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February 2019

Let’s end Finfinnee saga, and shoot for the stars

February 10, 2019 by Olaana Abbaaxiiqi As Addis Ababa is the federal capital and Oromia needs its own hub, there is a glorious solution to the dangerous Finfinnee debate. Almost invariably, Oromos of all stripes will tell you without any hesitation that the Ethiopian constitution puts Finfinnee/Addis Ababa under the State of Oromia. If you […]

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African Victory over colonization: The Battle of Adwa (Adowa), 1896

February 20, 2019 by Garveyite In March, 1896, Ethiopian forces under the leadership of Emperor Menelik II surprised the world by defeating an Italian Army sent to conquer the Empire.  In the following article Raymond Jonas, the Giovanni and Amne Costigan Professor of History at the University of Washington, explores that victory at Adwa.  His

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አብን፤ በፓርላማው የተሾመውን የአስተዳደር እና የማንነት ጉዳዮች ኮሚሽን አባላትን ውሳኔ እውቅና ላልሰጥ እችላለሁ ሲል አስጠነቀቀ

ኢህ አዴግ 100% የሚቆጣጠረው ፓርላማው ከ2 ቀን በፊት የአስተዳደር እና የማንነት ጉዳዮች ኮሚሽን አባላትን ያጸደቀ ሲሆን; የኮሚሽኑ አባላት አመራረጥ ላይ ግልጽነት የለበትም; ከሁሉም የኅብረተሰብ ክፍሎች የተውጣጣ እና ሚዛናዊ ስብጥር የሌለው በመሆኑ ይህ የማስተካከል ከሆነ ይህ ኮሚሽን የሚሰጠውን ውሳኔ እውቅና ላልሰጥ እችላለሁ ሲል ማስጠንቀቂያ ሰጠ:: ከአማራ ብሔራዊ ንቅናቄ(አብን) የተሰጠ መግለጫ ደርሶናል እንደሚከተለው ቀርቧል:: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY21a9JgtmU&t=58s

አብን፤ በፓርላማው የተሾመውን የአስተዳደር እና የማንነት ጉዳዮች ኮሚሽን አባላትን ውሳኔ እውቅና ላልሰጥ እችላለሁ ሲል አስጠነቀቀ Read More »

The romantic rewriting of Haile Selassie’s legacy must stop

The romantic rewriting of Haile Selassie’s legacy must stop

by Dr Yohannes Woldemariam February 4, 2019 Yohannes Woldemariam trawls through the history books to expose the truths of Haile Selassie’s 44-year reign over Ethiopia. Emperor Haile Selassie, who ruled Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974, died in 1975, but he lives on through the romantic lyrics of the late Jamaican reggae star Bob Marley and

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The Dawn of a New Era in the Horn of Africa

The Dawn of a New Era in the Horn of Africa

BY TARIKU DEBRETSION February 01, 2019 Within a few months of signing a peace and cooperation agreement between Ethiopia and Eritrea in Asmara on July 7, 2018, things are changing at a staggering speed. Telecommunication between the two countries have quickly resumed. Ethiopians and Eritreans at the border jumped at the opportunity to visit and

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