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November 2022

Witnesses say new fighting in Ethiopia’s Oromia kills dozens

Witnesses say new fighting in Ethiopia’s Oromia kills dozens

ByCARA ANNA Associated Press November 8, 2022, NAIROBI, Kenya — Intense fighting between Ethiopian government forces and Oromo Liberation Army rebels in the country’s Oromia region has led to “several dozen” casualties in the past week, witnesses tell The Associated Press. The fighting in Oromia, the largest of Ethiopia’s federal states, intensified as peace efforts were ending […]

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Abiy Ahmed and his Prosperity Party is bad news for Ethiopia

Abiy Ahmed and his Prosperity Party is bad news for Ethiopia

Losers and Winners, for sure a big Loser is Abiy Ahmed’s prosperity Party, TPLF is a clear winner!  Unfortunately, 100 thousands Ethiopians lost their life for senseless war – Very Sad    Ethiopian government and Tigrayan forces launch hotline | International News | WION News | Ethopia Abiy has given the TPLF leadership a chance

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Ethiopia Lost one of Its Leading Artists —May God Bless Ali Birra’s Soul

Ethiopia Lost one of Its Leading Artists —May God Bless Ali Birra’s Soul

First and foremost, I would like to express my deepest sorrow and extend my heartfelt condolences to Ali Birra`s close family and to the large Ethiopian community who adores the iconic legend. I wish him the best in the next chapter, the inevitable, which is human beings’ final destination. It never fails for a memorable

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Time to Hold the Worst TPLF Propagandist Alex de Waal Accountable of War Crimes

Time to Hold the Worst TPLF Propagandist Alex de Waal Accountable of War Crimes

Jeff Pearce Back in September of 2021, I published a story on Medium for which I’m still waiting to earn its proper outrage. TPLF operatives barged into the office of UNFP, the UN agency that provided services related to sexual and gender-based violence in Ethiopia and its region of Tigray. They demanded the names of

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Chasing an Elusive Peace in Ethiopia: The Culmination of a War the World Has Chosen to See with its Bespectacled Eyes

Chasing an Elusive Peace in Ethiopia: The Culmination of a War the World Has Chosen to See with its Bespectacled Eyes

By Tesfaye Desalegne (PhD) Former Ethiopian Diplomat Ethiopia’s Historical Error Some generations fail the test of time, others pass their test with excruciating pain.  The current generation in Ethiopia is grappling with a great deal of tribalism, just like previous generations dealt with colonialism, fascism or socialism. These are procreations of political parties that come

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The Horn of Africa States The Climate Change

The Horn of Africa States The Climate Change

By Dr. Suleiman Walhad November 5th, 2022 Jessica Tierney, an associate professor at the University of Arizona,  Peter deMenocal of Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Alex Randall, Coordinator of the Climate and Migration Coalition, Ralph Bunche Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies, and many others all share one thing. They comment on the climate change

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US Privately asks Ukraine to show it’s open to negotiate with Russia

US Privately asks Ukraine to show it’s open to negotiate with Russia

Andrew Korybko There’s no doubt that Zelensky’s self-imposed ban on negotiating with Russia actually placed his side in a dilemma from which it’s impossible to emerge unscathed in the soft power sense. He’s damned if he sticks with his ridiculous preconditions for talks since this stance greatly reduced his appeal among the global public within

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Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed named worst head of state in the world

Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed named worst head of state in the world

Ida Irene Bergstrøm/ JOURNALIST sciencenorway 2022 hasn’t just been affected by a pandemic, but also bad and dangerous leadership in many countries, writes Norwegian weekly newspaper Morgenbladet. An expert panel was put together by the newspaper to discuss and conclude: Who was the worst head of state in 2022? The final verdict: Abiy Ahmed. In 2019

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Abiy has given the TPLF leadership a chance to escape literally unscathed. No questions asked

Abiy has given the TPLF leadership a chance to escape literally unscathed. No questions asked

Consequences: the war should have taken its full course. Abiy has given the TPLF leadership a chance to escape literally unscathed. No questions asked about the treason they committed when they attacked the Northern command and thus initiated the disastrous war that has been raging from 2020 until now, a war which has consumed the

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