A leap from a sickbed to a beacon tower

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 »

Barter not we ADWA for AGOA

BY ALEM HAILU Than bartering Liberty and identity For medicine or bread, Even on the sickbed, Every valorous citizen Of resilient Ethiopia Prefers get slashed His/her head. Devoid of freedom S/he prefers... Read more »

A leap from a sickbed to a beacon tower

 (Part I) To uplift the mood of the bedridden whose life despair has eclipsed and to enthuse emerging authors they could climb to ivory tower even dragging their last leg from a... Read more »

The raging lies engulfing the world

Short Story  BY JOSEPH SOBOKA  “The truth shall set you free” says the word of God. An idea in accordance or in agreement with fact is what is generally known as truth.... Read more »

Africa still struggling against neocolonial politico-cultural hegemony

Speaking of neocolonialism, Ethiopia is a perfect example of a country that has been constantly fighting for its survival as a united polity at least since the end of the Second World... Read more »

New Administration for genuine renaissance in arts and culture

BY MULUGETA GUDETA Recent elections in Ethiopia have now led to the formation of a new government that will be radically different from the transitional government that was in power in the... Read more »

Commemorating Martyrs

A translation of a poem dedicated to members of the ENDF, stationed in Tigray State of Ethiopia, stabbed in the back last year by terrorist TPLF while in trenches guarding borders is... Read more »

“When we are united, there’s no wrong that cannot be fixed”

BY STAFF REPORTERIn various moments and occasions, it is common to hear a saying ‘A friend in need is a friend indeed”. The maxim is always used to signify the value of... Read more »

Alas! Mekele Air Strike – the alarming renewal of false allegation

BY JOSEPH SOBOKA As a matter of fact, every legal measure Ethiopia takes for her national security is unanimously encountered by many western countries and the United States unjustifiably. This issue has... Read more »

Some tribes of the Omo Valley

The Omo Valley, often more precisely called the Lower Omo valley, is a place like no other. Home to a number of tribal communities the variety and diversity of life – truly... Read more »