Overcoming the Current State of Interregnum and Making Political Convergence...
Abdissa Zerai (PhD) In my previous piece entitled, Ethiopia in a State of Interregnum, I have attempted to explain the current political crisis and the attendant condition of uncertainty in Ethiopia...
View ArticleMEMOIRS OF MY DETENTION AT AWASH 7: TALES OF INDOCTRINATION, OF LAUGHTER AND...
BefeQadu Z. Hailu BefeQadu Z. Hailu for Addis Standard Wakoma Tafa was planning to get married on Sunday, Oct.10, 2016. But just three days before his wedding he was arbitrarily detained around Alem...
View ArticleDare to Dream With Me About the New Ethiopia in 2017 – By Alemayehu G. Mariam
“Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,… [and] see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.” Author’s Note: I get to celebrate New Year twice every year. The first on September 11, the...
View ArticleCONCERNS ABOUT LEAD EXPOSURE TOXICITY IN ETHIOPIA
By W.A. Zeleke During the US presidential campaign just ended with the election of Donald Trump, a relatively less known city in Michigan called Flint attracted the attention of the candidates and many...
View ArticleThe TPLF Hired a Rubbish Writer to Defend it against Prof. Al Mariam – By...
By LJDemissie January 3, 2017 Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam teaches political science at California State University, San Bernardino. With an open mind, I read an article titled “TEACHING ALMARIAIM HOW...
View ArticleTPLF’s decades long “Divide and Rule policy” cracking the Diaspora opposition...
by Muluken Gebeyew After 25 years of brutal ruling, TPLF has been severely shaken by the new generation peaceful struggle launched in the last one year. The youth, mostly born and brought up in the...
View ArticleETHIOPIA: LAND AS A COMMODITY AND A HUMAN RIGHT ISSUE–THE POLICY IMPLICATIONS
Teshome Abebe* December 23, 2016 “Buy land son, they don’t make them anymore”. ‘Tony Soprano’—The Sopranos. Teshome Abebe If we were residents of “The Culture”, we would face no scarcity, and I...
View ArticleCommentary: Research on Land Ownership and Land Use Policy in Ethiopia
Tsegaye Tegenu, PhD December 24, 2016 I read an article written by Professor Teshome Abebe on the policy implication of the land issue research in Ethiopia. The following assertion forced me to...
View ArticleHatred is not the Solution! – By Amanuel Lemenih
Merera Gudina’s arrest has been criticised by a member of the European parliament On November 30, 2016, the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) announced the arrest of a prominent...
View ArticleProf. Fikre Tolossa’s book – a Cutting Rejoinder (By Prof. Paulos Milkias ,PhD)
By Prof. Paulos Milkias (PhD) Updated on January 1,2017 In my book review of Dr. Fikre Tolossa’s published work, I asked proof for 13 questions regarding the most difficult conundrums his monograph has...
View ArticleJawar’s new speech about the Amhara resistance is a subterfuge in an attempt...
By Kaleab Tessema To start with, Jawar is a political amateur who engages in preaching of the ethnic animosity. He has a deep-seated ill will towards the Amharas that threatens to kindle hostility...
View ArticleA Plea for a Civil Exchange – by Tedla Woldeyohannes, Ph.D.*
Tedla Woldeyohannes, Ph.D.* Profs .Getachew Haile, Profs Paulos Milkias and Dr. Fikre Tolossa In this piece, I express a concern I share with many fellow Ethiopian observers about the exchanges...
View ArticleEthiopia’s Peaceful Uprising is Evolving into an Armed Resistance – by Alem Mamo
“We have to defend ourselves from tyranny. No one is going to hand us our freedom, we have to earn it.” As the world ushers in the new year, Ethiopia’s political, economic and security situation is...
View ArticleThe World Bankliars in Ethiopia – By Alemayehu G. Mariam
The World Bank of Liars I have been wrangling with the World Bank of Lies, Damned Lies and Statislies in Ethiopia for the past few years. I have been trying to keep them honest. I once offered a deal...
View ArticleIs TPLF prison empire in Ethiopia silently approach towards half a century...
Is TPLF prison empire in Ethiopia silently approach towards half a century !….???Since TPLF fights for 17 years as a guerrilla fighter against the military junta Derg Mingistu Hailmariam here are facts...
View ArticleThe Three-Headed Hydra Breathing Fire on Ethiopia – Tsegaye Tegenu, (PhD)
by Tsegaye Tegenu, (PhD) The problems facing Ethiopia is multiple and seems invincible like the myth of the many headed reptilian monster with amber eyes and yellow-white teeth that was terrorizing the...
View ArticleEthiopia Can’t Progress While Back-casting – by Tadesse Nigatu
Tadesse Nigatu “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old but on building the New”. Socrates Summary It has become a common knowledge, that, the name Ethiopia...
View ArticleEthnicity is not about Descent – by Messay Kebede
Prof. Messay Kebede Messay Kebede is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Dayton in in Ohio This short article refers to the ongoing heated debate about Fikre Tolossa’s book on the origin of...
View ArticleRead Books the TPLF’s Command Post Banned! – By LJDemissie
Including, “የኦሮሞ እና የአማራ እውነተኛወ የዘር ምንጭ” By LJDemissie January 22, 2017 “The pen is apparently mightier than the sword – and sometimes the authorities have been so fearful of the written word that...
View ArticleWhy Do Ethiopians Trivialize Truth and Tolerate Lies? – Tedla Woldeyohannes,...
Tedla Woldeyohannes, Ph.D.* Recently I had an opportunity to speak at a conference in Washington D.C. The conference was a gathering of various Ethiopian political parties in the Diaspora. One of the...
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