A Jewish child shows her friends a dandelion she found while waiting outside the gas chambers

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Hard work beats talent when talent stops working hard.

ባለፉት 18 ዓመታት አማራጭ ካላጣሁ ( ወይም የአውሮፓና የአሜሪካ ሎካል ፍላይት ካልሆነ አልያ የጉዞዬን አንዱን ክፍል ራሱ በኮድ ሼር ከሚሻረካቸው ጋር ሲያደርግ) Ethiopian Airlines ተቀዳሚ ምርጫዬ ነው። ከበረርኩባቸው መካከል Emirates, Austrian, Norwegian,

I’ve followed René Lefort’s tweets for years, appreciating his deep knowledge of Ethiopia. Yet, his recent tweet strikes me as perplexing. He argues that Ethiopia achieved its strongest economic growth during periods without direct port access. Simultaneously, he

LinkedIn creators, please, for the love of God, not everything you come across is a life lesson. You waited in line for a taxi for a long time, that's all there is to it. It's not a lesson about decision-making, leadership, or productivity.

Egyptian Foreign Minister, Badr Abdel Aty, said “Ethiopia has no right to participate in Red Sea governance mechanism as it is a deadlocked country.” By the same logic, Egypt, a downstream beneficiary with zero contribution to the Nile's flow, has no right to say in its

I often see Eritreans debating about “Who Rules the Red Sea”. The debate over who "rules" the Red Sea, I believe misses multiple points. In short: no one does, the waves do. The Red Sea as a high-sea is a shared commons, not a sovereign domain. A better question may be is: “Who

Some Eritreans claim that the Afar people unanimously supported Eritrea's independence through the 1993 referendum. This oversimplifies a complex history of ethnic tensions, self-determination struggles, and political maneuvering. Although the referendum saw an overwhelming vote

On 23 November 2025, at the inaugural of steel factory in Uganda, President William Ruto in front of President Yoweri Museveni assured the “brotherly people of Uganda” of permanent, secure, and uninterrupted access to the Indian Ocean through the Port of Mombasa. Framing this

Remember, this is also where the African, Arabian, and Somali tectonic plates are pulling apart! The Afar🔻

Press Statement: 03 December 2025

“Res Nullius for the Nile”: How Ethiopia Declared Colonial Water Treaties Legally Void Ethiopia, the source of 85% of the Nile’s waters, has never accepted a single drop of the river being allocated to it under colonial-era agreements. From the 1890s to the present, Addis Ababa

Egypt's Foreign Minister appears visibly weary about his unsuccessful insistence on safeguarding historic Nile water rights!

“የግብፅ ብሔራዊ ጥቅም በዋናነት የኢትዮጵያን ብሔራዊ ጥቅም ማደናቀፍ ነው” ብያችሁ ነበር። ይሄንኑ በሚያረጋግጥ መንገድ የግብፅ የውጭ ጉዳይ ሚኒስትር ባድር አብደላቲ የሚከተለውን ብሏል፣ “እኛ በቅንነት እየተደራደርን ባለንበት ወቅት ኢትዮጵያ

The Epstein Files are so vast, so complex, and so polymorphously evil, that they can justify any conspiracy theory you desire. In a sense, they serve as the Ur-text for our Weimar Moment. More from me on this point, in The Free Press today. thefp.com/p/jeffrey-epst…

TPLF used Flawed Historical Justification for Ceding the entire Red Sea Coast to Eritrea The TPLF relied on a selective and oversimplified interpretation of history in recognizing Eritrea's independence and ceding the entire Red sea shore in 1993. They treated Eritrea as a

ዘፈን ሰምቼ ተሳልኩ ለኔ ቴዲ አፍሮ “በኢቶሪካ” አልበሙ ከሎሬት ፀጋዬ እና ሙሉጌታ ተስፋዬ የብእር ዙፋን ተርታ በብቃትና በኩራት ተንሰራፍቶ ተቀምጧል። ለቴዲ ያልሆነ ሎሬትነት ይበጣጠስ ብያለሁ። ይህ የድፍረት ቀረርቶ አይደለም። በብቃት