Viewpoint A tale of two countries By Alemayehu G. Mariam | September 29, 2008 The Strange Career of Democracy in Africa What is the difference between South Africa and Ethiopia?…
News US destroyer watching hijacked ship off Somalia By Mohamed Olad Hassan, Associated Press Writer | September 28, 2008 USS Howard (AP) MOGADISHU – A U.S. destroyer off the coast…
News Protest at Eritrea’s whale vote By Andrew Darby | September 28, 2008 THE Federal Opposition has called on the Rudd Government to tackle Japan about alleged vote-buying in the…
Viewpoint Notes from a passer-by on The Horn of Africa and The Great Lakes region By Kiflu Hussain, Kampala | September 28, 2008 In May I emailed an article titled…
News World-famous Lucy exhibition opens Oct 4 in Seattle Ethiomedia | September 27, 2008 Seattle is home to staunch pro-democracy Ethiopian American activists. Several of the widespread crimes being committed…
News Confused, traumatized Somalis flee capital By Bradley S. Clapper, Associated Press writer | September 26, 2008 GENEVA (AP) – Thousands of confused, traumatized Somalis have fled the capital this…
News US financial turmoil may limit overseas investment By Peter Heinlein, Voice of America | September 26, 2008 ADDIS ABABA (VOA) – A team of American investors currently touring Africa…
Analysis The Marxist roots of Ethiopia’s suffering By Geoffrey Clarfield, National Post | September 25, 2008 Once again, the twin spectres of drought and starvation stalk the land of Ethiopia.…
News Handouts no solution for famine-stricken Ethiopia By Jason O’Brien in Huruta, Ethiopia | September 25, 2008 IT’S just not the same Ethiopia. Despite the recent predictions that famine in…
News Insurgents take upperhand in Somalia By Andrew Cawthorne, Reuters | September 25, 2008 NAIROBI – Nearly two years after being driven from Mogadishu, Islamists have re-taken swathes of south…