COMMENTARY Africa Initiative: Revolutionary Democracy’s 1st election daughter By Wossen H. Gabriel March 30, 2005 As usual, Meles Zenawi has come up with another surprise: His Revolutionary Democracy, the one…
COMMENTARY From Eurocentrism to Ethiocentrism Maimire Mennasemay (PhD) March 29, 2005 Dr. Messay Kebede’s thoughtful commentary on Gebrehiwot’s major work, Mengistna ye Hizb Astadadar, published on this forum, draws our…
COMMENTARY May Day! May Day! May Day! By G/Egziabher March 28, 2005 Unless we are in a state of a collective hypnosis, we couldn’t or wouldn’t be contemplating to submit…
Viewpoint Down and out! Who broke Africa? By George B.N. Ayittey: March 24, 2005 Economic development, growth and prosperity require investment, both foreign and domestic. However, investment does not occur…
News A fresh round of war? Message from Eritrea March 24, 2005 I have come to learn that a fresh round of war is overshadowing the poor peoples of both…
News Cellphone stampede in Ethiopia March 23, 2005 Even by Africa’s standards in the acquisition and use of Information Technology, Ethiopia stands second to the last, Chad. Economists single out…
World Athletics Championships – France 2005 Kenenisa, Tirunesh double up again, Ethiopia crowned with team championship title March 20, 2005 Phenomenal Kenenisa leaps from gold to gold Phenomenal 19-year-old Tirunesh…
REPORT The indomitable Chicago Ethiopian spirit By Dr. Ghelawdewos Araia March 20, 2005 In several cities around the world, Ethiopians discuss solutions to the major challenges facing their native country.…
COMMENTARY Unhappy Masses and the Challenge of Political Islam in the Horn of Africa Professor Said S. Samatar March 19, 2005 I’d like to start, if I may, with a…
COMMENTARY Gebrehiwot Baikedagn and Eurocentrism By Dr. Messay Kebede March 18, 2005 Gebrehiwot’s major work, Mengistna ye Hizb Astadadar, published in 1910 after his death and translated into English by…