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Opposition Unity in Diversity a must for Ethiopia’s Territorial Integrity Press Release የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ የጋራ ትግል ሸንጎ (ሸንጎ) Ethi… more »

Ethiopia: The Sky(pe) is Falling! By Alemayehu G. Mariam Most of my readers know how much I enjoy “bedtime stories”. Recently, I wrote about my favortie bedtime story of Pinocchio in Africa. Ever heard of the story of Chicken Little? One day Chicke… more »

Ethiopia: A Land of Contradiction in Terms By Ajirea Nikabachew I was inspired to write this piece after I recently read an interesting article [1]. In it, the following was mentioned: “Ambassador Girma Birru, Special Envoy and Ambassador Extra… more »

Skype and EthiopiaBy Yilma BekeleThe origins of the Internet can be traced to ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) that was funded by the US Department of Defense (DARPA) for use by its research labs in the 1960’s. The Internet as… more »

Internet Cafe sign in Mojo, Ethiopia photo Hobotraveler.com Telecom, Terror and Digital Economy in Ethiopia: Part I By: Samuel M. Gebru (@SMGebru) Cambridge, MA, United States Author’s Note: This is the first in a two-part series entitled T… more »

Ethiopia: Phony issues on the net By Hindessa Abdul What do AlJazeera, BBC, Le Monde,The Atlantic, African Review, PC Mag,Tech Crunch have in common? Well, they were among the scores of media outlets that reported on the ban of internet telephony i… more »

Ethiopia: Unity in Divinity! By Alemayehu G. Mariam One People, One Country! For the past two decades, Ethiopia has been the scene of crimes against humanity and crimes against nature. Now Ethiopian religious leaders say Ethiopia is the scene… more »

Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) meets with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi in Los Cabos, Mexico, June 17, 2012. Photo Xinhua Ethiopia - China "Romance" at the crossroads By Kaleab Kassaye According to the global power pyramid, Chin… more »

Ethiopia's Opposition Camp: In Need of Serious Political Re-engineering Muktar M. Omer muktaromer@ymail.com A flapping chicken that can never fly Is the planned establishment of an “Ethiopian National Transitional Council” (ENTC) - its formal… more »

Ethiopia: Under Jackboot Tugs: Our country Ethiopia is one of the African States which managed to keep its independence during the era of scramble of African land by European powers. Thanks for Emperor Menelik that routed out onslaught of Italian expa… more »

Ethiopia: Using Abbay as a wedge issue By Yilma Bekele The Ethiopian government was peddling its ponzi scheme of selling bonds for the pie in the sky project named The Grand Renaissance Dam’ on the Abbay river here in the Bay Area. It was not… more »

Ethiopia: On the Road to Constitutional DemocracyBy Alemayehu G. MariamOver the past few months, I have been penning occasional commentaries in a series I called “Ethiopia’s transition from dictatorship and democracy”. In my last such commentary… more »

Ethiopia: Waldeba in my heartBy Yilma BekeleTruth be told I was not aware of Waldeba Monastery until quite recently. Today I live Waldeba, I breathe Waldeba, and I believe Waldeba has taken over my soul. Mind you I am not protesting rather I am b… more »

Ethiopia: When we were the achieversBy Yilma BekeleI am always harking back to the pleasant years of our past. Believe me it not being nostalgic rather it is the lack of good news that makes me reach deep to salvage a little bit of dignity how ev… more »

Ethiopia: Food for Famine and Thought! By Alemayehu G. Mariam At the recent 2012 G8 Food Security Summit in Washington, D.C., Abebe Gellaw, a young Washington-based Ethiopian journalist, stood up in the gallery and thunderously proclaimed to dictat… more »