who was born in South Africa but in the end belonged to the world....
View ArticleMandela’s colossus legacy versus Ethiopia he once loved By Robele Ababya
The indisputable Great Statesman Nelson Mandela glorified Ethiopia in these immortal words in 1961 at a conference in Addis Ababa: “Ethiopia has always held a special place in my own imagination and...
View ArticleMandela: The Good That Concurred Evil Belayneh Abate
Writing about a remarkable man who scarified his life for the well being of others is challenging since no words could describe him fully. At any rate, I feel a sense of responsibility to express...
View ArticleThe Tragedy in Saudi Arabia is a clarion call for Moral Action (Teodros...
Our leading scholars and activists have already poured rivers of ink to respond to an Ethiopian tragedy, for which I commend them and by whom I have been historically, legally and psychologically...
View ArticleNelson Mandela: Farewell, My African Prince! By Alemayehu G Mariam
NelsonRolihlahla Mandela finally finished his long walk to freedom in the last month of the Year 2013.The sun cast its last rays on the man who lifted South Africa from the darkness of apartheid....
View ArticleNile Talks Highlight Ethiopian, Egyptian Split (VOA)
Water ministers from Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan are meeting in Khartoum to try to resolve differences over Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam. Egyptian officials remain worried the Nile project threatens the...
View ArticleDoctor Arkebe Oqubay flying like a pig – By Abebe Gellaw
Until recently, Arkebe Oqubay was known to have spent much of his life on projects of bloody conflicts, corruption, tyranny or gross violation of human rights. It was a total surprise when one of...
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