EPRDF prepares to meet people power By Tullu Arga | March 1, 2011 The highly contagious flu of popular protests that forced out undemocratic regimes in North Africa has made…
Land grab in Africa: The case of Ethiopia (A speech delivered at the Commonwealth Club of California on March 1, 2011) By Fikre Tolossa (Ph.D) | March 3, 2011 In…
Gaddafi’s Zenga Zenga hip-hop remix By Daniel Estrin, The World | March 1, 2011 Gaddafi has long been known for his flamboyant fashion and rambling rhetoric. But as opposition forces…
Thugtatorship: The Highest Stage of African Dictatorship By Alemayehu G. Mariam | February 28, 2011 Prof. Al Mariam Thugogracy in Africa If democracy is government of the people, by the…
Non-violent struggle: Ethiopian exceptionalism? (Part II) By Jawar Mohammed* | February 28, 2011 Social Fragmentation and Civil Resistance One of the key reasons why dictators remain in power is the…
Libya quashes protests in Tripoli; West to aid east By Maggie Michael, Associated Press | February 28, 2011 TRIPOLI, Libya – The West moved to send its first concrete aid…
US freezes Gadhafi assets, closes Libya embassy By Bradley Klapper And Matthew Lee, Associated Press | February 26, 2011 WASHINGTON – The Obama administration froze assets of the Libyan government,…
During the 2011 revolutionary wind, no dictator is safe By Hassan Hussein | February 26, 2011 The unprecedented street protests sweeping North Africa and the Middle East have toppled dictators…
Can we go Egypt on TPLF government? By Olaana Abbaa Xiiqi | February 26, 2011 For eighteen full days Egypt shook the whole world. Those brave Egyptians inspired us, we…
A call for Tigrians in Ethiopia and abroad By Shimekit Debalke | February 26, 2011 A popular uprising in Ethiopia is being imminent since Ethiopians are tired of authoritarian racism…