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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...
Why 2017 was a tough year for Ethiopia (APA)
It has been a year of deadly demonstrations and ethnic skirmishes in Ethiopia, making 2017 a tough year for the country.Hundreds of people were killed in clashes between residents of Oromo in the eastern part of the country where the government...
SMNE: HOW WE FACE THE BEAST OF ETHNIC HATRED WILL DETERMINE OUR OUTCOME AS ETHIOPIANS (Press Release)
– WHAT IS HAPPENING TO US?
– WHAT COULD HAPPEN TO ETHIOPIA IF WE DO NOT CHANGE?
– WHAT KIND OF COMMON VISION WILL BRING TRUTH, FREEDOM, ACCOUNTABILITY, RECONCILIATION AND JUSTICE FOR ALL OF US?
– WHAT...
Ethiopian pop star Teddy Afro delights fans, irks authorities (AFP)
By AFP
He may be Ethiopia’s biggest pop star but Teddy Afro hasn’t held a concert in his country for years, some of his songs have been effectively banned, and the launch party for his last album was broken up by the police.
But...
Ethiopia remembers prisoners of conscience in social media campaign
By Engidu Woldie
ESAT News (December 27, 2017)
Ethiopians at home and in the Diaspora today held a one day social media campaign to bring to light the predicament of prisoners of conscience in TPLF prisons.
Campaigners posted pictures and stories...
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...