The U.N. humanitarian office said Monday that food shortages in Ethiopia have reached alarming levels following widespread drought in the country. Read more…

Meles Zenawi was awarded an MA degree in Business Administration by the Open University in 1995, and an MSc in Economics by Erasmus University in 2004, while perpetrating egregious crimes against humanity. Read more…

What A difference a Year Makes!

What a difference a year makes in a Millennium! A year ago, almost to the day, we celebrated a moment of triumph. It was the 9th of September. A day I will always remember. Read more…

Tilburg, The Netherlands – On a new course in Tilburg in the south of The Netherlands Ethiopia scored a double victory in respectively in the Brabants Dagblad Ten Miles and the Tilburg Ladies Run 10km. Both events are IAAF Silver Label Road Races. Read more…

Obama’s Speech to Ethiopian Americans – Political Humor Read more…

On August 30, 2008, the committee for the Solidarity Movement for a New Ethiopia Read more…

Lately, the EPDRF has been showcasing infrastructure building, particularly the road and real estate-based construction that has been taking place in Ethiopia. In one of my previous write-ups, I dismissed the propaganda spread by the EPDRF showing that not only there is no economic development in Ethiopia, but what we observe is misery and squalor. In response to my write-ups, the agents of the government have been busy spreading their lies on many Diaspora paltalk shows about the growth in the economy- a few of them telling us that the economy of Ethiopia was growing at 11.5% in 2008. A majority of them- possibly the ones paid by the EPDRF who do its dirty work- have been seen jumping around on many paltalk shows, showcasing the ongoing road and real estate construction projects. In doing so, they have abhorrently tried to twist the truth and tell their listeners that since there are many road and real estate construction projects as far as the eye could see, there must be an economic development. Read more…

Martne Harja had prepared her three-quarter hectare piece of land at Galcha Seke village in Wolayita zone of Ethiopia’s Southern Region for the planting season, but her seven children found themselves without food after the rains failed.

“I did not have any other option but to eat the 25kg of haricot bean seed that I had saved from last year,” she said. “I readied my land to plant when the rain came again [but] I knew I would not be able to get any seeds.”

It was the first time in her life that she had eaten her seeds without planting them. Martne is, however, not alone. According to aid workers, many Ethiopian farmers resorted to eating their seeds after unprecedented heavy rains followed by drought last season. Read more…