The strengths and shortcomings of democracy in a given country are partly attributed to the actions of its scholars, activists, and public figures. These individuals, by their fresh new ideas and dissents, increase public awareness and influence the government to change or improve any misguided politics and economic policies. But, at the same time, if […]
Bruke Lemma, Ph.D. “Genocide is the most potent of all crimes against humanity because it is an effort to systematically wipe out a people and a culture as well as individual lives.” Jerry Costello The extremely brutal and sickeningly inhuman mass slaughtering of mothers with their newly born and as yet unborn babies, children as
Al Mariam’s Commentaries /June 23, 2022 “A villain with a smiling cheek” Senator Thom Tillis, the junior senator from North Carolina, is a piece of work. Tillis is one of the triad of co-sponsors of S.3199, “Ethiopia Peace and Democracy Promotion Act.” The other two co-sponsors are Senator Chris Coons, D-DE and Jim Risch, R-ID. S.3199 is not-so-affectionately known as
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Washington Update – by Mesfin Mekonen June 22, 2022 A horrific massacre of Amhara people in Oromia region during the first week of June is the latest news in a downward spiral of killings, human rights abuses, and forced displacements that have afflicted Ethiopia over the last two years. Western news media reported at least
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Yohannes Mekuria Department of Medicine, Adama General Hospital and Medical College INTRODUCTION Decentralization is the transfer of authority or the distribution of public planning, management, and decision-making from the national to sub-national levels(1). The concept “decentralization” refers to a wide range of power transfer structures and accountability mechanisms. Policies range from transferring limited powers
Four members of parliament representing the opposition Amhara National Movement (NaMA) party walked out of an ongoing parliamentary session convened to receive Federal Auditor General 2021 Audit Performance Report this morning; the MPs walked out of the session protesting against the Speaker’s refusal to include the killing in western Oromia of mainly Amhara community members
(by A. Alemayehu) This Father’s Day What did Abiy Ahmed do to celebrate? Don’t know what he drank and don’t know what he ate I was not in the palace, but I can speculate ‘Cause I saw human blood in his cup and human flesh on his plate What Abiy had for Father’s Day was
The death toll from the Wollega massacre in western Ethiopia has surpassed 1500 with as many as 12 members of the same family wiped out by militants of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), according to eyewitnesses. The OLF troops that the Ethiopian government call ‘Shane’ are seen in a video footage going house to house and
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Obang Metho As I mourn the recent death of more than 400 ethnic Amharas people in Tole Kebele, Gimbi Woreda, West Welega Zone, Oromia Region of Ethiopia, and 47 people in the Gambella Region by the same terrorist groups, the Oromo Liberation Front/Army (/A) or Shene and Gambella Liberation Front (GLF), my heart is broken
The music and its contents are feared by the government. Well-known reggae singer Teddy Afro has released a critical song for the first time since PM Abiy came to power. The song criticizes the government’s focus on glitter. It analyzes the resentment of racial politics. The title of the song is taken from the bible
