Which Way Ethiopia: Revolution, Civil War, or National Reconciliation? By...
Since the death of Prime Minister Meles, the political situation of Ethiopia has entered a phase of uncertainty with no clear momentum toward stabilization. Despite predictions of the imminent collapse...
View ArticleBahr Dar and the wonderful art of silence. By Yilma Bekele
Last Sunday May 12 a Federal police officer opened fire and murdered twelve or eighteen people depending on who is doing the counting in the City of Bahr Dar by the shores of Lake Tana. It was a random...
View ArticleEthiopian marathon runner honors Boston victims
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The winner of the men’s race at the Boston Marathon says he is returning his winner’s medal to honor the city and those killed and injured in the terrorist bombings near the...
View ArticleAddressing the African Rulers By Belayneh Abate
I don’t have to say dears because you are not our dears; neither do I need to say leaders precisely because you are not our leaders. If I must address you by a phrase, I would rather say the hated-...
View ArticleEthiopia Refuses to Cooperate With World-Bank-Funding Probe
Ethiopia’s government said it won’t cooperate with a probe into whether the World Bank violated its own policies by funding a program in which thousands of people were allegedly relocated to make way...
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Egyptians up in arms as Ethiopia builds giant hydro dam on Nile River;...
CAIRO — Ethiopia’s construction of Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam on the world’s longest river threatens to affect flows of water to Nile-dependent, water-starved Egypt, where there is growing...
View ArticleThousands march for rights in rare Ethiopia protest
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – About 10,000 Ethiopians staged an anti-government procession on Sunday in the first large-scale protest since a disputed 2005 election ended in street violence that killed 200...
View ArticleOpen letter on the Situation in Ethiopian
A threat to democracy anywhere is a threat to democracy everywhere! Ethiopia must receive the clear message from its western allies like the Federal Government of German President Jose Manuel Barroso,...
View ArticleMessay Dejene’s Straw man Argument Tecola W. Hagos
The brief article by Dr. Messay Dejene is an ad hominem focusing on my person rather than focusing wholly on the contents of the articles I wrote. Even more distressing to me is the typical straw-man...
View ArticleEgyptian politicians propose sabotaging Ethiopia’s new dam
CAIRO — Politicians meeting with Egypt’s president on Monday proposed hostile acts against Ethiopia, including backing rebels and carrying out sabotage, to stop it from building a massive dam on the...
View ArticleEthiopia says it won’t bow to Egyptian pressure over Nile dam
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s construction of a dam on a tributary of the Nile is not open to negotiation, the Addis Ababa government said on Friday, as a confrontation with Egypt over the project...
View ArticleVoice from the grave. By Yilma Bekele
Meles Zenawi is dead. Meles Zenawi is alive. I am afraid in our case both statements are true. We saw the tyrant being buried or placed six foot under and the extraordinary sendoff orchestrated by his...
View ArticleRunning the Political Gauntlet: The Blue Party and the Diaspora By Tecola W....
I. Introduction As a hyperactive child who had foolishly tried at one point to outrun his own shadow, I was taught a parable in an attempt to enlighten me about the facts of life, specifically about...
View ArticleEthiopia to press ahead with dam project despite Egypt’s warning
Ethiopia will press ahead with the construction of its Grand Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile River, officials have said. This is after Egypt warned “all options are open” if its water supply is...
View ArticleEthiopian Canadians Held a Protest Rally in Ottawa by Mintesnot Zewde Berhane
Ethiopian Canadians gathered in the early morning of June 5th, 2013 from the two ends of the City of Toronto to join their compatriots in Ottawa in hundreds to protest against the series of human...
View ArticleEgypt Lawmakers Lambast PM Over Ethiopia Dam (AP)
Angry Egyptian lawmakers accused the country’s prime minister and government on Monday of doing nothing to prevent Ethiopia from completing a dam that threatens to leave Nile-dependent Egypt with a...
View ArticleZigzag Diplomacy: Ethiopian-Qatari Diplomatic Relations and their...
Given its ideal geopolitical location, Ethiopia’s trade, economic, cultural and diplomatic ties to North Africa, the Mediterranean, the Middle East and South Asia and beyond predate Egyptian...
View ArticleEthiopian parliament ratifies new Nile sharing agreement opposed by Egypt (AP)
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopia’s parliament on Thursday ratified an accord that replaces colonial-era deals that awarded Egypt and Sudan the majority of the world’s longest river. The vote comes amid...
View ArticleHot issues including the Nile River saga By Robele Ababya
Tribute to the Blue Party The heroic decision by the Blue Party in planning, organizing and brilliantly implementing the demonstration of 25 May 2013 was a phenomenal act of courage to which all...
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