Some Reflections on Professor Abigail Salisbury
By Berhe Mekonnen(ethiopiafirst.com)
"Superb rebuttal to the American Law Professor Abigail Salisbury who was in Mekele for just four months."

Ethiopia keeps 10.8% GDP growth forecast for 2008
Exports have grown on average by 25 percent in the agricultural-dependent economy over the last four years, he said.

Ethiopia Steals the Show at World’s Largest Coffee Gathering
By: Eyob Tekalign Tolina May 14, 2008:- From May 2-5 in Minneapolis, Ethiopia and its legendary coffees were on full display during the SCAA Conference, which is the largest gathering of coffee professionals in the world....

Ethiopia has a plan to produce thousands of PhDs, to teach and to spur on economic development.
Linda Nordling reports:- Could a country that has produced fewer than 100 PhDs in the past 50 years turn into a research powerhouse in a decade? It may sound like fantasy but Ethiopia....shhhhh!do not tell this to the ill advised extreme Diaspora sweeping the streets of western countries and acting as if he/she knows better for Ethiopia!

Horn of Africa’s Number One Agenda Should be: Engineering the Removal of the Brutal Regime in Asmara
By Seyoum Tesfaye May 9, 2008:-When you think it could not get worse and you are hoping the conflict he triggered with Ethiopia will be finally resolved so that the Horn of Africa will get a chance to live in peace...(asmarino.com)