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'My Ethiopia nostalgia’ MONICA KAYOMBO, Zambian journalist...

ZAMBIA DAILY-MAIL  Online Editor  By MONICA KAYOMBO  This is one trip where I was not privy to the programme until I reached Addis Ababa. Ethiopia is a country with a population of over 90 million people, making it the second most...

What is Ethiopiawinet? (Prof.Mammo Muchie)

“This is my plea to the new generation of African leaders and African peoples: work for unity with firm conviction that without unity there is no future for Africa…I reject the glorification of the nation-state, which we have inherited from...

Of Elections and Diapers in Ethiopia in 2015 (Alemayehu G Mariam)

Whether the people of Ethiopia are better off in 2014 than they were in 2010 or in 2005 is the sole question that should be decided in the 2015 parliamentary “election”. If they are not, the people should vote to change diapers. After...

Mr. Secretary, where's the young journalist from Addis? [ By Efrem Madebo ]

Mr. Secretary, last year when you went to Ethiopia, for the 50th anniversary of the OAU/AU, many Ethiopians including myself expected that your stay in Addis Ababa (other than the jubilee celebration) will include important issues such as human...

Is Obama on the Right Side of (Ethiopian) History? [Prof Alemayehu]

The sophistry of history President Obama likes to pontificate about being on the “right side of history” and rhetorically clobber those who are on the “wrong side of history”. Debating Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election and...