African American Literature in ‘Roots’, ‘Beloved’ and other comparisons

‘Roots: The Saga of American Family’ was written in 1976 by Alex Haley and tells the story of Kunta Kinte, an 18th century African, captured as an adolescent and sold into slavery... Read more »

Shared narratives for unity, sustainable peace

Shared grand narratives have inimitable power in unifying people and bringing them closer. In a multiethnic country like Ethiopia where several diverse ethnic groups with different social, cultural, religious and historical backgrounds... Read more »

Addis installing mobile air pollution monitoring stations to combat impacts of climate change

Air pollution in cities is a serious environmental and public health hazard. Emissions from cars, industrial operations, electricity generation, and other human activities mostly generate it. The concentration of pollutants such as... Read more »

  Ethiopianshould also export its coffee culture to China, the world

China is doing fine not only in the export of Ethiopian coffee but also in the rate of economic growth that is impressive and serve as an inspiration to developing countries in... Read more »

 COP 28 and Ethiopia’s innovations on battling effects of climate change

As a pioneering champion of the battle against the effects of climate change since 2011 when the nation developed Climate Change Resilient Green Economy Policy and Strategy, Ethiopia has declared a bold... Read more »

 Chemistry with Ethiopia pays off

There is no gainsaying that peace and development cross-fertilize each other. In the absence of enduring peace development’s surge to fruition will be hampered. On the other hand, even development presupposes even... Read more »

Ethiopian Poet who writes verses every morning for ten years

In the Guardian audio book review of Lemn Sissay’s recent collection of poems, Fiona Sturges makes the following observation, “Every day for ten years, Lemn Sissay rose to write a poem to... Read more »

Combating cross-border crime, illicit trafficking via coordinated efforts

Cross-border crimes are one of the serious threats our planet faces these days. These crimes encompass a variety of illicit activities, such as human trafficking, smuggling, cybercrime, money laundering, terrorism, drug and... Read more »

 What is love?

He sang to me his music of silence. His canvases empty… a great painter was he. He wept devoid of tears, and he laughed without teeth… his books contained no lines nor... Read more »

How to deal with anxiety

We can refer to anxiety as the alarm in our body that tells us something is wrong. The part of the brain called amygdala processes fear in to actual physiological changes. The... Read more »