The ‘new’ OLF program: much ado about nothing
By Jawar Mohammed Earlier this week, one of the several OLF factions announced that it had adapted a new political program that apparently drops
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Deciphering Meles Zenawi’s hatred of Ethiopia
By Messay Kebede Meles Zenawi’s blatant hatred of Ethiopia is a puzzle that Ethiopian intellectual circles have in vain tried to {www:decipher}. While some
Welcome to The Habesha: Your Source for Ethiopian News
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Prof. Mesfin pays tribute to Debebe Eshetu
October 3, 2011 Prof. Mesfin Wolde-Mariam pays a personal tribute to Debebe Eshetu, a veteran actor and political activist, who was imprisoned a month
A prescription for the political stalemate in Ethiopia
By Messay Kebede This paper can be taken as a manifesto of an individual who has pondered on the tragedy of Ethiopia for many
Biography of Mengistu Haile Mariam
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Book Review: Pentecostalism and Orthodox Christianity by Messay Kebede
Review of Tibebe Eshete’s Book, The Evangelical Movement in Ethiopia By Messay Kebede Published by Baylor University Press (2009), the book is a well-researched and
Book Review: “The Lion of Judah in the New World”
By Messay Kebede The latest book of Professor Theodore M. Vestal, The Lion of Judah in the New World: Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia and
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Revisiting the Events of the Aftermath of 2005 Ethiopia Election
Maru Gubena December 7, 2010 — Five year ago, though there were feelings of uncertainty and fearfulness about the future direction of Ethiopia itself,
The 2005 election in retrospect
By Maru Gubena (Ph.D.) | December 4, 2010 Five year ago, though there were feelings of uncertainty and fearfulness about the future direction of
Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin (1936–2006)
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Opposition candidates prevented from registering
By Barry Malone ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s main opposition coalition said on Wednesday that some of its candidates were being prevented at gunpoint