Last Sunday it was Lidetu Ayalew (some prefer to call him Khidetu Afayalew), the fake opposition leader, who had to hide between the laps of two trained-to- kill hired giant local mercenaries to save his skin from his own people, the very people who loved him once and showed him only kindness but now angry, feeling betrayed. Read more…

Harnessing Ethiopia’s rivers for development

“Thirsty child of the Nile” is a popular proverbial irony in water-rich Ethiopia where hunger and thirst are rampant amid plenty. Read more…

In 1620, one hundred and two prospective settlers left England and set sail for over two months to come to the New World. Read more…

The fearless leader from Wasilla said “This speaks to a bigger picture here that certainly scares me in terms of our national security policy. But obviously we’ve gotta stand with our North Korean allies. Read more…

I would like to begin by thanking Abugida for its professional attention to my recent controversial writings on reconciliation; my thanks also to all those readers for engaging the articles and giving heart felt responses. Read more…

May His Soul Rest In Peace

DATELINE: November 2010—Washington, D.C.( Berhanu Nega)

Somber faced Ethiopians stared in rapt attention as Dr Berhanu Nega’s voice resonated with pronounced intensity. As he dramatically details a 2005 discussion between CUD leaders, his face is noticeably flashed with emotion. Read more…

The time was Christmas Eve. I was riding in a mini-van taxi from Kotebe City in Addis Ababa across town to Mexico City to visit some friends for the holidays. Read more…

The Ethiopian government’s political use of international humanitarian aid is a test of donors’ commitment to human-rights principles. Read more…

NEW YORK — Reporters from Ethiopia, Iran, Russia and Venezuela will be honored for covering the news in the face of threats, harassment and arrest, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Monday. Read more…

Addis Ababa (AFP) Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir arrived on Monday evening in the Ethiopian capital for a summit on Sudan and Somalia, an AFP journalist reported. Read more…

Desperate times need leaders who lead us through compassion and understanding, and not leaders who inflame our passions and ignite our prejudices by refusing to forgive and forget. Read more…

The View From the Sewers

Looking up from the sewers, everything must look like garbage! Read more…

Around the time Haile G.S openly started to bend down to HE PM Meles Zenawi, I sent an Amharic article to almost all sites. But unfortunately only few posted it, Read more…

Minneapolis, Minnesota
Concerned Ethiopians and Ethiopian Americans in Minnesota commemorated the martyrs who paid the ultimate price in November 2005 for their peaceful protest against a rigged election, and for justice and democracy in Ethiopia. Read more…

Ethiopians in London confronted Lidetu Ayalew at a public meeting on Nov. 21, 2010. It took several police officers and private bodyguards to protect him from the angry Ethiopians. Read more…

Meles Zenawi’s game of succession is getting more and more bizarre. He preached about the urgency of giving the mantle of power to the “younger generation” Read more…

Ask Haile Gebreselassie about his manager, Josephus (Jos) Hermens and his emotion is easily stirred. “He is not only my manager,” Haile likes to say of Herman. “We are more like a father and son team. We love and trust each other.” Read more…

The Ethio-Swedish cooperation is long standing and goes back to the period of emperor Haile Selassie. Records show that Sweden is among the wealthy European countries offering a significant aid package to the ethno-fascist government of Meles Zenawi. Albeit limited and unlike many of its western counterparts, Sweden continued to provide some assistance under the Marxist rule of Colonnel Mengistu Hailemariam too. Read more…

As you all know Ethiopia held what is referred to as ‘elections’ last May. The ruling TPLF party won 545 of the 547 seats in Parliament. One can tell from the results that either the TPLF party is the most popular association in the country or the election was rigged and the outcome was tainted. Read more…