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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...

Holding the Feet (Hooves) of the Wounded Beast to the Fire Author’s Note: This is the fourth installment of what I initially planned to be a three-part series on prospects for truth and reconciliation in Ethiopia. I have explained the...

Author’s Note: I am postponing Part IV of my regularly scheduled commentary on truth and reconciliation in Ethiopia to respond to Seyoum Mesfin’s call to arms to the people of Tigray. I find it exceedingly important to record a timely...