A balm

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 »

A stab in the back

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 »

Where hopes are born

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 »

Expect not a dove from a snake’s egg

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 »

Partisanship in journalism – the art of abusing profession

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 »

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 »