Author Archives: Assimba

TPLF and the culture of violence.

By Yilma Bekele. According to ESAT the FBI has foiled an attempt by the Ethiopian government to assassinate Ato Abebe Gelaw. Goosh Abera and his accomplices are under custody. Please note here I said the Ethiopian government since there seems … Continue reading

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OF TABLETS AND ETHIOPIAN KIDS (or THE MESSIAH COMPLEX)

By Hama Tuma  This article is provoked by a recent article in the German Der Spiegel under the title of “Ethiopian Kids using Tablets to Teach Themselves”. This is how the magazine article told the story:  “A US aid organization … Continue reading

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Call me by my Title: opposition without proposition

The role model of 4 Ethiopian Professors (AMMM) By Obo Arada Shawl   December 31, 2012  Introduction Political opposition is a healthy condition. Even better would be a political proposition as it enhances problem solving mechanisms. Four Professors have been … Continue reading

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What is going on?​

Dear webmaster, What is going on?​ By Tulu Forca I am so alarmed by your selection of web postings recently. You seemed to have forgotten or some emerging lack of oversight in editorializing what is fit to print in the … Continue reading

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“Neutral” Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Churches (EOTCs) in the Diaspora: Is it not High Time to Take a Principled Stand?

    by Walle Engedayehu, Ph.D.   Introduction   In this brief commentary, the writer attempts to show the extent to which the recently-concluded peace and unity mediation of bringing the two EOTC Holy Synods into one was doomed from … Continue reading

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Leveling the playing field in Ethiopia.

 By Yilma Bekele The press release was short and to the point. It was only six paragraphs long and was written in a matter of fact way. There were no trumpets blaring, no press conference with TV lights and no … Continue reading

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THE ART OF RULING BY DISTRACTION

Hama Tuma   An art is an art. You may be gifted or talented or just a hard working chap but there are some of us who insist that the art of ruling by distraction requires that you be an … Continue reading

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Watching Susan twist in the wind or don’t mess with Ethiopia

By Yilma Bekele Good news is always welcome. Then there is the extraordinarily good news that jars you from your slumber. And when the good news happens right around Christmas there is nothing one can do other than put more … Continue reading

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EYONA: Fusion of cultural communities

By Ashao Tewolde – December 13, 2012 On public Holidays On Thanks Giving Day, in a form of email, I asked several friends, relatives and my readers whether Ethiopians or Eritreans have a “Thanks Giving Day” or for that matter … Continue reading

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EYONA: Fusion of cultural communities

By Oash Tewolde   December 3, 2012   A quarter of a century ago, an Ethiopian scientist asked me “to sum up” the Eathiopian Student Movement. He asked me this question because at the time, I had written an article … Continue reading

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