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Visa for Andargachew Tsige; absurdity of the year
Hindessa Abdul Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed is making history. His magnanimity is unprecedented in recent history. Not only did he set most political prisoners free, he has even shown the...
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Bekele Gerba failed me (BefeQadu Z. Hailu)
BefeQadu Z. Hailu I have always had a soft heart to Bekele Gerba. It was not only his charm, I admired his commitment to peaceful struggle. His words, since his previous arrest, were carefully selected...
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The Two Contesting Parties in Ethiopian Politics: Where They Should Go From...
by zewdu Tile The central question in today’s Ethiopian political leadership is that of maintaining a balance between Ethiopian-nationalism and ethnicity. In the post-revolution era, the bone of...
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LETTER FROM OBANG AND THE SMNE TO THE ETHIOPIAN PEOPLE
Obang Metho The best opportunity for sustainable and meaningful success must be based on inclusive, principle-based change that protects and upholds the rights and interests of all Ethiopians June 4,...
View ArticleRectifying the Educational Neglect of Amara and Ethiopian Students in general
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest B. Franklin. Mikael Wossen, PhD. INTRODUCTION The rigidly segregated education systems throughout Ethiopia are in disarray. School leaving exams are...
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Why the Rush to Privatize Ethiopia’s Strategic Assets Now
Aklog Birara (DR.) Aklog Birara (Dr.) Ethiopia’s flawed model of state and party led and dominated development began immediately after the TPLF dominated ethnic coalition, the EPRDF, took power in...
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The Tigrean Minority Junta to control the Ethiopian economy under the guise...
By Aschalew Aberra My take on the executive committee’s decision to liberalize the Ethiopian economy. There are several school of (economic) thoughts that discuss the pros and cons of liberalization of...
View ArticleTPLF/ EPRDF THE PAST AND THE FUTURE!
Date June 6, 2018 By Ermias Hailu From its humble beginning on “የካቲት 11, 1967”, the Tigrayan People Liberation Front (TPLF) has evolved as the undisputed and formidable driving force behind the...
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Ethnic Nationalism Must Be Replaced by Ethiopian Nationalism
By Tefera Dinberu Over thirty years ago ideas of narrow nationalism were sown by Weyane that still plays a reactionary role to deter good governance from coming in Ethiopia. It did not have any dream...
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Ethiopia :EPRDF’s 11th Conference
October 5, 2018 T.Goshu Given the very ongoing critical struggle for the realization/establishment of a fundamentally democratic and prosperous society for the first time in our political history, Dr...
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TPLF –a ‘Deceased’ Political Party
by Zekarias Ezra History is replete with accounts of deceased political parties. It is a reminder that not every political party lasts forever. In US, there was once a party called the Federalist...
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Ethiopia and Abiy Ahmed: What a Difference 180 Days Make?
By Alemayehu G. Mariam Celebrating the six-month anniversary of Abiy Ahmed’s service as prime minister October 2, 2018 marks the six-month anniversary of the appointment of Abiy Ahmed as prime minister...
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Where to Be, on the Right or Left of Abiy? That Is the Question
By Mesay Kebede (Prof) Mesay Kebede Ethnic tensions and violent clashes and subsequent displacements of people in some regions of Ethiopia and around Addis Ababa have set off alarmist, if not...
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Call for TPLF to ban itself, the alternative is unsustainable, at best...
Tadesse Walle (PhD), London 6 October 2018 Here is the argument: TPLF, ethno- centric political entity from its inception, has gravely attempted to dismantle Ethiopia against the will of Ethiopians,...
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Ethiopia: The challenges of building a Market Economy in its Absence: The...
by Yohannes Gebeyehu Neoliberal-ism as political economy at the risk of oversimplification implies a political economy governed and guided by demand and supply (market). It subscribes to market...
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Where to be, on the right or left of Abiy? That is the question
Close to one million civilians were displaced due to the recent violence in West Guji and Gedeo zones of the Oromia and southern regional states respectively Messay Kebede, For Addis Standard Addis...
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The ‘Freakonomics’ of dysfunctional diaspora elites: መደመር or መቆመር?
It is clear by now; contemporary dysfunctional elites’ self-appointment to represent the people of Ethiopia is the source of all ills in our society to remind us what George Orwell articulated; “the...
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The reformists shouldn’t retreat nor take a defensive position
By Assegid Habtewold[1] A large-scale national change like what is happening in Ethiopia right now doesn’t just go smoothly without some ups and downs- without experiencing some setbacks. The...
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Channeling Meles the Bekele way
By Yilma Bekele In spiritualism ‘channeling’ is when one allows his body to be used by the ghost of the dead to speak to the living. I witnessed Oromo leaders with the honorable Bekele Gerba as the...
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Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia’s Youth and the Power of Medemer
By Alemayehu G. Mariam Super Congratulations, PM Abiy and Deputy PM Demeke! I want to publicly congratulate H.E. Prime Minster Dr. Abiy Ahmed on his re-election as party chairman and H.E. Demeke...
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