Addis Ababa

By Getachew Mekasha These are extraordinary times for Ethiopia, and times like these need to be approached in an extraordinary… (more)

In less than a month Mengistu HaileMariam and his Derg have been swept from the Ethiopian political landscape. Victory for… (more)

By Getachew Mekasha March 1st, 1991 was the 95th Anniversary of the Battle of Adowa. In the short space available,… (more)

By Chris Prouty The demonstrators holding placards outside the Royal Court Theater in London on 16 March 1987 were made… (more)

As opposition forces ringed Addis Ababa, Col. Mengistu Haile Mariam boarded an Ethiopian Airlines plane on May 22 and fled… (more)

For the past decade Western political analysts have been predicting Mengistu’s downfall. Many Ethiopians also anticipated Mengistu’s regime to come… (more)