Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed is facing the greatest test of his leadership
Ethnic and religious tensions that have spilled into violence and the deaths of dozens of protesters have their roots in the 1990s constitution
Last month...
Liberal democracy is no liberator
November 3, 2019
by Emmanuel Yirdaw
Under the late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, the EPRDF ruling coalition diagnosed two existential threats: a perpetuation of poverty and...
The PM Abiy administration’s Conundrum
By Tibebe Birihan
After a good fresh start when taking the helm a year and half ago, PM Abiy seemed to be destined to unify...
Violent Extremism and the Warning Signs of Civil War Ethiopia Today
By Dawit Wolde Giorgis
A year ago, the people of Ethiopia ecstatically welcomed PM Abiy Ahmed and his colleague Lemma Megersa as peacemakers, unifiers...
Ethnic Amharas in Oromiya Regional State at Risk of Genocide
(By Meskerem Abera)
The incumbent government ruling over Ethiopia is headed by an Oromo prime minister, Abiye Ahmed ,who won Nobel Peace prisze of 2019....
“Medemer” by Abiy Ahmed, Ph.D., An Interpretive Book Review, (Part II)
Working Through Political Entropy in Ethiopia With Medemer
By Alemayehu G. Mariam
“Medemer” (original in Amharic), Dr. Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of Ethiopia and Nobel Peace...
Ethiopia and current campaign against Menilik and Ethiopianism
D.Sertse Desta
Unambiguously Ethiopian has been mentioned as one of the world most ancient place. In whatever geographical size fluctuation, all Ethiopian state lines bounded...
“Medemer” by Abiy Ahmed, Ph.D., An Interpretive Book Review in Two...
By Prof. Alemayehu G. Mariam
“Medemer” (original in Amharic), Dr. Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of Ethiopia, 280 pp. (October 2019)
Part I — The “philosophy” of...
Ethiopian politicians should agree a transition period, and use it wisely
October 20, 2019
byOlaana Abbaaxiiqi
The first part of this paper examined the state of the Ethiopian polity, noting that it is akin to that of a...
Abiy Ahmed Won the Nobel Peace Prize. Now He Needs to...
The New York Times
Opinion
Oct. 17, 2019
By Tobias Hagmann and Kjetil Tronvoll
Mr. Hagmann and Mr. Tronvoll are academics, and Eritrea and Ethiopia specialists.
The Abyssinian spring in Ethiopia has...
Ethiopian blurred Foreign Policy and the adverse effect of Gulf Rivalry ...
By: Metta-Alem Sinishaw
Washington, DC Metro Area
Traditionally, Ethiopia pursues conservative foreign policy, often by aligning its interests with that of powers. The Haile Selassie government...
Peace in Ethiopia, Eritrea and All Africa: Congratulations PM Abiy Ahmed...
By Alemayehu G. Mariam
The guns silenced, the suffering people of Ethiopia and Eritrea may now speak, shout out, that the two countries hereafter “shall...
Nobel Prize gives new life to Ethiopia PM’s reforms
By Teshome M. Borago
After mass protests - mostly in Oromia and Amhara region - forced the previous Ethiopian Prime Minister to resign in 2018,...
The Communist Party of China caught by freedom movement of Hong...
Failing to support the movement will have far-reaching consequences for the people in the ‘free world’, more so for the people under authoritarian regimes...
A MISTAKE OR INTENTIONAL? EITHER WAY, OROMO REGIONAL PRESIDENT’S STATEMENTS RAISE...
Remarks by Mr. Obang Metho on Shimelis Abdissa’s speech at the Ireecha Festival
October 7, 2019
In a speech given at the 2019 Ireecha Festival, Mr....
Open Letter to Susan Hypocrit E Rice: People Who Live in...
By Alemayehu G. MariamOn October 6, 2019
Last week, Susan Elizabeth Rice, President Obama’s former National Security Advisor and top confidant was ragging on President...
Ethiopia:What is this election for?
By Kebour Ghenna
October 6, 2019
Yes, what is this election for if it does not answer the relevant and serious political, societal and economic questions...
In Politics, Being Deceived Is No Excuse!
By Belayneh Abate
The Polish philosopher, Leskzek Kolakowski, once said, "in politics, being deceived is no excuse."* Kolakowski died in 2009, but his teachings about...
The Misuse of Ethiopia’s Diplomatic Missions and the Misfortune of the...
By Damo Gotamo
Diplomacy is an art. People who engage in the old profession are required to have a range of abilities, including negotiation, communication,...
The AMAZING Taye Bogale: A Force of Nature on the Ethiopian...
By Prof. Alemayehu G. Mariam
Battle of the social media troglodytes and the intellectual
In this commentary, I salute and pay tribute to Taye Bogale.
It is...
Addressing the African Rulers
By Belayneh Abate
As African rulers look wealthier than the leaders of prosperous nations at the annual United Nations Assembly, the National Public Radio (NPR)...
Citizenship versus Identity the current political discourse in Ethiopia
by Alemayehu Biru (PhD.)
This topic bears a very common binary way of putting complex sociopolitical issues by politicians and, at times, even by scholars,...
Xeno(Afro)Phobia in South Africa, Ethnophobia in Ethiopia?
By Alemayehu G. Mariam
In the interest of full disclosure, I have a special place in my heart for Nelson Mandela and South Africa.
That is...
What Ethiopians can learn from Sidama’s thorny statehood journey
The upcoming Sidama referendum should trigger a much-needed nationwide conversation on ethnic and Ethiopian identity.
by Adem K Abebe
18 Sept 2019
By the end of November...
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