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By Natalia Marques June 11, 2022 “They told you and me we came from the Congo. Isn’t that what they told you? I mean, isn’t that what they taught us in school? So we came from the Congo. We are savages and cannibals and all that kind of stuff from the Congo; they’ve been Read more
ከአክሊሉ ወንድአፈረው June 1, 2022 ጥንካሬውና አበረታች ጎኑ ጀዋር እንደ አንድ የኦሮሞ ብሄረተኛ ኢትዮጵያና ኢትዮጰያዊነትን ሁሉ ሲያጥላላ ዝቅ አድርጎ ሲያሳይና ለኦሮሞ ማህብረረስብ የችግሩ የስቃዩ የኋላቀርነቱ….ወዘተ ምክንያት ሁሉ በኢትዮጰያ ውስጥ መቆየቱ እንደሆነ አድርጎ ሲተርክ ረጅም ጊዜ ቆይታል፡፡ከቅርብ ዓመታት ወዲህ በተለይም ኦ ኤም ኢን (OMN) የተሰኘውን የቴሌቪዝን ጣቢያ ከመሠረተና መምራት ከጀመረ በኋላ በዚህ አኳያ የአንበሳውን ድርሻ Read more
ህውሃት ደሴንና አካባቢውን ወሮ በቆየበት በአጭር ጊዜያት ውስጥ ያደረሰው ከባባድ ጥፋቶች The horrible and nasty destruction of TPLF during their short invasion of DESSIE በደሴ አጠቃላይ ስፔሻላይዝድ ሆስፒታል ደሴ ከተማና አካባቢ ለሚኖሩ፣ ደቡብ ወሎ፣ ሰሜን ወሎ፣ ዋግህምራና ኦረሚያ ልዩ ዞን በከፊል ለሰሜን ሸዋ ነዋሪዎች አገልግሎት የሚሰጥ በተጨማሪም አጎራባች ክልሎች በከፊል ትግራይና አፋር ክልል ሙሉ አቅሙን Read more
በሙሉዓለም ገ.መድኀን *** ባለፉት አራት በጋዎች፣ የወያኔና የአሳዳሪዎቹ የቀን ቅዥት የሆነው የኢትዮጵያ፣ ኤርትራና ሶማሊያን፣ የሦስትዮሽ ጥምረት ለመምታት ብዙ ተደክሟል፡፡ ለቀጣናው የሞግዚት አስተዳደር ካልሰየምን የሚሉት ምዕራባውያን (አሜሪካ-እንግሊዝ) የሦስቱን አገራት አዲስ ጥምረት ‹ቀጣናው ከእጃችን ሊወጣ ነው› በሚል ሊቀበሉት አልፈለጉም ነበር፡፡ በተለይም የባይደን አስተዳደር ወደሥልጣን በመጣ ማግስት የኢትዮጵያን የውስጥ ጉዳይ ለቀጣናው ጣልቃ ገብነት እንደዕድል ሊጠቀምበት ረዥም ርቀት Read more
Michael McCaul (R-TX) is the richest member of the U.S. House of Representatives with assets of nearly $126 million. As a member of Congress, McCaul earns $174,000 a year. But for Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) who is worth over $200 million, McCaul would have been the filthy richest member in the entire legislative branch of the U.S. government! For Read more
The frontline voices:Tigrayans speak on therealities of life under aninsurgency regime Ann Fitz-Gerald Ethiopians of Tigrayan descent, residing both inside and outside of Tigray, have contacted this researcher to request greater scrutiny of grassroots Tigrayan opinion on the ongoing conflict in Northern Ethiopia. These “silenced voices” have been characterized by many Western analysts and English-language Read more
Do the current boxes of ethnic regions represent the diverse nature of Ethiopians’ identities? Thousands of identities are possible if we explore the three-generation family tree of Ethiopia’s population. While the unity within this diversity of Ethiopians has overcome generational challenges, including the victory of Adwa, tribalistic agendas continue to thrive at home and in Read more
Rasmus Sonderriis Dec 22, 2021 Ethiopia at the receiving end of Biden’s ‘woke’ foreign policy: “A BLOODBATH SITUATION” Pacifist virtue-signaling at the expense of American values and interests. This sums up the Biden administration’s backstabbing of a hard-won democracy in Ethiopia, executed by a veritable pantheon of villains to conservatives, from Obama era officials to Read more
በባጤሮ በቀለ የካቲት 15, 2014 (ፈበርዋሪ 21፣2022) የህወሀቱ መሪ ዶክተር ደብረጽዮን ከሁለት ቀናት በፊት ጦርነቱን ለማስቆም ያቀረባቸውን ስጥቶ መቀበል በሚባል ነገር አይሸራረፉም ያላቸውን አምስት ቀድመ ሁኔታዎችን አስቀምጧል፡፡ አራቱ ከጦርነት በፊት በእጃቸው የነበሩና በራሳቸው ጥፋት ያጧቸው መሆናቸውን ተመለከትኩ፡፡ ወልቃይትን ልቀቁልኝ፣ ራያን ልቀቁልን፣ የኤርትራን ጦር ከትግራይ ይውጣ : ውሀ ኤሌክትሪክ በጀት ልቀቁልን፣ ባንክ ይከፈትልኝ፣ ሰራዊቴን እንዳለ Read more
