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...
View ArticleSolving 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...
View ArticleEthiopia – 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...
View ArticleWe (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...
View ArticleMy 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...
View ArticleFOCUSSING 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...
View ArticleNEW 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),...
View ArticleIs 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleEthiopia 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...
View ArticleMaking 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...
View ArticleEthiopia’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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleEthiopia 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,...
View ArticleReconciliation 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,...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleYes, 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...
View ArticleMr. 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...
View ArticleIn 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...
View ArticleCampaign 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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