By Messay Kebede, PhD Scholars loyal to the Woyanne regime, often for the sake of ethnic solidarity, but with some scruples left for the objectivity of scholarly studies engage in a risky project when they …
Beyond Derailment and Canonization: Assessing Meles’s Rule – By Messay Kebede, PhD Read More »
By Hama Tuma (The Africa Report) — Sometimes we Ethiopians like to boast. The first in everything! The cradle of mankind. The first bare foot runner to win the marathon… … The first to claim …
Ethiopia’s homeless Prime Minister – By Hama Tuma Read More »
By Derese Tariku, De Birhan Media Staffer Addis Abeba 31 October 2012 Debre Berhan University, located in Amhara Region, North Showa Zone, in Debre Berhan town, 130 kms far form Addis Ababa to the North …
Debre Berhan shaking with University students’ protest Read More »
By William Davison Oct. 31 (Bloomberg) — The African Union urged the United Nations Security Council to bolster its peacekeeping force in Somalia and lift arms-import and charcoal-export bans on the Horn of Africa nation. …
African Union Wants UN to Boost Somalia Forces, End Weapons Ban Read More »
By William Davison Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) — Ethiopian authorities charged a minister’s wife with terrorism for using money from the Saudi Arabian Embassy to pay for Islamic protests against the government, defense lawyer Temam Ababulgu …
Ethiopian Minister’s Wife Accused of Using Saudi Cash in Unrest Read More »
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. (New York Times) The search for a vaccine against AIDS has been long and fruitless — mostly because the virus mutates so fast. As is well known, flu vaccines have …
A Weak Spot in H.I.V.’s Armor Raises Hope for a Vaccine Read More »
Lower Manhattan goes dark during superstorm Sandy, on Monday, Oct. 29. Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and …
Power Failures in New York as Storm Surge Floods Tunnels; New Jersey Slammed Read More »
By Julia Belluz On a recent visit to Debre Libanos, a 13th-century monastery outside Addis Ababa, one of Ethiopia’s few psychiatrists found 17 people in chains. Suffering from serious mental health issues ranging from schizophrenia …
By Alemayehu G Mariam There are few things more difficult or dangerous than speaking truth to abusers of power. But for Reeyot Alemu, the 31 year-old young Ethiopian heroine of press freedom, no price is …
Ethiopia’s Reeyot: “The Price for My Courage” – By Alemayehu G Mariam Read More »
Zelalem Eshete, Ph.D. It takes two to tango. In part 1 of my article, I focused mostly on the opposition. Now, I present my reflections regarding the call for a paradigm shift targeted primarily to …
Ethiopia: Time for a Paradigm Shift (Part 2) – By Zelalem Eshete, Ph.D. Read More »
OCTOBER 29, 2012 / Wemezekir Blogger’s Note: In remembrance of & in commemorating the late Dr. Haddis Alemayehu’s 103rd birthday that was observed two weeks ago, I have posted here the biographical sketch that I had compiled from various …
October 29, 2012 by Isaac Esipisu (reuters) Ethiopia and Eritrea are still at each others’ throats. The two neighbours fought hammer and tongs in sun-baked trenches during a two-year war over a decade ago, before …
Ethiopia and Eritrea: An elusive peace on the cards? Read More »
