By Alemayehu G. Mariam Author’s Note: In this commentary, I try to explain to my readers why on the eve of PM Abiy Ahmed’s stellar first year anniversary there is so much political…
MoreBy Teshome M. Borago | Zehabesha/Satenaw columnist As the governing ideology of tribal politics and ethnic-federalism in Ethiopia continue to cause misery, displacement, death and destruction nationwide; it is becoming important to…
MoreBy Teshome M. Borago | Zehabesha/Satenaw columnist As the governing ideology of tribal politics and ethnic-federalism in Ethiopia continue to cause misery, displacement, death and destruction nationwide; it is becoming important to…
MoreBy Robyn Kriel, Idris Mukhtar and Stephanie Busari, CNN Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (CNN)Moshe Biton and Ilan Matsliah had never set eyes on one another before March 10. But in just two weeks,…
MoreSenators question acting FAA chief Daniel Elwell about whether safety features on Boeing aircraft should be sold a la carte. WASHINGTON (AP) — THE Latest on Congressional hearings looking into the Federal Aviation…
Moreby Getachew Begashaw (PHD) 1. Introduction Ethiopia, in its recent history, has gone through three government systems that included a monarchy, a military dictatorship, and a divisive ethnic Federal system without participatory democracy. In…
MoreBoeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg released a statement in support of Ethiopian Airlines following the Flight 302 crash that killed 157 people in March. Ethiopian Airlines said Monday it would maintain ties with…
MoreTecola W Hagos, 25 March 2019 PART I. ABIY AHMED In General Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed keeps messing up my logic-oriented brain with his beautifully crafted speeches and messages. His recent address/message…
MorePART 1 Over the past several weeks, as I and some of my colleagues on the Ethiopian Diaspora Trust Fund (EDTF) Advisory Council (AC) visited various cities organizing EDTF chapters, we have…
MoreBy Belayneh Abate In the western world, you have to produce astounding resume to get a decent job. To reassure the job offer, you have to provide references that could speak highly…
MoreThe chief executive of Ethiopian Airlines says the warning and training requirements set for the Max planes ‘might not have been enough’ By ELIAS MESERET Associated Press ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia The warning and training…
MoreBY DAVID SHEPARDSON AND Cindy Silviana Thomson Reuters. WASHINGTON/JAKARTA (Reuters) – A U.S. lawmaker on Friday urged current or former Boeing Co and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees to come forward with any…
MoreBy Alemayehu G. Mariam Special Author’s Note: For the past few years, I have written commemorative commentaries on the Sharpeville Massacre of March 21, 1960 and the Meles Massacres of 2005. I…
MoreBy Selam Gebrekidan New York Times ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopian Airlines surpassed many carriers by becoming one of the first to install a simulator to teach pilots how to fly the new…
MoreAssociated Press NAIROBI, Kenya – The Latest on the Ethiopian plane crash (all times local): 7:15 p.m. Ethiopian Airlines says its pilots went through all the extra training required by Boeing and the…
MoreBY CINDY SILVIANA, Jamie Freed and Tim Hepher JAKARTA/SINGAPORE/PARIS (Reuters) – The pilots of a doomed Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX scrambled through a handbook to understand why the jet was lurching downwards…
MoreBy Ralph Ellis, CNN Experts say there were similarities in the Ethiopian Airlines and the Lion Air crashes. What were they? By Ralph Ellis, CNN (CNN)When the Federal Aviation Administration announced it…
MoreDespite all rumors of impending doom I am not worried or afraid Ethiopia will disintegrate into pieces in the immediate future. It has been tried before. Ask Mussolini or Meles, they will…
MoreAbc/ By KARMA ALLEN Experts across the globe are working to determine what caused the deadly Ethiopian Airlines crash and whether there was a connection between that and an earlier crash of…
MoreBy Prof. Alemayehu G. Mariam “No heroes in Ethiopia today.” Last week, on International Women’s Day, H.E. Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed made a stunning assertion: “Ethiopia has no heroes today.” The…
MoreBY MAGGIE FICK AND David Shepardson ADDIS ABABA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that killed 157 people had “clear similarities” with October’s Lion Air crash, Ethiopia said on Sunday,…
MoreMarch 14, 2019 The Ethiopian Dialogue Forum (EDF), a not-for-profit think tank established to promote equitable and sustainable socioeconomic and political development through inclusive governance and genuine democratization through dialogue is deeply…
MoreInfighting among entities involved in the Ethiopian Airlines air disaster probe has hampered analysis of the plane’s damaged black boxes by France’s BEA air accident investigation agency, Fox News has learned. Arguments broke out…
MoreBy Taylor Nicole Rogers, CNN Business New York (CNN Business)The pilot of the downed Ethiopian Airlines flight had “flight control problems” shortly before the fatal crash, according to the company’s chief executive. A…
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