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February 29 , 2020

Why the GERD Interests the US

Dear Editor, A piece published in the My Opinion section of Fortune, headlined, "Ignorance Isn't Bliss," [Volume 20, No1034, February 23, 2020], by Christian Tesfaye, contains a lot of valid observations about social media commentators who write o...

November 16 , 2019

Speed Limiter, GPS & Cargo tracking not the Same Thing

Dear Editor, I am writing this letter as a response to an article headlined “Mandatory GPS installation cheers importers, displeases truck owners”  that was published in Fortune on October 13, 2019 [Vol.20 No.1015]. This is written to better clarify the understanding of the various solutions, initiatives, directives and projects conveyed...


August 10 , 2019

Innocent Victims

Dear Editors, In her recent column headlined, "Discern Blame from Responsibility" [Vol. 20 No. 1005, August 4, 2019], Eden Sahle rightly calls all of us that suffered during the ugly Ethio-Eritrean war “innocent victims”. Moreover, her accepting the responsibility to take charge of her own life during childhood is highly commendable. She...




Letter To The Editor

Together in Tragedy

March 16 , 2019      |           |      227 Views

Dear Editor, A week after celebrating a great national triumph, we witnessed an international tragedy on Et...

The Part Bar Associations Can Play in Rule of Law

March 2 , 2019      |           |      89 Views

Dear Editor Chief Justice Meaza Asheafi’s commentary headlined “Constitutional Rights, Meaningless without Indepe...

Bulcha Demeksa: OLF Should Not Stand in the Way of Peace

Dear Editor, There is a saying in Amharic expressive of my feelings toward conflict in the Oromia Regional State. It roughly translates to, “the least loved inherits one’s wealth,” alluding that one’s worst fear sometimes come to pass. There have been reports for...

January 26 , 2019      |           |      118 Views


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