Ethnic-federalism (the kilil system) is an instrument of disenfranchisement

07:36 am | The TPLF will never allow free and fair elections that will offer the Ethiopian people options and choices in policy…
Feb 2 2012 / No Comment / Read More »ESAT as a citizen media – journalism: a short treatise

06:02 pm | ESAT has been allegedly regarded by some as a party media that is either owned or financed by a certain…
Jan 31 2012 / 2 Comments / Read More »African Dictators: Can’t Run, Can’t Hide! Alemayehu G. Mariam

10:24 pm | The International Criminal Court (ICC) is on the chase; and over the past few months, things have taken a slow…
Jan 29 2012 / 1 Comment / Read More »Pan Africanism and Global Transformations – Aklog Birara’s Presentation

11:56 am | This ancient country whose evolution and history have come to be questioned by some quarters is a symbol of black…
Jan 25 2012 / 6 Comments / Read More »Fighting for human rights, neoliberalism? Then make Ethiopia one now

03:24 pm | The relocations have been marked by threats and assaults, and arbitrary arrest for those who resist the move. Human Rights…
Jan 21 2012 / 2 Comments / Read More »Ethnic-federalism Undermines National Social and Economic Cohesion

03:09 am | The people of Gambella who are being moved or relocated “forcibly” are citizens and humans who deserve fair treatment like…
Jan 19 2012 / 4 Comments / Read More »From the International Slave Trade to the International Maid Trade – Alemayehu G. Mariam

12:42 am | There is a Middle Passage of sorts taking place today from Ethiopia to the Middle East. It is what lawyer…
Jan 16 2012 / 5 Comments / Read More »Ethiopia’s human rights record poses awkward questions for its aid donors

09:59 am | The Guardian - The blunt criticism from the UN may not be so easy to shrug off by a regime…
Feb 3 2012 / No Comment / Read More »Appeal letter to Prime Minister of Norway

11:06 am | The rejected asylum seekers including us who have fled the country in search of safety and freedom will risk facing…
Feb 2 2012 / 3 Comments / Read More »Ethiopia Uses Anti-Terror Laws to Terrorize Dissent

06:21 pm | “I didn’t have any reaction other than to tell myself to fight harder than ever to help remove the fascist…
Feb 1 2012 / 2 Comments / Read More »Deportation of Ethiopian Refugees from Norway

08:48 pm | Deported to Ethiopia under Meles Zenawi? Will you deport someone to a country they left which is known for human…
Jan 31 2012 / 8 Comments / Read More »Martyr Yenesew Gebre: In memoriam – Dallas

05:15 pm | Ethiopians and friends of Ethiopia gathered on Sunday, the 29th of January, 2012 in the DoubleTree Hotel of Richardson, TX…
Jan 30 2012 / 5 Comments / Read More »Ethiopian Nationalism and Patriotism in full display in New York City

02:01 pm | The guests, Dr. Aklog Birara and Tamagne Beyene indeed were an excellent choice for the organizers because we got what…
Jan 29 2012 / 1 Comment / Read More »Standing with Ethiopia’s tenacious blogger, Eskinder Nega

12:52 pm | The veteran Ethiopian journalist and dissident blogger has been detained at least seven times by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's government…
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