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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Commencement speeches given by political leaders often tend to be partisan, contentious and controversial. The politician will often seek to use the opportunity to defend or promote policy, respond to…
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…