05:28 pm | In 2008, inspired by his message of change and his catchy slogan of “Yes We Can” [Yechalal], Ethiopian Americans joined Obama’s grassroots movement in unprecedented numbers and became part of the American political process with passion and aspiration unseen in any previous US elections.…

10:03 pm | No wonders many African countries in general and Ethiopia in particular is the center of gravity when it comes to charity. She became the symbol of a damping ground for every conceivable financial and material charity, thanks to Woyane and its stooges that mastered the art of beggary.…

09:32 pm | Mulugeta Hailu's sudden death has been a source of much agony and shock to me as much as to countless others who knew and deeply appreciated and loved Mulugeta Hailu. Mule, as many call him affectionately, of course belongs to that generation, the gallant generation that rose up for social…

10:46 pm | Ethiopian governments over the past four decades have blamed food shortages and famines on everything except their own indifference, incompetence and negligence. Emperor Haile Selassie in 1974 pretended there was no famine until “The Hidden Famine” by Jonathan Dimbleby was aired to a shocked and angry Ethiopian public. Former…

09:18 am | The Holy Synod made a press release in which it condemned the killing of Muslim brothers and sisters in Ethiopia and called upon all Orthodox believers to join the fellow Muslims in their protest against the unlawful intervention of the TPLF/EPRDF regime in their religious norms. Here is a clip…

05:23 pm | His name is Meles Zenawi and his title is chairman of TPLF party and Prime Minster of Ethiopia. He has been in power for the last twenty years. It is not that he was elected to that position since free democratic elections are not allowed but he has managed to…

03:32 am | Ethiopia is rich with diverse ethnic groups. To exploit that diversity, to divide and rule the country, TPLF dangled article 39 of the constitution which claims, “Every nation, nationality or people in Ethiopia shall have the unrestricted right to self-determination up to secession.”…

07:10 pm | Today, Meles Zenawi’s divide & rule policy has already claimed its first victim, and no wonder that Zenawi’s first victim is ESFNA, a civic organization that brings Ethiopians together. Meles Zenawi and his Diaspora agents have taken the 29 years old sports federation form ‘ESFNA’ to ‘ESFNAONE’ and now to…

09:55 am | Awramba Times (AT) is back! This time it is not the 24 pages tabloid, but an online journal that is just joining the ever growing Ethiopian blogosphere. Awramba is not completely new to the online world though. Its print edition used to be available on some other sites in what…