Why are tensions rising in the Red Sea region? (AL JAZEERA)

Tensions in the Red Sea region have been brewing for months but came to the fore when Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Sudan last month. The...

T-TPLF Playing Political Football with Political Prisoners in Ethiopia [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]

TPLF: Does the LF stand for Lie Factory? Is it Meles or Melies? The “LF” in TPLF stands for Lie Factory. Melies Zenawi was the...

Yes, there is Tigrean domination in Ethiopia  (Jawar Mohamed)

In their recent joint interview, chairmen of the EPRDF member parties went out of their way to say there is no Tigrean or even...

Ethiopia’s TPLF must fix its disease, not symptoms (By Teshome M. Borago)

After over 2 years of courageous Ethiopian protests and thousands of innocent lives lost, the TPLF ruling party has thrown crumbs and meaningless promise...

Trump administration deserves credit for the announced release of political prisoners in Ethiopia [BY ALEMAYEHU G. MARIAM, THE HILL] 

Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn made an equivocal announcement that political prisoners in his country will be released at some future date. He provided no details....

Statement of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission on Recent Developments in Ethiopia (AU)

Addis Ababa, 4 January 2018: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, welcomes the announcement made by the Prime Minister of...