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Tsedi Lemma, you are getting it wrong.  Dr. Abiye Ahmed is not  the first prime minister who identifies himself as an Oromo. In fact Dr. Abye is  the fifth  Oromo to be the Prime Minister of Ethiopia. I thought  you at least know about...

Dear Ethiopia, You will probably have a new leader by the time I wakeup “tomorrow” morning. So let me leave you with some thoughts. 1) The ruling party, EPRDF, has two options: Reform or perish. There is only one constituent party...

Bravo! The Thugtatorship of the Tigrean People’s Liberation Front (T-TPLF) has done it again! The T-TPLF’s latest scam is the equivalent of a children’s Easter egg hunt for “prime minister”. It is a con game called, “The Search...

Author’s Note: This commentary is aimed at the Diaspora Ethiopian media. It aims to accomplish two objectives. First, I aim to openly challenge the Diaspora Ethiopian media not to become unwitting parrots and dupes of the Thugtatorship of...

“The answer to Ethiopia’s problems is greater freedom, not less…” On March 8, 2018, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson landed his jet at Bole Airport in Addis Ababa and hopped right on the Ethiopia Freedom Train. At his press...

The purpose of this emergency is not to protect the constitutional order but to silence the voices calling for change. Awol K Allo Last Friday, the Ethiopian governmentdeclared a six-month nationwide state of emergency, invoking a grave...

“One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.” — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The T-TPLF state of emergency declaration is an unjust law! The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress… If...