December 2012

By: Dawit Fanta Who really benefits from the death of the dictator Zenawi? For sure, it is not the Ethiopian people. Though there was a glimmer of hope that change in the political landscape seemed imminent, in the course of time everything was ended up into chimera. Even if it was a big blow for […]

Prof. Alemayehu G. Mariam The Precarious State of Religious Freedom in Ethiopia In a weekly column entitled “Unity in Divinity” this past June, I expressed grave concern over official encroachments on religious freedom in Ethiopia. I lamented the fact that religious freedom was becoming a new focal target of official human rights violations. But I

(Kstp) The man hospitalized after a late-night shootout with Minneapolis Police has now been identified. Police say 22-year-old David Tsehai Embaye of Minneapolis ran from the scene as they were responding to shots fired around 11 p.m. Wednesday, in the area of 37th Street East and Elliot Avenue South. When officers arrived, they saw a

Robele Ababya, 01/12/2012 Revelation of Zenawi’s vision for Tigray 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 of Ethiopia. This rather surprising revelation and its timing has been a hot topic of debate with views converging