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AADWA TWO: Call me by my name Obo Arada Shawl April 13, 2010   Why the Horn? The Horn looks like a peninsula and it juts into the Arabian Sea and it lies along the southern side of the Gulf … Continue reading →

National Consciousness, Nation-State and Problem Discussion Paper for Seminar presented to the Conference on Good Governance, Peace, Security, Sustainable Development in Ethiopia & the Horn of Africa, from April 9-11   Introduction   In times of a highly globalised world … Continue reading →

  April 11, 2010 By Getachew Reda www.Ethiopiansemay.blogspot.com Who is Bob Goldof? Wikipedia described Bob Goldof “an Irish singer, songwriter, author, and political activist. He rose to prominence as the lead singer of the Irish rock band The Boomtown Rats.” … Continue reading →

THE USEFUL DELUSION OF BEING INDEPENDENT Hama Tuma Without going deep into the not so negligible difference between an illusion (more of a perceptual problem) and a delusion (concerning belief despite facts to the contrary) it is safe to state … Continue reading →

By Getachew Reda www.Ethiopiansemay.blogspot.comThis briefly written article is a reply to all concerned fellows who are critical to the Ethio-Eritrea People to People friendly conference carried here in San Jose. This response is not of the committee. This response is … Continue reading →

By Yelfiwos Wondaya One wonders why some quarters continue to avoid the name that says Ethiopia . If the intention is to extract our patriotic memories we hold on firm for Ethiopia , the intention will not go any further … Continue reading →

Beyond Doctrine: Explosive “ stability” is not sustainable   Successive U.S. and western governments repeatedly have pronounced their intention to partner with states and support the advancement of democracy and freedom in the African continent. Surely, these well-intentioned commitments often … Continue reading →

April 1, 2010   This is not about April the Fool. It is for real. Today, a certain Ghanaian provoked me that I am either from a small country known as Eritrea with no resources and or that of Ethiopia … Continue reading →

by Kassahun   “THE ETHIOPIAN RED TERROR TRIALS”, (Edited by Kjetil Tronvoll, Charles Schaefer & Girmachew Alemu Aneme), James Currey, UK, 2009, 158pp   I had intended to write an extensive review of this book, a collection of very informative … Continue reading →

Hama Tuma  Some people claim that Bob Geldof was a much more modest man, though a not so polite one, before the Queen knighted him and he became a Sir. These same quarters, it must be said, claim that Bono … Continue reading →