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Light at the end of the tunnel for the “Dark Continent”? (Prof. Alemayehu G. Mariam)
(Author’s note: This commentary appeared on Pambazuka.org on May 29, 2014 as part of a mid-century outlook on possible scenarios in Africa. I make my “predictions” debating myself as a political scientist and a defense lawyer.)
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Letter to a beloved daughter of Ethiopia (By Abebe Gellaw)
Dear my good friend Birtukan Mideksa, First and foremost, I would like to tell you how very proud and honored I feel to see you smile again warmly and heartedly wiping off all the tears and agonies of the past. Like a bird freed from the cruel...
INDEPENDENT PUBLICATIONS IN THE FACE OF GRAVE THREAT IN ETHIOPIA
By Betre Yacob
The Ethiopian authorities are once again moving to pass another legislation which would completely paralyze the last remaining independent publications circulating in the country. The legislation is expected to come into force...
Guantanamo (By Asrat Abrha)
It was on a Saturday [mid-May] that a friend and I planned to visit our colleagues in Burayu jail. Burayu is a small town 23 kilometers west of Addis Ababa. Our colleagues were in Burayu to organize an upcoming peaceful demonstration...
South Sudan: The Phony Deal.
The Current Analyst
Both in terms of maintaining the integrity of the SPLM, state and peace building as well as democratization, the conflict is about the soul of South Sudan. Regional and international players have continued to ignore this...
Africa’s investors looking beyond negative headlines
(Reuters) – Investors in Africa are increasingly able to see beyond negative headlines of violence in nations like South Sudan, Nigeria and Kenya, but they also seek more protection against risk for their business ventures, a senior World...
'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...