Ethiopia: Another T-TPLF White Elephant for Sale?[Prof Alemayehu]
The “Ethiopian Railway Line” opened in October 2016 with all the bells and whistles. Today it is derailed and teeters on the edge of financial disaster. The T-TPLF (Thugtatorship of the Tigrean...
View ArticleUN denounces Trump’s travel ban as ‘mean-spirited’ and illegal under human...
Donald Trump’s ban on travel to the US from some Muslim-majority countries has been denounced by the UN’s rights chief as “mean-spirited” and illegal under international human rights law. Zeid Ra’ad al...
View ArticleTech industry opposition to Trump travel ban escalates[washingtonpost]
By Elizabeth Dwoskin and Craig Timberg February 2 at 8:02 PM SAN FRANCISCO — The tech industry’s opposition to President Trump escalated Thursday as corporate leaders drafted a letter warning of the...
View ArticleThe passing away of a Great Friend of Ethiopia: John Baigent
It is with sadness and a broken heart that we announce the passing of John Baigent peacefully on Saturday, December 3rd, 2016 at his farm in Enderby, BC, Canada surrounded by his family. He was 75...
View ArticleAmhara nationalism or Ethiopian patriotism, you cannot have it both ways! [by...
Amhara nationalism is not a recent phenomenon; it had surfaced 23 years ago when the great Professor Asrat Woldeyes formed the All Amhara Peoples Organization (AAPO). Professor Asrat understood...
View ArticleEgyptian Air Force bombs South Sudanese rebels in Upper Nile
Pagak/Juba, February 3, 2017 (SSNA) — The military command of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army-In Opposition (SPLA-IO) has accused Egyptian air force of carrying out air attacks on its bases in Kaka...
View ArticleEthiopia on the brink? Politics and protest in the horn of Africa
Ethiopia is 12 months in to a political crisis which has seen at least 1,000 people killed. But unless the government introduces significant reforms, it will get worse. By Andrea Carboni An...
View ArticleTPLF: The current Ethiopia’s political cancer![by Muluken Gebeyew]
WHAT is this Political cancer? TPLF (Tigray People Liberation Front) is a minority parasitic regime currently bleeding, wounding, imprisoning, selling, killing and terrorizing Ethiopians for the...
View ArticleThe Times They Are A-Changin’ in the Land of Immigrants?[Prof Alemariam]
Author’s note: I have written this commentary to better reach a broader audience concerning issues involving President Trump’s January 27, 2017 Executive Order “Protecting the Nation From Foreign...
View ArticleTrump travel ban: States urge retention of temporary block [BBC]
Restoring President Donald Trump’s ban on immigrants from seven mainly Muslim countries would “unleash chaos again”, lawyers for two US states argue. Counsel for Washington and Minnesota urged a...
View ArticleDjibouti may likely find itself at the center of growing tension between...
By Ali Musa, With the arrival of the new US President, fiercely opposed to China, Djibouti risks being caught between the two great world supper power. The current sinophile position of President...
View ArticleCameroon Claims African Nations Soccer Cup Title, Beating Egypt 2-1 [VOA]
Cameroon beat seven-time champion Egypt 2-1 in the final match of African Nations Football Cup in Libreville, Gabon, Sunday. It is the fifth time for Cameroon to claim the trophy. Egypt’s midfielder...
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