
Africa’s smaller cities are usually overlooked: They shouldn’t be
Often when one thinks or writes about urbanisation in Africa, megacities or primary cities like Lagos, Nairobi, Addis Ababa or Kampala, come to mind. Little, however, is written about places like Gabés in Tunisia, Touba-Mbacké in Senegal or Ibadan in Nigeria. City Monitor By Astrid RN Haas Yet these are just three of an estimated 885 secondary, […]

‘Déjà Vu’ all over again; BRICS vs G7 and the Looming Cold War II
Global reaction to the Russian war in Ukraine, the rise of China on the global stage, superpower confrontations, inflation, spiking energy prices, and fears of disruption — all have created a sense of Déjà vu. If you listen to the rhetoric and ignore the calendar, you might think that you’ve traveled through time to the […]

After kicking Biden out, Ethiopia invites India and Russia to the Horn of Africa
TFI Global by Ansh Pandey It is a well-written fact that African nations are becoming more and more anti-West in recent times as the globe heads towards a multipolar world. This is already providing an avenue for Russia and other nations to fill up the space. When it comes to Ethiopia, the nation has always believed […]

Is The US Continue Destabilizing Ethiopia? Mystery Document Revealed That Showed US/Egypt Covert Operation Training TPLF In Uganda
By Alastair Thompson The document that follows below was provided to Scoop this week in plain text form. It has been reformatted and partially redacted for publishing, (removing private details related to named individuals). Scoop understands that the contents of the document are an open secret in political circles in Addis Ababa, and has determined […]

An Open Letter to the European Union, and to Its Representatives
We, the undersigned, are observers of different backgrounds who have been privileged to lend our voices to those of Ethiopia seeking fair treatment in the global court of public opinion. We believe it is vital to make you aware of the genuine facts and background of the situation in Ethiopia because the conduct of your […]

As Biden officials Admit the Ukraine Is a Lost Cause, It’s Time for Ukraine to Accept the peace proposal Before It Loses Most of its Territories
Ukraine is living in cloud cuckoo land. It’s facing huge losses in terms of life, arms, and territory every day in its war against Russia. Now it’s strongest ally the White House officials are losing confidence. It says Ukraine will ever be able to take back all of the land it has lost to Russia over the […]

Undeserved Wealth
Capital Ethiopia Financial wealth has become all the rage in the nation states of the world system. Not long ago, it was the real sector of the economy, production of goods and delivery of services that formed the foundation of what was then called progress. In those days finance was only an intermediary serving the […]

Is Ethiopia and Africa as Whole Prefers a Strong Russia over the West?
People paying any attention to world affairs have known for years that Francis Fukuyama jumped the gun when he declared “the end of history” and announced that the world has witnessed “the end-point of humanity’s ideological evolution and the universalisation of Western liberal democracy as the final form of human government” after the fall of […]

China Says It Wants To Play Bigger Role in Horn of Africa security
The first-ever China-Horn of Africa peace, governance, and Development conference kicked off in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Abeba today. According to Walta Information Center The conference is the first of its kind after China appointed veteran diplomat Xue Bing as its special envoy for the Horn of Africa. Representatives of horn African countries and China are […]

The 20th Century Belongs to Europe’s, the 21st Century Is Asia’s, and the 22nd Century Will be Africa’s
Geopolitics is subject to change. The happenings in Ukraine have already taken a tectonic shift in the politics espoused by different nations. Countries across the globe, even the ones that never sided with any in the eastern Europe crisis are feeling the effects that the war had on them. But a mindful consideration of what […]

Russia to Build Closer Ties With Africa During the Second Russia-Africa Summit as It Pivots Away from the West
Ahead of the upcoming second Russia-Africa summit, scheduled for October-November 2022 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Coordination Council established under the aegis of the Secretariat of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum (RAPF), has held its third meeting in the format of a videoconference. Following the instruction of the Russian President on the preparation of the second […]

Remembering Juneteenth, While Thinking about Representation and Reparation
The holiday is about more than free food and family-friendly events. It’s a time of reflection. I was first called the N-word at a sleepover when I was nine years old. At that moment I knew the color of my skin would determine how I would be treated for the rest of my life. The […]

Dagmawi Lalibela: The Newest Rock-hewn churches in Ethiopia
Gebremeskel Tesema, a priest and hermit, has been carving churches out of the solid bedrock at Dagmawi Lalibela in Ethiopia since 2011. Located in the Amhara Region in the north of the country, Dagmawi Lalibela is a series of five subterranean churches connected by open courtyards, short passageways and trenches. The rock – a grey, clay-like […]

Chinese Construction Companies and Addis Ababa Booming Skyscrapers
Barely a few months after it inaugurated the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, which is the tallest skyscraper in East Africa and the third tallest building in the content, Addis Ababa commonly known as the political capital of Africa is in the process of getting two additional high skyscrapers which are even taller. The first one […]