March 2012

By Peter Heinlein, VOA A dissident Ethiopian journalist on trial for terrorism has categorically denied the charges and warned the court that history would judge its verdict. A three-judge panel listened Wednesday as journalist Eskinder Nega described himself as a prisoner of conscience and rejected accusations that he had conspired to overthrow the government through …

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(By Yilma Bekele) I am sure we are all familiar with what is known as the ‘melting pot’ concept when it comes to describing how America functions. The term is a metaphor ‘for a heterogeneous society becoming more homogeneous, the different elements “melting together” into a harmonious whole with one common culture. The concept was …

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William Davison (Bloomberg) — A partial fossil of a pre-human foot has been found in Ethiopia, which researchers said proves there were two species of hominins existing around 3.4 million years ago. It was previously thought that Australopithecus afarensis, a slender-built hominid known as Lucy, was the only ancestor of humans living at that time, …

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ESAT News (Dec. 25)–Two members of Arena Tigray, a party that aspires to liberate Tigrians from the grip of the TPLF, have been detained in Mekele while distributing the party’s publication. Arena said the duo remain in custody despite informing the police that they were the party’s members. Arena’s Mekele branch representative Sultan Hihshe told …

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  By: Zerihun Abebe Woldeselassie, University of Bergen Norway When they demolished the Derg-regime in the early 1990s, through a collation of ethnic or nationalist movements, the TPLF (Tigray Liberation Front) and EPLF (Eritrean Liberation Front) (and others) leaders had the impetuous dream of establishing peaceful and friendly countries through two short and long term …

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By Jawar Mohamed Various narratives are being presented to explain the growing standoff between Muslim activists and the current Ethiopian regime. The activists accuse the state of discrimination and meddling in the internal activities of their faith by imposing an imported religious doctrine. The state blames the conflicts on ‘radicalization’ and a covert agitation by …

Growing Muslim activism and the Ethiopian state: Accommodation or repression? Read More »

By Anonymous See them die! They Die! A rain of blood should cover our world Stench and decay should be the only thing we sense But hidden in the dark and erased from our heads Barbarity and slaughter are everywhere A contemptible ethic, a relict For the weakest of the weak For the lowest of …

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By Aklog Birara (Ph.D.) | He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.” — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I am not sure which of the above enduring quotes from one of the foremost …

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