Author Archives: Assimba

By Obo Arada Shawl  03-13 – 2010   The title seems a bit odd and perhaps ambiguous. Yes, the word ADWA has a double meaning; you guessed it right. The question is whose side are you on? Headline News Last … Continue reading →

By Alem Mamo The year was 1984. A famine of unimaginable proportions was ravaging the northern region of Ethiopia. Besides the famine, that part of Ethiopia was also in the midst of a multi dimensional bloody civil war that took … Continue reading →

By Luelseged Degu March 5, 2010 Introduction By all counts, the issue of land grabbing or as the EPRDF government would call it “the Ethiopian Green Revolution” has become paramount to our future existence as a nation. Apart from a … Continue reading →

Abdullah A. Ado – Email: abdullahadoa@gmail.com   Background:   There are few highlanders versus lowlanders stories which, when put in contrast, highlight why we need our political reform reality check. In terms of instinctive feel for public opinion on Eritrean … Continue reading →

The Great Confusion: How the So-called Development Economics/ Fedadu Bekele They should be aware of the fact that very much of these theories are partly rationalizations of the dominant interests in the advanced and rapidly progressing industrial countries….it would be … Continue reading →

February 18, 2010 – By Tesfay Atsbeha and Kahsay Berhe The TPLF started the armed struggle on 18 February 1975. We would like to remember the tens of thousands of Ethiopians of all groups who lost their lives on this … Continue reading →

Abdullah A. Ado – Email: abdullahadoa@gmail.com Pushing the Panic Button over UNSC-Sanctions: As I write, aware of the impending demise of Afewarki and his military Junta’s dictatorship, PFDJ-henchmen including Ali Abdu, Minister of Information, Yemane Gebreab, Head of the Political … Continue reading →

By Zeleke007   I have heard many times from others regarding the above topic.  There seem to be lack of consensus on opinions.  Although they may not be dramatically different from most of the rest, I have my own views … Continue reading →

By Obo Arada Shawl   February 13, 2010 Background Information In the 1970s, the educated class of M’huran and Tsinhate M’huran collided head on ideological as well as on the political agendas for Ethiopia. But for the average man or … Continue reading →

Hama Tuma From the son of Zenawi to Zuma, the follies of Africa are indeed the presidents and prime ministers, the power mongers and corrupt officials staining the face of our beloved continent. Some are funny, most are not but … Continue reading →