November 8, 2021 Mengistu Musie =================== በ CNN ያየሁትን ማመን አቃተኝ ነገሩ አልተሰራም አዲስ ነው ወይም አይሰራም ብየ አይደለም። የሽግግር መንግስት ባዮቹ ጉግማንጉግ ግለሰቦች በኢትዮጵያ ፖለቲካ ኖረው የማያውቁ ለዘመናት በታገልሁበት ሁሉ ሰምቻቸው አይቻቸው የማላውቃቸው መሆኑ ነው። ስለዴሞክራሲ ለ40 ምናምን አመታት ከታገሉ የኢሕአፓ ታጋዮች ጋር የኖርሁ ስለሆነ ነው። እነዚህ ያየኋቸው ግለሰቦች ግን ስም የሌላቸው ምናልባትም Read more
June 28, 2021 Four years after he broke the Watergate story, Carl Bernstein quit the Washington Post and spent six months looking at the relationship between the CIA and the press. The result was a 25,000-word cover story in the October 20, 1977 edition of Rolling Stone called “The CIA and the Media.” The article, still online at carlbernstein.com, Read more
The American-Ethiopian Public Affairs Committee (AEPAC) released a statement claiming that thousands of the approximately 100,000-strong Ethiopian American community in the state switched their votes from Democrat to Republican to protest the national ruling party’s regime change campaign against their homeland. American pundits are scrambling to interpret the Republicans’ surprising victory in this week’s Virginia elections which Read more
Wosenyelew Tedla, MD, MSC. is a well-experienced physician and Assistant professor of clinical medicine. Moges Kelklie, BSc.,MBA is a technology executive in the Education industry. Welkait has always been one of the most strategic geopolitical hotspots in Ethiopia. More recently, it has become the defining point for the Amhara people, whose identity was erased Read more
Six weeks ago I wrote a blog “Are Colorado Ethiopians Stampeding from the Democratic Party? What’s The Deal?” in response to the Biden Administration’s blatant support for the Ethiopian separatist group, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), a group trying to overthrow the current Ethiopian government of President Abiy Ahmed. The details, explanation of Ethiopians Read more
YODAHE ZEMICHAEL SEPTEMBER 21, 2021 An eerie parallel can be drawn between the American Civil War of the 19th century and the present-day predicament Ethiopia is facing. At its core, both are a fight between two dominant powers, one of union and another of secession. On the one side, there is Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed who came Read more
It will take an all-out diplomatic blitz to block the director-general’s impending reelection. SEPTEMBER 9, 2021, 2:58 PM By Anthony Ruggiero, a senior fellow at the foundation for Defence of Democracies. World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is up for reelection. After repeatedly endorsing the Chinese Communist Party’s slow and secretive response to Read more
Current trans-Atlantic powers’ (US and EU) negative reaction towards the crisis in Tigray and the Nile dam and the concurrent reaction mainly by the Ethiopian media seem to have somehow eclipsed the real nature of the US. One has to situate what the US really is within the context of the post-Cold War situation, end Read more
By Lawrence Freeman May 24, 2021 On May 23, U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, announced visa restrictions “for any current or former Ethiopian or Eritrean government officials, members of the security forces or other individuals …responsible for or complicit in undermining the resolution of the crisis in Tigray.” According to the State Department press Read more
