Ethiopians at the 30-Year Anniversary of ESFNA.
I would like to take this opportunity to share my reflections of the 30-year-anniversary of the Ethiopian Sports Federation in North America (ESFNA), which I attended at the College Park, Maryland from...
View ArticleLetter From Ethiopia’s Gulag By ESKINDER NEGA – The New York Times
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — I AM jailed, with around 200 other inmates, in a wide hall that looks like a warehouse. For all of us, there are only three toilets. Most of the inmates sleep on the floor,...
View ArticleMassive crackdown underway on opposition stronghold of South Wollo, Ethiopia
It was a pre-dawn assault by hundreds of heavily armed federal police members backed by pro-TPLF local militia on the opposition UDJP strong hold of South Wollo province.Massive crackdown underway on...
View ArticleAnalysts: New Leadership Slow to Bring Change to Ethiopia
It has been almost one year since Hailemariam Desalegn came to power in Ethiopia, following the death of his predecessor Meles Zenawi. Despite recent demonstrations and a cabinet shuffle, little seems...
View ArticleThey repeatedly say ‘democracy not an option in Ethiopia’: How much people...
This article is a reaction to Ato Abay Tsehaye’s planned lecture on democracy in a seminar to be organized “to train university presidents, deans and department heads at Civil Service University on...
View ArticleRecord set straight on Ethiopia’s Oromo people
Ethiopia is one of the most historic nations on the face of this earth, but writers are creating a stream of confusion about the breakdown of Ethiopians, particularly the Oromo people, and many are...
View ArticleHistory 101: Fiction and Facts on Oromos of Ethiopia By Prof. Feqadu Lamessa
History 101: Fiction and Facts on Oromos of Ethiopia By Prof. Feqadu Lamessa July 30, 2013 A guide for foreign journalists on Oromos and Ethiopian history) Oromo, Ethiopia Courtesy: ayyaantuu.com)...
View ArticleRipple of hope v. audacity of hope By Alemayehu G Mariam
In June 1966, Senator Robert Kennedy (RFK) visited South Africa and delivered a speech at the University of Cape Town on the occasion of the annual Day of Affirmation organized by the National Union of...
View ArticleEthiopian repression of Muslim protests must stop (Amnesty International)
The Ethiopian government must end its use of repressive tactics against demonstrators, following initial reports of widespread arrests of Muslim protestors during this morning’s Eid al-Fitr...
View ArticleOPEN LETTER TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE, August 8, 2013 – Imru Zelleke
OPEN LETTER TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE August 8, 2013 The Hon. John F. Kerry Secretary of State of the United States of America 2201 C Street, NW Washington DC, 20520 Sir, I would like to present you...
View ArticleStop Unlawful Acts of TPLF/EPRDF –Sponsored Terrorism Against Ethiopian...
Ethiopians of Muslim faith have taken to the streets of Ethiopia to peacefully demand religious freedom in Ethiopia. According to their demonstration organizers, the numbers of protesters will increase...
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Tirunesh Dibaba wins 10,00m gold at the 14TH IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Ethiopia’s Tirunesh Dibaba secures her fifth world title with victory in the women’s 10,000m at the 14TH IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS in Moscow, Russia. Dibaba won in a time of 30 minutes 43.45 seconds,...
View ArticleAman hurtles to Ethiopia’s first 800m world title
A grimacing Mohammed Aman hurtled to the front in the final 10 meters to become the first Ethiopian to win an 800 meters world title on Tuesday. Aman, the only man to beat world record holder David...
View ArticleAzeb Mesfin lost TPLF’s cash cow By Abebe Gellaw
The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) has quietly removed the late dictator’s widow Azeb Mesfin from the helm of EFFORT as Chief Executive Officer a few months after her husband’s demise, it...
View ArticleIs America Disinventing Human Rights? By Professor Alemayehu G Mariam
In his 1981 farewell speech, President Jimmy Carter said, “America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense, it is the other way round. Human rights invented America.” In a New York Times...
View ArticleBBC News – Ethiopian reggae singer Eyob Mekonnen dies at 37
Popular Ethiopian reggae singer Eyob Mekonnen has died. Fans of the 37-year-old singer helped raise money for his treatment after he had a stroke last Tuesday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. He...
View ArticleEthiopia’s Muslim Activists Pave a Path for Nonviolent Political Activism By...
A year after Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn came to power following the death of longtime leader Meles Zenawi in August 2012, the ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front...
View ArticleEyob Mekonnen: A model of Existential seriousness (Teodros Kiros, PhD)
Hope. Principled Love. Honesty. Loyalty. Deference. Humility. This is the stuff of which life is made. Eyob Mekonnen, the very voice of existential seriousness addressed us Ethtiopians with utmost...
View ArticleStruggling in Unison is Mandatory, Not an Option, Andinet Official :- By...
ATLANTA, Georgia — To bring about the long over due democratic changes in Ethiopia, close alliance between and among the various opposition parties is mandatory, not an option, said Ato Belay Fekadu,...
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