Oromo Uprising: Danger and Opportunity – Prof. Messay Kebede
Regarding the present situation of unrest in Oromo towns and villages, many activists and observers repeatedly ask the question of knowing why other regions of Ethiopia where the discontent is no...
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Darkness at Noon in AmeriKKKa? [Alemayehu G. mariam]
Hail to the Grief (Chief) to Come!? Donald Trump is now President-elect of the United States. He was elected by the same rigged system he so vociferously complained about: “I’m afraid the election is...
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The changing face of Ethiopia. [By yilma Bekele]
The US elections are over and I have not met anyone happy with the outcome. All the dirty linen was was washed in public and the winner was the one with the most stain. The opinion polls malfunctioned...
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Donald Trump and Africa [Witney Schneidman]
From the Brookings Institution Witney Schneidman For Africa, at stake in this election of Donald Trump is the strong bipartisan consensus in Congress that has been the cornerstone of U.S. policy...
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Ethiopia’s crisis: Things fall apart: will the centre hold? [RENÉ LEFORT-...
FILE – Demonstrators chant slogans and flash the Oromo protest gesture during Irreecha, the thanksgiving festival of the Oromo people, in Bishoftu town, Oromia region, Ethiopia. RENÉ LEFORT Open...
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Beyond the timeless ‘Ethiopia Lezelalem Tinur’ [Zecharias Zelalem]
Zecharias Zelalem, Special to Addis Standard An eternal slogan unapologetically shouted out loud with defiance and determination at rallies as much as it is mumbled at quiet prayers under one’s breath...
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Gondar – Home of the brave: Land of the rebels?! [By Girma Hadas]
Cornel Demeke Zewdie The title of the article might suggest to you that the writer is a victim of petty thinking and parochial politics because he focused to write about a certain region (Gondar)...
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To Your Excellency, Hailemariam Desalegn, the Prime minister of Ethiopia...
Your Excellency, About a month ago, I heard you saying “the government [Ethiopian] wants to reform an electoral system which has excluded the opposition.” Few months ago, I heard you saying that you...
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Reacting to Lefort’s Article on the Ethiopian Crisis [Messay Kebede]
Prof. Messay Kebede I have read with great interest René Lefort’s article, “Ethiopia’s Crisis Things Fall Apart: Will the Center Hold?” With his usual perspicacity and deep knowledge of Ethiopia’s...
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Neither Fiduciary arrangement nor confession is needed to ascertain...
By Chombe Teshome One should not need to sink into Falmanaa Sabaa’s psychobabble to surmise the tribal intellectual swamp the author of the piece grows out of. His piece “Is Oromo Fiduciary to...
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Amhara Uprising: Poverty as a cause of instability [by D. B. Kebede]
Per the 2007 Population and Housing Census, Amhara is the second largest ethnic groups in Ethiopia. Most of the Amhara population lives in Godner, Gojjam, Wollo and Shewa provinces. However, due to...
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People are yearning for solidarity not contradiction [Tefera Dinberu]
(A Brief Remark on the Article of Dr. Tedla Woldeyohannes, Paulos Milikiyas) Tedla Woldeyohannes, holds a PhD in Philosophy from St. Louis University While Dr Tedla’s skepticism on the trend of the...
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Open Letter to BEDiSA Group, with regards to Purchase of Tana Beles Project –...
Open Letter to BEDiSA Group, with regards to Purchase of Tana Beles Project – Located in Amhara Region, Ethiopia Download (PDF, 394KB)
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Hybrid Wars: The Horn Of Africa, the Scramble for Somalia; Eritrea; Ethiopia;...
Part II By Andrew Korybko Global Research, December 03, 2016 Oriental Review 2 December 2016 The first part of the research on the Horn of Africa described the regional state-to-state political...
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What Do WE Want and Do Now (that “WE” Have Met the Enemy?) (Part V) [Al Mariam]
by Prof Alemayehu G. Mariam Author’s Note: This is the fifth installment in a series I have called “What Do WE Want and Do NOW?”. The serialized commentaries have three aims: 1) take stock of the...
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“Ethiopia’s Crisis:- Things fall apart, Will the center hold?” A Rejoinder...
Minga Negash is a accounting professor at Metropolitan State College of Denver, Colorado. In his November 24, 2016 article, Mr. Rene Lefort described the Ethiopian crisis and theorized that the problem...
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Amhara Uprising: Poverty as a cause of instability [By D. K. Bimrew]
Per the 2007 Population and Housing Census, Amhara is the second largest ethnic groups in Ethiopia. Mostof the Amhara population lives in Godner, Gojjam, Wollo and Shewa provinces. However, due to...
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Ethiopia in a State of Interregnum [Abdissa Zerai (PhD)
According to Professor Zygmunt Bauman, the concept of interregnum appeared for the first time in Titto Livio’s history of Rome where he described the foundation of the city and the role of the first...
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Closing Peaceful Resistance for Good: Dr. Merera Gudina’s Arrest – Dr. Aklog...
Dr. Merera Gudina I therefore find it outrageous that the TPLF/EPRDF arrested Dr. Merera under the most shameful pretext of attending a conference sponsored by the European Parliament and for...
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Ethiopia: Numbers don’t lie
To Your Excellency, Hailemariam Desalegn, the Prime minister of Ethiopia Your Excellency, Few months ago, I heard you saying “the government [Ethiopian] wants to reform an electoral system which has...
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