Ethiopia 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...
View ArticleEthiopian Police Detain Activists Calling for Terror Law Repeal (Bloomberg)
Ethiopian police detained 40 opposition supporters distributing leaflets calling for the repeal of an anti-terrorism law they say has been used to stifle dissent, the Unity for Democracy and Justice...
View ArticleEthiopia’s Fragmented Elites: Origins and Syndromes. Messay Kebede
One question that regularly and intensely consumes the mind of many Ethiopians is the question of knowing why Ethiopian elites are unable to work together. Especially those opposing the TPLF regime,...
View ArticleThe Young Ethio Jazz Band to Star at Third Annual Ethiopian Heritage Festival...
Preserving Their Ethiopian Heritage in Jazz Yonathan Estfanos, who plays trumpet, describes The Young Ethio Jazz Band’s sound as, “Unique and mellow and lively. And nothing like anything people have...
View ArticleJawar’s behaviorial disorder can only be described as, ….! By Yegonchaw!
I will be very brief, as all the headlines speak volumes, about Jawar Mohammed’s behavioural disorder. Jawar was an unknown quantity, until recent years, in familiar Ethiopian Diaspora’s struggle...
View ArticleOPEN LETTER TO THE ETHIOPIAN PRIME MINISTER By Imru Zelleke
A year has almost passed since you took the helm of government. I believe that you are an intelligent man, because you would not have reached the position you have now by being the contrary, in a...
View ArticleEU delegation: Ethiopia should release jailed journalists and activists (AP)
A European Union parliament delegation on Wednesday called on Ethiopia’s government to release jailed journalists and activists, but in a sign the call may not be heeded the delegation was denied from...
View ArticleThe Nile River is African and Ethiopia is its hub: rightful governance for...
Part one of this series presented the Egyptian position on the Nile in a manner suggesting that, on its part, Ethiopian society must, equally, overcomes its internal governance gridlock that emanates...
View ArticleEthiopia Whitewashing Barrenness of 22 Years of ‘Democracy Building’ by...
Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn Wednesday told EU parliamentary delegation, headed by Sub-Committee Chairwoman for Human Rights Barbara Lochbihler, for Ethiopia democracy “is a matter of...
View ArticleJawarian tragedy By Robele Ababya
The narcissist political activist and orator (leader?) of the Jawarian ethnic clan trading in the name of the great Oromo Ethiopians told the world that there are 50 million Muslims in Ethiopia of...
View ArticleThe last Ethiopian standing. By Yilma Bekele
That is exactly what I feel like now. Who died and left me with this burden is not clear to me but believe me I feel like I am all alone and it is up to me to carry the flag and sing the national...
View ArticleRemembering the Great Patriot His Holiness Abune Petros By Robele Ababya
It is fitting, on the occasion of the 3rd Anniversary of the Ethiopian Heritage Society in North America (EHSNA) to pay tribute to the outstanding contribution of the Great Patriot and Spiritual Father...
View ArticleEthiopia: Corruption in the construction sector By Prof. Alemayehu G Mariam
In my fifth commentary on corruption in Ethiopia this year, I focus on the construction sector. The other commentaries are available at my blogsite. The cancer of corruption in the construction sector...
View ArticleI am Ethiopian first By Abebe Gellaw
It has come to my attention that my brief Facebook comment regarding a few controversial statements made by Jawar Mohammed has been posted on ECADF’s website as an article. I had no intention of...
View ArticleThe Nile River is African and Ethiopia is its hub: rightful governance for...
Part one of this series presented the Egyptian position on the Nile in a manner suggesting that, on its part, Ethiopian society must, equally, overcomes its internal governance gridlock that emanates...
View ArticleA Letter to the Educated Man By Belayneh Abate.
As you may know, non-human animals communicate with signs, body gestures, voices and so on. On the other hand, a sane and thinking man needs logic or at least common sense , not just language, for...
View ArticleESFNA Festival in Maryland: Some Observations Fekade Shewakena
Ethiopians from all over the United States and other parts of the world including from Ethiopia descended on Washington DC by the thousands during the past July 4 week to be part of the annual weeklong...
View ArticleThe Nile River is African and Ethiopia is its hub: rightful governance for...
The Nile River is African and Ethiopia is its hub: Ethiopia’s demand is a matter of survival and national security “የናይል ውሃ ለግብፅ ብቻ መሆኑ ቀርቶ፤ በወንዙ ከበላይ በኩል በመገኘት ባላቸው መብትና የይገባኛል ጥያቄያቸው ጋር በማነጻፀር ለመላው...
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