Fragile state
Without an immediate change in approach, Somalia will remain a fragmented country populated by self-serving elites seeking foreign patrons.
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Eritrea’s diplomatic offensive?
An US congressional delegation to Eritrea—the first in 14 years—which included Ilhan Omar, got little attention in mainstream media. Why?
Crossing the Red Sea
Salafism is across Ethiopia. While Saudi Arabia has played a role, Ethiopian Muslims themselves are playing a bigger one.
Rastafari and His Imperial Majesty
It's understandable that Rastafari aren’t critical about Haile Selassie, but the idealization of the monarch and Ethiopia in general can prevent critical analysis.
The case of Ethiopian journalist Reeyot Alemu
…On the other hand, even the press doesn’t seem to care much about its colleagues’ freedom
The ghosts of Adwa
The Ethiopia inscribed with anti-colonial meanings after its victory over European colonialism in 1896 was a colonizing state itself.
Bar Ethiopia, Milan
…many different communities found their home and have been running activities in the last few decades:
How a child deals with loss
For the first time, an Ethiopian film, "Lamb," was selected for the Cannes Film Festival. We interviewed director Yared Zeleke.
Turning the camera back home
The women filmmakers in the Ethiopian diaspora who have taken the risk of dedicating their lives to documenting their homeland.
Landscapes of ambition and neglect
While Ethiopia’s leaders chase shiny new projects that are grand monuments to themselves and modernity, they ignore the country’s rich, natural heritage.
Escaping categorization
Ethiopian photographer Michael Tsegaye doesn't want to be pigeonholed. Neither does he want his country to be. So his art actively works against that.
When Haile Selassie went to Jamaica in 1966
The 21 April 1966 visit by Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie to Jamaica casts a big spell over the appeal of Ethiopia to Rasta and how Ethiopians perceive Rasta in turn.
The African Lion
Labour challenges in Ethiopia's industrialization.
Holding living bodies in graveyards
The violence of keeping Ethiopian manuscripts in Western institutions.
Ethiopian Democracy Lesson
…Ethiopian diaspora along the east coast as well as it energetic blogosphere, especially the news and
From Cape To Cairo
When two Africans—one from the south, the other from the north—set out to cross the continent, they raised the question: how easy is it for an African to move in their own land?