By Chris Taylor, PhD1 Introduction The thinking and experimentation in social science can have huge, unrepairable and intergenerational human costs if not managed well. This is the case in Ethiopia, where political entrepreneurs and ethnocentric nationalists have experimented and imposed a uniquely entrenched ethnic-based federalism in the country over the past three decades. These activities Read more
Ethiopia is scheduled to have parliamentary elections on June 5, 2021. (courtesy of Addis Standard Facebook) May 7, 2021 Lawrence Freeman On June 5, Ethiopia will conduct national parliamentary elections that will be decisive not only for Ethiopia, but the entire Horn of Africa. On the eve of Special Envoy, Ambassador Jeffrey Feltman’s first trip Read more
April 6, 2021 Lawrence Africa, Anthony Blinken, creativity, Ethiopia, Ethiopian elections, Ethiopian identity, ethnic cleansing, ethnicity, ethno-nationalism, Fitsum Arega, human identity, Prime Minister Abiy, Prosperity Party, Senator Coons, Tigray, TPLF, U.S. Congress, US False Narratives of Ethiopian Conflict Are Toxic By Lawrence Freeman April 5, 2021 In two months, Ethiopia will have national elections, which can potentially shape the future of the largest nation in East Africa. False narratives of the cause and description Read more
In the world of truth. There are no colors or shades. There is only the truth. The truth is that Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus had been derelict in his duty as the Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) at the onset of the Coronavirus pandemic which the world is still reeling under. The Coronavirus Read more
By Savio Rodrigues It has come to my attention that you are to be one of the speakers on World Health Day at ‘Changing Paradigms in a Pandemic World: How to regain trust? Health, Happiness & Ethics’ organized by the World Forum for Ethics in Business – an organization founded by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. I have voiced my displeasure Read more
Ethiopia’s Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam – hope for the country and the Horn of Africa to provide electricity to fuel development. By Rob Prince For some time now, since the Addis campaign to neutralize the Tigre military opposition, the U.S.has been weaponizing the human rights issues in Ethiopia in a manner that is both cynical Read more
March 14, 2021 02:53 pm by Editor Leave a Comment አቶ በቀለ ገርባ ከእስር ተፈተው አሜሪካ እስከገቡ፣ ከአሜሪካም ሜኖሶታ ከጃዋር ጋር ጫጉል ቆይተው እስኪወጡ የሚናገሩትንና የሚያደርጉትን የሚያውቁ፣ የሚያመልኩትን አምላክ ተግሳጽ መስማት የሚችሉ፣ በዙሪያቸውም ሆነ በሩቅ ባሉ ክብር ያላቸው ፖለቲከኛ እንደነበሩ ስምምነት አለ። ይህ ስምምነት ነበር አቶ በቀለን በኢትዮጵያ ለውጥ ቢፈጠር ሁሉንም አቻችለው ወደ በጎ መንገድ Read more
Joint IGAD–AU action is urgently needed to avoid further destabilisation of a region already wracked by violence. 16 MAR 2021 / BY SELAM TADESSE DEMISSIE Relations between Kenya and Somalia have been strained for some time over economic and maritime boundary issues. But new alliances in the region are now making the situation worse. The latest dispute is Read more
Today, there are news websites full of Debretsion Gebremichael statement from an audio recording — even without confirmation whether he’s still alive or when it was made — and I feel I have to say something. That’s because I’ve seen even intelligent, reasonable people with good intentions and hearts sharing and retweeting this thing and Read more
