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February 2022

A diaspora group warning the government of Abiy Ahmed against conceding ancestral lands to TPLF

A diaspora group warning the government of Abiy Ahmed against conceding ancestral lands to TPLF

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s prime minister has said there will be negotiations on a cease-fire between his government and the rival Tigray forces who have been waging war for almost 15 months, the chairman of a diaspora group that had a private meeting with him told The Associated Press. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has never said […]

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Afe-Qesar Afework Gebreyesus, the man who served Italian invaders

Afe-Qesar Afework Gebreyesus, the man who served Italian invaders

Afe-Qesar Afework Gebreyesus, the man who served Italian invaders twice, first by helping them convince Lij Gugsa Darge to join their invasion against his cousin Emperor Menelik II in 1896, and then again as a leading collaborator during the Fascist occupation from 1936 to 1941. In 1895 the Italians lured Lij Gugsa Darge, son of

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Ukrainian delegation agrees to meet with Russians at Belarus border, according to President Zelensky’s office

President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office said Belarus President Aleksander Lukashenko called the Ukrainian President Sunday. “The politicians have agreed that the Ukrainian delegation will meet with the Russian delegation without preconditions on the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, near the Pripyat River,” his office said. “Aleksander Lukashenko has taken responsibility for ensuring that all planes, helicopters and missiles stationed on the Belarusian

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The Ethiopian Tribal Political Conundrum and Development  

Aklog Birara (Dr) A close friend whose wedding my wife and I attended in the State of Washington in 1973 reminded me over lunch on February 21, 2022, how troubled I was concerning the distorted characterization and sweeping conclusions on “the national question” in Ethiopia. Leftists at Ethiopia’s higher institution of learning copied the Stalinist

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Ethiopia launches fund to attract billions of dollars in foreign investment

Ethiopia launches fund to attract billions of dollars in foreign investment

Andres Schipani in Nairobi FEBRUARY 26 2022Ethiopia is seeking billions of dollars in foreign investment as it pushes through reforms aimed at opening up its state-run economy and spurring tangible growth. Addis Ababa this month launched a fund, aimed at attracting investment in state-owned companies and assets worth at least $150 billion. Ethiopia is keen to

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Washington Update: Reports of Atrocities in the Amhara Region

Washington Update: Reports of Atrocities in the Amhara Region

Washington Update – by Mesfin Mekonen February 25, 2022 Ethiopians demonstrated last week at the U.S. State Department Ethiopian-Americans demonstrated last week to denounce the Abiy government’s failure to maintain the rule of law and protect the lives of Ethiopians. The Abiy government has not made any attempts to hold the perpetrators of massacres of

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A Call For Action: Campaign to rebuild schools that were destroyed by recent conflict in Ethiopia

Dear Fellow Ethiopians and Friends: As many of you are aware, the recent tragic internal conflict in Ethiopia has impacted the lives of millions of innocent civilians and have had profound effects at many different levels, including destruction and severely damaging the existing infrastructure and leaving the country in an unprecedented state of despair and tragedy. Sadly, more than 7,000 schools in

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Ethiopia dismisses claims of GERD’s danger on Sudan, Egypt

By Kitab Unango The Ethiopian government has disputed what it termed “propaganda” meant to derail the continuous progress on the operationalisation and filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). The Ambassador of Ethiopia to South Sudan, Nebil Mahdi Abdullahi, said the GERD project will not cause any harm to the downstream neighbours, Sudan and

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