Harassing VOA Reporter is Not Your First Amendment Right
Tadias Magazine By Tadias Staff Published: Tuesday, July 7th, 2015 New York (TADIAS) — Last week a video showing a…
Category: Opinion
Open Letter to The Washington Post Regarding Ethiopia
The Washington Post coverage of the Ethiopian community needs to go beyond the usual refugee story and rush stops to U Street.
India Landgrabs Ethiopia — CNN
CNN By Mohammad Amir Anwar, University of Johannesburg The African country helping India feed 1.2 billion people The global food…
US State Dept on Ethiopia Elections
Tadias Magazine News Update Press Statement Marie Harf Deputy Department Spokesperson, Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC — The United…
Why Is Obama Administration So Reluctant to Criticize Ethiopia’s Repression?
Slate Magazine By Sarah Margon In July 2012, an Ethiopian court charged the prominent journalist Eskinder Nega with conspiring to…
US Enables Authoritarianism in Ethiopia
Aljazeera America By Awol Allo It was only two months ago during the Israeli election that the White House was…
As Ethiopia Votes, What’s ‘Free and Fair’ Got to Do With It? — The Washington Post
The Washington Post By Terrence Lyons Ethiopia, Washington’s security partner and Africa’s second most populous country, is scheduled to hold…
‘Libya is Full of Cruelty’ – Amnesty
Amnesty International Monday, May 11, 2015 Widespread abuses by armed groups, smugglers, traffickers and organized criminal groups in Libya as…
Ethiopian-Israelis Want Police Officer Who Beat Soldier To Go On Trial
Ethiopian-Israeli activists called for a police officer caught on camera beating an Ethiopian-Israeli soldier to be put on trial.
Wendy Sherman Says Editorial on US-Ethiopia ‘Mischaracterized My Remarks’
The Washington Post By Wendy R. Sherman, Washington Regarding the May 1 editorial “Make-believe on Ethiopia”: Ethiopia is a valuable…
The United States’ Irresponsible Praise of Ethiopia’s Regime — The Washington Post
The Washington Post By Editorial Board ETHIOPIA’S ELECTIONS, scheduled for May 24, are shaping up to be anything but democratic.…
U.S. Wrong to Endorse Ethiopia’s Elections
Freedom House April 16th, 2015 Washington — In response to today’s comments by Under Secretary for Political Affairs, Wendy Sherman,…
Letter to the Editor: Re: Feb. 9 Washington Post Editorial “Ethiopia’s Stifled Press”
The Washington Post Letter to the Editor By Tesfaye Wolde The writer is a counselor for public diplomacy and communication…
Ethiopia’s Stifled Press — Washington Post
The Washington Post By Editorial Board WHILE ENJOYING its status as an international development darling, Ethiopia has been chipping away…
Sisi Goes to Addis Ababa (Opinion)
The New York Times | The Opinion Pages By ALEX DE WAAL On one of the last occasions an Egyptian…
Kumera Genet Reviews Rebel Music: Youth Led Social Movements and Their Sounds
The Huffington Post By Kumera Genet Hisham Aidi’s book, Rebel Music: Race, Empire, and the New Muslim Youth Culture, newly…
New Inquiry Needed on Eric Garner’s Death
The New York Times By THE EDITORIAL BOARD DECEMBER 3, 2014 The Staten Island grand jury must have seen the…
Kumera Genet: The Dominican Government Cementing Foundations of Apartheid
The Huffington Post By Kumera Genet It is over a year since the highest court in the Dominican Republic issued…
2014 Midterms: Running Away From Obama Is What Cost Democrats (Opinion)
The Root November 5th, 2014 The Republican Party’s takeover of the U.S. Senate in Tuesday’s midterm election is the tip…
Don’t Let Ebola Dehumanize Africa
The New York Times | OP-ED By ANGELIQUE KIDJO A few days ago, I posted a note on Facebook about…
Cuba’s Impressive Role on Ebola
The New York Times | EDITORIAL By The Editorial Board Cuba is an impoverished island that remains largely cut off…
The Pivotal Role of Free Media in Building A Healthy Democracy
UN.org By SHEILA S. CORONEL Since the 17th century, the role of the press as Fourth Estate and as a…
Hidden Crisis in Eritrea: Every Month 4,000 Eritreans Flee to Escape Oppression
The New York Times By VITTORIO LONGHI In Europe’s debate about how to deal with the flow of desperate migrants…
Room for Debate: Cooking for the Family is a Promise Kept – By Blaine Sergew
The New York Times By Blaine Sergew UPDATED SEPTEMBER 22, 2014 When my husband and I got married, we made…
Embracing Development and Security Means Embracing Free Expression By Birtukan Mideksa
Freedom-now.org By Birtukan Mideksa Last week, Washington D.C. hosted the US-Africa Leaders Summit, where over 50 African heads of state…
Finally, A Continent Gets Recognized: US-Africa Summit Begins History Anew
