Ceding the Ethiopian Territories
By Suba Hais June 7, 2018 Peace between Eritrea and Ethiopia is a long overdue necessary matter. But that should not be based on The Hague’s arbitration court’s decision. There cannot be real peace...
View ArticleEthiopia’s New Leader: So Far So Good, But Mountains Still to Climb
By Ann Fitz-Gerald Dr Abiye Ahmed is Ethiopia’s new head of the federal government. He has already approved a motion to lift the national state of emergency and released an Ethiopian-born British...
View ArticleAlgiers Agreement gave life to dead Colonial Agreements
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View ArticleThe Badme Fiasco – When the ball bounces?
Melaku from Atlanta Most Ethiopians have a mixed feeling about the breaking news on EPRDF’s decision to accept the unconditional implementation of the April 13, 2002 ruling by the Eritrea-Ethiopia...
View ArticleUnrequited Question on the Decision by the Prime Minister (On the...
By Tefera Dinberu First of all if Weyane and Shabia leaderships were enshrined with genuine national interest of the broad masses of Ethiopia and Eritrea, they had all grounds, means, and the will of...
View ArticleStriking a Grand Bargain on the Terms of Our Coexistence: The Fierce Urgency...
Abdissa Zerai (PhD) Introduction From ancient philosopher kings, such as the Biblical King Solomon, up to contemporary influential scholars, writers, speakers and activists, a lot has been said about...
View ArticleKill two birds with one stone : Partial privatisation, EPRDF’s Economic...
By Tsega Menkir The thirty-six strong executive members of Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Party ( EPRDF ), the only party that has been in power in Ethiopia for the last 27 years, in its...
View ArticleLetter to Our Senators: The Case for Co-Sponsoring S. Res 168
To US Senators Re: S. Res. 168-A resolution supporting respect for human rights and encouraging inclusive governance in Ethiopia. For the past twenty-seven years Ethiopians have endured the...
View ArticleMemorandum No. 9: PM Abiy Ahmed, “Blessed are the Peacemakers” in Ethiopia
By Prof. Alemayehu G. Mariam [This Memorandum will be translated into Amharic and made available shortly at almariam.com] The Good Book says, “Blessed are the peacemakers.” It is a maxim that aims to...
View ArticleWhy Addis Ababa shouldn’t criminalise children who beg on its streets
The Conversation Over half of Ethiopia’s 100 million inhabitants are Orthodox Christians and a third practice Islam. Begging, in the form of almsgiving, is supported by the religious teachings of...
View ArticleDelivering an unborn dream left to us by history
By Andualem Aragie* Andualem Aragie If we went back in time to 150 years ago, we would not be living and thinking any different from our ancestors of the time. I would even think that we would consider...
View ArticleBring Dictator Mengistu HM to Justice
F British Woods Business Center 2201 Murfreesboro Pike, Suite A-109 Nashville, TN 37217, USA May 17, 2018 The UN Security Council United Nations 405 East 42nd Street New York, N.Y. 10017. Your...
View ArticleEthnicity could be everything in Ethiopian Politics
By Mulugeta B. Teferi The Origin For an Ethiopian-Nationalist Ethnic Politics or the politics of nationalities is a curse sowed by the mass-produced first generation of ‘Educated Ethiopians’, who were...
View Article‘I expected to die in there’: Canadian jailed in Ethiopia for 11 years wants...
Questions remain about why case wasn’t taken more seriously, says secretary general of Amnesty International CBC Radio Bashir Makhtal, shown in this undated family photo, was found guilty on...
View ArticleThe Bromance of Lencho Lata and Abadula Gemeda: Tell me this is not historic.
Mengistu D. Assefa Political party is a human engagement, agency coming together, establishment (an establishment that doesn’t remain an establishment), organization, movement, never a stagnant dogma....
View ArticleCOLONIAL TREATIES IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CURRENT ETHIO-ERITREAN BORDER DISPUTE...
By Haile Mariam Larebo, Ph.D. Haile Mariam Larebo, Ph.D. The sudden decision by the Ethiopia’s regime to accept, after years of refusal, and to implement the outcome of the Algiers Treaty as arbitrated...
View ArticleWhy landlocked Ethiopia wants to launch a navy
By Dickens Olewe BBC News H H Commodore Prince Alexander Desta was Deputy Commander of the Imperial Ethiopian Navy in 1971 When Eritrea gained independence in 1993, Ethiopia suddenly found itself...
View Article3 Ethiopian Questions for PM Abiy’s USA trip
Teshome M. Borago | Satenaw Columnist The Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed’s US tour now has a website and he said he wants to engage with the diaspora, by having us ask questions. Knowing that...
View ArticleEthiopia needs time to mourn the loss of its son
#Girma Kassa Engineer Semegnew was a national hero. There is no need to hurry his burial without the consent of his families and while the Prime Minister is out of the country.Ethiopia must be given...
View ArticleThe power of branding: What do we learn from Haileselassie and Abiy?
By Assegid Habtewold[1] One of the leadership qualities that I highly admire about Haileselassie is his ability to brand himself as a leader. I study leadership concepts such as purpose, mission,...
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