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The Political and moral Dimensions of our recent tragedy in Libya By Teodros...

In “ The Tragedy of Our Midst” (Abugida April 27, 2015) I wrote that, for the past twenty years I have shed tears of unbearable pain for the Ethiopian and African victims of poverty, of relentless...

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Solving The Ethiopian Immigrant condition By Teodros Kiros

In my last article (The Political and moral Dimensions of our recent tragedy in Libya By Teodros kirosAbugida, May 7,2015) I promised to delve deeply into the proposition that the Immigrant condition...

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Ethiopia – Growth, poverty, torture and arbitrary killing, all in one package...

On her recent trip to Ethiopia, Wendy Sherman, President Obama’s Under Secretary for Political Affairs said: Ethiopia is one of the fastest growing economies on the African continent. Ethiopia is a...

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We (ETHIOPIANS) GET THE GOVERNMENT WE DESERVE? By Tecola W Hagos

Introduction In a couple of weeks, Ethiopia’s national election is upon us in the middle of a year full of unprecedented cruelty and barbarism against defenseless Ethiopian migrants in Libya and South...

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My Take on Tecola’s Article Messay Kebede

Let me begin by saying that my comments do not diminish my friendship for you or my high regard for your commitment to Ethiopian unity and prosperity. Still, I find myself compelled to state publicly...

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FOCUSSING ON CORE VALUES By a patriotic Ethiopian

Since the illegal take-over of power by the ethnic-based minority regime, TPLF, about 24 years ago, Ethiopia has been in dangerous turbulence, politically, economically and socially. This experience...

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NEW OPPORTUNITIES POST-FAKE-ELECTION: IT IS THE PEOPLES’ TIME NOW(SMNE)

The fake and unlawful election of May 24, 2015 is over in Ethiopia. No one is surprised with the sweeping victory of the incumbent regime, the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF),...

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Is the TPLF Unintentionally Preparing the Ground for a Military Takeover?...

Readers may remember that I was recently involved in a dispute with Tecola Hagos over his article unjustly criticizing the conference on the Horn of Africa, organized by ESAT (see...

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The Unfinished Project of Ethiopian modernity By Teodros Kiros

The recent death of Meles Zenawi, the architect of Ethiopian modernity has sent-tremors of moral shock to the Ethiopian state and other African states, engaged-in the murky business of capitalist...

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Ethiopia and Horn of Africa Migration: Push or Pull? By Magill Dyess Martini

In a theory of migration, the forces that cause people to move around the globe can be seen as either push or pull forces. At present the world is very concerned with defining the forces that drive...

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Making Sense of an Electoral Score of 100 Percent By Messay Kebede

According to the National Election Board of Ethiopia, the result of last week’s national election is that the EPRDF has achieved a complete victory by grabbing all the parliamentary seats. The same...

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Ethiopia’s crackdown on dissent drives opposition to push for ‘freedom first’...

Government’s critics weigh options after ruling party landslide leads to loss of faith in ballot box while case of Zone 9 bloggers discourages free speech On the very day Ethiopia’s ruling party...

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The International Criminal Court saves lives Belayneh Abate

It is encouraging that a South African court decided to hold the Sudanese dictator in South Africa. African dictators are chronic public health disasters. These dictators are not just mass murderers...

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Ethiopia Opposition Candidate Dies After Attack in Northwest by William Davison

An Ethiopian parliamentary candidate for the opposition Blue Party died after being assaulted in Debre Markos, a town in the country’s northwest, the group said. Two people attacked Samuel Awoke, 29,...

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Reconciliation for Peace or peace for reconciliation? By Obo Arada Shawl

There are some topics not fit for any discussion, some for lack of knowledge, others for fear of retribution and far more for cultural misunderstanding. In my case, the topic of me, my family,...

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The Impasse of Fear in Ethiopia and the Necessity of Comprehensive Struggle...

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. Roosevelt An ounce of action is worth more than tons of preaching Mahatma Gandhi The consensus is that dictatorial regimes stay in power mostly by fear...

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Yes, Africa Needs Gayle Smith By Tecola W. Hagos

“There is no escaping our obligations: our moral obligations as a wise leader and good neighbor in the interdependent community of free nations – our economic obligations as the wealthiest people in a...

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Mr. Obama’s visit to Ethiopia sends the wrong message on democracy....

“AFRICA DOESN’T need strongmen, it needs strong institutions.” Those were President Obama’s words when he addressed Ghana’s parliament in July 2009, during his first trip to sub-Saharan Africa as...

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In Praise of Ethiopian revolutionary Ethiopianity and modernity. By Teodros...

Gone are the days when descending from Ethiopian Airlines one had to look down at Shanty towns, when famished golden grass in spite of the golden glitter looked miserable, when paved roads where a...

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Campaign to demand President Obama cancel the planned visit to Ethiopia

ለዋይት ሃውስ ይደውሉ፣ ፋክስ ይላኩ (የመጀመሪያ ዙር) እንደሚታወቀው የአሜሪካኑ ፕሬዚዳንት ባራክ ኦባማ በዚህ ወር መጨረሻ ለጉብኝት ወደ ኬንያ ሲሄዱ ኢትዮጵያ ጎራ የማለት እቅድ እንዳላቸው ተገልጿል። ይሁንና የፕሬዚዳንቱ ጉብኝት ለአብዛኛው ኢትዮጵያዊ ከጥቅሙ ጉዳቱ የሚያመዝን በመሆኑ ነጻነት ናፋቂ የሆነውና በአለም...

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