Can Ethiopia's Political Conflicts Be Resolved Peacefully?

By Buri Waddesso

The collapse of peace talks between the Ethiopian regime and the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) last month begs the question; can Ethiopia's mounting political problems be resolved, peacefully, through negotiation?

Healer's Light: Achieving the Impossible

A new memoir by Gudata S. Hinika, MD, FACS

Review by Mohammed Ademo and Hassen Hussein

What can one person do to revive a country's health care system where only 149 doctors care for close to 30 million people? What can one person do to open up educational opportunities for orphaned children who would otherwise be condemned to a dreary life without hope?

Bush vs. Obama on Africa

by Judy Yi Zhou*

Last year, as the UN Security Council weighed a resolution authorizing military action in Libya, Gaddafi sent an unusual letter to Obama addressing him as “son” and urging the American president not to intervene. It was too little too late. By then Gaddafi had few friends left, in his own country, the west, and the Arab world.

Ethiopia’s Physician Brain-Drain Problem; What to Do?

By Gelane Gemechisa

Since the advent of “organized medical practice” in 1896, when the Russian Red Cross built the first hospital, Ethiopia has experienced a rapid expansion of the delivery of healthcare that lasted well into the 20^th century.

Ethiopia: at least 150 arrested during Irreechaa

(OPride) – At least 150 arrested and one man died as hundreds of thousands flocked to Bishoftu, Oromia, in south central Ethiopia on Sept. 30 to mark the annual Irreechaa celebration.

Ethiopia and ONLF Talks Collapse with Recriminations

(OPride) – The second round of high-stake negotiations between the Ethiopian government and an outlawed rebel group, the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), conducted under the auspices of Kenyan government in Nairobi between Oct. 15 -17, 2012, collapsed with each side blaming the intransigence of the other for the failure.

Ethiopia’s New PM and the Succession deal

by Leta T. Bayissa

I would like to start by congratulating Ethiopia’s newly appointed Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, on breaking that country’s political glass ceiling, and achieving an unforeseen success. Desalegn's meteoric rise to the highest office in the land is historic in many respects.

Ethiopia: Junedin Saddo Faces New Sanctions

(OPride) – Embattled Ethiopian minister, Junedin Saddo, is barred from any public activities, government sources told OPride. Saddo is sanctioned from attending the deliberations of the Oromo People's Democratic Organization (OPDO) Central Committee, the source said on condition of unanimity due to fear of retribution.

Ethiopia's Hailemariam gets a new title

(OPride) -- After close to three months of speculation on who would assume the post vacated by the late Prime Minister Zenawi, the ruling Ethiopian Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) selected Hailemariam Desalegn and Demeke Mekonnen as party Chairman and deputy, respectively, the two becoming almost shoe-ins for Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister when the legislature meets next month. Their confirmation is a forgone conclusion.