Unity Park Addis Ababa: The Story of All of Us in…
By Alemayehu G. Mariam
Those who can, will help us. Those who cannot, should leave us alone. Those who do not understand what we do…
The Ethiopian Government is Behind the Kidnapping of Young Female Amhara…
Abebech Shiferaw
January 2020
Education seems the only way to get out of poverty for many Amharas. The culture is pro-education and civilization. As a result,…
THE CRISIS BEYOND HOPE
By Sintayehu Gebremariam
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Ethiopia, as a country that is known for being the first place to host human being and to be one of…
‘Time for Machetes’
By Dawit Giorgis
In a brilliant book titled ‘A Time for Machetes,’ Jean Herzfeld discusses the Rwandan genocide with the killers. The famous author of…
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD): A Call for Successful Mediation to…
NETWORK of ETHIOPIAN SCHOLARS (www.nesglobal.org)
Title: Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD): A Call for Successful Mediation to Create Full Agreement by All Involved on 28-29…
Flashpoint on the Nile: Egypt Destabilizes Ethiopia
By Aklog Birara (Dr.)
A flashpoint in current diplomatic relations in Africa today that can potentially lead to war is Egypt’s continued assertion that it…
Can Ethiopia hold a credible 2020 election?
PM Abiy Ahmed, upon coming to power in April 2018, promised to hold democratic, credible polls with a clear timeline
Addıs Getachew Tadesse |
ADDIS…
Why Egypt is Winning on the Diplomatic Front
Aklog Birara (Dr.)
Ethiopia began the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a monumental project estimated to cost $4 billion in 2011, with fanfare and ceremony….
Development 101 for Willfully Ignorant Economists, Politicians, Journalists, investors… of Ethiopia
The political Marketplace of Money, war and the business of Power” will end and replaced by the Marketplace of individual liberty, peace and the…
The End of EleCtions and Dictatorship and the Beginning of Free…
By Alemayehu G. Mariam
Author’s Note: As the 2020 Ethiopian general election looms, I am filled with hope and expectation that Ethiopia for the first…
PM Abiy Ahmed’s Message to Ethiopia’s Youth: Up From Poverty With…
by: Alemayehu G. Mariam
When I listened to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed introducing his Prosperity Party to a gathering of youth at Millennium Hall in Adds Ababa a…
A FEW REMARKS ON ETHIOPIAN GOVERNMENT’S NEW HISTORY MODULE
BY HAILE M. LAREBO, BD, STL, PhD
The Ethiopian Ministry of Science and Higher Education has recently published history teaching material for students of higher…
Reality 2020
Getaneh K Yismaw
As we begin the new year and third decade of the 21st century, here are some musings on Ethiopia.
Government Propaganda
Watching government…
Hate, Hearts and Minds: “Creating an Ethiopia That is Second to…
By Prof. Alemayehu G, Mariam
Now the other myth that gets around is the idea that legislation cannot really solve the problem and that it has no great…
The Benefits and Risks of Ethiopia’s Massive Loans -The past…
Aklog Birara (Dr.)
“The ugly reality is that most poor people in most poor countries most of the time never receive or even make contact…
Does Ethiopia really need another Tewodros II?
December 30, 2019
by Tinbite Yonas
December 30, 2019
by Tinbite Yonas
Many Ethiopians are uneasy at the idea of seeing their beloved country following an administrative structure that empowers…
Abiy Ahmed, Vladimir Lenin and the Quest for Peace
The Nobel laureate has his work cut out for him: protecting beleaguered minorities in Ethiopia.
By Matthew Taylor King
The Wall Street Journal.
Opinion
Dec. 29, 2019 2:35…
Hate, Hearts and Minds: “Creating an Ethiopia That is Second to…
By Alemayehu G. Mariam
“We are creating an Ethiopia that is second to none in its guarantee of freedom of expression. We should avoid the…
International Crisis Group: keeping Ethiopia’s transition on the rails
REPORT from International Crisis Group
Nairobi/Addis Abeba/Brussels, 16 December 2019
What’s new? Clashes in October 2019 in Oromia, Ethiopia’s most populous region, left scores of people dead. They…
The Ethiopians are Zionism’s great success
Opinion: Almost three decades after Operation Solomon brought thousands of Ethiopian Jews to Israel, the schism between the community and the rest of Israeli…
Addis Standard’s current editorial –what gives?
By Abegaz Wondimu
In a scathing editorial written only two days after Abiy received his Nobel Peace Prize for 2019, Addis Standard decried that ‘…
Abiy Ahmed Ali – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Lecture given by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2019 Abiy Ahmed Ali, Oslo, 10 December 2019.
“Forging A Durable Peace in the Horn of Africa”
Your…
Congratulating Abiy “Champion of Peace” Ahmed!
By Alemayehu G. Mariam
In his last will and testament, Alfred Nobel provided for an award to be given to “champions of peace to be selected…
It’s too early to call Prosperity Party bad news to Ethiopia…
Ephrem Madebo ([email protected])
On November 30, 2019, Awol Allo tweeted the following: “Lemma is not alone. In fact, there are very few Oromos beneath the…