May 2022

By LJDemissie May 22, 2022 I dedicated this article to Tom Hazeldine for writing an exceptionally outstanding paper: Complicity of the International Crisis Group.  . “The organization [The International Crisis Group (ICG)] styles itself independent and non-partisan, but has consistently championed NATO’s wars to fulsome transatlantic praise. Kofi Annan spoke for the entire House when […]

Bruke Lemma, Ph.D. “Psychopaths view any social exchange as a ‘feeding opportunity,’ a contest or a test of wills in which there can be only one winner. Their motives are to manipulate and take, ruthlessly and without remorse.” – Robert D. Hare The Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), and the Tigray

Al Mariam’s Commentaries In Shakespeare’s play “Julius Caesar,” Brutus hesitatingly joins an assassination  plot hatched by conniving Roman senators afraid to lose their power if Caesar declared himself Emperor and became dictator of the Roman republic. Brutus was a dear, trusted and loyal friend of Caesar, but he was had, hoodwinked and bamboozled by Caesar’s

By Dr. Suleiman Walhad May 19th, 2022 The Horn of Africa States (Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti – the “SEED” countries), is a fragile region, but as fragile as it is, it also offers above usual expected returns of normal markets. This is a region for the intrepid entrepreneur and not for the timid. The

By Mehari Allene Today we are not talking about the infamous Jawar Mohammed whose involvement with the 2020 massacre of Amharas and Christians in Arsi, Bale, Hararghe and Jimma is still controversial. Still, Jawar Mohammed could claim ownership of the patent for the strategy that uses Gondar Muslims as a focal point to incite a

By Dr. Suleiman Walhad May 18th, 2022 In this article we address the consequences of the adverse climatic changes and the energy potential of the region that could help lessen the impact of these adverse weather changes. This is not an in-depth study of the subject but would touch on it to enable the leadership