In Part Five (a) of this series, I presented what I believe is a compelling case why the current political and socioeconomic system is inimical to the vast majority of the Ethiopian people. Read more…
After the news about the first known politically motivated self-immolation in Ethiopian history spread across the globe like wild fire, the shockwave the rare tragedy caused has been unprecedented. Read more…
A Press Statement issued by Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ)
What we know from common sense and what we learn from school is that people learn from their mistakes and that, as a result, past mistakes would not be repeated. Read more…
To help boost the economies of low income countries a development strategy named unbalanced growth theory was introduced by development theorists. Read more…
The managing editor of one of Ethiopia’s few remaining independent Amharic-language newspapers publishing critical analysis of local politics said he left the country last week for fear of arrest, a US-based press freedom group said. Read more…
Call for Papers
WASHINGTON, DC – Sixteen Ethiopian women who live in different states and cities in the United States met at Howard University in Washington, DC on October 15, 2011 and discussed the current situations of Ethiopian women at home and in the Diaspora. Read more…
George Ayittey, the renowned Ghanaian economist and president of the Free Africa Foundation swears that “Africa is poor because she is not free”. Like Ayittey, Robert Guest, business editor for The Economist, in his book The Shackled Continent (2004), Read more…
To help boost the economies of low income countries a development strategy named unbalanced growth theory was introduced by development theorists. Read more…
(ESAT News) The renowned Ghanaian economist Prof. George Ayittey, who has been one of the most outspoken critics of African dictators, has said that the politics of exclusion, which is reminiscent of Apartheid era South Africa, should come to an end in Ethiopia. Read more…
Addis Ababa — Ethiopia and other sub-Saharan African countries are amongst the worst hit in a brain-drain, Read more…
I read an article on Ethiopian Reporter by a certain Meles Alem entitled: “Kenya: no longer impervious”. Some core points in this piece include that: Read more…
St Julians, Malta (CNN) — Shweyga Mullah’s face lights up with a smile that spreads like a sunrise across her face. Read more…
Who am I? You know me. I am Eskinder Nega. I am predictable. I am direct and to the point. Both friends and enemies know me well. Read more…
Martha Mebrahtu died young, killed by the Ethiopian regime while she and others attempted to liberate their country from misrule. Read more…
Tribute
I am emboldened by the foresight of politically mature people within the ex-Medrek to heed the fact at this time in history that the issue of individual human rights transcends parochial interests. Read more…
“Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.” Norman Cousins. Read more…
NAIROBI, Kenya — The State Department’s top Africa policymaker on Tuesday warned Ethiopia not to invade Somalia, but the warning came too late, with Somalis claiming that Ethiopian troops were already rolling through their villages in trucks. Read more…
Ethiopia invaded Somalia, in 2006, in part encouraged by the United States, against series of warnings from regional analysts and strong domestic objections. Read more…
“Give a man a fish and he will eat it for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a life time.” Confucius Read more…
Woyane – the ethno-centric TPLF regime which is a one man rule and the African regions’ most brutal dictator is awaiting final blows for its regime to fail. The regime is surviving by using deception as weapon in diplomatic war and self-aggrandizing propaganda. Read more…