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September 2021

The TPLF Attack on Ethiopia Contains the Accumulated Evil of the War

Ann Garrison  September 25, 2021 The western nations that Ethiopia previously kow-towed to claim national government forces attacked Tigrayan troops first, when precisely the opposite occurred. “The US and its allies haven’t even been able to get past the first step—UN Security Council censure—with regard to Syria, then Burundi, and now, Ethiopia.” “War is essentially […]

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Statement on President Biden’s Executive Order Regarding the Crises in Ethiopia

Statement on President Biden’s Executive Order Regarding the Crises in Ethiopia

September 25, 2021 The Board of Directors, GESI We, the Board members of the Global Ethiopian Scholars Initiative (GESI), have read with deep concern the Executive Order signed by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., on September 17, 2021 in relation to the ongoing crises in Ethiopia. GESI is a non-profit organization of leading scholars from across Ethiopia’s diverse

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Oromia re-elects Shimeles Abdisa as regional president, elects Sa’ada Abdulrahman new speaker, deputy speaker

Oromia re-elects Shimeles Abdisa as regional president, elects Sa’ada Abdulrahman new speaker, deputy speaker

September 25, 2021 Addis Stanadad Today, the Oromia regional council (Caffee in Afaan Oromoo) held the 5th and final session of the 5th regional council where a new proclamation finalizing final agendas from the previous regional council. During the session, a new proclamation was approved by the vote of all the members of Caffee where thirty-four

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As Biden’s Administration fails Horn of Africa, Eritrean & Ethiopian Americans vow to abandon the Democrats

As Biden’s Administration fails Horn of Africa, Eritrean & Ethiopian Americans vow to abandon the Democrats

Ibrahim A. Ibrahim September 24, 2021 Eritrean and Ethiopian Americans have actively been participating in the USA’s political arena. Based on assessment made among the active voters, it’s believed that most Eritreans and Ethiopians leaned towards supporting the Democrats’ agenda, as the party in paper, is perceived to stand for liberal society that “safeguards the

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Sankofa – Directed by Haile Gerima

Sankofa – Directed by Haile Gerima

By Robert Daniels September 24, 2021 Directed by Haile Gerima in 1993, the Ethiopian production “Sankofa” mystically and viscerally centered Black diaspora in a slave narrative. The idiosyncratic film opens with a Black man with white body paint banging on a set of drums while dissolves of sun-smeared fields complement underneath, leading to an intoxicating invocation to

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What Can We Expect From Kenenisa Bekele in Berlin? No One Knows For Sure

What Can We Expect From Kenenisa Bekele in Berlin? No One Knows For Sure

By Cathal Dennehy /  Sep 24, 2021 With Kenenisa Bekele, you never know what’s coming. Gone are the days when the Ethiopian ran the distance-running world like a dictator; the 39-year-old’s powers weakened by time, injuries, and an occasional lack of dedication to a craft he once perfected like no other. Marathon world record-holder Eliud

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Ethiopia: One dead, 58 in severe conditions as a result of a Cholera outbreak

Ethiopia: One dead, 58 in severe conditions as a result of a Cholera outbreak

By Getahun Tsegaye /September 24/2021 Gemechu Shumi, Oromia Public Health Institute Emergency Management Directorate Director, confirmed to Addis Standard that high numbers of cholera cases have been recorded in the Dallo Manna woreda of Bale zone. He told Addis Standard that laboratory samples were taken and the possibility of an outbreak is confirmed. He explained

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Ethiopian Diaspora Calls on President Biden to Rescind Executive Order Targeting Ethiopia

Ethiopian Diaspora Calls on President Biden to Rescind Executive Order Targeting Ethiopia

DENVER, Sept. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The Ethiopian American Civic Council (EACC) represents one of the largest Ethiopian-American voting blocs in the United States. The EACC rejects President Biden’s recent Executive Order authorizing sanctions against Ethiopian entities and individuals if the Ethiopian Government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) fail to come to negotiations and end the conflict that

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