Did Seyoum Mesfin and Abay Tsehaye Mastermind behind the Stampede? [By LJDemissie]
I am deeply saddened by the death and/or injuries of hundreds of Ireecha festival spectators at Lake Bishoftu, Oromiya on October 2, 2016. So, to the friends and families of the Hora martyrs, I offer my condolences on the passing of their...
Ethiopia Opposition Leader: Deadly Violence Likely to Get Worse (NBC)
by DANIEL A. MEDINA and CORKY SIEMASZK
Dozen Killed in Weekend Protests Across Ethiopia 1:20
An Ethiopian opposition party leader warned Monday “the situation will get worse” after a weekend of violence in the African...
Why Ethiopian Jews Face Increasing Discrimination and Police Brutality in Israel [Newsweek]
In the magazine
Politics
By Conor Gaffey , Jack Moore
After Decades in Israel, Ethiopian Jews Face Increasing Discrimination
For five years, Avishai Baruch served proudly as an officer in the Israeli military. Since...
TPLF MANIFESTO [by Dereje Tariku]
The Tigray People Liberation Front, TPLF had published their organization’s manifesto in February 1976, the booklet was printed in Sudan. The TPLF manifesto, clearly defined who a Tigryan is, the land that the TPLF considers as Tigray, and...
Disinformation in T-TPLF Land of Living Lies: Pinocchio Preaches Truth Against Perception in Ethiopia? [Prof Alemayehu]
Author’s Note: This is the third successive commentary I have written on the intensifying T-TPLF disinformation campaign in Ethiopia. On September 5, I announced that the T-TPLF would soon roll out a massive disinformation campaign to...
Behind the Ethiopia protests: A view from inside the government
Africanarguments
An ex-cabinet minister in the Ethiopian government and former president of Oromia Regional State explains why the current turmoil has come as no surprise.
Scenes from the recent protests. Credit: Jawar Mohammed.
For over...
Former professor leads Ethiopian rebel army [bucknellian]
Sasha Weilbaker, Staff Writer
An article titled “Once a Bucknell Professor, Now the Commander of an Ethiopian Rebel Army” was published in the New York Times Magazine on Aug. 31 and profiles the former economics professor and current...