Vs By Ankober,DebreBirhan Blogspot’s Staffer 31/12/10 In the parable of the Prodigal Son, the brother who always obeys his father is furious at seeing the rebel son received with celebrations and joy. In the same way, many people who are obedient to the Lord’s word, end up becoming the merciless hangmen of all those who one day strayed from the ... Read More »

Thousands of farm labourers being whipped at work By Ankober,DebreBirhan Blogspot’s Staffer 24/12/10 Genet Ayele’s book on Ethiopia’s former president Mengestu Hailemarim quotes Mengestu. Mengestu as he spoke of his conversation with HIM Hailesellasie just after the 1974 Ethiopian revolution. Mengestu and HIM Hailesellasie converse about the student’s movement, peasants, serfdom, feudalism and the revolution. Mengistu might consider himself as ... Read More »

Ethiopia deploys over 2500 soldiers between Ethio-Sudan borders Vehicles heading in droves to the border By Ankober,DebreBirhan Blogspot’s Staffer 18/12/10 It seems another war is gonna break in the horn of Africa possibly in the Ethiopia and Sudan border. The grounding is from the Ethiopian side to attack its own rebel forces in/through the border, escort Eritrean rebels via Sudan ... Read More »

©Ankober 17/12/10 What if wrong was right? Death was birth Hate was enjoyable Harm was help Torture was contentment Disease was comfortable Mischief was proper Hunger was bearably relieving Fall out was zealously needed Pain was borne and sought What if crime was normal? Grief was pleasing Ignorance was knowledge Promiscuousness was looked up Insanity was the right way to ... Read More »

  Major Corporations and Ministries being run by military officers, graduates By Z, DeBirhan Blogspot’s Staffer December 10, 2010 Ethiopia is slowly changing. It is slowly but surely changing into a full-blown military dictatorship. An arduous investigation conducted by this writer proves the fact. The overhanging notion of a military dictatorship is when the leaders governing the country wear military ... Read More »

The following report is taken from : http://cpj.org/reports/2010/12/cpj-journalist-prison-census-iran-china-highest-14-years.php Relying heavily on vague antistate charges, authorities jail 145 journalists worldwide. Eritrea, Burma, and Uzbekistan are also among the worst jailers of the press. A CPJ special report From Africa to the Americas, more journalists are imprisoned today than at any time since 1996. (AFP) Published December 8, 2010 NEW YORKIran’s sustained ... Read More »

3/12/10 By Ankober, DebreBirhan Blogspot’s Staffer The past week was of enormous moral nihilism for both the world of ‘morality’ and ‘norm’ and me. Julian Assange or those ‘regulated leakers’ of the world of ‘morality’ and the Ethiopian Telecommunication Corporation (Ethio telecom as of yesterday), the regime in Ethiopia, in the case of myself were the major causes of it. ... Read More »

By Ankober Keith Griffin,1989, on Alternative Strategies for Economic Development says “Lloyd Reynolds has recently surveyed the vast qulaitiave and quanititaive literature on world economic growth and his findings. …Begins by distinguishing between economic ‘extensive growth’ – when population and production increase at about the same pace and ‘ intensive growth’ –when per capita output begins to rise and calls ... Read More »