USA TODAY By DeWayne Wickham The dinner President Obama hosted last week for leaders of more than 50 African nations…
Ethiopia’s “Terrorist” Journalists and Bloggers – Huffington Post
The Huffington Post By Adam Bemma 08/13/2014 NAIROBI, Kenya – A cursory glance at the headlines shows that Ethiopia has…
It Used to be What US Can Do for Africa, Now It’s What US Can Do with Africa
Independent Online By Kuseni Dlamini Speaking Africa’s language The inaugural US-Africa Leaders Summit marked a turning point in relations between…
President Obama’s Landmark US-Africa Summit (The New York Times Editorial)
The New York Times By THE EDITORIAL BOARD President Obama’s Africa Push One major purpose of President Obama’s landmark White…
Opinion: Why the US-Africa Summit Was Important and Why It Wasn’t Enough
The Daily Beast By John Prendergast 08.09.14 It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…. It…
In Ethiopia, A Stranglehold on Freedom By Meron Ahadu & Lulit Mesfin
Los Angeles Times | OP-ED By MERON AHADU AND LULIT MESFIN August 3rd, 2014 When Secretary of State John F.…
We Must Not Look Away From the Crises in Africa by Maaza Mengiste
The Guardian By Maaza Mengiste Thursday 31 July 2014 In the photograph a little girl is hunched low, head bent…
Houston Chronicle Editorial: Ethiopia Needs to Do Better
Houston Chronicle Editorial July 28, 2014 As they ready for two days of wheeling and dealing with a high-ranking Ethiopian…
U.S.-Africa Summit 2014: Beyond the Usual Cheap Shots – Facts, Ideas & Suggestions
By Jessica Pugliese, Andrew Westbury and Amadou Sy | Brookings Editor’s Note: The U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit blog series is a…
Will Ethiopia’s New Sovereign Credit Rating Increase Foreign Investment?
Brookings Institution Blog By Temesgen Deressa and Amadou Sy July 2, 2014 Last month, Moody’s Investors Service assigned a debut…
The Struggle for a Free Press in Africa
Aljazeera America By Mohamed Keita In Africa, the past few months have offered troubling optics of journalists on trial for…
Doublethink in Punditry (Opinion)
The New York Times By Paul Krugman A belated reaction to Mark Thoma’s comments on Barry Ritholtz [What’s the Penalty…
Ethiopia’s Condom Dilemma (Opinion)
Ethiopia’s most popular condom brands are usually sold well below market cost, heavily subsidized, as part of the effort to tackle problems like H.I.V., but is it working?
Why Writing Africa Off is a Mistake (CNN)
By Amina Mohammed and Hadeel Ibrahim, Special to CNN June 4th, 2014 Editor’s note: Amina Mohammed is a special adviser…
Opinion: How Obama’s So-Called Foreign Policy Critics Ignore Context & Facts
PoliticusUSA By: Hrafnkell Haraldsson Ross Douthat says of the man who ended two long wars, killed America’s most relentless enemy…
Ethiopia: It Is Very Simple – Respect the Constitution (Addis Standard Editorial)
Addis Standard EDITORIAL Addis Ababa — Once again Ethiopia is in the headlines. It is not for its dazzling double…
President Obama’s Africa Policy: Just Right or Not Enough?
Tadias Magazine By Tadias Staff Updated: Sunday, May 4th, 2014 New York (TADIAS) — A year ago, as President Obama…
Al Jazeera: In choosing Security Over Democracy in Ethiopia, US Will Get Neither
Al Jazeera America By Hassen Hussein U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, Thursday in…
Haimy Assefa: Meb Keflezighi is American, and So Am I
Haimy Assefa, a CNN news assistant in New York City, reflects on fellow immigrant Meb Keflezighi’s Boston marathon victory.
Ethiopia: Where Conscience is Constantly On Trial
Al Jazeera By Awol K. Allo A high profile trial against protest leaders – intellectuals, activists and elected members of…
Opinion: The Flaw in Bill Gates’ Approach to Ending Global Poverty
The Seattle Times By William Easterly SOMEHOW — probably my own fault — I have wound up on Bill Gates’…
Opinion: World According to Putin
CNN By Alexander J. Motyl Editor’s note: Alexander J. Motyl is professor of political science at Rutgers University-Newark. He was…
Is Harlem ‘Good’ Now? By Marcus Samuelsson
The New York Times By Marcus Samuelsson WHEN I was walking to work one day last summer, I noticed that…
In Search of Family Ties’ By Laura Kebede
Richmond Times-Dispatch BY LAURA KEBEDE I once convinced a Tunisian guard I was Tunisian to avoid a foreigner’s fee at…
An Appeal to Ethiopians Worldwide: Supporting the Ethiopian Red Cross Society
Tadias Magazine Op-Ed By Lily Gebru Published: Thursday, December 12th, 2013 Washington, D.C. — More than a million migrant workers…
Taking Eskinder Nega & Reeyot Alemu’s Case to African Court on Human Rights
A new crowd-sourcing campaign is raising funds to take their case to the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights.
