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
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Notes from Wartorn Ethiopia
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor 13 Apr 2022 BAR Contributing Editor Ann Garrison reports from Ethiopia. I’m writing from Ethiopia, where the war that began in November 2020 continues, with the US backing their former puppet, the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), who ruled Ethiopia with an iron fist from 1991 to 2018, when they Read more
Notes from Wartorn Ethiopia – Part II
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor 20 Apr 2022 BAR contributing editor Ann Garrison continues her reporting from Ethiopia. Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, is experiencing a building boom, which includes all the foreign embassies near the airport. The din of construction is non-stop on weekdays. Lots of sky high office buildings and condos underway. Even Read more
አገራችን ዛሬም አደጋ ላይ ነች!
የሥነ ምድር ጥናቶች እንደሚያሳዩት ኢትዮጵያ የሰው ልጅ መገኛ (ሉሲ)፣ የሦስት ሚሊዮን ዘመን ባለፀጋ የሆነች ምድር ነች። ኢትዮጵያ የታላቁ የዜማ ሰው የቅዱስ ያሬድም አገር ናት። በመጽሐፍ ቅዱስ ውስጥ 43 ጊዜ ሰሟ የተጠቀሰ ሲሆን የመጀመሪያው ጥቅስ ኦሪት ዘፍጥረት 2:13 “የሁለተኛውም ወንዝ ስም ግዮን ነው እርሱም የኢትዮጵያን ምድር ሁሉ ይከብባል” ይላል። “ትንቢተ-ኤርሚያስም በ13:23 “በእውን ኢትዮጵያዊ መልኩን ነብር ዥጉርጉርነቱን Read more
Send Ethiopian treasures back, former Archbishop of Canterbury tells British Museum
former Archbishop of Canterbury has urged the British Museum to return a collection of Ethiopian religious treasures to Africa. Lord Carey said he hoped the museum would act with “urgency” and give the artefacts — called Tabots — back to the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. He said he was frustrated the artefacts, considered sacred in Ethiopia, Read more
የወልቃይት ጠገዴ ጠለምት አማራዎች የተጨፈጨፉባቸው በርካታ የጅምላ መቃብሮች
የወልቃይት ጠገዴ ጠለምት አማራዎች የተጨፈጨፉባቸው በርካታ የጅምላ መቃብሮች መገኘታቸውን የጥናት ቡድኑ ገለጸ መጋቢት 25/2014 ዓ.ም ንሥር ብሮድካስት የትግራይ ወራሪ ቡድን ከ1975 ዓ.ም. ጀምሮ በርካታ የወልቃይት ጠገዴ ጠለምት አማራዎች ላይ የዘር ፍጅት የፈጸመበት “ሀለዋ ወያነ” በመባል የሚታወቁ የጅምላ እስር እና የጅምላ ቀብር የሚፈጸምባቸው ቦታዎችን ማግኘቱን የጎንደር ዩኒቨርሲቲ የጥናት ቡድን አስታውቋል። የጎንደር ዩኒቨርሲቲ የጥናት ቡድን Read more
ከፋኖ አማራ በሸዋ የተላለፈ መግለጫ!
