THE RACE CARD
White women’s opinion of black women & a brother’s response
Please take a moment and read this. Pretty Deep!
It seems that an article was written to Sister 2 Sister magazine by a Caucasian woman who requested a response from black men. I think she got what she asked for (and more, ha)!!!
Dear [...]
Archive for June, 2007
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The economic divide
People of the west enjoyed African fortune for several hundred of years with no bargain. In this civilized world no one deny this fact every one of us knows that it is so unjust for the same people to live mythical over the Africans. One scholar said White people owe the Africans more [...]
Our telecom a no option option
Posted in Politics on June 9, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The mobile phone service we are getting from our telecom company (ETC) is totally unacceptable. We are buying it because it is the only option. I had an opportunity to visit some countries in the North and the South. Let me share with you my observations in telecom related issue, particularly in the mobile phone [...]
Posted in Politics on June 8, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Calculation Somalia
“….when the Ethiopian military rolled in to Mogadishu and sent the Islamist fleeing last week, the bush administration kept a low profile, applauding the invasion and thanking its lucky stars that it was Ethiopia that launched it, not America.” Time, January 15,2007
“We have achieved no other nation able of. Now Somalia is a different [...]
Posted in Politics on June 8, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Filtering the Net
Internet censorship is a world wide practice and technology we didn’t miss. China invests tens of millions of dollars on US technologies to filter the net with an amazing precision and speed. Iran, Vietnam, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia are also good participants in this investment. I forget Cuba “the legendary”; according to reporters without [...]
Posted in Life matters on June 7, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Brain Drain in Africa
“The emigration of African professionals to the West is one of the greatest obstacles to Africa’s development.”United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
“African governments have a great responsibility to ensure that brains remain in the continent; otherwise, in 25 years’ time, Africa will be empty of brains.”Dr. Lalla Ben BarkaDeputy Executive-Secretary, ECA
“[By] [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The millennium hype
300,000 or something more people are expected to arrive at Addis for the millennium some including the government view this as an opportunity to harvest foreign money. Though I doubt the number I question, are we prepared to handle the responsibility? Yesterday our president officially opened the celebration, with a motto “2 tree [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 5, 2007 | 2 Comments »
The Millennium Hype
Do we have any reason to fear the coming millennium as it turned to 2000, hope my computer will function properly, oh my account I’ve got to withdraw the balance ‘gomen betena”. In our context not us but the government has to fear what the coming millennium will come up with as it [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Can’t illegalities be tolerated for the good of citizens?
As part of its effort to beautify Addis and curb illegalities in housing and business related construction, the Addis Ababa city administration is busy with demolishing houses which it says are built illegally. This engagement of the caretaker administration compelled me to ask the question; can’t illegalities [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Education
Our skill of English Language
In Ethiopia in particular and Africa in general there is a serious problem related to quality of language education. Particularly, the foreign languages that are being used as a medium of instruction in high schools and colleges. I think we should engage in a constructive debate about how to use our [...]