The Ethiopian Migrant Crisis in Saudi Arabia: Taking Accountability
Human Rights Watch describes the oil rich kingdom of Saudi Arabia as an enemy of minority rights and political freedom.
Kenya’s Ruto and His Ethiopian Host’s Chilling Messages on Media Freedom
Daily Nation Kenya By Macharia Gaitho I learnt last week that Ethiopia has amongst the most liberal and progressive media…
An Open Letter to John Kerry: Tell Ethiopia to Release Eskinder Nega
EFF BY RAINEY REITMAN September 4, 2013 Dear Secretary of State John Kerry, This month marks the second anniversary of…
Helina Teklu: 15-year-old In Need of $40,000 For Kidney Transplant (OP-ED)
Tadias Magazine OP-ED By Meron Abebe Published: Sunday, August 18, 2013 Washington, DC – Like many girls her age around…
Tom Campbell: America Would Be Wrong to Favor Egypt in Water Rift
Orange County Register By TOM CAMPBELL Egypt’s sense of nationhood is tied up in control of the Nile. So is…
Eskinder Nega: Letter From Ethiopia’s Gulag (The New York Times)
A letter from Kaliti Prison by Eskinder Nega, recipient of the 2012 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award.
Changing Ethiopia’s Media Image: The Case of People-Trafficking
We urge PM Hailemariam Desalegn to take leadership in ending the agony of Ethiopian citizens in the Middle-East.
Ethiopia: Discussing Ethnic Politics in Social Media
Regarding the current toxic discourse in some Ethiopian Diaspora websites about the ethnic politics.
The Difference Between Haile and Liberia’s George Weah (The Africa Report)
The Africa Report By Konye Obaji Ori The two-time Olympic gold medalist and multiple world 10,000 metre champion says he…
UPDATE: Will Ethiopia’s ‘Grand’ New Dam Steal Nile Waters From Egypt? (CSM)
CS Monitor By William Davison GUBA, ETHIOPIA – Egypt is newly worried about a huge Ethiopian dam now under construction…
Maaza Mengiste Says “The Nile Belongs to Ethiopia Too”
The increasing tensions with Egypt over the proposed dam reveal how fundamental the river is to both nations’ identity.
In the AU’s Host City Addis Ababa, an Oppressive Reality in Plain Sight
Africa Review Op-Ed | By MOHAMED KEITA The African Union has been celebrating 50 years in Addis Ababa against a…
PM Hailemariam Asked About Reeyot Alemu In France24 Interview
On Reeyot Alemu, winner of the 2013 UNESCO World Press Freedom Prize, the PM once again offered more of the same.
Eskinder Nega: An Ai Wei Wei Story in Ethiopia
Eskinder, now 45 years old, is still languishing behind bars and separated from his family.
Photos From Bangkok: Thailand’s Only Ethiopian Restaurant
Perhaps the best ambassador a nation can offer to the people of other countries is its food.
Ethiopia’s Two Sides of Development: Successes and Pitfalls
VOA News Martha van der Wolf March 15, 2013 ADDIS ABABA — The United Nations Development Program has released its…
Ethiopia Presents Human Rights Action Plan | U.S. Failing Muslims in Ethiopia
VOA News Marthe Van Der Wolf ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia has unveiled its first Human Rights Action Plan, with the…
Letter from Ethiopia: Regarding The Case Against Eskinder Nega
The legal language justifying the continued imprisonment Ethiopian journalist Eskinder Nega is not encouraging.
Editorial: Our Role in Shaping U.S.-Africa Policy in Obama’s Second Term
Influencing U.S. foreign policy requires a culture of respectful political discourse, which has not been the hallmark of the Diaspora.
Ethiopia: ‘1000 Places to See Before You Die’
The author of the book “1,000 Places to See Before You Die” will leads a trip to Ethiopia in the spring.
Stronger America Needs Stronger Ethiopia
This was the first face to face encounter between the leaders of Ethiopia and the United States.
