“Scheming African minds”: Neocolonialism and Africa’s uncertain future
By Temesgen Aschenek Zeleke Introduction Africa was divided among colonial powers since the late 1800’s where the whole of the continent was partitioned like a homemade peach pie. However, due to the...
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The National Endowment for Democracy recent conference summed up the entire...
Staged conferences and interviews are diversion and detraction to sustain the status qua, not to promote democracy Teshome Debalke April 29, 2019 They say there are two sides for every story....
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A Year of Ruptures and Hope: Reckless Elites and the Balderas Stunt
by Mike Mamo It is just over a year since the uprising of 2014 – 2018 help topple TPLF’s predatory state. The eventual transition of the uprising into a nationwide resistance and its ability to inspire...
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OPEN LETTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER OF ETHIOPIA
Solomon Hailemariam, Solomon Hailemariam, author and founder of PEN Ethiopia, had to leave his homeland Ethiopia in 2015, after repeated attacks on himself and the organization. He now lives in exile...
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Oromo Media Network (OMN), the Ethiopian Version of “Radio Télévision Libre...
by Dagmawi Gudu Kassa Addis Ababa, ma74085@gmail.com Wherever it happens, almost always history repeats itself. That is what we are observing in Ethiopia. The Rwandan history of some 25 years back is...
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Please Stop Predisposing Amaras to Continue Perishing in Cities and Rural...
By Belayneh Abate It is with a deep grief that I watched the body of a toddler slaughtered with a spear that penetrated his belly and passed out through his lower back in Metekel. This tragedy tests...
View ArticleIs Ethiopia’s Reform From Government Dictatorship To Gangsters’ Rule?
By Andualem Sisay Gessesse – In one of the panels during this week’s World Press Freedom Day event hosted in Addis Ababa, an Ethiopian journalist working for an international media indicated that he...
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Behold Press Freedom Shining Bright in Ethiopia!
By Prof. Alemayehu G. Mariam Abiy Ahmed is doing a great job for Ethiopia. Ethiopia is really having free press for the first time in its history. I have been in journalism since 1951. I have never...
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Ethiopian Medical Doctors: Stand with the poor People of Ethiopia! Forget...
(Serbessa, K ) April 9th, 2019 Until recent years, Ethiopian medical doctors are known universally as well trained and dedicated professionals. The three medical schools ( Addis Ababa, Gonder and...
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Save the Children: Starve the Bad and Feed the Good Wolf in Ethiopia
Prof. Alemayehu G. Mariam I have a dream that Ethiopia’s young people will put their shoulders to the wheel and take full charge of their country’s destiny; leave behind the politics of hate and...
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This Year’s Fiche Chambala Must not be Celebrated in Awassa
By Damo Gotamo In a few weeks, the people of Sidama will celebrate this year’s Fiche Chambala holiday. They are eagerly waiting for the festivity that will be celebrated for two weeks. According to...
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Ethiopia’s Policy Log Jam—Why I urge Prime Minister Abiy to leave a lasting...
Aklog Birara (DR.) Part I of III “If something is not done, this Constitution will not hold the country together” Dr. Negasso Gidada, the late President of Ethiopia to whom I dedicate this commentary I...
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Somali Gov accuses Ethiopia embassy of “colonial tactics”
Teshome M. Borago | Zehabesha-Satenaw Columnist Somali state government advisor accused the Ethiopian embassy in London of using “colonial tactics” to divide Somali diaspora by clan. Mohammed Olad, the...
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Meet the Ethiopian-American Economic Hitman from Wall Street to Poverty...
How a little-known Wall Street sovereign fund manager ended up as a CEO of the Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency to give development and transparency a whole different meaning explains...
View ArticleA roadmap for political transition in Ethiopia
By Shiferaw Abebe So much has changed in Ethiopia in the past one year, mostly for the better. A twenty-seven-year state tyranny was ended peacefully and a country that was a prison house for political...
View ArticleThe Place of Leadership Development to Implement the Ethiopian Education Roadmap
By Assegid Habtewold[1] Ethiopian Science and Academic Network and One Pupil organized a conference at Ethiopian Embassy in Washington DC on May 18th 2019. Congratulations to the team for organizing...
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TPLF’s Last Hurrah or Latest Whimper for a Comeback to Power in Ethiopia?
by Prof. Alemayehu G. Mariam Word on the street is that the Tigrean People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) is talking to “K” Street lobbyists to get the attention of the Trump administration. According to...
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Ethiopians can’t Afford Additional Ethnic Kelils in their Country
By Damo Gotamo TPLF’s ill-conceived and arbitrarily imposed ethnic federalism has been the reason for a multitude of problems in Ethiopia. Since its introduction in the country, it has ruined the...
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Ethiopia: From TPLF frying pan into Ethno-anarchy fire? last part
By Tesfu Telahoun Abebe – I concluded Part 1 by stating that I believe the PM has been irretrievably losing considerable political capital, since at least the second half of his stay in office, so far....
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The New Scramble for Ethiopia
BY STEPHANIE JAY Ethiopia’s prime minister is making headlines as a Trudeau-like liberal reformer. But behind his progressive sheen, his economic policies are set to accelerate inequality and poverty....
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