Ethiopia: Universal Database to record the atrocities committed by TPLF and...
For the last 26 years and more, TPLF and its allies have committed numerous inhuman atrocities on Ethiopians which at times appear unbelievable to be committed by fellow human beings. These...
View ArticleTedros Adhanom played a key role in kidnapping of prominent dissident
by Abebe Gellaw In his bid to win the position of Director-General for the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is playing a nice technocrat. At every venue and opportunity,...
View ArticleFEATURE: Ethiopia Trades Dynamic Fuel Market for Control and Stability
By William Davison for The Messenger Leaning over a wooden desk in his rudimentary OiLibya office, Ethiopian gas station supervisor Abebe Begashaw points on his notebook where a fuel order was recorded...
View ArticleUS doesn’t need Ethiopia in its war on terror in the Horn of Africa
BY ALEMAYEHU G. MARIAM Earlier this month, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis visited the Middle East and Africa to “reaffirm key U.S. military alliances” and engage with strategic partners.” Mattis...
View ArticleTPLF Declares War on the Ethiopian Orthodox Church (B. Aklilu)
May 5 2017 By B. Aklilu The Tigray Peoples Liberation Front is a party that was created in the 1970’s and is the power house of the ruling coalition EPRDF that has been in power since the overthrow of...
View ArticleGlimpses of Trump’s Foreign (Human Rights) Policy in Africa – by Al Mariam
“Guiding all of our foreign policy actions are our fundamental values: our values around freedom, human dignity, the way people are treated. These are our values… not our policies… Policies change…...
View ArticleThe Chief Commissioner’s Visit and Its Fallout (By Merhatsidk Mekonnen Abayneh)
By Merhatsidk Mekonnen Abayneh Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, Chief Commissioner of the Office of High Commission for Human Rights Bahir Dar — Being one of the first 51 founding members of the United Nations,...
View ArticleThe Thinking and Objective of Polarizing Politics (Messay Kebede)
By Prof. Mesay Kebede Ever since rudiments of dialectical thinking grabbed the imagination of Ethiopia’s educated youngsters and elites, essentially as a result of the global prestige of the Marxist...
View ArticleDevelopment and Democracy (Tadesse Nigatu)
“The symbols of modernity, in the form of steel mills, chemical plants, automobile factories or squadrons military aircraft can be purchased on the international market but development is a complex...
View ArticleWHO risks its Reputation and Noble Cause by potential election of Dr.Tedros...
Tedros WHO (World Health Organization) is a noble international organization established in 1946. WHO began when its Constitution came into force on 7 April 1948- a date which WHO now celebrate every...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Pharaoh: The Symbol of Dictators’ – By Ahmedin Jebel
Original Title in Amharic: [ፈርዖን፡ የአምባገነኖች ተምሳሌት] Author: Ahmedin Jebel Published: Aug. 2015 Reviewed by Abadir M. Ibrahim, for Addis Standard Addis Abeba, May 12, 2017 – The author wrote the book...
View Article100 Million People Economic System in Ethiopia (Tsegaye Tegenu)
Tsegaye Tegenu (PhD) May 14, 2017 Why is it so Important to Discuss about this Economic System Since the declaration of the state of emergency in October 2016, there is too much political discussion on...
View ArticleEthiopia: Who for WHO? A Top Leader of a Terrorist Organization, That’s Who!...
Author’s Note: In this commentary, I make the case against Tedros Adhanom, a top leader of the Tigrean People’s Liberation Front, a terrorist organization, who is a finalist for the director-general...
View ArticleWhy TPLF is desperately fighting for Dr Tedros to be next DG of WHO?
Dr Tedros By Muluken Gebeyew Dr Tedros is one of the nine executive member (politburo ) of TPLF (Tigray People’s Liberation Front) who has been making decisions on the fate of Ethiopians. TPLF is a...
View ArticleWhy the European Union (EU) Should Take a Principled Position in Ethiopia
By Aklog Birara (Dr) “For 60 years, the United States, pursued stability at the expense of democracy here in the Middle East-and we have achieved neither…Now we are taking a different course. We are...
View ArticleEthiopia: Reeyot Alemu’s Open letter to the World Health Assembly
by Reeyot Alemu My name is Reeyot Alemu. I am a journalist and former prisoner of conscience in Ethiopia. I was a columnist for Feteh (Justice) newspaper, editor for Addis Press and was also the...
View ArticleBankruptcy of ethnic federalism in Ethiopia
By: Asress M. In today’s Ethiopia, the Oromos and Amharas feel they are treated like second-class citizens. The ruling party, the Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), with its...
View ArticleYouth Bulge in Cities and Towns, its Remedies
Tsegaye Tegenu, (PhD) 2017-05-18 Although still a majority rural country, Ethiopia has been rapidly urbanizing in the past few decades. The urban centres have increased both in size and number. In the...
View ArticleWhy Ethiopians are opposed to Tedros Adhanom’s candidacy for Director General...
By Shiferaw Abebe It may appear rather odd that the majority of Ethiopians are opposed to Dr. Tedros Adhanom’s candidacy for the position of Director General (DG) of the World Health Organization (WHO)...
View ArticleAfrica’s Abu Ghraib in Ethiopia (Alem Mamo)
“The oppressors, who oppress, exploit, and rape by virtue of their power, cannot find in this power the strength to liberate either the oppressed or themselves.” ——–Paulo Freire “When I heard Dr....
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