Another Statue Controversy in Ethiopia? Unconfirmed Reports Fuel Online Buzz
Global Voices It was in 1896 that Ethiopian forces led by Emperor Menelik II had defeated an Italian army with…
Tadias Magazine Endorses President Barack Obama for Re-election
We endorse President Barack Obama for re-election.
Protesters Show Bad Taste at Meles Memorial in Harlem | In Defense of Susan Rice
A memorial service was held at The Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, for the late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on Saturday, October 27.
Editorial: Regarding PM Hailemariam’s VOA Interview
The new Ethiopian leader outlined his views on foreign and domestic issues in an interview with VOA in New York prior to his UN speech.
Editorial: New PM Should Seize Missed Opportunities of Past 20 Years
Hailemariam comes into office at a time when Ethiopia requires wise leadership and collective responsibility.
Ethiopia: Why the Secret & Confusion Regarding Meles Zenawi’s Absence?
Tadias Magazine Editorial Published: Wednesday, August 1, 2012 New York (TADIAS) – Since the Ethiopian Ministry of Information had announced…
Ethiopia’s Missing PM: What’s The Truth About Meles Zenawi’s Health?
Officials in Ethiopia are contributing to the frenzy of speculation about PM Meles’ condition.
Comment Of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Conviction of Eskinder Nega
Opinion: By Patrick Leahy, United States Senator for Vermont “The Ethiopian Government’s use of vague anti-terrorism laws to silence the…
Ethiopia Shows That Congress Is Right to Be Worried About UN Control of the Internet
US Congress approved a resolution opposing United Nations “control over the Internet.
Tikur Retold: ‘Why I am in Awe of Teddy Afro’s Music Video’
“Teddy Afro repainted the canvass of the world with tikur and managed to burn into the psyche of Ethiopians”.
Could Africa be World’s Next Manufacturing Hub?
Low labor costs and abundant resources are some of Africa’s manufacturing advantages.
The ‘African Century’ Can Be Real: We Can be Food-Secure Within a Generation
The continent can be food-secure within a generation. That’s a boon for business and humanity alike.
Members of Congress Urge Meles to End Media Repression
A Republican and a Democrat are voicing indignation at Ethiopia’s persecution of journalists.
Charlayne Hunter-Gault Reflects on Journalists Serkalem Fasil & Eskinder Nega
Charlayne Hunter-Gault relates the travails of married journalists Serkalem Fasil and Eskinder Nega.
WEF Africa 2012: Ethiopia Coming Into the Light on the World Stage
World Economic Forum meeting on Africa puts international spotlight on Ethiopia.
Editorial: Ethiopia Honors Dr. Catherine Hamlin with Honorary Citizenship
Dr. Catherine Hamlin has spent a better part of her life in the service of her adopted home.
Ethiopia’s Women: Maid in Ethiopia – The Economist
The Economist Apr 24th 2012, 15:12 IN LATE February 2012, Alem Dechasa, an Ethiopian maid working in Lebanon, was video-taped…
Ethiopian & Lebanese Reactions to the Death of Alem: Memorialized Discussion Between Two Activists
The Huffington Post By Kumera Genet and Khaled A. Beydoun Alem was a 33-year-old Ethiopian domestic worker in Lebanon, who…
Alem Dechasa’s Choice: An Impossible Decision and a Lonely Death
For voiceless domestic workers suicide is the only escape from a nihilistic existence.
Blogger Fights Terror Charges as Ethiopian Leader Praised
Journalist Eskinder Nega told the three-judge panel that he is a prisoner of conscience.
Call for the Registry of Adwa as UNESCO World Heritage Site
This year marks the 116th anniversary of Adwa. Should the site be listed as a World Heritage?
Ethiopia: What’s Missing in African Union’s New Building?
What is missing is raising eyebrows among Ethiopian scholars, historians and politicians.
Illegal PDF of Mengistu Haile Mariam’s Memoir
The the unauthorized copy of Mengistu Haile Mariam’s book is receiving strong criticism.
The Madonna of the Sea by Maaza Mengiste
Dagmawi Yimer was a law student in Addis Ababa in 2005. A soft-spoken man with penetrating eyes and fine features.
Echoes of U.S. Racism in Israel
At the beginning of January, Israel’s Channel 2 exposed rules that forbid the sale of real estate to Ethiopians.
Standing with Ethiopia’s Tenacious Blogger, Eskinder Nega
It would be hard to find a better symbol of media repression in Africa than Eskinder Nega who is in jail in Ethiopia.
Election 2012: Room for Debate – Were We Wrong About Obama?
Despite his election, young people remain shut out of the process. Obama needs to embrace the same level of audacity that he campaigned on in 2008.
The Battle of Adwa 115 Years Later
Ethiopia’s historic victory at the Battle of Adwa took place one hundred and fifteen years ago.