By Alemayehu G Mariam The U.S. Justice Department encourages Ethiopians to report human-rights abusers hiding in plain view in America They are hidden in plain view. They have been hiding in plain view in the U.S. for over 30 years. They have been hiding in plain view in the U.S. for just three years. They
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Financial Times By Razia Khan of Standard Chartered Bank Africa is rising, but poor data availability means that we can’t be sure by how much. There are proxies that help shed some light. Chinese customs data show that Africa-China trade ballooned to $210bn last year from $5bn-$7bn at the end of the 1990s. Lending to
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By Fekadu Bekele Last February a one-day seminar was conducted by Heinrich Böll Stiftung, a foundation which is founded after the name of one of the legendary figures of peace movements during the 1970s and 80s, famous for his many critical works as a writer. The foundation intimately linked to the Green party, actively participating
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BY INDEPTHAFRICA by T. Goshu The very reason for me to come up with this piece of writing is the recent truly encouraging political step taken by the two major opposition political parties in Ethiopia, Unity for Democracy and Justice (Andinet), and All Ethiopian Unity Party (AEUP). I was one of many Ethiopians who were
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The New York Times By JAMES JEFFREY ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — I was confused the first time I saw a giant billboard in Addis Ababa advertising Members Only and stressing how “membership has its pleasures,” accompanied by a stark silhouette of a leggy female figure. It reminded me of advertisements in New York for so-called gentlemen’s clubs
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The Guardian The terrifying rise of Isis: $2bn in loot, online killings and an army on the run They’re too extreme for al-Qaida, they boast of their brutality and they have forced the Iraqi government on to the defensive. How did the insurgent group rise to such terrifying power? 1. Who are they? Isis is
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By Abebe Gellaw Addis Voice The criminal-minded Tewodros Baheru Under the brutal rule of the TPLF, courts are key instruments of repression. This is not an allegation. It is rather a well-documented and substantiated fact widely known across the world. One of the worst crimes the TPLF has committed in the last two decades is
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By Alemayehu G. Mariam Coca Cola is NOT the real thing Diaspora Ethiopians are expressing their outrage on social and online media and calling for a boycott of Coca Cola Company for its unethical, arbitrary and unfair dealings with Ethiopia’s pop music superstar Teodros Kassahun (Teddy Afro). They say the Coca Cola Company singled out Teddy
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By Alemayehu G. Mariam Coca Cola is NOT the real thing Diaspora Ethiopians are expressing their outrage on social and online media and calling for a boycott of Coca Cola Company for its unethical, arbitrary and unfair dealings with Ethiopia’s pop music superstar Teodros Kassahun (Teddy Afro). They say the Coca Cola Company singled out Teddy
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By Getachew Begashaw Part II: A Critical assessment of building large dams In Part I of this piece, we highlighted the requirements for an appropriately planned, designed, constructed and operated dam on Abay, the Blue Nile, and why it is in the national interest to do so, provided it is executed not for a short-term political and economic
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