Author Archives: Assimba

Sadiq A. Abdirahman As part of President Obama’s comprehensive strategy for engagement in Africa, the first United States and Africa Summit was convened in Washington, DC. All but three of Africa’s heads of states were present. According to the Obama … Continue reading →

By Gemencho Yekatit is 40 years old.  Though at the time, the EPRP was too young, it had not even declared its existence-, its organ, Democracia, was already a household name amongst the Yekatit revolutionaries.    Democracia spoke their language, hoped … Continue reading →

By Elizabeth Girma Zewege   We, Ethiopians, are delighted and highly excited to participate and celebrate the International Workers’ Day (also known as Labor Day) here in a place we are living just like  the way millions are celebrating it … Continue reading →

Minga Negash, Seid Hassan and Mammo Muchie[1] The 1929 Nile water allocation agreement that was signed by Egypt and the United Kingdom (which excluded Ethiopia and nearly all other upper basin countries) allocated 48 billion (65%) cubic meters of water … Continue reading →

 Fekadu Bekele, Ph D      April 27, 2014 On 25th February 2014 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 … Continue reading →

  Hama Tuma   It has been said that solutions proposed by governments are often worse than the problems themselves and we can realize this when we consider many weird and strange laws decreed out of the blue to deal … Continue reading →

By Gemencho The May 2005 election was supposed to go according to the plan.  The TPLF would allow the election, as long as it controlled the entire electoral process. The loyal opposition would begrudgingly go along with that.  The people, … Continue reading →

By Yilma Bekele ‘Et, tu Brute?’ is what the Roman Emperor Julius Caesar was heard to have said when he saw his dear friend Marcus Brutus in league with his assassins. In English he was saying ‘you too, Brutus?’ It … Continue reading →

By Tedla Asfaw Tena Yestelen Obo Tesfaye, It is now Friday Oct, 11, 2013 to be exact 8:30 pm ET. I  just have finished your book “YeSedetegnaw  Mastawasha”. I read it posted on PDF. Sorry It has not yet been released … Continue reading →

By Tedla Asfaw This coming Sunday Sept 22 in Arlington, Virginia Ginbot 7 has called all Ethiopians for open public dialogue. On this public meeting  Ginbot 7 chairman, Dr. Birhanu Nega and the Secretary, Andargatchew Tsige will be there. This is … Continue reading →