It is nothing new that every generation praises its time for positive achievements and blames the preceding one for its faults, denying its own role in creating current problems. From generation to generation down the line of succession, the cultural cord that links parents and children gets thinner and thinner as the generation’s outlook becomes fused with foreign cultures. This ... Read More »

By Zelalem Workagegnehu  These two phrases : ‘authoritarian developmental state Vs authoritarian stagnant’ ‘came into my sight while reading a recent research done by Dr Monika Thakur for The South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) on Sino-Africa relations in Africa (Ethiopia). It presents Ethiopia following the Chinese model of ‘authoritarian developmental state’ with an increasing repressiveness on dissent while showing little ... Read More »

By Zelelam W. These two phrases : ‘authoritarian developmental state Vs authoritarian stagnant’ ‘came into my sight while reading a recent research done by Dr Monika Thakur for The South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) on Sino-Africa relations in Africa (Ethiopia). It presents Ethiopia following the Chinese model of ‘authoritarian developmental state’ with an increasing repressiveness on dissent while ... Read More »

Israel Endale owns and operates Blue Broadband, an Internet café on the second floor of Friendship City Center on Bole Road. He provides Internet connections on 12 computers through a 256 kilobytes per second (kbs) connection he subscribes to from the Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation (ETC) for 4,000 Br a month. He is among the many businesspeople who have opened up ... Read More »

Editors Note:In a hectic and wider move,the regime in Ethiopia is gonna start registering the wealth of its own officials hierarchically to the bottomladder of the leadership.Who would be arrested among these 45 thousand officials for ” amassing illegal wealth cum corruption”? What prognosis will this registration process have on the planned officials reshuffles(comprehensive re organisation) of the Party/regime? Speaking ... Read More »

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KING !!! TO ME EMYEEE MENELIK IS THE MOST EXCEPTIONAL KING IN OUR HISTORY.MAY OUR LORD BLESS HIS SOUL AND SEND US HIS REPLICA!!! Emperor Menelik II GCB, GCMG, (Ge’ez ምኒልክ) baptized as Sahle Maryam WAS BORN ON 17 August 1844 ,in Angolela AND DIED ON 12 December 1913. He was Negus/King of Shewa (1866-1889), then Nəgusä Nägäst ... Read More »

Samuel P. Huntington By Ankober How many of you know Huntington? Samuel Phillips Huntington (April 18, 1927 – December 24, 2008) was an American political scientist who gained wider prominence through his Clash of Civilizations (1993, 1996) thesis of a post-Cold War new world order. He graduated with distinction from Yale University at age 18, served in the U.S. Army, ... Read More »

By Ankober Dear Derese, Selam new? This is a remark for your article entitled ” Ethiopia’s Leadership Void”,August 10,2010. Thanks for your yet insignificant article.My feeling when i first saw the update on your Online’s FB address was that you were gonna base your opinion item on the recent leadership meeting that Barack Obama held with African upcoming youth leaders.President ... Read More »