By Joseph Soboka It is her natural and political rights that Ethiopia continues to exist in peace with little or no harm inflicted on her by any internal or external force. Under... Read more »
Western media culture in general and American media in particular are predicated on the assumption that they are public watchdogs. As a corollary of this assumption is the belief, the media in... Read more »
Ventriloquism is the art of talking with the tongue and not moving the mouth or face. When a skilled ventriloquist does this sitting beside a figure that has a moving mouth, it... Read more »
With the booker Prize for this year going to South African writer Demon Galgut, Africa is once again proving that it is a continent rich in story telling traditions and styles and... Read more »

BY ALEM HAILU The lapse of An energetic lad For the failure Is a news grand! ‘cause getting a balm His scarred soul Turns calm– “I’m not single alone With ill-fate marked... Read more »
BY YOHANES JEMANEH I abandon my privilege To offer my homage Aimed at your comfort Keeping your complexion luster I went pale, dim and obscure Sponging your dust I become enervate But... Read more »

BY ABOMA MERGA In the heart of a raped woman Who, a year later, became a mother, Despite feeling insecure and profaned, who shows her honest yet dishonest smile , to her... Read more »

BY ALEM HAILU Seeing The hatching of A white snake For a dove We must not mistake. Condoning Terrorist TPLF’s ecdysis Could result in Nation’s paralisis. Hesitate not To hit the snake... Read more »
In principle, journalists are supposed to write in the newspaper about what has truly happened without bias. They should objectively handle their professional duties. They are not partisans, they are journalists with... Read more »
By ALEM HAILU (Part II) Last Sunday the first part of this interview about the internationally-published-renowned-author-poet Brenda Mohammed’s fight against cancer and her meteoric rise in the firmament of literature was... Read more »