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Ode to 4 Billion Tree Saplings by the River Ghion (Ethiopia)
By Alemayehu G. Mariam And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of...
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The ‘Bantustanization’ of Ethiopia and Its Looming Dangers
Dawit W Giorgis By Dawit W Giorgis The term Balkanization has frequently been used in reference to Ethiopia’s ethnic federalism, which has been codified in the country’s dysfunctional constitution that...
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The Intellectual Bankruptcy of Hizkiel Gebissa
Part I: Peddling Ethnic Hatred By Gemechu Aba Biya In an interview on August 1 with Semeneh Biafers of Walta TV, Hizkiel Gebissa makes many deceitful statements, as he has done in the past. It’s...
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Ethiopia’s Policy Logjam and Unintended Consequences— Is the Abiy led...
— Part III of III By Aklog Birara (Dr) “ያልተማሩ ምሁራን ያቆዩዋትን ሃገር፤ የተማሩ መሃይማን አያፈርሷትም” አቶ ታየ ቦጋለ Aklog Birara (Dr) My hypothesis in response to the question under the sub-tile is that Ethiopia’s Prime...
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Ethiopia and Eritrea’s peace must be rooted in past
August 7, 2019 by Samuel Fikreselassie Historical grievances between the two societies are a major barrier to a healthy relationship between Ethiopia and Eritrea Words can be a powerful tool to rally a...
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Illegal Activities of Sidama Extremists in Awassa and What Must be Done to...
By Damo Gotamo Ejjeettos and their financiers are in big trouble. They are running for their lives. Many are behind bars, and those who escaped prisoner are being chased down by the brave men and women...
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The Intellectual Bankruptcy of Hizkiel Gebissa Part II: The Plan to Destroy...
By Gemechu Aba Biya Whenever Hizkiel Gebissa is asked about secession, he equivocates, but he is a committed separatist. He just doesn’t have the decency, integrity, or honesty to say it openly. He...
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Raising the White Flag! The Power of Medemer and the “Disarming of the...
By Alemayehu G. Mariam Is PM Abiy Ahmed winning the battle (of ideas) for hearts and minds? In an interview, a self-styled journalist-cum-former-regime official-turned-opposition activist and avowed...
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The greatest confusion and deception of all time- duty-free or free trade...
Fekadu Bekele (Ph D) 08. 2019 Human dignity is offended when persons are denied the opportunity to participate in their own development, when development “takes place over their heads” (Yuengert M....
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The constitution should be changed unconstitutionall
By Shiferaw Abebe There has been much talk lately about the constitution – its contents, its applications, its defects, and the opportunity and the timing of making amendments to it. There are several...
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Why does TPLF badly need the next election to be held?
Asmelash Yohannes (PhD, Mekelle University School of Law) From strategic point of view, the leaders of TPLF (Tigray People’s Liberation Front) know, or they are predicting to say the least, that the...
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To Ezekiel Gabissa: A Self-appointed leader of a land of Dystopia
By Tesfaye Yigzaw My writing today is about this individual who is making a lot of hullabaloos with several appearances in a public forum that needs a retort. I have waited for so long not to disrupt...
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Address to the Oromo Intellectuals’ Misrepresentation, Fabrication of, and...
Prof Haile LArebo On July 28, 2019, a group of 54 people, claiming to represent “individuals and national/ethnic based nonprofit and community organizations representing our members”, published “An...
View ArticleHypocritical Political Manipulation Isn’t Better Than Treason
G/Kirstos Abbay 25th August 2019 I have carefully listened to Professor Hizkiel Gebissa’s rhetoric and the questions raised by the attendees and the explanation given by the presenter at Mekelle...
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Hope Springs Eternal in Africa With Leaders Like Abiy Ahmed!
By Prof. Alemayehu G. Mariam Africa’s “first responder” does it again! Last week, Sudan was pulled from the brink of disaster when the “military council and the main opposition coalition signed a...
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The TPLF’s Elites Had Their “Bottom Sewn up tightly”
By LJDemissie August 26, 2019 “Hate is like a poison you make for your enemy that you end up swallowing yourself.” David Duchovny, Holy Cow “Ethnic stereotypes are boring and stressful and sometimes...
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When activism goes awry
By Yilma Jawar and his cliques are utterly unscrupulous. It is perplexing for any sane person even to know what their interest is. Responsible citizens are appeasing to narrow any differences we may...
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Political dichotomy in Ethiopia: Unitary Nationalism, Ethno-nationalism or...
Ephrem Madebo, for Addis Standard Addis Abeba, September 02/2019 – I was half-asleep and half-awake when the voice of an incoming email on my iPhone ended the hallucinating hypnagogic state that should...
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Open Letter to Professor Alemayehu Gebre Mariam
By Asfaw Regas I am one of those Ethiopians who read your articles over the years and appreciated your taking the time to write every week during TPLF’s brutal dictatorial rule. I believe your...
View ArticleExtremism exacerbates, it never alleviates in Ethiopian political situation
By Yilma Gebru The political situation in Ethiopia is still inauspicious. Myriads of factors come in to the play as to why the problem persists. In my view, all the political actors are responsible in...
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