There is an Amharic saying that comes to mind when you think of the current revealations regarding VOA and its delaings with Ethiopia and Ethiopians. Thanks to Ato Abebe Gellaw’s investigative work we are able to see the inside workings of the independent News Organization. Read more…

The controversy over censorship and maladministration at the Voice of America (VOA) took a bizarre twist yesterday as the Director of Africa Division, Gwen Dillard, forbid staffers from taking notes at a meeting she held with employees at VOA Horn of Africa section, reliable sources told Addis Voice. Read more…

I am 38, therefore I am entitled to reflect my views on Ambassador Imru Zeleke’s letter addressed to the people of tomorrow. The People of Tomorrow , according to the Ambassador, includes those in the 20s and 30s. After reading the letter, Read more…

Contemporary Ethiopia has for too long hidden the landscape of its oppressive politics ብehind the banner of “ revolutionary democracy” propelled by the sluggish wind of the developmental state, a state which is neither developmental in a profound moral sense, nor a genuine state, organized by the spirit of disciplined revolution, anchored on a competent mastery of politi Read more…

At the end of June, Ethiopia’s Anti-Terror Task Force arrested nine people on charges of attempting to “destroy electrical and telecommunication infrastructures” with support from Ethiopia’s arch-enemy, Eritrea. Read more…

Edmund Burke, the 18 century Irish statesman and philosopher, once said “there were three Estates in Parliament, but in the Reporters Gallery yonder, there sat a fourth Estate more important far than they all;” Burke was referring to Journalism or what we currently call the media. Read more…

Come Monday, July 25, 2011, a protest rally by Ethiopians on 330 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC will most likely draw the keen interest of a southern Republican Senator, Tom Coburn. Here at last is the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), Read more…

Yosef Mulugeta, an Ethiopian lawyer and former secretary general of the Ethiopian Human Rights Council (EHCRO), is asking for the support of the international community in his struggle to bring about peaceful change in Ethiopia. Read more…

A letter to the people of tomorrow (an uneducated view)
You are in your twenties and thirties, you have grown up in one of the most painful era of Ethiopian history, you have been traumatized by the violence and misery that you have endured and seen since your birth. Read more…

Biologically speaking, ontogeny is the process of the development of an individual from a fertilized ovum/egg to the stage of maturity whereby that individual undergoes various phases of mental, physical, emotional and other changes. Read more…

The list came out and you are in it and I am not. You see, I really, really, really wanted to be in this list and you may or may not want to be in it. It matters who is in it and who is not. And you are in it. It matters who created the list and who is reading the list. Read more…

Secret document reveals regime’s intoler ance to critical views. In Ethiopia freedom of expression was declared 20 years ago, when the military junta of Mengistu Hailemariam crumbled and Meles Zenewi came to power singing and preaching about liberty and democracy. Read more…

APPLE VALLEY • Abigail Mariam was in eighth grade when she was bit by the service bug. Her uncle took her on a trip with his yoga group to serve peanut butter sandwiches to the homeless hanging around the former Forrest Park on Seventh Street in Victorville. Read more…

After a recent visit to Ethiopia, also known as the Horn of Africa, the Daily Champion reports on the land of natural contrasts, where beauty lies side by side with hunger, among other things. Read more…

WASHINGTON, DC - In response to a recent Addis Voice investigative report, VOA embroiled in fresh censorship row, Voice of America issued a very brief statement Thursday explaining why VOA skipped coverage of a high profile public meeting held at the Sheraton in Arlington, Virginia. Read more…

Life and Times of Democracy in Africa

The long march of democracy in West Africa seems to be well underway. In July 2009, I wrote a weekly commentary marveling about Ghana’s multiparty democracy. Wistfully, I asked the rhetorical question: “Why is democracy in motion in Ghana, and on life-support in Ethiopia?” Read more…

Mr. Obang Addresses Ethiopians community in Geneva, Switzerland:

My fellow Ethiopians, I am honored to be here among my dear Ethiopian brothers and sisters. I thank Kifle, Meseret, Dawit and all the people who have arranged for this opportunity to meet with you; Read more…

It is now a fact that Ethiopia’s economy is getting worst on monthly bases. Read more…

No one likes a whiner. Why complain insistently when it is of no use. We used to be good at that. Whining was our domain. Did I just say ‘was’? Yes I did. It seems that we are coming out of our shell. The Arab Spring has arrived. The Diaspora is infected with a sense of optimism and hope. It is a very good feeling. Read more…

The older the nation the more the partiality for reserved leaders. And Ethiopia is famously old. The penchant for romanticized leaders who overpower by mere grace and presence is an enduring national fantasy. Read more…