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I wish all of my weekly Ethiopian readers throughout the world a happy and prosperous Ethiopian New Year. I join you joyfully in ringing in...

Girma Berhanu   Department of Education and Special Education (Professor)  University of Gothenburg  Box 300, SE 405 30  Göteborg, Sweden  E-mail: Girma.Berhanu@ped.gu.se  Introduction Reports of targeted violence against Amhara academics and professionals have...

CPJ Reeyot Alemu, an Ethiopian journalist who worked for the independent weeklyFeteh, spent almost 1,500 days in prison after being arrested in June 2011 andcharged...

[Ethnicized Gatekeeping: How AfaanOromo and Oromo-Sounding Names structure Advantag Contact information:  Girma Berhanu   Department of Education and Special Education (Professor)  University of Gothenburg  Box 300, SE 405 30  Göteborg, Sweden  E-mail: Girma.Berhanu@ped.gu.se  Introduction This essay...

“The most ethical way to deal with an unethical situation would be to simply say: ‘we did something wrong.’ But nobody in a family like...

Girma Berhanu (Professor) Introduction and Background This paper is motivated by a critical reading of How Fascism Works by Jason Stanley and its striking relevance to...

Author’s Note: This is the third successive commentary I have written on the intensifying T-TPLF disinformation campaign in Ethiopia. On September 5, I  announced that the...

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