The undemocratic track records of the Tigrean People Liberation Front (TPLF)...
By:Asress Mulugeta The current government in Ethiopia has been in power for a total of almost 25 years, and it is based on a single ethnic minority group from the north part of Ethiopia, Tigray. From...
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Ethiopia silences its critics with a deadly crackdown on dissent – The...
The Post’s View By Editorial Board IN THE latest chapter of Ethiopia’s escalating authoritarianism, young people, journalists and musicians have been the targets of the ruling regime’s quest to silence...
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Iniquitous Ethnic based Federal system and Party structure cause...
We are continually learning that for the past one-month shocking and horrible news from the seat of Africa Union that is Ethiopia with great humiliation and grief. The protests have been sparked by...
View ArticleOPDO failed once again to answer the legitimate demands of the Oromo people!
By Birhanemeskel Abebe Segni The Central Committee of OPDO, the party that represents the ruling EPRDF and the Federal government in Oromia, just issued a press statement with no legal or policy force...
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Press Release of OFC-ISG on the statement given by the Oromo People...
January 12, 2016, regarding the current political situation in Oromia. TOO LATE TOO LITTLE AND AN INSULT TO INJURY Since the inception of the peaceful political protests in Oromia region two months...
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OPDO’s statement: a departure or business as usual – By Hassen Hussein *
The nearly two-months-old protests in Ethiopia’s Oromia state, home to close to half of the country’s 100 million population, has entered a critical juncture. On Jan. 12, the Central Committee of the...
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The Making of TPLF’s Paramilitary Death Squad: Agazi Murder Inc. & A Mother’s...
By Alem Mamo “The Pentagon trained Ethiopian forces – including the notorious Agazi special forces unit.” – Jeremy Scahill, founding editor of the Intercept, and National Security Correspondent...
View ArticleManaging African Universities in Turbulent Times – Minga Negas
By Professor Minga Negash[1] “The asymmetry of power between the ruler and the ruled which heightened culture and identity contrast cannot be used to explain the failure of governance and public...
View ArticleThe Wahhabi Invasion of Africa – By Dawit W. Giorgis
“Nilikuonyesha nyota na uliangalia kidole tu.” “I pointed out the stars to you, and all you saw was the tip of my finger.”—Tanzanian proverb. Africa is beset by multiple problems with security issues...
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A Country of Make-Believe Economics – By Aklog Birara (Dr)
Aklog Birara, PhD Part One “What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we...
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Ethiopia on the right path – By Yilma Bekele
In a matter of weeks the progressive forces have achieved a lot in the pursuit of freedom in Ethiopia. So many individuals, Political Organization, Civic associations, religious leaders worked so hard...
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Ethiopia’s Invisible Crisis – Felix Horne
Published in Foreign Policy in Focus By Felix Horne / Researcher, Horn of Africa “Badessa” was a third-year engineering student in western Ethiopia in April 2014 when he and most of his classmates...
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No Country Left for Ethiopians? – Alemayehu G. Mariam
Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam Author’s Note: My commentary this week follows last week’s comment on the collapse of Karuturi Agro Products, Plc., in Gambella, Ethiopia. In 2010, the T-TPLF handed over...
View ArticleWhat Can Africa Learn From Jonathan – Peter Agba Kalu
From the time of King Pharaoh of Egypt to Queen Sheeba of Ethiopia; from Anwar Sadat to Edward Akufo-Addo of Ghana; from King Chaka (c 1788-1828) founder of the Zulu Empire to Uthman Shehu Danfodio,...
View ArticleEthiopia and the two Abays. – By Yilma Bekele
In todays’ Ethiopia the word Abay has become a source of worry for a few and brings despair and anger to the many. We have two Abays that are in the news and they are both causing us internal and...
View ArticleEthiopia: At a Crossroads Again – By Getachew Metaferia (PhD)
State and society seem to be at loggerheads and colliding in Ethiopia. On one hand the government is trying to suppress social uprising by force. On the other hand, the people are determined to...
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Ethiopia: The Perils of Ethnic Federalism – By Worku Aberra
Part I: The Dangers of Ethnic Politics By Worku Aberra The recent student uprising in Oromia has brought into sharp focus the unsustainability of ethnic federalism in Ethiopia. The student unrest was...
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Proud Ethiopian AAU Instructor who told Meles Zenawi the fact – Does anyone...
ይህ መምህር ዛሬ የት እንዳለ የሚያውቅ ይኖር ይሆን ? በተለይ አንቀጽ 39 ኝን ቁጭ ብሎ ያጸደቀ ባንዳ በቅንነት ሀገር ይመራል ብሎ ማሰብ ይከብዳል የሚገርመው ሁሉንም ቁጭ ብለን በአይናችን ብሌን አየነው . ምስጋናዬ ከፍ ያለ ነው ለዚህ ምሁር . ሰውዬውም ተሳስቶ ነው ከዪንበርስቲ ምሁር ጋር የገጠመው እንደልማዱ...
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Addis Ababa Master Plan? No, the T-TPLF Masters’ Plan! – By Alemaheu G. Mariam
Author’s Note: What’s in a label? Well, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose/ By any other name would smell as sweet…”? That may be true, provided, of course, those roses are not roses raised...
View ArticleExplaining Ethiopian Soaring Real Estate and Property Prices – Seid Hassan
Prof. Seid Hassan- Murray State University February 1, 2016 Introduction Admittedly, in all countries of the world, Ethiopia included, the reasons behind rising property prices could be many. In the...
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