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June 2023

THE NEW FRONTIER OF ANTISEMITISM: Racial Discourse and Oromo Extremism in Ethiopia

Author Contact Information: Girma Berhanu (Professor) Department of Education and Special Education University of Gothenburg, Sweden E-mail: Girma.Berhanu@ped.gu.se   Introduction   Ethiopia is in dire straits due to a peculiarly malignant state system called Ethnic Federalism. In existence since the early 1990s, it has been sold as a brave attempt at empowering subjugated nationalities and, to borrow …

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Ethiopia’s Request to Join BRICS is a Sign of Desperation, Not of Strategy

Yonas Biru, PhD Ethiopian intellectuals are half tribalized and half hermitized. They are driven by the emotional diktats of centuries past and Gadda this, Axum that, and Lalibela ኡኡ cacophony. They are, therefore, unfit to comprehend the nation’s geo-political challenges and opportunities. Ethiopia’s application to join BRICS is partially attributable to this phenomenon. Let me spell …

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Appeal for Urgent Action to Stop the Ongoing Violence, Ethnic Cleansing and Genocide Against the Amhara People of Ethiopia

June 29, 2023 To: UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), UNHRC Member States, and Delegation of the EU to the UN and Other International Organizations in Geneva Subject: Urgent Action to Protect the Amhara People of Ethiopia Against Ethnic Violence and Genocide We, the undersigned organizations of Ethiopians in the Diaspora, write this letter of appeal …

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The Horn of Africa States: A Geopolitical Case (Part II)

By Dr. Suleiman Walhad June 18th, 2023 Introduction In an article dated February 4th, 2022, I penned that the Horn of Africa States needs an outreach to international organizations and countries in a collective forum, which presents the region as a peaceful developing area not harmful to any other country or region except, perhaps, itself. …

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The Horn of Africa States Rebranding of IGAD as “HAS” (Part II)

By Dr. Suleiman Walhad June 17th, 2023 Regional challenges in terms of food security, transport and other infrastructures including roads, railways, bridges, ports both sea and air, education and healthcare for a large population of nearly 160 million, represent opportunities for both the normal and intrepid investor. The Horn of Africa States region, in fact, …

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International Intervention is Imperative to Save Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa

Yonas Biru, PhD June 16, 2023 There are two governments in Ethiopia. First, there is Ethiopia run by a narcissist and paranoid Prime Minister. His indifference to the wellbeing of the people he rules and his lack of empathy for their suffering have allowed him to siphon off resources from critical government programs including poverty-targeted …

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Ethiopian Airlines earnings jump 20% in 2022/2023 fiscal year

Reuters June 15, 2023 Ethiopian Airlines earnings jumped 20% to $6.1 bln in the 2022/2023 fiscal year, despite the impact of Russian-Ukraine war and the increase in fuel prices, the country’s state news agency reported on Thursday. The airline transported 13.7 million passengers and 723,000 tons of cargo in the fiscal year, which ends on …

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The Horn of Africa States Rebranding “IGAD” as “HAS”

#image_titleBy Dr. Suleiman Walhad June 15th, 2023 IGAD stands for the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development. It is a product that resulted from rebranding an earlier organization called the Inter-Governmental Authority on Drought and Development (IGADD). It was created in 1986 in Djibouti as a multinational body by the SED countries of the Horn of Africa …

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The Horn of Africa States De-Federalization – A Possibility?

By Dr. Suleiman Walhad June 14th, 2023 The Horn of Africa States is one of the most conflicted regions of Africa. The others include the Sahel Belt, the East Africa Community (the DR Congo/Rwanda/Burundi area), the SADC (Mozambique/Malawi) and the ECOWAS (Senegal, The Gambia, Sierra Leone and Liberia). Some of the conflicts are still ongoing …

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