Dr Abiy Ahmed and the team, What is next?
By Muluken Gebeyew This writer was one of the first article contributor on what direction and measures the would be Prime Minster and elected chairman of EPRDF should embark following Dr Abiy...
View ArticleLemma Megresa’s team or Dr. Abiy Ahmed’s administration
Bekalu Atnafu Taye (Kotebe Metropolitan University) Federalism as an ideology, like socialism, communism and liberalism, is a pragmatic term which refers to the sharing of power among autonomous units...
View ArticleAbiy lamented about the country’s lack of project management competency in...
By Assegid Habtewold[1] I’ve not yet watched the Press Release (PR) Abiy gave this morning. However, I was given a short clip taken from the PR where he was talking about why mega projects are failing...
View ArticleA viewpoint: Tigres’ secession is a blessing in disguise.
By: Afrasa Zamanel (Ph.D.) and Messay Dejene (Ph.D.) The horrendous atrocities the terrorist organization, TPLF, has meted out against Ethiopians, particularly Amaras is unparalleled in history,...
View ArticleMedemer or not Medemer, That is the Question for All Ethiopians!
By Al Mariam For Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the question was, “To be or not to be.” For me, the question is “medemer or not medemer.” Hamlet, perplexed in the extreme about his own fate, pondered “Whether...
View ArticleVindicated By History
Mikael Wossen, PhD. I have come to realize over the past decades that the terrorist Woyanne party and its Killil concept was too intellectually bankrupt, morally corrupt and offensive to Ethiopians....
View ArticleSafe journey my friends. By Yilma Bekele
I dedicate this column to TPLF Woyane whose action of using citizenship as a weapon made some of us appreciate the value of freedom. Thank you ሕ ወ ሐ ት for making us love Ethiopia. Ethiopians are...
View ArticleTHE SOUTHWEST ETHIOPIA INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT (SWEIPDM)
Press Release August 28th, 2018: London/Washington DC “TOGETHER WE ARE ONE” “TOGETHER WE SHALL WIN” The indigenous peoples of Southwest Ethiopia have long endured suffering under various Ethiopian...
View ArticleProf. Gedamu: divide Oromia & Amhara to fix Ethiopia’s federalism – INTERVIEW
By Teshome Borago Satenaw/Zehabesha with Professor Yohannes Gedamu of Georgia College about Ethiopian politics. Professor Yohannes Gedamu In an exclusive interview, US-based Professor Yohannes Gedamu;...
View ArticleEthiopia Eritrea Relation: from Where? To Where?
by Tariku Debretsion Crowds turned out to greet Ethiopia’s prime minister after he flew into Eritrea’s capital, Asmara The euphoric jubilation in the streets of Asmara and Addis Ababa that we have...
View ArticleEthiopia: To Hold or Postpone the next General Election?
by Muluken Gebeyew) Following bitter peaceful struggle where many Ethiopians sacrificed their life, we have started to see in our country the beginning of democratic reform tendencies specially in...
View ArticleEthiopia desperately needs citizens like Tamagne Beyene who don’t chase...
By Assegid Habtewold[1] When I woke up this morning, I saw a warm welcoming organized for the popular artist and activist Tamagne Beyene. We all should be thankful to God, and the people who paid dire...
View ArticleGive me back my Ethiopia
By Haile-Gebriel Endeshaw September 02/2018 I was at a Kebele (the lowest administrative unit) office for having an identification card. A pretty and coy office girl led me to a desk. The worker, a...
View ArticleAbiy Ahmed’s candor and why it matters. An observation of a rural student
Mohammed Girma, For Addis Standard Addis Abeba, September 04/2018 – In the last few days, Abiy Ahmed, the Ethiopian Prime Minister, did two things that are remarkable – which, I fear, could disappear...
View ArticleHOW AN ETHIOPIAN ARMY TAUGHT INVADING ITALIANS A LESSON
BY NICK DALL • SEPT 05 2018 Why You Should Care Because the Battle of Adwa proved that the colonizer doesn’t always win. As battle waged around them, the generals of the various armies that had come...
View ArticleSo Ethiopia’s new prime minister wants real democracy? Here’s what has to...
By Hilary Matfess /Washington Post September 7, 2018 After a year of political upheaval and mass protests, Ethiopia’s autocratic government has been suggesting that it might be willing to transform...
View ArticleNew Prime Minister, new Ethiopia, new You, and new New Year’s Resolution list
By Assegid Habtewold[1] We are good people. We’re rich in culture and history. Most importantly, Ethiopia is endowed with untapped natural resources and human potential. But, we are among the poorest...
View ArticleIS IT NOT BETTER TO SEE IT THIS WAY?
September 8, 2018 T.Goshu This is the way I understand and see one of the very recent tragic happenings in our country: Following the Federal Police statement or report, so many and so different views...
View ArticleNational language: An expression of a national identity
Zekarias Ezra Beside an internationally recognized physical boundary, a name, a flag, or a currency, what makes a country a country and a nation is but its national language. Despite attempts to down...
View ArticleKey stakeholders should respond to AG7’s proposed framework to guide the...
By Assegid Habtewold[1] The release of political prisoners, the pardoning of exiled politicians who were sentenced to death in absentia, and the returning of political parties that chose to employ...
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