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The Plight of Andualem Aragie and Other Political Prisoners in Ethiopia By Alemayehu G. Mariam The “Gulag” prison system in the old Soviet Union was infamous for warehousing and persecuting dissidents and opponetns. The gulags were used effectivel… more »

The Ethiopia-Norway Forced Repatriation in Prospect By Samson Seifu In my previous article entitled ‘’The Ethio-Norway Forced Repatriation Agreement in Retrospect’’ published on 13 February 2012 on different websites, I presented the background and… more »

Ethiopia and Syria revisitedBy Yilma BekeleThe Syrian regime is killing its own people to save the country from terrorists (Ashebari). The world is watching and keeping score. Thanks to social media such as Twitter and Facebook we are all witness… more »

Ethiopia: Africa’s Hall of Shame in Addis Ababa By Fekade Shewakena The debate on whether Emperor Hailesilassie’s statue deserves to stand along with that of Kwame Nkrumah in front of the newly inaugurated AU headquarters in Addis Ababa built by th… more »

Ethiopia: 37 years of the TPLF and the footprints of Meles By Tesfay Atsbeha and Kahsay Berhe February 2012 Part one On 19 February 2012, the official 37th birthday of the TPLF, many people in Tigray have to think of their loved ones as mart… more »

IN THE NAME OF THE MOST HIGH AN OPEN LETTER TO PRIME MINISTER MELES ZENAWI Meles Zenawi Prime Minister The Federal Republic of Ethiopia Dear Prime Minister Meles: Allah willing, you and your family are well.… more »

In a memorandum sent to Deutsche Welle’s (DW) [Germany's international broadcaster] “correspondents outside Ethiopia” in late 2010,  Ludger Schadomsky, editor-in-chief of DW’s Amharic program, blasted “ethiomedia and similar sites by extension” as a “dis… more »

An African Victory, A Powerful Woman, A Racial Truth Ethiopian Victory Affects the World Though it may not be noted in every history book, in 1896 the Battle of Adwa took place on the Horn of Africa. The battle pitted the armies of Emperor Menelik… more »

The art of bullying EthiopiansBy Yilma Bekele‘Prime Minster Meles Zenawi said on Wednesday Ethiopia could pardon politicians and journalists arrested under a 2009 anti-terrorism law.’ That news was reported widely including inside Ethiopia. Norma… more »

Ethiopia: Atse Haile Selassie and Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah By Msmaku Asrat I was reluctant to write on this subject since many have written about it exhaustively. I am writing this from a personal perspective which makes it slightly different from… more »

The Ethio-Norway Forced Repatriation Agreement in Retrospect Prelude On January 26, 2012 the state secretary in the Norwegian Ministry of Justice, Pål K. Lønseth appearing on TV channels announced with great sigh of relief the coming to an end of 20 ye… more »

The Chinese Dragon is dancing the Watusi shuffle with African Hyenas. Things could not be better for the Dragon in Africa. In the middle of what once used to be the African Pride Land now stands a brand-spanking new hyenas’ den called the African Union H… more »

Ethiopia: When we were the peacemakers By Yilma Bekele There is a term some use to describe the US as being special. They call it ‘American exceptionalism.’ What the theory tries to define is the special and unique place the US holds due to the rev… more »

Ethiopia: African Beggars Union Hall?By Alemayehu G. MariamThe new African Union (AU) headquarters was inaugurated last week. It was “China’s gift to Africa.” China picked the entire USD$200 million tab for the building, fixtures and furniture. T… more »

Ethiopia: We’ve met the enemy and it is us By Yilma Bekele ‘…. he was feared far beyond his might and respected far beyond his support, both which in the end proved meager. … would play one official off of another, promoting sons above their father… more »