Battle of the social media troglodytes and the intellectual In this commentary, I salute and pay tribute to Taye Bogale. It is hard for me to describe Taye Bogale, whom I have neither met or spoken. But his name may be telling: Taye (He is seen) and Bogale (burst of brilliance as in lightning). He…
When EDTF first issued a call for proposals in July 2019, we expected to receive two or three dozen proposals. We did not expect to receive some 300 plus proposals from a diverse group of civil society and NGO groups. Currently, we have quite a few experts in a variety of fields on board already….
In the interest of full disclosure, I have a special place in my heart for Nelson Mandela and South Africa. That is understandable because Mandela in his autobiography, “The Long Walk to Freedom” wrote: Ethiopia always has a special place in my imagination and the prospect of visiting Ethiopia attracted me more strongly than a…
Africa’s First Responder for Peace, Ethiopia’s Globetrotter for Investment and Hardest Working Man in Politics We are beginning to see hard evidence of PM Abiy Ahmed’s return on investments in domestic and regional peace initiatives, good governance and structural reforms and his unrelenting campaign to change the global image of Ethiopia as a land of…
Author’s Note: Today, September 11 (12), 2019 is Meskerem1, Ethiopian New Year’s Day (Enqutatash “gift of jewels”). I wish all Ethiopians a HAPPY, PEACEFUL AND PROSPEROUS MEDEMER NEW YEAR. Ethiopia uses the Julian calendar consisting of 12 months of 30 days with a 5 or 6 day “13th month” (leap year, this year). The Ethiopian…
More than two months after Herman Cohen made his unprovoked, depravedly hateful and arrogantly insulting comments about the Amhara people, he has issued a Twitter apology “about the pain and discomfort I caused within the Amhara community”. On June 26, 2019, I wrote a commentary entitled “Herman (Harm Man) Cohen’s Second “Coup” in Ethiopia? We Demand…
Africa’s “first responder” does it again! Last week, Sudan was pulled from the brink of disaster when the “military council and the main opposition coalition signed a power-sharing deal paving the way for transition to civilian rule.” The agreement was brokered, not by the U.N. or the usual Western powers who have long played the role of…
Is PM Abiy Ahmed winning the battle (of ideas) for hearts and minds? In an interview, a self-styled journalist-cum-former-regime official-turned-opposition activist and avowed opponent of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed pointedly accused PM Abiy Ahmed of having vanquished his legion of opposition by persuading them to quaff a “special drink that strikes their cerebellum and makes…
And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and…
July 25, 2019 — Ethiopian Diaspora Trust Fund (EDTF) FIRST ROUND OF CALLS FOR PROPOSALS. We are proud to announce EDTF will issue its first round of calls for proposals on July 25, 2019. All parties interested in submitting proposals to undertake projects are encouraged to do so by following the guidelines provided. Complete documentation…
