The Battle of Adwa: Campaign Plan and Combat Actions – by Tsegaye Tegenu
By Tsegaye Tegenu February 27, 2017 In spite of communication and transport problems, in a matter of two months after the call for total mobilization on September 17, 1895, more than 100,000 soldiers...
View ArticleWILL THIS BRITISH CITIZEN ON DEATH ROW IN ETHIOPIA EVER WALK FREE?
BY CONOR GAFFEY ON 3/4/17 Six months after her partner Andargachew Tsege was abducted at an airport in Yemen in June 2014, Yemi Hailemariam says she remembers her phone ringing. It was around 8 a.m. on...
View ArticleFirst call for papers, March 4, 2017 – Vision Ethiopia and ESAT Fourth...
Vision Ethiopia Conference Theme National Unity and Building Democratic Institutions in Ethiopia ብሔራዊ አንድነትና የዲሞክራሲ ተቋማትን በኢትዮጵያ ስለመግንባት Vision Ethiopia, an independent network of Ethiopian scholars...
View ArticleEthiopia: The Power of Grassroots Advocacy Over Paid Lobbying – y Al Mariam
Alemayehu G. mariam Author’s Note: This commentary is the third installment in an ongoing series opposing the lobbying efforts of the Praetorian regime in Ethiopia which rules by a declaration of...
View ArticleTrump’s suspicion of foreign aid to Africa is right on the money – BY AL MARIAM
The Hill. Mick Mulvaney, the Director of the White House Office of Management Budget confirmed that the Trump administration is set to make “fairly dramatic reductions” in the U.S. foreign aid budget....
View ArticleLawmakers and policymakers in Washington are becoming increasingly concerned...
Mesfin Mekonen / Washington Update March 12, 2017 A congressional hearing last week highlighted bipartisan criticism of the Ethiopian government. Members of Congress made it clear they are convinced...
View ArticleIs There Connection Between Corruption and Democracy? – by Tadesse Nigatu
Tadesse Nigatu “Democracy must be built through open societies that share information. When there is information, there is enlightenment. When there is debate, there are solutions. When there is no...
View ArticleHearing Ethiopia on The Hill – By Al Mariam
Prof. Alemayehu G. Mariam “Having been on this Committee now 36 of my 37 years, I have to tell you that I remember when Nicolae Ceaușescu of Romania, one of the most brutal dictatorships, with the...
View ArticlePresident Donald Trump’s Administration Should Side with the Ethiopian People
Joint Public Statement This public statement signed by Diaspora based Ethiopian civic and political organizations addressed to the newly elected President of the United States of America, President...
View ArticlePresident Trump’s Administration Can “Confront” Ethiopia’s Repressive Regime...
For more than a quarter of a century, the government of the United States whose relations with Ethiopia spans more than 100 years, felt persuaded by the cunning and con-artists of the Tigray People’s...
View ArticleTrashin’ Addis Ababa (New Flower) – Al Mariam
By prof. Alemayehu G. mariam Author’s Note: The purported prime minster of Ethiopia, Hailemariam Desalegn, is a sanitary engineer with a master’s degree from Tampere University of Technology (TUT) in...
View ArticleDonald Trump will resign ‘soon’, says top Democrat Dianne Feinstein
Senior Senator on Judiciary Committee drops hint she knows more than she can say ‘right now’ Rachel Roberts Dianne Feinstein hinted she may know more than she can currently disclose about Donald Trump...
View ArticleIt’s a mindset/political culture in Ethiopia today things should be done at...
By Keffyalew Gebremedhin The Ethiopia Observatory (TEO) Ethiopia under the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) is quietly experimenting its mini-nationalization of investor properties and...
View ArticleSustaining Egypt’s Strategic Water Security: The Myth and the Truth – Ermias...
By Ermias Hailu 22/03/2017 Background Following to the end of the second world war Egypt’s failure to integrate Eritrea to its territories, due to Emperor Haile Selassie’s superior diplomatic skills,...
View Article“KOSHE” VICTIMS PAYS THE PRICE FOR GOVERNMENT NEGLIGENCE – By B. Aklilu,
The irresponsible TPLF led government, in this 21st century, has quietly watched when its citizens pick garbage for living and make a living out of it. As if that wasn’t enough, on March 11 2017 around...
View ArticleNo Honor at Tampere University for a Dictator in Ethiopia – By Al Mariam
Author’s Note: In my March 19, 2017 commentary, I indicated that I will be contacting the President and Board Chairman of the Tampere University of Technology to withdraw or rescind the offer of an...
View ArticleAmerican travel correspondent describes Empeor Menelik II of Ethiopia as...
By Bill Wiatrak Emperor Menelik Photo I KNOW ALL THE SCAMS. I see them coming a mile away and am often amused that people fall for them in their travels. There’s a million of them, but they’re all...
View ArticleWhy we should care if Ethiopia stops loving us – BY STUART GROVER
BY STUART GROVER The News Tribune Stuart Grover is a former News Tribune reader columnist. Photo by Dean J. Koepfler The News TribuneRead more here:...
View ArticleThe Lords of Living Lies in Ethiopia – By Al Mariam
Author’s Note: In this commentary, I take a careful look at the “very sophisticated report from the Embassy [of Ethiopia]” submitted for the record at the “Democracy Under Threat in Ethiopia” hearing...
View ArticleBorder Walls and the Rise of the Right (Dawit W Giorgis)
By Dawit W Giorgis Dawit W Giorgis A wave of right wing nationalism is sweeping across Europe and the US. A decade ago it was not so visible but in the last two years the phenomenon has gripped the...
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