Faraqasa- the unique pilgrimage site

BY SOLOMON WASSIHUN The famous shrine got its name from its location, Faraqasa, – a locality in Merti woreda of Arsi zone, Oromia region. It is situated 225 kilometers southeast of Addis... Read more »

The Washington Dilemma: How to stand on the side of the Ethiopian people

Part I What is ridiculous about last week’s resolution and voting at the UN Security Council is that it not only came as a déjà vu, but also annuls the previous investigation... Read more »

Mounting down

Disarrayed, When we suffer defeat Let it be known We are on A strategic retreat Get ready for peace talk To sit. US, UN, EU By own rule That doesn’t abide Stand... Read more »

Better my neck slashed than barter my country grand

 Scarifying my life I will ensure the furtherance Of my country Thereby to add a brighter hue To Ethiopia’s golden history, Replete with superb Citizens-government Chemistry. Also, to invasion Showing firm resistance... Read more »

The political arrears of the West and the United States who kept TPLF in power for nearly three decades

Some western countries and the United States were in full support of the TPLF no matter how it maneuvered politics during its tyrannical ruleof the country.During the twenty-seven years in power, the... Read more »

Pan Africanism – African initiative for a royal route to a unified self determination

BY JOSEPH SOBOKA It is natural that humans co-exist for two major purposes: one is peaceful co-existence where, between two persons, one safeguards the safety of the other by ensuring the security... Read more »

The paradox and pretensions of American “Culture” of democracy in Africa

BY MULUGETA GUDETA (Part II) It has always been a typical behavior of American strategist to fill the vacuum left by other powers in Africa and elsewhere. In the Horn of Africa... Read more »

The paradox and pretensions of American “Culture” of democracy in Africa

PART I US President Joe Biden last week hosted a democracy preaching event where leaders of some selected African countries were invited to attend a reading from the “Bible of democracy according... Read more »

The glimpse of crimes done to humanity in Northern Ethiopia by the TPLF – the silence of the international community

Short Story BY JOSEPH SOBOKA The sky was overcast, the rain had just stopped. People are running up and down as if something of urgency compelled them to act like that. Someone... Read more »

Devoted artists coloring Addis Ababa

Painter Solomon Kifle graduated from Alle School of Fine Arts and Design in 2017. He is a full time studio artist. He founded Addis Street Art Foundation, which has been working on... Read more »