The 117th Anniversary of the Battle of Adwa – Robele Ababya
The indelible legacy of Emperor Menilik II and EmpressTaitu There is no heritage more glorious, precious, and inspiring than freedom and independence won by the ill-equipped and poorly trained, if at...
View ArticleDebretsion Church and the Ethiopians. By Yilma Bekele
This is Debretsion Ethiopian Orthodox Church in London England. The picture seems to have been taken on a cold winter day. It is such a beautiful church. Doesn’t it look so serene and peaceful? I am...
View ArticleMENELIK THE GREAT OF ADWA By Msmaku Asrat.
March 1st 1896 is the 117th anniversary of the Battle of Adwa. The decisive victory at Adwa is a tale to be told every year on this day of its commemoration because it worms the heart and lifts the...
View ArticleEthiopia Elects New Leader for Orthodox Church (AP)
Ethiopia’s orthodox church has elected a new leader of the influential body in the predominantly Christian nation. Abune Matias, 71, was Thursday named the 6th Patriarch of the church officially known...
View ArticlePlight of the EOTC Church in Kampala (Uganda) By Robele Ababya
I write in full support of the outstanding article titled “The London Debretsion Church” written by Yilma Bekele. His enlightening article has touched me to the depth of my soul having experienced a...
View ArticleThe Moral Equivalent of an Anti-Apartheid Movement in Ethiopia? ALEMAYEHU G...
Ethiopian Muslims engaged in the moral equivalent of an anti-Apartheid movement? In her recent commentary in the New York Times Book Review, “Obama: Failing the African Spring?”, Dr. Helen Epstein...
View ArticleEthiopia: Rumors of Water War on the Nile? By ALEMAYEHU G MARIAM
Late last month, Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Defense Minister Prince Khalid Bin Sultan fired a shot across the bow from the Arab Water Council in Cairo to let the regime in Ethiopia know that his country...
View ArticleBeyond 2015: A successor vision in the making of next Millennium Dev’t Goals...
There are many of us who strongly believe that the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have been a major politico-economic initiative of the post-Cold War world. With the launch in September 2000 of...
View ArticleThe selling of Ethiopia. By Yilma Bekele
Actually that statement might not be true. We do know our country is being sold but we have no idea if the bidding has been open or closed. We have sold almost all of Gambella, we have leased half of...
View ArticleObama “Moonwalking” Human Rights in Africa? ALEMAYEHU G MARIAM: 0 Email
The great American poet Walt Whitman said, “Either define the moment or the moment will define you.” Will the election of Uhuru Kenyatta as president of Kenya define President Barack Obama in Africa or...
View ArticleObama to host African leaders (polotico) The Ethiopian dictators excluded!!!
White House press secretary Jay Carney announced Monday that President Obama will be hosting leaders from Senegal, Sierra Leone, Malawi and Cape Verde at the White House next week. President Ernest Bai...
View Article“Tower in the Sky” Book review by Ewnetu Sime
Ms. Hiwot Teffera was one of the active youth revolutionary members of Ethiopian People Revolutionary Party (EPRP) fought against Ethiopia Military Dictator, known as “Derg”, who Ruled Ethiopia by...
View ArticleFarewell to the body while honoring the immortal spirit of a great African...
Just yesterday, when I was provoked to write my latest piece “Getting Our Perspective Right on Our Fellow Africans,” I quoted extensively from a great work by a great genius of Africa, Chinua Achebe....
View ArticleGraziani and the TPLF, an Ethiopian saga. By Yilma Bekele
‘The Duce will have Ethiopia, with or without the Ethiopians’. Rodolfo Graziani I am writing this as a proud Ethiopian because Graziani’s promise to the Fascist dictator was thwarted by my gallant...
View ArticleThe Dragon Eating the Eagle’s Lunch in Africa? By ALEMAYEHU G MARIAM
In June 2011, during her visit to Zambia U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton pulled the alarm bell on a creeping “new colonialism” in Africa. While dismissing “China’s Model” of authoritarian state...
View ArticleThe race for MDGs Vs land grabbing By Geletaw Zeleke
The United Nations’ number one millennium development goal is eradicating extreme poverty from the face of the earth. Holding this slogan high, countries across the globe are working to get rid of...
View ArticleFingers Crossed for Kenya, our Second Home By Teklemichael Abebe
Ever since I left Kenya for Canada, I hardly missed a single day not following Kenyan politics online. It is the humour and flexibility in Kenyan politics that give me a break from the rigidity and...
View ArticleA case for the release of Eskinder and others Girma Kassa
Ethiopia’s ruling party, EPRDF, has held its 9th General Assembly this week. It elected Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn and Ato Demeke Mekonnen as its chairman and vice chairman. The late Prime...
View ArticleSecond Annual International Conference of Ethiopian Women in the Diaspora...
ESFNA commits to future collaboration and support Center for the Rights of Ethiopian Women (CREW), a non-profit, non-government, peace and human rights organization dedicated to promoting the rights of...
View ArticleIndependent journalists in Ethiopia face grave threat of imprisonment if they...
Although Ethiopia has its first new prime minister in 17 years – so far, the government has failed to right a long history of wrongs. With prisoners of conscience still languishing in its prisons,...
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