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A Citizen-centered Roadmap for systemic Political Transition in Ethiopia

A Citizen-centered Roadmap for systemic Political Transition in Ethiopia

The Imbylta Group Congress of Ethiopian Civic Associations (CECA) Washington, DC (USA) January 17, 2024 The other side of a crisis is opportunity, and the other side of the solution to a problem is proper diagnosis. Opportunity also favors the prepared. Informed preparedness to seize auspicious moments for transformative change, we believe, is critical to […]

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A RESEARCH REPORT: FDRE Constitution after three decades: Inquiring into  whether and what to amend

A RESEARCH REPORT: FDRE Constitution after three decades: Inquiring into whether and what to amend

Purpose of the study & Methodology Since its adoption in 1994, the Constitution of Ethiopia has been a controversial document and it has been subjected to serious criticism both from within academic circles and from a wide range of political parties. The main criticism has been directed at, what we will call in this study,

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Averting ManifestoAn Emergency Manifesto

Averting ManifestoAn Emergency Manifesto

Yonas Biru, PhD  This  discussion  paper is prepared with inputs  from many  prominent individuals and  groups in Ethiopia and abroad. A preliminary survey in which 556 participants took part  shows 67.6% support the proposed international campaign. This discussion document  is shared with the public to foster discussion by all stakeholder at home and abroad. The 

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Kenya’s general elections will be held on 9 August, 2022, and the outcome is far from certain

Kenya’s general elections will be held on 9 August, 2022, and the outcome is far from certain

On Tuesday 9th August, Kenyan voters will be heading to the polls for the 2022 General Elections, where they will vote to elect a new President, as well as voting to elect members of the National Assembly, and members of the Kenyan Senate. In addition to this, local county governors and candidates for the country’s

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The Ethiopian American civil society organizations condemn and reject the formation and announcement from Washington DC of a federalist Alliance

The Ethiopian American civil society organizations condemn and reject the formation and announcement from Washington DC of a federalist Alliance

SUBJECT: THE FORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF NINE ETHNIC-BASED FEDERALIST/CONFEDERALIST ALLIANCE WILL FAIL! November 28, 2021 PRESS RELEASE The undersigned Ethiopian American civil society organizations condemn and reject the formation and announcement from Washington DC of a federalist/confederalist Alliance consisting of nine (9) ethno-nationalist entities in the Diaspora. There is no doubt in our minds this

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s article on ethnicity for the newspaper Izvestia

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s article on ethnicity for the newspaper Izvestia

First Publish 23 january, 2012 00:01 on newspaper Izvestia Republished: November 18, 2021 The situation in our case, for all the apparent similarities, is entirely different. Our ethnic and migration problems are directly related to the collapse of the USSR, and beyond that, historically, to the destruction of Greater Russia, which emerged in its original

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THE WAGES OF BETRAYAL: DEMOC RATS BITE THE DUST IN VIRGINIA!

THE WAGES OF BETRAYAL: DEMOC RATS BITE THE DUST IN VIRGINIA!

Posted in Al Mariam’s Commentaries Congratulations are in order for Governor Glenn Youngkin in Virginia. Youngkin, a first-time candidate, political newcomer and a virtual unknown beat the longtime democratic bagman Terry McAuliffe. Youngkin got 51.0% of the votes and McAuliffe 48.3, a difference of 86,020 votes. Virginians also elected a black Republican female lieutenant governor! Biden

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The Powers of Strong Diplomacy, Sustainable Growth and National Integrity

(By Dr. Bekele Gessesse) Agust 12, 2021 Preamble I am forced to write this small paper to show few of my on-going concerns. First of all, I am extremely disturbed by the news that a number of our Embassies are going to be closed down. If this is true, it will have many serious negative

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Ethiopian PM Abiy secures new term in election amid Tigray tension

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s Prosperity Party won the most seats in parliamentary election, the National Election Board said on Saturday, a victory that assures him another five-year term in office. Abiy’s party won 410 of 436 parliamentary seats, National Election Board Deputy Chairperson Woubshet Ayele announced in the capital Addis Ababa. Chairperson Birtukan Mideksa said

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