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The ancient Romans secured their cities with gates and walls against marauding barbarians. The Romans aimed to keep the “barbarians at the gate” out and fend off any attack. The modern day barbarians of press freedom secretly breached the “gates” of the Voice of America (VOA) headquarters in Washington, D.C. on September 26, 2015. Teodros

Prof. Mesfin Woldemariam’s latest Amharic  book, “Adafne: Fear and Failure”, is at once a lamentation on the decline and  decay of Ethiopian society from the corrosive effects of bad governance, tyrannical rule and moral corruption and a call to action for redemption. Prof. Mesfin taught geography at Haile Selassie University (Addis Ababa University). “Adafne” is

Mesrak Gessesse I am now writing this as I just finished my annual mammogram and ultra sound testing for breast cancer. Exactly five years ago to the day on October 25, 2010, I wrote an article discussing my experiences after being diagnosed with breast cancer. (Please click here to read that article.) I now write

It is a big international secret that Ethiopia today is in the middle of a Biblical famine. For the second time since 1984-85! Last week, the Global Post headlined an article posing the question: Ethiopia is facing its worst drought in 30 years. Can the government stop famine this time?   The “government” of Ethiopia

Foreword to a “government-in-exile for Ethiopia” A few weeks ago, I gave an interview to an Ethiopian civic group on the topic of “government in exile” under international law. I was asked to comment on whether the idea and practice of “government in exile” is cognizable under international law. The implicit question was whether Ethiopians