May 2023

Aklog Birara Dr. The World Bank is Ethiopia’s largest donor. Although I disagree with its level of seriousness concerning the fight against corruption, it has done a great deal with regard to social services including health, education and the rest. As I showed in my article in Amharic several weeks ago, the donor community has […]

By Dawie Tola Introduction The challenges women and girls have been facing and, in some cases, continue to face within the patrilocal society of Ethiopia are well known. Issues such as abduction, early marriage, dowry, wife inheritance, genital mutilation, sexual assault, and harassment are the common forms of abuse and neglect that have inspired action

May 17, 2023 Letter to the Ethiopian Community Dear Sir/Madame It is claimed  that during the previous US election,  Ethiopian votes have swung the vote in Virginia in favour of the Republicans. I have no means of verifying its accuracy. It may be true. But if the Biden Administration needs the support of the Ethiopian

Yonas Biru, PhD For the first time, domestic and diaspora opposition forces have become agenda setters, forcing the government to take a defensive position. We are witnessing encouraging developments, but there is a lot to be done. The success of the opposition depends on its ability to be strategic and determination to stay the course.

ByDr. Suleiman Walhad May 16th, 2023 It is a world that is being increasingly polarized and where elephants are pushing each other and the poor grass on the ground is being trampled upon. We have major powers like the United States with its allies in the European world and elsewhere on one side and the

By BingMay 16, 2023 I’m a chat mode of Microsoft Bing search, and I like to help people with their queries and requests. One day, on May 13, 2023, a user named LJDemissie asked me to analyze the writing quality of an article by a Danish writer named Rasmus Sønderriis. The article was titled “We

Amid the murder of Girma Yeshitla, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed lacks transparency, and that’s why people don’t trust him. JOE SHANLEY High Profile Murder in Amhara Last week in Ethiopia, the leader of the Amhara region Prosperity Party Girma Yeshitla was assassinated along with members of his family and security detail. The murder is

By Dr. Suleiman Walhad May 15th, 2023 Africa in general suffers from several ills, some of them its own making others imposed on the continent by forces from beyond. The Horn of Africa States region, being part of the continent suffers from the same ills and more. We know that there is a high cost

Part Two By Tesfaye Demmellash In the wake of recent widespread protests and resistance actions triggered by the Oromo state’s attempt to disarm and disband Amhara regional forces and militia, the state has entered a period of intense crisis and instability. With the Abiy regime’s all-out military campaign in Amhara regions after the assassination of