ከፋኖ አማራ በሸዋ የተላለፈ መግለጫ! APRIL 1, 2022 የሸዋ ፋኖ በምንጃር እና ሸንኮራ ልዩ ስሙ አውራ ጎዳና በተባለ ቦታ የኦሮሚያ መንግስት ታጣቂዎች ያደረጉትን ጥቃት አስመልክቶ የተሰጠ መግለጫ። እንደሚታወቀው የአማራ ህዝብ መዋቅራዊ በሆነ ጥቃት ብዙ መሰዋዕትነት መክፈል ከጀመረ ከሰላሳ(30 ) አመታት በላይ አስቆጥሯል ዛሬም እንደ ትላንቱ በመንግስት ስልጣን እና መዋቅር በመታዘዝ ምንጃር ሸንኮራ ወረዳ አውራ ጎዳና Read more
Explanation of vote after the vote by the delegation of Eritrea
Explanation of vote after the vote by Amanuel Giorgio Deputy Permanent Representative Permanent Mission of Eritrea to the UN During the 11th Special Emergency Session Of the United Nations General Assembly 2 March 2022, New York Mr. President, Eritrea is taking the floor in explanation of vote after the vote on the draft resolution A/ES-11/L1 Read more
ኢትዮጵያ፣ በስምሽ የራያ ህዝብ ሰቆቃ
ከዚህ በታች ያሉትን መረጃዎች ከራያ ራዩማና ከጎዳዳ ፌስ ቡክ የተገኘ መሆኑ አንባብያን እውቅና ከምስጋና ጋር ይስጡልን፥፥ ወደፊት ለህዝብ መድረስ ያለባቸውን መልዕክቶች በ dinkinfo@dinkneshethiopia.com በትልኩልን በቀጥታ ይደርሰናል፥፥ https://youtu.be/iKziuly0ta4 ራያየ !!ሲቃ እምባሽን ባላብስውለታ የፍቅርሽን ባልመልስሲከፋሽሲጨንቅሽእያየሁ እየሰማሁጆሮ ዳባከተቻለኝሰው አትበይኝሰውም አልሆንኩ ።Daood Nh ራያ ላይ !!ጥቁር ሸማ የለበሰለምለም ምድር ተዘርግቷልምድሩ ውስጥህዝብ አንቀላፍቷልህዝቡ ውስጥታሪክ ተኝቷልታሪክ ውስጥእውነት አዛግቷልእውነት ውስጥአርነት አለይነጋል እንዲህ እያለ Read more
Ethiopian President Sahle-Work Zewde and African Development Bank chief Akinwumi Adesina discuss Ethiopia’s development priorities
16-Dec-2021 Ethiopian President Sahle-Work Zewde met with African Development Bank President Dr Akinwumi A. Adesina while on a working visit to Côte d’Ivoire. Meeting Thursday at the Bank’s headquarters in Abidjan, they discussed Ethiopia’s current and post-Covid-19 development priorities. Describing the African Development Bank as Ethiopia’s development partner of choice, President Zewde commended the Bank Read more
PH votes against resolution calling for rights probe in Ethiopia
Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News Posted at Dec 17 2021 04:28 PM MANILA— The Philippines is voting against a European Union-backed resolution before the United Nations Human Rights Council calling for an international investigation on allegations of violations and abuses in Ethiopia amid a year-old conflict in Tigray. The UN Human Rights Council will hold a special Read more
Biden Government Must Replace Regime Change for Ethiopia With Policy for Economic Development
November 22, 2021 In an interview with Addis Media Network, on November 18, 2021, I discuss how we must fight against efforts for regime change in Ethiopia, and instead promote a policy for economic development. I identify that the so called mainstream media are not objective truth seekers, but part of the propaganda arm of Read more
Ethiopia: Rape, Dread and Despair Amid the Churches of Lalibela
Jeff Pearce The legend is that angels helped build the stunning churches hewn out of volcanic rock in Lalibela centuries ago. If you’re a person of faith, you might choose to believe that the angels watched over and guided members of the Desalegn family. They were among the first who escaped the TPLF occupation of Lalibela. Read more
The West’s Diplomats Meet in Secret to Decide How to Help the TPLF. My latest article on Medium. Incredible what former and current diplomats say in the closed Zoom conference.
