Awassa too Belongs to its Residents!
By Damo Gotamo The arbitrarily imposed ethnic federalism has affected the lives of millions of Ethiopians who live in different cities of the country.
Today: July 23, 2025
Let’s end Finfinnee saga, and shoot for the stars
February 10, 2019 by Olaana Abbaaxiiqi As Addis Ababa is the federal capital and Oromia needs its own hub, there is a glorious solution
The romantic rewriting of Haile Selassie’s legacy must stop
by Dr Yohannes Woldemariam February 4, 2019 Yohannes Woldemariam trawls through the history books to expose the truths of Haile Selassie’s 44-year reign over
The Dawn of a New Era in the Horn of Africa
BY TARIKU DEBRETSION February 01, 2019 Within a few months of signing a peace and cooperation agreement between Ethiopia and Eritrea in Asmara on
Bereket and I | By Yilma Bekele
I never had the pleasure or the misfortune of meeting Ato Bereket. On the other hand I feel as if I have known him
Welcoming PM Abiy Ahmed As He Begins His Diaspora Diplomacy in America
By Alemayehu G. Mriam July 23, 2018 Diaspora diplomacy as state diplomacy On behalf of all diaspora Ethiopians of goodwill and good faith in
My Special Personal Message to the People of Addis Ababa for June 23, 2018
By Al Mariam June 21, 2018 To all of my readers, friends, supporters and young people in Addis Ababa and to all of my Ethiopian
TPLF/ EPRDF THE PAST AND THE FUTURE!
Date June 6, 2018 By Ermias Hailu From its humble beginning on “የካቲት 11, 1967”, the Tigrayan People Liberation Front (TPLF) has evolved as
We Shall never Feed or Trade on Dead Souls! | by Belayneh Abate
The novel Dead Souls is Nikolai Googol’s reflection on the suffering of the early nineteenth century Russian serfs. In this novel , Chichikov, the
THE LAST DAY OF EMPEROR TEWODROS II’s LIFE AND THE LOOT OF MAGDALA
An Eye Witness Account by an American Author/Journalist. By Kidane Alemayehu and Konjit Meshesha JANUARY 21, 2018 “They (two British soldiers) observed a man
IS THE EPRDF OFFER FOR REAL?
January 4, 2018 —FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE— Washington, DC– On January 3, 2018, Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn publicly declared the EPRDF’S (Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic
FEDERALISM AND THE URGENCY OF CO-EXISTENCE
By: Yared Terfassa In a recent posting on ZeHabesha website, Prof. Alemayehu G. Mariam presented what he dubbed as his “provocative and thoughtful argument
Abadula Gemeda: Man of Straw or Man of the World or No Exception to the Legacy?
By Mengistu Assefa (Dr.) After a week of bewildering assumptions and theories by politicians and media outlets as to why Obbo Abadula Gemeda resigned
Video: Rights Violation in Custody – A story of Activist Nigist Yirga
Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban with EHRP The Ethiopia Human Rights Project (EHRP) has shone light on instances of rights abuses in the country’s prisons.
Dear Lencho Bati: Who are you uniting?
By Satenaw May 29, 2017 11:36 By Girma Tefera The big speech given by ODF leader Lencho Bati in the Seattle Ethiopian convention has