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Little Compassion for Ethiopian Farmers (Part -2) By Geletaw Zeleke The Ethiopian government has been claiming double digit growth for the past more than half a decade. According to the government, Ethiopia’s economy is growing at a rate of 11% w… more »

African Dictators: Can’t Run, Can’t Hide! By Alemayehu G. Mariam The International Criminal Court (ICC) is on the chase; and over the past few months, things have taken a slow turn for the worse for African dictators and human rights violators. Th… more »

Homeless at home – An Ethiopian storyBy Yilma BekeleThat is not the worst that has happened to my beloved cousin but that is good enough point to start this tragic saga. I know you are the perfect people I can share this sad story with. I can pic… more »

Ethiopia: Copyrights and CopyCrimesBy Alemayehu G. Mariam Crimes Against the MindIf a person were to maliciously burn or vandalize another’s house, it would be regarded as a serious property crime under the laws of any nation. If one were to… more »

Ethiopia: A Closer Look into Jawar Mohammed's AssessmentBy Rosa AbadirmThis week, I read the article posted Ethiopian Websites under the title "The ‘new’ OLF program: much ado about nothing" written by Jawar Mohammed a young vibrant person whom I… more »

From the International Slave Trade to the International Maid TradeBy ALEMAYEHU G MARIAMIn the days of the Atlantic slave trade, the Middle Passage was the journey of slave trading ships from the west coast of Africa to the New World. Portuguese,… more »

Access Capital adds its own to the on-going debate on Ethiopia’s economic performance By Keffyalew Gebremedhin Access’s view of two pillars of development Access Capital just published its third Ethiopia: Macroeconomic Handbook 2011-2012, to se… more »

U.S. Ambassador Donald E. Booth Travels to Gambella Gambella, January 13, 2012: U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia Donald E. Booth visited Gambella from January 11 to 13 to visit U.S. government supported projects in health and education, meet with local go… more »

Ethiopia: A tale of two Swedes By Hindessa Abdul On July 1, 2011 freelance journalist Johan Persson and photo journalist Martin Schibbye were detained in the Ogaden region of Ethiopia. There are two versions as to why the Swedes were in the area. T… more »

Ethiopia: OLF and Ethiopian SovereigntyBy Zerihun AbebeRecently there is a growing debate concerning OLF’s stand regarding Ethiopian sovereignty and rather than a rational consensus what we witness is more of fragmentation and ambiguities. There… more »

Ethiopia: Washington Update By Mesfin Mekonen January 10, 2012 At a recent meeting senior State Department officials discussed U.S. food aid to Ethiopia and other countries in the Horn of Africa. President Obama announced on Dec. 22 that the U.… more »

Ethiopia: No Aid for Repressive Tyrants Source: NYU Development Research Institute We … call on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and America’s Western allies to publicly repudiate Ethiopia’s efforts to use terrorism laws to silence political… more »

Ethiopia: Has trademarking doubled Ethiopian farmers' income? By Wondwossen Mezlekia January 9, 2012 It looks like this decade is shaping up nicely as a period of Coffee Rush in Ethiopia; of course, with little resemblance to the California Gold… more »

Ethiopia: Africans Unite! Ethiopians Unite!By Alemayehu G. MariamThe great Bob Marley always sang songs of African unity and liberation:How good and how pleasant it would be before God and man, To see the unification of all Africans. A… more »

Oromo Liberation Front (OLF)and EthiopiaBy Yilma BekeleThe news that the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) has decided to struggle for freedom in consort with all Democratic forces in Ethiopia is the best Christmas present the Ethiopian people gave th… more »

Ethiopia: Herman Cohen says TPLF’s minority rule unsustainable By Abebe Gellaw, ESAT Washington DC (ESAT)-- America’s top diplomat for Africa under George H.W. Bush has said that the hegemonic minority rule of the Tigray People’s Liberation Fron… more »

Ethiopia: The 'new’ OLF program: much ado about nothing by Jawar MohammedEarlier this week, one of the several OLF factions announced that it had adapted a new political program that apparently drops the ‘secessionist’ agenda. This announcement… more »

Ethiopia 2012: A year of reckoning? By Msmaku Asrat Yes, it has been foretold that 2012 was going to be a fateful year. It has been marked long, long, time ago. The Maya Civilization had marked their remarkable calendar by predicting that the wor… more »

Ethiopia: Meles's Shame and the Dead-End of Hatred By Messay Kebede Meles Zenawi’s blatant hatred of Ethiopia is a puzzle that Ethiopian intellectual circles have in vain tried to decipher. While some propose the suggestion that the hatred betrays… more »

Who is Responsible for the Mess of Ethiopia's Economy? By Anteneh Shiferaw First of all, anyone who understands how our country’s situation is in a ‘state of complete mess’, could immediately raise other key indispensable questions such as, what a… more »

Ethiopia: Ato Bereket writes a book? By Yilma Bekele Did you see what was coming out of North Korea this week? Someone referred to it as the ‘world’s largest display of uncontrollable grief.’ Kim Jung un ‘the Brilliant Comrade’ succeeded his fath… more »

Ethiopia: An “African Spring” in 2012? By Alemayehu G. Mariam Waiting for the Dawn of “Africa’s Spring” in 2012? How about an “EthiopianTsedey” in 2012? In 2011, we witnessed the “Winter of Arab” discontent made glorious by an “Arab Spring” foll… more »

Ethiopia: OLF drops secession, embraces Ethiopian unityBy Abebe GellawWashington DC (ESAT)–The Oromo Liberation Front has announced its historic decision to drop its long-held secessionist agenda and to embrace the unity of Ethiopia under a gen… more »