The Intellectual Poverty and Moral Bankruptcy of Ethiopia Famine Deniers [Prof. Alemayehu G. Mariam]
There is “no famine in Ethiopia… Ethiopians aren’t starving to death… People aren’t dying… Animals are dying of thirst…” Alex de Waal
Last week, in an...
Remembering Asrat Woldeyes: A Man Who Fought for the Unity of Ethiopia
As political prisoner, party leader and eminent surgeon, he fought for the unity of Ethiopia
By Brian Barder Professor Asrat Woldeyes, who has died aged 70,...
Robert Mugabe and Pink Noses [Eskinder Nega, Gulag Kaiti Prison]
Congo-Kinshasa, Congo-Brazzaville, Burundi, Uganda, Rwanda, Benin. Ask Robert Mugabe, Africa’s longest reigning president, about these countries and doubt not he would beam with pride....
Ethiopian journalist: ‘I was jailed and tortured’ [DW]
He is one of Ethiopia’s most critical journalists. Muluken Tesfaw is in Europe and too scared to return. He doesn’t want to share his...
The “Law” as State Terrorism in Apartheid Ethiopia [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Author’s Note: This is the third installment in a series of ongoing commentaries that I expect to post regularly under the rubric, “Apartheid in...
