The Crafty New Scramble for Africa

BY JOSEPH SOBOKA The word scramble, as a concept, contains a negative sentiment of greed where each individual struggles to get something, that does not belong to him, as much or more... Read more »

Washington’s ride on a ‘Trojan Horse’ down the diplomatic abyss

 Part II Professional liars and Washington hawks Telling lies and killing innocent people are the two most important specialties of the TPLF since its birth. Washington and the West believe the lies... Read more »

Washington’s ride on a ‘Trojan Horse’ down the diplomatic abyss

Part I By supporting the TPLF in the ongoing Ethiopian national resistance war to preserve the independence and territorial integrity of Ethiopia, both TPLF and Washington, and the West by extension, have... Read more »

Evolution of patriotism among Ethiopian artists from enthusing to joining army

Many Ethiopians are fond of Tilahun Gessesse’s song Enat Hager Ethiopia. The whole artistic ingredients this song is composed of are tuneful and flawless. That is why unconsciously tears well up in... Read more »

Wole Soyinka publishes a new novel, 48 years after his last prose fiction

BY MULUGETA GUDETA Your bounty threatens me, Mandela, that taut Drumskin of your heart on which our millions Dance. I fear we latch, fat leeches On your veins. Wole Soyinka “Mandela’s Earth... Read more »

Pan-Africanism: A spiritual weapon against Western neocolonialism

As Ethiopia’s fascist invasion in 1936 galvanized an international response in support of the Ethiopian people, so does the current neocolonial machinations against Ethiopia to impose a kind of American-led covert invasion... Read more »

——– Like parent like child——–

With embezzled money, Pampered, we grew up Fed milk, butter and honey. We were sent For better education abroad To be different from those That hail from our abode, Even country and... Read more »

Outwitted, displaced by a terrorist

With no more Domineering air Forking his dirty fingers On twisted-horns -bearing greasily hair Soot-greased devil Sitting on a Squeaky old chair Pensive said “Oh my God Oh my God Expansionist, bellicose,... Read more »

The brutality of our mentality

(Africa’s Poetic tigress) Worship me i am God Bow down or my rod, Live solely on my vomit Else i confine you to a limit; The brutality of our mentality! Keep mute... Read more »

Ethiopia,the indomitable force to fend off neocolonialism’s blow

Developed countries, to ensure the sustainability of their selfish development, designed schemes to achieve the objectives of economic superiority for them and impoverishment of the poor countries. The playgrounds for the political... Read more »