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A CALL FROM OBANG AND THE SMNE: RECLAIMING AN ETHIOPIA FOR ALL ETHIOPIANS
It is time to reclaim Ethiopia for all of us Obang Metho I, for one, will not stand by as the country we call home is tossed to and fro in the ethnic or sectarian battlefield of the ambitions and...
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Ethnic tensions could see Ethiopia descending into civil war
State of emergency restores calm but fissures remain in fragile federation James Jeffrey in Addis Ababa No longer are bands of young men marauding on the outskirts of the Ethiopian capital, Addis...
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Jawar’s New Ploy: Hijacking Amhara Resistance [by Messay Kebede]
by Prof. Messay Kebede I recently watched a video recording in which Jawar Mohammed gives a complacent and professorial explanation about the ongoing Amhara resistance. See...
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What Do “WE” Want and Do Now (that “WE” Have the Opportunity to Do it)? (Part...
Author’s Note: This is the sixth 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 impact of the recent uprisings...
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Who is seeking a Referendum? The Oromo people or Oromo elites? [by Tedla...
In my most recent article titled “What is the Ultimate Goal of the Oromo Movement”[1], I argued for the view, given the evidence, the ultimate goal of the Oromo movement is to seek and establish an...
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All for Ethiopian unity, nothing outside of Ethiopian unity, no one against...
By Teshome Abebe & Aklog Birara “No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to...
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Violence is not the Answer! – By Olaanaa Abbaaxiiqi
Olaanaabbaaxiiqi@yahoo.com December 2016 Introduction Unless we are deluding ourselves or burying our heads in the sand and hoping, the writing is on the wall: Ethiopia is dangerously getting...
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The Proof is in the Pudding-Nonviolent Resistance Works – By Olaanaa Abbaaxiiqi
Olaanaabbaaxiiqi@yahoo.com December 2016 Nonviolent resistances have led to numerous dramatic changes in many countries around the globe. Understandably, there are also many nonviolent resistances that...
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Here is why Nonviolent Resistance is a no-brainer for the Oromo Struggle
By Olaanaa Abbaaxiiqi Olaanaabbaaxiiqi@yahoo.com December 2016 The Oromo Protest which is continuously raging since November 2015, has fundamentally exposed the brutality and instability of the...
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President Trump: Out of Africa? – Alemayehu G. Mariam
Author’s Note: In what I expect will be periodic commentaries on U.S. policy in Africa, I aim to offer unorthodox, paradigm changing, thought-provoking and controversial policy recommendations and...
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TPLF’s decades long “Divide and Rule policy” cracking the Diaspora opposition...
by Muluken Gebeyew After 25 years of brutal ruling, TPLF has been severely shaken by the new generation peaceful struggle launched in the last one year. The youth, mostly born and brought up in the...
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ETHIOPIA: LAND AS A COMMODITY AND A HUMAN RIGHT ISSUE–THE POLICY IMPLICATIONS
Teshome Abebe* December 23, 2016 “Buy land son, they don’t make them anymore”. ‘Tony Soprano’—The Sopranos. Teshome Abebe If we were residents of “The Culture”, we would face no scarcity, and I...
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Commentary: Research on Land Ownership and Land Use Policy in Ethiopia
Tsegaye Tegenu, PhD December 24, 2016 I read an article written by Professor Teshome Abebe on the policy implication of the land issue research in Ethiopia. The following assertion forced me to...
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Hatred is not the Solution! – By Amanuel Lemenih
Merera Gudina’s arrest has been criticised by a member of the European parliament On November 30, 2016, the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) announced the arrest of a prominent...
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The Peril of Complacency in our Community – By Yimer Muhe
Hilary Clinton’s historical defeat is no doubt one for the history books, and it is going to be minced and diced for a while. No body, not even Trump and his supporters, saw it coming. Trump, despite...
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Ethiopia 2016 in Review: The Year of Perseverance! – by Alemayehu G. Mariam
Author’s Note: In July 2016, I completed my tenth year of uninterrupted Monday Commentaries (and sometimes up to 4 commentaries) a week. Some have amiably characterized my commentaries as “Monday...
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Open Letter to Collective Leadership of Tigray People Liberation Front (TPLF)...
By Selam Adugna Dear Madams and Sirs, As an Ethiopian in diaspora, I have followed the trial and tribulations of my people under your governance for the last twenty-six years. In the late sixties and...
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Why Deny Ethiopian National Identity? [Tedla Woldeyohannes, Ph.D.*]
Tedla Woldeyohannes, Ph.D.* The question whether there is a shared Ethiopian national identity or Ethiopiawinte has recently become a hot issue. The main purpose of this article is to examine some of...
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Ethiopia: Miruts Yefter – the Shifter – by Yohannes Gebresellsie (Ph.d)
By Yohannes Gebresellsie (Ph.d) When one talks about 10,000 meters run, one talks about mirutse; when one talks about 5000 meters run, one talks about Miruts; when one talks about athletics in general,...
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