The Flight of the Eritreans
There’s a joke about the US state of Ohio that goes something like this: “Twenty-four astronauts were born in Ohio.…
Thursday, January 2, 2014 @ 10:23 pm
Articles
The Crisis in South Sudan and its implications for Ethiopia
(Mehari Taddele Maru and Abel Abate) Since 15 December 2013, soldiers loyal to the deposed Vice President, Dr. Riek Machar,…
Wednesday, January 1, 2014 @ 10:51 pm
Kenya: Secure Wilson airport, don’t upset Ruto
The KCAA wanted to bulldoze the houses too close to Wilson Airport. It backtracked when it learned that some of…
Wednesday, January 1, 2014 @ 10:35 pm
Eritrea: The unraveling of Isaias authored identity
(Merkeb Negash) Exactly a year ago, in an article titled “The Politics of Writing an Eritrean Identity”, I argued against…
Monday, December 16, 2013 @ 1:20 am
On Teddy Afro and his “Holy War” remark
(Hallelujah Lulie) Last week witnessed an interesting turn of events surrounding an alleged comment artist Teddy Afro gave to the…
Friday, December 13, 2013 @ 12:26 am
Nile| Irresponsible Yet Demanding Egypt
Egypt accuses Ethiopia of being rigid for rejecting Egypt’s new proposal of another round of IPoE – this sounds ridiculous…
Thursday, November 28, 2013 @ 7:31 pm
Kenya’s illiberal backslide
(By Magnus Taylor) In recent weeks I’ve had some interesting conversations, interviews and more formal sessions on the current political…
Sunday, November 24, 2013 @ 2:27 am
In repressive Ethiopia, ‘Blue Party’ struggles to offer a choice
(By William Davison) Ethiopia is a definite success story in expert opinion about post-cold war Africa. The civil strife that…
Sunday, November 24, 2013 @ 2:22 am
IMF’s pills for Ethiopia: It Ain’t the Economy, it Is the Lab!
(Merkeb Negash) One of the grave, yet common, mistakes in the discussion of the Ethiopian developmentaliism is that analysts and…
Saturday, November 23, 2013 @ 8:32 pm
Saudi Arabia and Ethiopian laborers | The Economist
Millions of pious pilgrims flock to Mecca every year, but the Muslim holy city’s newest, biggest hotel serves a different…
Sunday, November 17, 2013 @ 1:43 am
This website uses cookies.