Opinion

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…

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,…

By Sintayehu  Gebremariam E-Mail [email protected] __________________ Ethiopia, as a country that is known for being the first place to host human being and to be one of…

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…

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…

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…

PM Abiy Ahmed, upon coming to power in April 2018, promised to hold democratic, credible polls with a clear timeline Addıs Getachew Tadesse   | ADDIS…

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….

The political Marketplace of Money, war and the business of Power” will end and replaced by the Marketplace of individual liberty, peace and the…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Opinion: Almost three decades after Operation Solomon brought thousands of Ethiopian Jews to Israel, the schism between the community and the rest of Israeli…

By Abegaz Wondimu In a scathing editorial written only two days after Abiy received his Nobel Peace Prize for 2019, Addis Standard  decried that ‘…

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…

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…

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…