Ethiopian News and Politics Journal
Let us talk about dams (part III)
Jul 6th
By Amanauel Dagim: GILGEL GIBE III—NUISIANCE OR BENEFICIAL? We come now to the crux of the matter. Is Gilgel Gibe III a nuisance and an ecological disaster as its detractors claim or is it beneficial both to Ethiopia and Kenya? The dice is cast, the pros and cons are many and we need to distinguish between the grain and the chaff, between the emotion and hard facts. Read More…
Famine and preying vultures
Jul 5th
Hama Tuma: In the Horn of Africa, History repeats itself always as a tragedy. Famine has come around, the guilty regimes point their fingers at the usual “culprit” drought and the preying vultures that call themselves NGOs and charity organization rear their heads in anticipation and glee much like the cruel vulture in that famous photos of a starving South Sudanese child. We have seen it all before and the tragedy continues, the charade is on as the vultures we knew so well warn the world help or else the Africans in the east and the Horn are going to perish! Read More…
Chomsky Denounces Chavez for ‘Assault’ on Democracy
Jul 3rd
By Rory Carroll: Noam Chomsky denounces old friend Hugo Chávez for 'assault' on democracy. Renowned American intellectual accuses the Venezuelan leader of concentrating too much power in his own hands. Read More…
Gunmen kill Ethiopian peacekeeper in Sudan’s Darfur
Jul 3rd
Reuters: Gunmen shot dead an Ethiopian peacekeeper and injured one of his comrades in Sudan's Darfur region on Thursday, his joint U.N/African Union mission said on Saturday. Read More…
U.S. drone targets two leaders of Somali group
Jun 30th
By Greg Jaffe and Karen DeYoung: A U.S. drone aircraft fired on two leaders of a militant Somali organization tied to al-Qaeda, apparently wounding them, a senior U.S. military official familiar with the operation said Wednesday. Read More…
Anti-Terrorism Law Used to Suppress Dissent
Jun 30th
allAfrica: According to CPJ, the law makes it difficult for Ethiopian reporters to cover the activities of Ethiopia's opposition figures and rebels without risking prosecution and a 20-year prison sentence – even though Ethiopia receives praise and assistance for participating in U.S. counter terrorism measures in neighbouring Somalia. Read More…
Should perennial fools be hanged?
Jun 27th
Hama Tuma: Clinton’s speech in Addis Abeba weaved cheap words and sanctimonious preaching often associated with a sinful and decadent priest. If dictatorship is evil and Africans should rise against their oppressors how come America allies itself with the enemies of the people and smashes the revolt of downtrodden people? Read More…
Fake Revolution vs. Real Revolution
Jun 28th
By Yelfiwos Wondaya: Last but not least, what the false prophets know best and carry on is confusion, mistaking one for another and gone astray and ended up lost. So here is when we ought to say enough is enough for them. Read More…