Jeff Pearce The West’s Horn of Africa experts have been meeting with a TPLF leader and TPLF/OLF supporters in secret, even as its governments claim to be impartial — TPLF’s Berhane Gebre-Christos speaks as TPLF member, proposed head of “transitional government” (limo/Uber drivers) and Washington-based Ethio-American diaspora. Donald Yamamoto, recently the U.S. Ambassador to Somalia Read more
American Economist Publishes Open Letter Critical of US Policy on Tigray War
David Steinman, economist (982168) Wed, November 10, 2021 Calls American demands on Addis Ababa counterproductive Economist David Steinman calls U.S. policy on Ethiopia’s civil war as ‘counterproductive’ WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — David Steinman, the American economist who advised Ethiopia’s democracy movement that overthrew the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) dictatorship in 2018, published Read more
Now I have to break my silence.
My name is Ghidey Zeratsion. I am one of the founders of TPLF and have lived in Norway for 30 years as a political refugee opposed to the ruling party of Ethiopia the Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF). I am sending you this so you can have a balanced reporting on the situation. If Read more
Ethiopia: Survivors of TPLF attack in Amhara describe gang rape, looting and physical assaults
Above map added Report by Amnesty International Women raped at gunpoint, robbed and assaulted Lack of medical care after TPLF fighters damaged and looted hospital Abuses committed as Tigray conflict has spilled over into Amhara region Sixteen women from the town of Nifas Mewcha in Ethiopia’s Amhara region told Amnesty International they were raped by Read more
Failure to Stand for Democracy in Ethiopia Has Weakened Democracy Worldwide
NOVEMBER 3, 2021 By Ann Fitz-Gerald and Hugh Segal In the post-Covid world, Western democracies have lamented the absence of commitment to the collective good – “shared common values” – among states. But their response to the conflict in Northern Ethiopia today suggests otherwise. The positions of the US and its Western partners on the conflict reinforce Read more
Ethiopia: Federal Forces Start to Turn Things Around
Jeff Pearce Writer person. Books – Prevail, The Karma Booth, Gangs in Canada; in June 2021, Winged Bull, a bio of Henry Layard, the Victorian era’s Indiana Jones. (Warning: Photos of TPLF war dead at end of article could disturb some readers) Sources say today that local militia and soldiers for the Ethiopian army have Read more
የኢትዮጵያን ጠላትና አሸባሪ ሃይል በጋራ እንመክት፣ በአሸናፊነትም ለድል እንዘጋጅ
የኢትዮጵያን ጠላትና አሸባሪ ሃይል በጋራ እንመክት፣ በአሸናፊነትም ለድል እንዘጋጅ ሲል በሳኡዲ የሚኖረውና ለኢትዮጵያ ብሄራዊ ጥቅምና እውነታ የሚከራከረው ወጣቱ ሱሌማን አብደላ ተናገረ፡፡ አሸባሪው ህወሃት ስልጣን ላይ በነበረበት ወቅት የራሱን የሌብነት ኔትወርክ ዘርግቶ ኢትዮጵያን ዘርፏል፣ በርካታ ዜጎችን በማሳደድ ገድሏል፣ በማሰር አሰቃይቷል። ለአሸባሪው ግፍ የተደራጀ ምላሽ ለመስጠት በጋራ የተነሳው ህዝብ ደግሞ ከ27 ዓመታት በኋላ አስወግዶት ኢትዮጵያን ካልዘረፍኳት ላፍርሳት Read more
New UN scandal as TPLF leader hides in WFP container
October 28, 2021 By Teshome M. Borago Borkena The United Nations (UN) is facing new scandal as Tigrayan-TPLF rebel leader is seen hiding in a prefabricated container house often used by UN agencies like WFP. Sources also say the marxist TPLF head Debretsion Gebremichael’s recorded speech might have been from a shipping container in Read more
የምራባውያን ማዕቀብ በኢትዮጰያ ውስጥ ጦርነትን ያስቆማል? ሰላምንስ ያስገኛል? ወይንስ ይበልጥ አለመረጋጋትን ይጋብዛል?
