Ethiopia: Five-year dev’t plan bears questionable forecast By Tesfaye Kidane | August 19, 2010 Realistic forecasts require the necessary tools: macroeconomic model, reasonably accurate data, and qualified experts capable of…
“Awramba Times” attacked Ethiomedia | August 18, 2010 ADDIS ABABA – A group of unidentified men on Wedneday attacked the security guard of an independent newspaper whose office windows were…
OLF is indeed irrelevant By Jigga Wakko | August 17, 2010 Editor’s Note – We appreciate the civil discourse among our contributors. One point, though. For the sake of simplicity…
Ga. Police Bust Man with Rare African Drug FoxNews | August 17, 2010 Djibouti fishermen chew khat after a day-long work at sea. Chewing the stimulant plant is a long-time…
Letter to the Editor: Book about Col. Mengistu Letter to the Editor | August 17, 2010 I read Mr Tolossa’s book review on Colonel Mengistu with appreciation, noting that he…
Gambling: Meles Zenawi’s new foreign policy By Jawar Mohamed Siraj | August 17, 2010 In recent years, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has been pushing hard to signal to the West…
Tamagne impresses Boston during ESAT promotion By Teodros Kiros (Ph.D.) | August 17, 2010 Editor’s Note – Activist Tamagne warns Ethiopians against the danger of the politics of ethnicity being…
Top Hizbul Islam official gunned down AP | August 16, 2010 Hizbul Islam leader Sheik Hassan Dahir Aways, third from right with red beard, is surrounded by body guards in…
South Sudan: Postponement of vote ‘not an option’ DPA | August 16, 2010 NAIROBI/KHARTOUM – A Sudanese official on Sunday said a referendum on independence for Southern Sudan due in…
TPLF’s obsession with ethnicity By Gizachew Admassu | August 16, 2010 I read through Dr. Berehanu Nega’s article ‘Identity politics and the struggle for liberty and democracy in Ethiopia’ and…