What does Adowa mean for Ethiopians and the rest of Africa ? [Fekadu Bekele...
What does Adowa mean for Ethiopians and the rest of Africa ? What is left from the Victory of Adowa ? What do we owe our patriotic mothers and fathers who saved Ethiopia from Colonial Domination ?...
View ArticleUrgent Appeal on Behalf of Ethiopians Stranded in Yemen!
April 6, 2015 The Global Alliance for the Rights of Ethiopians (GARE) was established in response to the crisis emanating from the unexpected decision by the Government of Saudi Arabia to expel...
View ArticleEthiopia: Kenya and the leadership vacuum. [By Yilma Bekele]
Somalia would take a long time to recover and start acting like a Nation. Kenya the sane among the group has entered the warring Nations club. South Sudan has become a playground for all its neighbors...
View ArticleProminent Kenynan businessman Jacob Juma accused Ethiopia of supporting the...
Jacob Juma Prominent Kenynan businessman Jacob Juma accused Ethiopia on Sunday of supporting the terrorist group al-Shabab to destabilize Kenya. “Uhuru [Kenyan President] needs to ask African Union...
View ArticleEthiopia Bloggers Evidence Doesn’t Back Charges, Lawyer Says
April 9, 2015 by William Davison Ethiopian prosecutors have failed to present evidence relating to charges that a group of bloggers and journalists support terrorism, a defense lawyer at the latest...
View ArticleRas Gobana: a heroic story of ethnic Ethiopians [By Teshome M. Borago]
Ras Gobena In response to my last article about Consociational democracy, I received many comments and feedback from readers. Some readers supported my proposal to redesign Ethiopia’s federal structure...
View ArticleHillary Clinton ‘to announce 2016 presidential campaign
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is to announce she is running for president on Sunday, various US media report. Mrs Clinton is expected to make the announcement on social media. The...
View ArticleA Special Tribute to Prof. Donald Levine[Prof Alemayehu]
Prof. Donald Levine: The scholars’ scholar This past January, Prof. Levine emailed to tell me about his long-planned visit to Ethiopia that had been thwarted by his illness. He had set three objectives...
View ArticleETHIOPIA: CRY ONCE AGAIN, OUR BELOVED COUNTRY![Prof Alemayehu GM]
Ethiopian lives matter! Exactly ten years ago in 2005, almost to the month, the late supreme leader of the Thugtatorship of the Tigrean Peoples Liberation Front (T-TPLF), Meles Zenawi, personally...
View ArticleRefuse to Violence, Hate and Hostility [Girma Moges]
“I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the chaos, destruction and hatred it creates is permanent.” - Mahatma Gandhi Yes, we soldiers, advocates, and...
View ArticleEthiopia’s jailing of Zone 9 bloggers has a chilling effect on freedom of...
Yikanu Yelma, mother of Ethiopian blogger Soliyana Shimeles, had her home searched after Shimeles was charged in absentia for her role in the Zone 9 blog. Human rights and press-freedom advocates say...
View ArticleTake the Right Side in the Struggle of the Oppressed”: A Letter to John Kerry...
On April 25, 2014, nine bloggers and journalists were arrested in Ethiopia on accusations of “inciting public disorder via social media” and “receiving support from a foreign government.” The...
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