Saturday, July 30, 2011

Ethiopian fascination with the Arab Spring

Few weeks ago, a close friend of mine and myself were discussing this issue. I remember Ug voiced his concern on the naive move to replicate the Jasmine Revolution. Of course it is a legitimate concern. The socio-economic realm in current Ethiopia is different. Socially, we have some diverging interests and un-settlled arrearages. Besides Meles has given us a huge homework. I can keep on listing and listing. However, despite the gloomy look, there is a bright side of the reality. Wo wo I gotta stop my rhetoric here and invite you to read an impressive analysis by a great Ethiopian scholar.  Dr. Aklog's article is a nice piece for thought, for us! 
Part I- http://ethiomedia.com/andnen/2744.html 
Part II- http://www.aljazeera.net/mritems/streams/2011/7/19/1_1074931_1_51.pdf

Thursday, July 28, 2011

A Daunting Task of re building the nation awaits the new Ethiopian Generation!

Well, It is not an easy job. But trust me it is not an impossible thing too. In fact we, the current generation, are lucky to be called for this task. To me it is an opportunity to prove that we are capable of rebuilding Ethiopia back to where "she" was and deserve to be. Hence allow me to   quote Madiba,"sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that great generation".

http://ecadforum.com/articles/2011/07/21/a-daunting-task-of-re-building-the-nation-awaits-the-new-ethiopian-generation/