I am an Amara. “ene Amara negne.”- By Yilma Bekele
“Ich bin ein Berliner.” – “I am a Berliner” Those words were spoken by President John F. Kennedy on June 26, 1963 in West Berlin. He said that to show solidarity with the people of Berlin after the...
View ArticleThe Audacity of Evil in Ethiopia By Alemayehu G Mariam
Reeyot Alemu behind bars “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing”, said Edmund Burke. But what happens when evil triumphs over a good young woman journalist named...
View ArticleEthiopia: Terrorism Law Decimates Media (HRW)
The Ethiopian government should mark World Press Freedom Day, on May 3, 2013, by immediately releasing all journalists jailed under the country’s deeply flawed anti-terrorism law. On May 2, 2013, the...
View ArticleUS slams Ethiopia’s ‘political persecution’ of critics
The United States Thursday slammed “harsh” sentences handed down to an Ethiopian blogger and an opposition leader, voicing concerns about the “politicized prosecution” of government critics. An...
View ArticleThe Phenomenon of Self-Subjugation in the Current Ethiopian Politics By Dubale
Ethiopians from various parts of the country have been fighting to do away the woyane oligarchy who is implementing the hegemony of the Tigre ethnic group. The people of Ethiopia have been fighting for...
View ArticleSolidarity with Amharas seeking justice By Robele Ababya
At first I thought I was going to state the obvious in expressing my solidarity with the Amharas given my background. And then I convinced myself that I have a lot to say in view of the special breed...
View ArticleCambridge man held in bomb case seeks release Advocates say charges against...
Advocates for a 19-year-old Cambridge man charged with lying to federal investigators after the Boston Marathon bombings are calling on a federal judge to release him from jail Monday, saying he had...
View ArticleEthiopia: Shadowboxing Smoke and Mirrors By Alemayehu G Mariam
Meles Zenawi when he was alive and his apostles today (“Melesistas”) keep playing us in the Diaspora like a cheap fiddle. They make us screech, shriek, scream and shout by simply showing their mugs in...
View ArticleEPRDF is controlled by hateful elements – Girma Kassa
It has been years since Eskinder Nega, Adwalem Arague, Nathnael Mekonnen, Reyot Alemu, Bekele Gerba and many reporters and peaceful political activists are shamefully incarcerated. “Why are these...
View ArticleMengistu Hailemariam and our moral compass. By Yilma Bekele.
Today I felt like crawling under the blanket and just hide. I know that is what children do. They think hiding under the blanket makes them invisible. It give them a feeling of security and that what I...
View ArticleEPRDF at odds with everyone else By Girma Kassa
The government of Ethiopia has continued its brutal crackdown of opposition political leaders, reporters and human right activists; and shown its utter disregard for the rule of law and human rights....
View ArticleBreaking Political Barriers and Political Taboos By Tecola W. Hagos
I. Introduction I watched on ETV with great fascination the recent presentations by Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn to the Ethiopian House of Representatives, especially the question and answer...
View ArticleEdu-corruption and Mis-education in Ethiopia By Alemayehu G Mariam
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world,” said Nelson Mandela. For the late Meles Zenawi and his apostles (the Melesistas) in Ethiopia, the reverse is true:...
View ArticleKeep your eyes on the prize. By Yilma Bekele
We are witnessing a flurry of news from the TPLF party that calls itself the Ethiopian government. Why is the Woyane party so busy and why is the party pushing its cadres to be super active is a good...
View ArticleThe irony of Zenawi’s Foundation By Robele Ababya
USA locking horns with the monster it created? The TPLF regime was catapulted to power armed to the teeth with modern weapons of war provided by Gaddafi coupled with supply of intelligence about the...
View ArticleLESSONS FROM MAY 15, 2005 ELECTION B yMankelklot H. Selassie (PhD)
For the opposition political parties in the field one of its lethal weapons for replacing the regime to eradicate poverty is the use of ballots. Ballots symbolize guns and bullets in the hands of the...
View ArticleEthiopia: The corruption Game By Alemayehu G Mariam
House cleaning or window dressing? Prof. Al Mariam Are they playing us like a cheap fiddle again? For a while, it was all about the Meles Dam and how to collect nickels and dimes to build it. That kind...
View ArticleBetter to Light a Candle than Curse the Darkness By Tecola W. Hagos
I. In General Much is going on in Ethiopia if just one considers events taking place in these last two weeks. As usual I stay glued to my set watching Ethiopian news and documentation on ETV. Even with...
View ArticleBBC’s George Alagiah Show at African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa !!!! By Tedla...
GMT BBC World News of this morning, May 20, 2013, from 7am to 8am ET devoted 15 minutes of its time on George Alagiah or George, one of its correspondents on mission to cover the 50th anniversary of...
View ArticleThe Ethiopia in the heart of the Amhara! By: Menyelek
I declare, “A house can stand divided!” the concern should be how long can the pillars hold, before the foundation cracks? The division in Ethiopia today is evident thought out political norms, social...
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