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So, You Think You are a Democrat? [Wondmagne Ejigu]
The rationale behind the question is challenging. A democrat believes in the rule of people; it is a person who demands democracy, who advocates and protects human rights. Does it sound like someone you consider yourself to be?
My reason to...
Internet shutdown could cost Ethiopia’s booming economy millions of dollars
QZ
Ethiopia, the second most populous country in sub-Saharan Africa, has one of the lowest rates of internet and mobile phone connectivity in the world. The current protests, which have engulfed the country since Nov. 2015, have only exacerbated...
One of the world’s most important diplomatic hubs is restricting the movement of diplomats
Quartz Africa Weekly
Ethiopia, home to the third largest number of diplomatic missions in the world, only after New York and Geneva—has limited foreign diplomats from traveling beyond a 40-kilometer radius (25 miles) out of the capital...
Lelisa’s Message
A wave of protest in Ethiopia highlights the country’s history of exploitation and dispossession.
by Ezekiel Gebissa
This summer, when marathon runner Feyisa Lelisa crossed the Rio finish line with his hands crossed above his head, he expressed...
Ethiopia: What Do We Do Now? (Part I) [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
THEY know what they want, and do NOW!
The T-TPLF has declared a “state of emergency” and unleashed a reign of terror on Ethiopia. But what do they want, and do now?
What the T-TPLF wants to do NOW is use every trick in the book to remain...
How I'm Made a Dissident, Emotional Man and Usual Suspect [BefeQadu Z. Hailu]
[WARNING: If a personal note bores you, don’t read this.]
I was 11 years old boy when EPRDF took power. As a kid, I had a confused feeling during the time the then ‘Woyane’ controlled Addis on Ginbot 20. During the nights before,...
Statement by the allied Oromo liberation forces on the official declaration of a State of Emergency by the TPLF shifta regime in Finfinne/Addis Ababa
The declaration of a State of Emergency by the lawless TPLF regime in Ethiopia is a blatantly egregious act making a bad situation a lot worse.
Statement by the allied Oromo liberation forces on the official declaration of a State of Emergency...