A Victorious Happy Ethiopian New Year (2010)! [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]

Let us look forward happily to the new year with confidence in our hearts and resolve in our minds. Let us learn from the lessons...

ONLF Response to the Somali Cabinet Decision on the Refoulement of...

Statement by Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) September 8, 2017 On September 6, 2017 the minister of information of Somalia read a statement  in which he...

Ingredient Spotlight: Teff, Ethiopia’s Favorite Ancient Super Grain (One Green Planet)

Food Monster - Features Have you heard of the Ethiopian superfood called “teff” before? This special little gluten-free ancient grain (it’s actually only about the...

Rights Group Urges Saudis Not to Expel Ethiopians (voa)

Human Rights Watch is urging the Saudi government to halt its plan to expel hundreds of thousands of Ethiopian immigrants who missed a late...

The Case of Qilinto Fire in the Past Year, my Testimony...

Abraham used to visit us, my colleague Atnafu Berhane of Zone 9 Blogging Collective and myself, every Saturday while we were jailed in Qilinto...

Ethiopia’s bereaved families seek justice (Al Jazeera)

Bereaved families in Ethiopia are demanding justice for 650 anti-government protesters who were killed last year. They were from the largest ethnic group, the Oromo,...

Chinese Neocolonialism in Africa: The Dragon Eating the African Lion and...

Author’s Note: In March 2013, I wrote a commentary entitled, “The Dragon Eating the Eagle’s Lunch in Africa?”. That commentary 1) lamented the disadvantages of American companies...