When news of a 100% victory by the ruling EPRDF came out shortly after the May 2015 general elections, everyone scorned the result; it was too stupid to be true. After all, democratic elections in a multinational state home to a near 100 million odd, which Ethiopia is one, were not supposed to be like [...]
If the recent spate of protests in various parts of the country is to end and Ethiopia stands real possibility of genuine democratization – which is central to its survival, the government should end this age-old worst bad habit. This should start with acknowledging that we indeed have this problem and it is so grave [...]
ከዋሽንግተን ዲሲና ከአካባቢው እንዲሁም ከተለያዩ የአሜሪካ ግዛቶች የመጡ ኢትዮጵያውንና ኢትዮጵያውያን አሜሪካውያን በትላንትናው እለት ለዩናይትድ ስቴትስ የውጭ ጉዳይ ሚንስቴር ያቀረቧቸውን ጥያቄዎች ምንነትአብራሩ። “ከፍተኛ የምዕራባውያን ረድኤት በማግኘት ከቀዳሚው አገሮች ተርታ የምትሰለፈው ኢትዮጵያ ባለፉት 25 ዓመታት የተቀበለችው ከአርባ ቢልዮን ዶላር የእርዳታ ገንዘብ ሕዝቦቿን ከድህነት ማጥ አላወጣም” ያሉት ትውልደ-ኢትዮጵያውያን አሜሪካውያኑ ለአሜሪካ ድምጽ በሰጡት ቃል፤ “መፍትሔው ሁሉንም አሳታፊ የፖለቲካ ሥርዓት መፈጠር ነው” ሲሉ ይከራከራሉ። Audio at VOA Amharic
Social Media Activism in Ethiopia – An EthioTube Panel Discussion in Washington, D.C. on September 18, 2016 The experience of #AmharaResistance, #OromoProtests, Zone9 and ድምፃችን ይሰማ- Dimtsachin Yisema.
Amid positive economic growth, 2008 EC ended up exhibiting major political frailty in Ethiopia, namely a resurgence of ethnic nationalism. For now let’s just say that things are looking dangerously bleak. For some this may seem a fleeting matter, but it has profound implications not just for Ethiopia and Africa but also far beyond. Indeed [...]
A must-read article at Addis Standard The current government in Ethiopia, the Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), often claims the multi-national constitutional federalism that it introduced a quarter century ago answered the country’s age-old question – famously known as the ‘national question’ – once and for all. Ethiopia’s constitution, the government further claims, is [...]
Ethiopian Olympian Feyisa Lilesa, who said he wanted to seek asylum after making an anti-government gesture in Rio, has arrived in the US. The marathon runner crossed the line in second place with his arms above his head in solidarity with Oromo activists who are staging protests in Ethiopia. He repeated the gesture later at [...]
JUBA, South Sudan – The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says her country has raised “grave concerns” about what it calls excessive use of force against protesters in Ethiopia. Ambassador Samantha Power spoke to reporters late Sunday as the U.N. Security Council ended a visit to South Sudan. It moves on to Ethiopia on [...]
Press Statement September 02, 2016 The Association of Human Rights in Ethiopia (AHRE) expresses deep concern over the Ethiopian Government’s continued use of force against protesters in both Amhara and Oromia region. AHRE calls on the Ethiopian authorities to immediately stop the use of excessive, unnecessary and lethal force by security forces against protesters in [...]
Why Berhanu Nega traded a tenured position for the chanceto lead a revolutionary force against an oppressive regime. BY JOSHUA HAMMERAUG. 31, 2016 Berhanu Nega was once one of Bucknell University’s most popular professors. An Ethiopian exile with a Ph.D. from the New School for Social Research in Manhattan, he taught one of the economics department’s [...]