ከአክሊሉ ወንድአፈረው (ethioandent@bell.net) ጥቅምት19: 2014(October 29, 2021) የአሜሪካው ፕሬዘዳንት ባይደን መንግሥት ሥልጣን በያዘ በመጀመሪያው አንድ መቶ ቀናት ውስጥ በአፍርካ ውስጥ ለአሜሪካ የረጅም ጊዜ ወዳጁ በሆነችውና በአፍሪካና በአጠቃላይም በጥቁር ሕዝቦች ደረጃም ታላቅ ትርጉም ባላት ኢትዮጰያ ላይ በትግራይ ውስጥ የተቀሰቀሰው ግጭት አሳስቦኛል በማለት በኢተዮጵያ መንግሥት እንዲሁም በአማራ ክልላዊ አስተዳደር መሪዎች ላይ የአሜሪካ መግቢያ የጉዞ ፈቃድ (ቪዛ) ማዕቀብ Read more
Ethiopia can learn from Pakistan about defending against Hybrid War
The American Hybrid War on Ethiopia is the top proxy war of the New Cold War Andrew Korybko October 26, 2021 Ethiopia and Pakistan are two countries that appear to have almost nothing to do with one another but are actually very similar in many ways. Both are either respectively suffering from, or have already Read more
The US Risks Turning Ethiopia Into An Enemy With Its Latest Provocations
October 6, 2021 ‘Humanitarian imperialism’, information warfare, and the weaponization of economic and financial instruments are the means to this end. The US and Ethiopia have been allies for years but the former risks turning the latter into an enemy with its latest provocations. Not only did US President Joe Biden ignore Ethiopian Prime Minister Read more
Ethiopian Mystery: The Case of the 428 Disappearing Food Aid Trucks
For nearly a year, warmonger and USAID administrator Samantha Power has been shrieking about famine in Ethiopia’s Tigray, and demanding the humanitarian corridor that 428 massive food aid trucks have now mysteriously disappeared into. Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor 29 Sep 2021 Since July 12, the UN World Food Program (UNWFP) has sent 466 food aid Read more
Ethiopia to world leaders: Be ‘constructive’ on Tigray
By Jennifer Peltz | AP Yesterday at 7:29 p.m. EDT UNITED NATIONS — Ethiopia told the international community Saturday to steer clear of sanctions and avoid meddling over its war with forces from its Tigray region, and to let the African Union work on bringing all parties together. Speaking at the U.N. General Assembly meeting of world leaders, Read more
‘Then the killing started’: Witnesses accuse Tigray fighters
By ASSOCIATED PRESS PUBLISHED: 04:36 EDT, 25 September 2021 | UPDATED: 13:47 EDT, 25 September 2021 NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) – One man said he counted 55 corpses as he escaped from his town in northern Ethiopia, stepping over bodies scattered in the streets. Another asserted he was rounded up with about 20 men who were shot in front of him. Read more
Ethiopia’s Conflict: Will Negotiations With the TPLF Work?
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
PM Abiy Writes Open Letter to President Biden
Addis Ababa, September 17, 2021 (Walta) – Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed wrote an open letter to President Joseph Biden of the United States of America. Here is the open letter issued by the premier; Dear Mr. President, As I write this open letter to you, it comes at a time when innocent civilians including women, Read more
125 villagers massacred in Ethiopia’s Amhara: doctors
Robbie COREY-BOULET Wed, September 8, 2021, 9:06 AM At least 125 villagers were massacred in Ethiopia’s Amhara region earlier this month, doctors and local officials told AFP Wednesday, but rebels from neighbouring Tigray rejected claims they were responsible. It was the latest reported mass killing in the 10-month conflict in northern Ethiopia between government Read more
የኢትዮጵያ መንግሥት የአገር መከላከያ ሠራዊት፣ የክልል ልዩ ኃይሎችና ሚሊሻዎች ህወሓትን ለመደምሰስ እርምጃ እንዲወስዱ አቅጣጫ መቀመጡን ገለጸ
የጠቅላይ ሚንስትሩ ጽህፈት ቤት ዛሬ “በወቅታዊ ጉዳዮች ላይ የተላለፈ መልዕክትና አገራዊ ጥሪ!” በሚል ባወጣው መግለጫ ላይ እንዳመለከተው የአገሪቱ ሠራዊትና የክልል ኃይሎች አማጺው ቡድንን “እንዲደመስሱ” አቅጣጫ መቀመጡን አመልክቷል። የጠቅላይ ሚንስትሩ ጽህፈት ቤት ዛሬ ባወጣው በመግለጫ የህወሓት እንቅስቃሴን “ለመደምሰስ” እድሜ እና አቅሙ የሚፈቅድለት በሙሉ የፌደራሉንና የክልል ኃይሎችን እንዲቀላቀሉ ሲል ጥሪ አቅርቧል።
ኢሕአፓ ኢትዮጵያን በአንድነት እናድን ይላል!!
