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Ethiopia: Ring in Redress to All HumankindBy Alemayehu G. Mariam2012 is gone. 2013 is on the way. Let us ring in redress to all humankind. I wish a happy and prosperous new year to all of my readers throughout the world. To those who have unw… more »

Ethiopia: Re-framing the Post Meles Political Discourse By Ali Belew A couple of months ago, a group of longtime friends spent a three day weekend at Raytown, Pennsylvania, a picturesque resort town whose landscape reminds us of our Ethiopian hom… more »

Ethiopia 2012: Human Rights and Government WrongsBy Alemayehu G. MariamAnother Groundhog YearFour years ago, I wrote a weekly commentary lamenting the fact that 2008 was "Groundhog Year” in Ethiopia:It was a repetition of 2007, 2006, 2005… more »

Ginbot 7 Popular Force: Leveling the playing field in Ethiopia By Yilma Bekele The press release was short and to the point. It was only six paragraphs long and was written in a matter of fact way. There were no trumpets blaring, no press conferenc… more »

Ethiopia: The out of reach growth By Getachew Qannoo My father lives in a small town located in Illubabor, Ethiopia where he works as an elementary school teacher. I check in routinely and this last time he responded in his usual manner, “Waaqayoo… more »

Ethiopian jailed journalist Eskinder Nega 16 MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT CALL FOR THE RELEASE OF IMPRISONED ETHIOPIAN JOURNALIST ESKINDER NEGA Washington, D.C.: Today, 16 members of the European Parliament issued a public letter to Ethiopian P… more »

Ethiopia: Will the U.S. Stand by the Side of Brave Africans? By Alemayehu G. Mariam If History is on the Side of Brave Africans, Shouldn’t the U.S. be Too? When President Obama visited Accra, Ghana in 2009, he delivered two distinct political me… more »

Most Troubling Facts about Ethiopia By Teklu Abate During the last two decades, Ethiopia for sure witnessed improvements in some fronts. Basic infrastructure such as hydroelectric dams, roads, education and health institutions, and catering busines… more »

Watching Susan twist in the wind or don’t mess with EthiopiaBy Yilma BekeleGood news is always welcome. Then there is the extraordinarily good news that jars you from your slumber. And when the good news happens right around Christmas there is no… more »

Remembering the Massacre of 424 Anuaks in Gambella, Ethiopia Remembering the Massacre of 424 Anuaks in Gambella, Ethiopia By Obang Metho Dear Friends and Colleagues; December 13, 2012 marks the 9-year anniversary of the brutal massacre of 4… more »

Susan Rice and Africa’s Unholy Trinity By Alemayehu G. Mariam* Matriarch of the Unholy Trinity Susan Rice, the current U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., has been waltzing (or should I say do-se-do-ing) with Africa’s slyest, slickest and meanest dic… more »

Photo by wong yu liang / shutterstockThe Precarious State of Religious Freedom in Ethiopia By Alemayehu G. MariamIn a weekly column entitled “Unity in Divinity” this past June, I expressed grave concern over official encroachments on religiou… more »

Who retards change in Ethiopia? By Teklu Abate December 1, 2012 Chairman of Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ) party, Dr Negasso Gidada, nicely highlighted the current political condition in Ethiopia. In a discussion forum arranged for p… more »

Ethiopia: Revelation of Zenawi’s vision for Tigray By Robele Ababya Azeb Mesfin reportedly revealed the existence of a project document prepared by her late husband Zenawi to transform Tigray into an industrial center of the tribal-based Federation… more »