20 December 2020 በተስፋዬ ወልደ ዮሐንስ ‹‹የቀረ ሰው አለ›› ‹‹አምና የተነሳ መንገድ የጀመረ ካሰበበት ሊደርስ ወገቡን ያሰረ ትናንት የነበረ ዛሬ ግን የሌለ ሰው አለ የቀረ እኛስ ተገኝተናል ዘመን ተሻግረናል በለቅሶ ሸለቆ ሰንጥቀን አልፈናል እንደ ሻማ ቀልጦ እዚህ ያደረሰን አለ ሰው የቀረ አጥንቱ እንደ ጀልባ ደሙ ባህር ሆኖ እኛን ያሻገረ፡፡›› ዳዲሞስ ‹‹መቼም የትም እንዳይደገም ›› ከስም ባሻገር ለእኔ Read more
After using the people of Tigray as a political shield to pose an existential threat to the people of Eritrea and Ethiopia for nearly 30 years, the TPLF will soon be served a final notice: surrender or go six feet under! BY THOMAS C MOUNTAIN reviously in power for almost three decades, the Tigray People’s Read more
ከፋይል ማህደር ታህሳስ 15፤12፣ 2010 (ዲሰምበር 24፣ 2017) ከጊዜው ደረሰ Gezew.derese@bell.net መነሻ በተለያዩ ሀገሮች የተካሄዱ የዘር ማጥፋት ወይም የዘር ማጽዳት ወንጀሎችን ስንመረምር በተደጋጋሚ ከሚታዩት ልዩ ልዩ ክስተቶች ውስጥ አንዱ ወንጀሉ ከተፈጸመ በኋላ ይህን አሰቃቂ ወንጀል በጊዜ ለማሰቆም ባለመቻላቸው ብዙዎች መጸጸታቸውን ነው። ለዚህ ደግሞ ከሚሰጡት መክንያቶች ውስጥ ስለሁኔታው በጊዜ አለማወቅ፣ የሰው ልጅ የዚህ አይነት ጭካኔ Read more
Africa Requires Ethiopia Fill Its Dam Lawrence Freeman July 17, 2020 Ethiopia is entering a crucial period for the future of its nation, as we approach the second half of July. Ethiopia must use the forthcoming rainy season (July to September) to begin the partial filling of its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) being built Read more
“አገር ለማተራማስ ከህወሀት ጋር ያልተቀደሰ ጋብቻ የፈጸመው አሸባሪው ጃዋር በዓለም አቀፍም ሆነ በሀገር አቀፍ ደረጃ የሚያስከስስ የሚከተሉትን ዋና ዋና ወንጀሎችንና በደሎችን ፈጽሟል፡፡” ሀገራችን ኢትዮጵያ በመለያየትና ጥላቻ አጀንዳ ላይ እንድትጠመድ ሰፊ ስራ ሰርቷል፣ ከፍተኛ የሆነ ማህበራዊ፣ ኢኮኖሚያዊ፣ታሪካዊ፣ ባህላዊና ፖለቲካዊ ጉዳት አድርሷል፡፡ ህዝብ በስጋትና በስቃይ እንዲኖር አድርጓል፡፡ከፍተኛ ሰብዓዊ መብት ጥሰት ፈጽሟል ፡፡ ይህ ሰው ኢትዮጵያን ለማፈራረስ የሚከተሉትን Read more
June 26, 2020 By Biruk Terrefe PhD Candidate, Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford Source: qz.com Urban investments across the African continent are at an all-time high. Yet the nature of these investments differs starkly across cities. Many of them are driven by political considerations. For example, in Addis Ababa, a city that has made Read more
What will the COVID-19 pandemic mean for politics in Ethiopia? Credit: UNICEF Ethiopia/2015/Tesfaye (above picture) AUTHOR: YOSEPH BADWAZA Source: africanarguments.org On 8 April, Ethiopia’s Council of Ministers took the dramatic step of declaring a national five-month state of emergency. This was the latest of an escalating series of measures taken by the federal government since Read more
COMMENTARY / THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND DEADLY CONFLICT 15 APRIL 2020 Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Ethiopia has delayed elections slated for August and declared a state of emergency. Authorities should now consult with the opposition on how to manage the period ahead in order to smooth the country’s stuttering transition to multi-party democracy. Read more
At Bujumbura airport. Credit: dmitri_66 The world faces unprecedented crisis. The full health consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic are yet to be calculated. This is not to say we should diminish the extent of previous catastrophes. The First World War cost 40 million lives, or 2.5% of the 1914 world population. This trauma was followed, within a Read more
