Explosion at Japan nuke plant, disaster toll rises By Eric Talmadge and Yuri Kageyama, Associated Press | March 12, 2011 IWAKI, Japan – An explosion at a nuclear power station…

The conundrum of the pretenders By Natnael F. Alemayehu | March 11, 2011 African leaders of our generation have been famed for their brutality, genocidal rule, and irreversible distinctiveness. Aside…

Quake brings modern Tokyo to a standstill By Jay Alabaster, Associated Press | March 11, 2011 TOKYO – Japan’s huge earthquake brought super-modern Tokyo to a standstill Friday, paralyzing trains…

Ethiopia: Protest and “danger of Military Government” By Eskinder Nega | March 11, 2011 The announcement of Mubarak’s fall was greeted with the loudest cheer in Egyptian history. People power…

Libya plans full offensive against rebels: Gaddafi son By Michael Georgy And Maria Golovnina | March 11, 2011 TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya is preparing full-scale military action to crush its…

Fresh clashes in Ivory Coast as AU backs Ouattara AFP | March 10, 2011 ABIDJAN (AFP) – Fresh fighting rocked Ivory Coast just hours after the African Union declared Alassane…

Open letter to Prof. Andreas Eshete By Abebe Gellaw | March 10, 2011 Tiny Andreas Eshete shrinks in servitude to Meles Zenawi First of all, I would like to congratulate…

TPLF – An incorrigible regime By Petros Ashenafi | March 10, 2011 The wheels of people’s revolution are turning. The events in Cairo, Tunis and the current Libyan scenes continue…

Gadhafi drives rebels from key oil port By Paul Schemm, Associated Press | March 10, 2011 RAS LANOUF, Libya – Moammar Gadhafi’s forces pushed rebel fighters from the strategic oil…