Dear esteem readers, we regret that the March and April editions of the Nile Journal were not published due to unforeseen circumstances. We hope to resume our regular monthly publication schedule from here on.
By Okot Nyormoi, editor, environment protection activist, author of Burden of Failure
Climatic change is not a hoax as peddled by conspiracy theorists. We now know that it is caused by natural as well as human activities, with devastating effects on both living and non-living things. To combat the fast-developing adverse effects of climatic change, various actions including the establishment of international treaties, and conventions have been taken. Similarly, international and national agencies have been created to implement resulting policies on climatic change.
By Okot Nyormoi, editor, cell biologist, author of the novel, Burden of Failure
I was touched by an article about two cancer patients, published in the November second 2022, Daily Nation, Nairobi, Kenya, titled, “Waiting to die: The pain of being a poor cancer patient”. I am a cancer patient myself that is why the story resonated with me. Though our cancers are different, one of the two patients in the story and I were diagnosed at about the same time in November 2021.
By Dr. Aklog Birara, former senior advisor at the World Bank, author of a new book titled Promising Ethiopia
“I am worried that the system may fail, and if the country fails, it will be a shame for all blacks” so said Lencho Leta, Founding member of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) and trusted advisor of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali.
I agree with Mr. Leta. Tragically for the people of Oromia and the rest of Ethiopians, the projected collapse of the Ethiopian state and government
By Ocaya p’Ocure, a social media commentator, Uppsala, Sweden
It was evident that international politics of the cold war era died a natural death with the fall of the Berlin wall on November 9, 1089, leaving the world with only the Chinese wall. Thus, the world expected the new US President, Joe Biden, to pursue new foreign and national policies with the post-cold war era but not the populist “Make America Great Again” policies of former President Donald Trump.