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Lies, dammed lie, statistics    Kibour Selam   Yesterday’s statement of the PM more or less wrapping up the recent heinous acts as; ‘When the fire ablaze one group, it will not keep the other warm’ appeared a very tactical approach...

Anarchy looming under Ethiopian skies    Kibour Sealam   Today, there is a deadly fight in many parts of Ethiopia among supporters of the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize winner Abiy Ahmed, and that of Ja-war Mohammed’s, the latter’s boots...

Bekele Gerba’s Shallowness and Fascistic Impulses  Part I: Oromo Irredentism    By Gemechu Aba Biya   Generally, I am disinclined  to use emotionally loaded terms, but Bekele Gerba’s recent invective against the Amhara people...

You’re blocking the road to democracy   Kibour Sealam   The wish to “prohibit” the demonstration planned to take place at Meskel Square in Addis Ababa Sunday and the unfolding observed as a result of it once again proven the...

Abiy Ahmed: an embarrassing choice for the peace prize   Mesfin Arega   By deciding to award this year’s Noble Peace Prize to the Ethiopian dictator Abiy Ahmed, the awarding committee has made one of its most if not its most...

What has been happening in Ethiopia under the watch of Abiy Ahmed? Achamyeleh Tamiru 1. There has been large-scale state sponsored nationwide ethnic violence and displacement under the watch of Abiy Ahmed; 2. Abiy Ahmed backed “mob justice”...

Ireechaa unmasks government’s double standard Kibour Sealam  Well ahead of the celebration of Damera, eve of the commemoration of the finding of the true cross, police warned the public not to use any flag other than the national one, or...

The TPLF’s Elites Had Their “Bottom Sewn up tightly”   By LJDemissie   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...