| By Mezgebu Tsegaye | Azeb Mesfin, wife of dictator Meles Zenawi, member of the rubber stamp parliament and boss of the biggest corruption scheme in Africa called the Endowment Fund the Rehabilitation of Tigray (EFFORT) Continue reading

| Black Star News Editorial |There comes a moment in a lifetime when one has an opportunity to break with the bad old ways in order to open a great new future.That moment is still at hand for President Barack Obama with respect to U.S. relations with the African continent. Continue reading

| By Thomas C. Mountain |ASMARA, Eritrea — Ethiopia held another “election” in late May, 2010 and the sort of “democracy” the powers that be in the West support with annual “aid” and “loans” to the tune of billions of dollars was the only winner. Continue reading

| allafrica.com | Asmara — As a result of its backward thinking leading to the illegal practice of jamming satellite channels which fully exposed such shameful acts, the TPLF regime has been banned from access to satellite service, according to reports. Continue reading

| AFRICOM | How well is democracy working in four of the US government’s partner/client/proxy states in East Africa? Ethiopia, Uganda, Burundi, and Rwanda are all presently in election cycles. Continue reading

| capitalEthiopia |Ethiopia is turning into a one party state under the ruling EPRDF. UDJ said the ruling party has even outperformed the Chinese communist party to realize a virtual one party state in Ethiopia during the past five years. Continue reading

|bloomberg.net|Meles Zenawi’s government will sign a peace deal with the United Western Somali Liberation Front, a rebel organization that has been fighting for independence in the ethnic Somali region in the east of the country. Continue reading

|newsweek.com |Ethiopia’s lobbying, meanwhile, has helped to defuse charges that the government has turned increasingly authoritarian. In a memo sent to congressional offices, DLA Piper, representing Ethiopia Continue reading

| Daily Monitor |The United States will not provide a safe haven for money stolen from Africa by its corrupt leaders, US President Barack Obama said yesterday. Addressing at least 23 African leaders attending the African Union summit Continue reading

|By: Prof Al Mariam |Note: This is the second installment in a series of commentaries I intend to offer on U.S. foreign policy (or lack thereof as some would argue) in Ethiopia. Continue reading

| By Zeinab Amde |In today’s Ethiopia, the grip of real power is blurred as a real political system has given way to the rise of a dictatorship that sustains its existence on sheer power, brute force and arbitrary actions. Continue reading

|By Abebe Gellaw | Live Aid, which celebrated its 25th anniversary earlier this month, was conceived after heart wrenching TV footages of dying children and emaciated adults weeping for the dead, as well as the abhorrent misery they had to face, globally brought into sharp focus the forgotten horrors of war Continue reading