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July 10, 2009 by EthioSun

ከበትረ ሙሴ: ከዘፀአት በፊት በሚለው ጽሁፌ ላይ ወደ ሃገራችን መመለስ አለብን ነገር ግን ከዛ በፊት መንፈሳዊ ዝግጅት ያስፈልገናል ብዬ ነበር፤ ለዚህም አንዳንድ ጠቃሚ ነ�...

June 19, 2009 by EthioSun

By yilma bekele: Enabling is one of those terms with a double meaning. In its positive aspect enabling is an empowerment act. In the US the Civil Right Act is considered an empowerment act. It outlawed racial segregation thus empowering black citizens to demand equal sh...

June 12, 2009 by EthioSun

Dear Fellow Ethiopian, I want to address those Ethiopians who are Tigrayans, especially focusing on those who are benefiting from this regime at the expense of the majority of other Ethiopians. I am accountable for the following words that I will be saying to you. With th...

June 11, 2009 by EthioSun

A Summary of Obang’s Talk in Dallas (Part Two) In part one, I talked about how we Ethiopians have essentially fought against the evils and injustices of the current regime by separating into disjointed, divided, alienated and non-cohesive “self-interest groups.�...

June 11, 2009 by EthioSun

By Zenebe G. Tamirat: A Poem dedicated to Prof. Asrat Woldyes In the Horn of Africa where the mountains seem to meet the sky; Along the shore of the sea that Mosses walked on: And down there where the obelisks are; Where the river they call Awash crosses the lan...

June 4, 2009 by EthioSun

William Easterly Professor of Economics, New York University Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia is inexplicably a Sachs darling despite rigging elections, jailing opposition politicians, shooting demonstrators, fielding an army accused of atrocities in the Ogaden, and fo...

June 1, 2009 by Alemayehu G. Mariam

Alemayehu G. Mariam : Human Rights and Fairy Tales For the past several weeks, the noise machine of the dictatorship in Ethiopia has been in overdrive reacting to human rights findings made against it in the February 29, 2009 U.S. State Department Human Rights Report. T...

May 29, 2009 by EthioSun

By yilma Bekele: President Obama is traveling to Africa. After attending the G8 meeting in Moscow the President is making a quick one-night stop in Accra, Ghana on July 10. This is not the first visit by a sitting US president to our continent. But this trip is ve...

May 25, 2009 by EthioSun

By Hailae Melese (B/General) Is it true that the majority of people from Tigrai both within Ethiopia and abroad idolize or support the current ruling Mafia destroying Ethiopia because the Mafias from Dedbit were born in Tigrai ? Instead of condemning the TPLF, why do the MA...

May 24, 2009 by EthioSun

By Obang Metho: In Recognition of My Fellow Ethiopians:We are Becoming the People of a New Ethiopia Thankfully, in May of 2009, we Ethiopians are not the same as we were in December of 2003. One of the lowest points in my own life was on December 13, 2003 after learning of ...

May 23, 2009 by EthioSun

ሕብረት ሰላሙ አጼ ዮሐንስና አጼ ካሌብ የዛሬዎቹን ጉደኞች የኢትዮጵያ መሪዎች ድርጊት ማየት ቢችሉ ኖሮ የደም እንባ ያለቅሱ እንደ ነበረ አይጠረጠርም! ከጥንቶቹ ጀግ�...

May 18, 2009 by Alemayehu G. Mariam

By Alemayehu G. Mariam Barking Up the Wrong Tree This past week, the attack dogs of the dictatorship in Ethiopia were unleashed against Amnesty International (AI) because that organization had requested publication of the names of suspects arrested for allegedly c...

የግብርናው ነገር፤ እውነታው ሌላ፣ የሚባለው ሌላ።

May 7, 2009 by EthioSun

By Seid Hassan seid.hassan@murraystate.edu አሁን ኢትዮጵያ ያለችበትን ሁኔታ ስናጤን ከማንኛውም ችግር የበለጠው የኑሮ ውድነቱና የዋጋ ግሽበቱ ሲሆን፤ሕዝቡን መፈናፈኛ አሳጥቶትና አስ�...

May 4, 2009 by Alemayehu G. Mariam

By Alemayehu G. Mariam A Plot Here! A Plot There! A Plot Everywhere! April, 2009. “The ‘desperadoes’ are here! They are going to ‘assassinate high ranking government officials and destroy public facilities and utilities!’” Some forty individuals ar...

May 1, 2009 by EthioSun

By yilma Bekele Barack Obama told the American people that you couldn’t solve a 21st. century problem using a 19th. Century mind set. The old prescription by Bush and company weren’t working. He promised that he would look at the issues from a different perspective an...