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Ethiopia’s TPLF must fix its disease, not symptoms (By Teshome M. Borago)
After over 2 years of courageous Ethiopian protests and thousands of innocent lives lost, the TPLF ruling party has thrown crumbs and meaningless promise at the Ethiopian people once again. This week, Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn first...
Trump administration deserves credit for the announced release of political prisoners in Ethiopia [BY ALEMAYEHU G. MARIAM, THE HILL]
Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn made an equivocal announcement that political prisoners in his country will be released at some future date. He provided no details. Desalegn said, “Some members of political parties under prosecution...
Are recent political gestures in Ethiopia optimistic? (Zelalem Kibret)
Zelalem Kibret
After the conclusion of 18 days of political jujitsu among the disarrayed members of the three-decade-old Ethiopian ruling coalition, the Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), which controls every political...
The Year of Ethiopia-Win-Et, RISING! [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Author’s Note: I have a tradition of reviewing the year in my last commentary of the year. It gives me an opportunity for a momentary reflection on some things that have happened and did not happen during the year.
If I were to describe...
OP-ED: RACE TO THE BOTTOM: ETHIOPIA’S ACCELERATING CRISIS (Dr. Awol Kassim Allo)
An economy in free fall, ever-deepening repression, a deteriorating security, inter-ethnic violence, and a vicious infighting within the ruling party – Ethiopia is on the cusp of political explosion.
Dr. Awol Kassim Allo, For Addis Standard
The...
Ethiopia-Win-Et: Understanding the Mind of the Mastermind of Ethnic Federalism [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
As long as people believed in ‘a bright future,’ they fought side by side irrespective of nationality – common questions first and foremost! But when doubt crept into people’s hearts, they began to depart, each to his own national...
The Sensational OPDO and Popular Reactions (BefeQadu Z. Hailu)
(A note inspired by a Facebook post of Yemane Mitiku)
The people in social media and beyond are perplexed about what is going on within EPRDF. Almost all assumptions are made based on the news that reached the public from what is happening...
Ethiopia-Win-Et: The U.S. on the Horns of a Creeping Civil War Dilemma in Ethiopia [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable…In the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside.” — John F. Kennedy
The quiet riot of civil disobedience...