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‘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

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Can Ethiopia hold a credible 2020 election?

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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

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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…

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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…

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