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Ethiopia’s War Evades Foreign Scrutiny, but Highlights UAE-Saudi-Turkish Competition By Gregory R. Copley     Ethiopia’s “hidden” war has brought forward important nuances of regional rivalry which have gone unnoticed as the...

Ethiopia and the English white supremacist: the incessant vilification of the Amhara   “We are familiar with England’s permanent opportunism.” (Jean-Yves Le Drian, foreign minister of France)   Mesfin Arega   There are...

DESPAIRING CRY OF ETHIOPIA by BK ONE: PRELIMINARY TO THE MAIN PORTION The Ethiopian Student Movement during the 1950s is notable for its protest «Land to the Tiller». However. advocates or practitioners of strong loyalty to one`s own tribe...

AN OPEN LETTER TO ORTHODOX PATRIARCHS (SHOUTS OF AGONY)   TO HIS HOLINESS – Pope Tawadros II – Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria   TO HIS HOLINESS – Patriarch Kirill of Moscow – Leader of Russian Orthodox Church   TO...

Social Media in Amhara Politics:  Disinformation and Misinformation in an Existential Struggle Girma Berhanu, Professor   Introduction There is nothing new in voicing concerns over the possible negative effects of social media. Indeed,...

Beware of the Frankenstein – How Abiy Ahmed brough the TPLF back from the dead. GIRMA BERHANU Professor The TPLF was soundly beaten by the then Ethiopian Military and Amhara Fano joint forces after its gut-wrenching attack on the Northern...

Which FANO Leader or Group Refused Ervin Massinga a Proposal for Peace Negotiations ?   Ervin Massinga, US Ambassador to Ethiopia, recently said in public that Fano has refused proposals for peace negotiations. Who among the Fano leaders...

Ethiopian Fanoism Updated!    GIRMA BERHANU Professor Ethiopian ‘Fanoism’ is the country’s distinctive social mobilization which has historically been used to fight against foreign aggression. In Western European terms,...