In a speech in 1959, J. F. Kennedy has famously said “When written in Chinese, the word ‘crisis’ is composed of two characters – one represents danger and one represents opportunity.” Langan-Riekhof and others have gone so far as saying “Sometimes the world needs a crisis” to turn challenges into Read more…
(Yaadannoo Sabboontota Qabsoo Bilisumaa Oromo tiif wareegaman, This poem is adapted from Martyred Poems: I Feel, I Feel – Martyred Soldiers Pain – Poem by Seema Jayaraman) Hirribni dur du’eeImimaan ni gu’ee Yeroo giittii sana, Tasa yoon gadooduu, Kufee gangaladhu! Caala natti ulfaatee, Waarroon gabruma, Tokkumaan Read more…
Krugman, Nobel Laureate and New York Times Columnist, observed that “the economic contraction we’re experiencing is the fastest on record, by a large margin; we’ve probably lost as many jobs over the past two weeks as we did in the whole of the Great Recession. The policy response is also Read more…
የዛሬ 6 አመት ገደማ፣ አልጃዚራ ስትሪም (Aljazeera Stream) በተባለ ቲቪ ፕሮግራም ላይ፣ ጃዋር መሃመድ ተጋብዞ ውይይት ላይ እያለ፣ አወያይ ጋዜጠኛዋ እንዲህ ብላ ጠየቀችው፡ “ከኢትዮጵያነትህና ከኦሮሞነትህ የቱ ይበልጥልሃል?” ጃዋርም ሳያመነታ እንዲህ ብሎ መለሰ፡ “ኦሮሞነቴ ይበልጥልኛል! (I am Oromo First!)” ቀጠለናም “ኢትዮጵያዊነቴን በሚመለከት ገና ብዙ መስተካከልና መታረም ያለባቸው ጉዳዮች አሉ” የኢትዮጵያን ጉዳይ Read more…
When I heard that Mugabe, ex-president of Zimbabwe, has passed away, a flashback of thought took me down the memory lane. I grew up hearing about him, as a towering figure and giant in African politics. He used to regularly travel to Addis Ababa and take part at big gatherings. Read more…
It was by accident that I bumped into an OBS interview with Obboo Haile Gebre (the two part interviews are posted below!). I was gripped from the very outset. There was no chance I would change that channel once I started watching. For me this interview was mesmerizing, probably I Read more…