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September 2020

Britain Won’t Return Stolen Ethiopian Treasures; Nor The Remains Of This Prince

Britain Won’t Return Stolen Ethiopian Treasures; Nor The Remains Of This Prince

Ethiopia is intensifying efforts to bring back the remains of a prince believed to have been stolen by British soldiers, who looted his father’s imperial fortress following the Battle of Maqdala in 1868. For 150 years, Ethiopians have been asking for the return of Prince Alemayehu but to no avail. He died at the age

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Ethiopia tells U.N. ‘no intention’ of using dam to harm Egypt, Sudan

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed told the United Nations on Friday that his country has “no intention” of harming Sudan and Egypt with a giant hydropower dam on the Blue Nile that has caused a bitter water dispute between the three countries. Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan failed to strike

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Ethiopian prosecutors charge Jawar with training terror group in Egypt

Ethiopian prosecutors charge Jawar with training terror group in Egypt

By Leul Estifanos Defendants accused of anti-government plots and killing Oromia police officer on day after Hachalu Hundessa’s assassination. On 21 September, federal prosecutors charged opposition Oromo Federalist Congress leader Jawar Mohammed, Bekele Gerba, and 22 0thers with crimes including training a terrorist group in Egypt with the intention of toppling the government by force, attacking Amhara people

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Ethiopian Army will protect Ethiopia’s legislative order, senior official says

The National Defense Force will protect Ethiopia’s legislative order and will face the dangers threatening the country today, said the head of the Military Operations Division of the armed force, Berhanu Jula. Although he did not mention what or who threatens the stability of the nation, his comment came after a statement by the authorities

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The ‘epistemological violence’ of Awol Allo

The ‘epistemological violence’ of Awol Allo

By by Sehin Teferra Rather than trying to speak across the divides, the academic-activist has fanned the flames of ethnic bigotry. The first time that I heard the term ‘epistemological violence’ was at a conference on multilingual nationalism hosted by the Addis Ababa University School of Federalism in the capital city in 2019. Dr. Awol Allo

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Behind the numbers: How the media covered COVID-19 in an information lockdown

Behind the numbers: How the media covered COVID-19 in an information lockdown

By Yared Tsegaye Unfamiliarity, limited information, and official obstacles have made reporting on the pandemic an uphill struggle for Ethiopian journalists. Spending five nights inside a quarantine center in Addis Ababa, journalist Haimanot Ashenafi had one of the most eventful experience of her life, leading her to make some serious observations. Last May, she was quarantined

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Washington Update: Ethnic Cleansing in the Benshangul

Washington UpdateSeptember 23, 20201.The present ethnic cleansing in the Benshangul, Afar and northern and southern parts of Ethiopia is the direct result of divide-and-rule ethnic federalism provisions placed in Ethiopia’s Constitution by former Prime Minister Meles and the EPRDF party. These provisions were included in the Constitution without the consent of the Ethiopian population. It

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Respecting self-determination could prove good governance model for Ethiopia’s Southern Nations

Respecting self-determination could prove good governance model for Ethiopia’s Southern Nations

by Kulle Kursha The prevailing federal view is that many more regional states in southern Ethiopia will stretch public resources, but it will also move government closer to the people. In a historic 23 November 2019 referendum, the Sidama nation overwhelmingly voted to declare its autonomy from Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples’ Regional State (SNNPRS), and

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