In Memory of the Founding Generation of Academic History of Ethiopia [Tsegaye...
The recent departure of the well-loved Ethiopian historian, Professor Richard Pankhurst provide us the opportunity to remember the efforts of professional historians who for the first time started...
View ArticleHow do we deal with sociopathic tendencies in our society?
We Ethiopians both in and outside of Ethiopian have been advocating for a change of government there for some time. Well, obviously, we are frustrated not only with the government and its foreign...
View ArticleSomalia: Heavy clan battle renews in Marka city
Fierce fighting between heavily armed rival clans has erupted on Saturday in the port town of Marka, which serves as the regional capital of Somalia’s southern Lower Shabelle region. The tribal Clash...
View ArticleJoin Me in My Letter to President Trump [Prof Alemariam]
Author’s Note: Below is a copy of the letter I sent to President Donald Trump by email and U.S. mail. I am asking particularly all pro-democracy Ethiopian Americans and other Americans who believe in...
View ArticleGREATER ACCOUNTABILITY FROM ETHIOPIA’S AUTOCRATIC REGIME SHOULD BE A...
ETHIOPIA CHARGES NON-VIOLENT OPPOSITION LEADER WITH TERRORISM AFTER HE MET WITH MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT Press Release. March 1, 2017. The EU, the US, the UK, Canada, Germany, Sweden, Norway...
View ArticleETHIIOPIA: CRUEL CON GAME
GUEST POST WRITTEN BY David Steinman Mr. Steinman advises foreign democracy movements. He authored the novel “Money, Blood and Conscience” about Ethiopia’s secret genocide. In what could be an...
View ArticleEthiopian journalist’s wife urges UK and US to call for his release...
The wife of a blogger and journalist detained in Ethiopia has called on the international community to pressure local authorities to release her husband, who is among tens of thousands held since a...
View ArticleHearing: Democracy Under Threat in Ethiopia
U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations (Committee on Foreign Affairs) TO: MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS...
View ArticleEthiopia’s Oromo leader requests separate trial, bail hearing set for March 9
Dr Merera Gudina, leader of Ethiopia’s main opposition, the Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC), appeared in court for the first time since charges of terrorism were brought against him on February 23,...
View ArticleEthiopia: The Power of Grassroots Advocacy Over Paid Lobbying [Prof Alemayehu]
Author’s Note: This commentary is the third installment in an ongoing series opposing the lobbying efforts of the Praetorian regime in Ethiopia which rules by a declaration of emergency. For years and...
View ArticleFirst call for papers,Vision Ethiopia and ESAT Fourth Conference
National Unity and Building Democratic Institutions in Ethiopia ብሔራዊ አንድነትና የዲሞክራሲ ተቋማትን በኢትዮጵያ ስለመግንባት Vision Ethiopia, an independent network of Ethiopian scholars and professionals, in collaboration...
View ArticleETHIOPIA CHARGES 76 INDIVIDUALS WITH TERRORISM
Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba, March 6/2017 – As fresh terrorism charges against several individuals surge following the yearlong public protests that led to the current state of emergency, prosecutors in...
View ArticleETHIOPIA 2016 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Ethiopia is officially a federal republic. The ruling Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), a coalition of four ethnically based parties, controls the...
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