Politics

PM Hailemariam: Railway in the north a distant dream

Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn announced the cancellation of a plan to construct railway in the northwest Ethiopia. The Premier made…

Eritrea’s national security predicaments: Post-colonial African syndrome

(Meressa Tsehaye Gebrewahd) Outline - Introduction 1/ Literature Review 2/ Eritrea’s national security predicament: Historical antecedents 2.1/ Colonial Legacy: Identity…

Bahraini agency offers “Ethiopian maid” as a prize

A recruitment agency in Bahrain sparked outrage by offering an "Ethiopian maid" as a prize. The Bahraini recruitment agency ran…

Why the Ethiopian Premier wasn’t wrong for suggesting Somaliland stay with Somalia

(Abdirahman M. Dirye - Somaliland) Abdisalam Harari of the Universal TV, a Somali local channel, asked Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam…

Waddani: The anti-development party of Somaliland

(Mohammed Dahir Ahmed) Somaliland has development aspirations to develop the livelihood of  its citizens via economic and social development endeavor.…

US and Ethiopia train AMISOM soldiers

(Vanguardngr) The U.S. and Ethiopia Military on Monday began training soldiers from the African Union mission in Somalia (AMISOM) aimed…

Explaining Economic Revolution in Oromia to Pseudo Oromo Activists

(Dr. Teshome Adugna) Recently few pseudo Oromo activists such as Dr. Tsegaye Regassa and Ato Tullu Liban targeted OPDO and…

The Agazian Movement: Exhuming a Corpse?

(Tesfay Nigus) Recent exchanges on [social] media among self-claimed propagators of the so called ‘Agazian’ movement, the antagonists, and few…

The British Expeditionary Force to Meqdella and the Deliberate Distortion of History

[My note is mainly based on Dej. Zewde Gebre-Selassie's (PhD) book, ''Yohannes IV of Ethiopia'': A Political Biography'' (2014).] In…

National Pride, Power and China’s Political Calculus in Ethiopia

(Dr Romain Dittgen and Abel Abate Demissie) Contrary to the predominant perception of all of China’s key partners in Africa…

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