ነሐሴ 3 ቀን 2013 ዓ/ም ኢትዮጵያ ሀገራችን ላይ ታላቅ አደጋ እየተጋረጠ በመሆኑ መስቀለኛ መንገድ ላይ ትገኛለች፡፡ በሀገር ውስጥ የበቀሉ አሸባሪዎችንና የባዕዳን ተላላኪዎችን እየተጠቀሙ በነፃነትዋ ታፍራና ተከብራ የኖረችውን፣ ውድ ሀገራችንን ለማጥፋት የውጭ ጠላቶች አሲረው ተነስተውብናል። በለመዱት ሀገራትን በሀሰት የማጠልሸት ዘዴያቸው ከዕውነት በራቁ ትርክቶች ኢትዮጵያን እያብጠለጠሏት ይገኛሉ። ህወሓትን፣ ኦነግ ሸኔ የሚባለውን (ራሱን የኦሮሞ ነፃነት ሠራዊት እያለ የሚጠራው)፣ Read more
ብዙዎች ያወራሉ ወልድያዎች ይሠራሉ…- ታርቆ ክንዴ – ከወልድያ
ጀግኖች ይሠራሉ፡፡ ፈሪዎች ያወራሉ፣ በሚያወሩት ወሬ ራሳቸውን አሸብረው ሌላውንም ለማሸበር ይሞክራሉ። ልቡን ያመነ፣ በአንድነቱና በጀግንነቱ የተማመነ ይዘምታል፣ ለክብር ሲል ሕይወቱን፣ ምቾቱን፣ ጉልበቱን አሳልፎ ይሰጣል። እኔስ ጀግንነት አየሁ። ጀግንነት ያንስባቸዋል፣ ወሬ አያሸብራቸውም፣ የውሸት ነጋሪት አይበግራቸውም፣ ክብር፣ ሀገር፣ አንድነት፣ ማንነት አይደፈሬነት የየዕለት መገለጫቸው ነው፣ እንቅልፍ ትተዋል፣ ምቾት ረስተዋል፣ ደከመኝ ማለት ዘንግተዋል፣ ጀንበር በጠለቀችና በዘለቀች ቁጥር ዓይናቸውን ከጠላት Read more
Are Colorado’s Ethiopian’s stampeding from the Democratic Party? What’s the deal?
Above: Ethiopians and Eritreans of all stripes celebrating the removal of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front from power and the possibilities of a more united, prosperous countries with peace between them. Aurora High School, July, 2018, 7,00-10,000 in attendance (R. Prince photo)< Washington’s endgame in Ethiopia remains unclear. Is its goal to limit the emergence Read more
The Dollar/Euro Axis v/ s Ethiopia
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
Canada must respond to use of child soldiers in Tigray: Ann Fitz-Gerald and Hugh Segal
Many in the West quickly lined up against the Ethiopian government in its conflict with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front. But reports of the exploitation of children in addition to other atrocities by the TPLF should cause Canada to reassess its dispassionate position and take a stand, write Ann Fitz-Gerald and Hugh Segal. By Ann Read more