October 2013

By: Hirut Mesfin October 31, 2013. I feel compelled to respond to this article. Whilst I am in agreement with the gist of Temesgen Zewde’s argument, about constitutional right to travel, the

Tedla Asfaw I read Obo Biri piece on current debate of “armed alliance with Shabia” posted here. http://www.ethiomedia.com/13report/5177.html. I agree with Biri that after the Badme war of 1998-2000 Woyane is controlled by Shabia which he clearly identified it as TPLF/EPLF.  The recent interview

BY MEHARI TADDELE Relations between the African governments and the International Criminal Court (ICC) could not be worse than the current state of affairs. Now, at government and also to some extent

BY TAGEL GETAHUN Ethiopia must not indulge in democracy until it accomplishes good governance. There still are problems of competence, diligence, character, dedication and integrity of the civil service that need to

By Temesgen Zewdie The recent decision by the government of Ethiopia to ban domestic workers from traveling to the Middle East and Arab countries is myopic at best and stone-age governance at worst. Any

By Keffyalew Gebremedhin Automaticity of Ruto’s excusal from his trial rejected We already had occasion on October 19, 2013 to comment on the ICC Trial Chamber’s conditional “excusal from continuous presence at trial” given

BY ALEMAYEHU G MARIAM The trashing of constitutional rights   The Ethiopian Constitution guarantees, “Persons arrested have the right to remain silent. Persons arrested shall not be compelled to make confessions or

By Ersasu Mere   A couple of weeks ago Mr. Andargachew Tsgie of Ginbot 7 was on the air with his group’s freshest assessment of Eritrea as an accessory to wage an

By Tefera Dinberu How are human rights interpreted if a woman does not have freedom to choose her partner but relatives arrange her marriage, or she refuses to be a mere reproductive agent

ThinkAfricaPress site A page has been turned in the history of Jews in Ethiopia. But despite what Israel may think, the page doesn’t mark the end of the book, but merely a

ALEMAYEHU G MARIAM Recently, African leaders, at least those at the helm of the African Union and their flunkies, have been reporting endlessly recurring ghastly nightmares of Lady Justice “race hunting” them