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አእምሮ – The First Newspaper in Ethiopia in Amharic

አእምሮ – The First Newspaper in Ethiopia in Amharic

Juan Viedma Martinez Dr. at Law and Economist. MBA አእምሮ Newspaper was established during Emperor Menelik’s time. The first ever issue was distributed in and around 1889 and was written in the Amharic language. The newspaper was weekly and the first ever issue had 24 copies. It was the first modern newspaper in Africa by […]

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US contractor originally from Ethiopia arrested on espionage charges, Justice Department says

US contractor originally from Ethiopia arrested on espionage charges, Justice Department says

BY ERIC TUCKER  September 22, 2023 / AP A contractor for the U.S. government has been arrested on espionage charges, accused of providing a foreign country classified information that he downloaded and printed from his work computer system, the Justice Department said Thursday. Abraham Teklu Lemma, who is originally from Ethiopia, had a top secret security

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Welkait – Abiy’s War on Amharas – Concerned Ethiopians

Welkait – Abiy’s War on Amharas – Concerned Ethiopians

By Concerned Ethiopians Over the past six decades, ethnocentric Ethiopian politicians have tried to paint the Amhara people as a privileged group that must be weakened. The aim of weakening the Orthodox Christian religion, the Amhara people, and Ethiopia was concocted during Italian occupation in the late 1930s. The main reason the Italians intended to

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Why the Land Grabbing, Expansionist and Hegemonistic Oroomo Elite Ageda is Mortal Threat

Why the Land Grabbing, Expansionist and Hegemonistic Oroomo Elite Ageda is Mortal Threat

I have always argued against ethnic federalism by elites and for elites; and urged  Ethipians to fight for a citizenship rights based substitute for Ethiopia and its 120 million citizens. Today, it  is clear that the Prosperity gospel championed by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is failing to meet the dire human needs of the Ethiopian people. Twenty

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Economic Strategic Vision Roadmap for Ethiopia: Part Ten

Economic Strategic Vision Roadmap for Ethiopia: Part Ten

Tsegaye Tegenu, PhD 2023-09-21 In successive nine parts with a continuing title, I presented for your consideration three documents (definitions and technical descriptions) on the creation of a post-scarcity economy of Ethiopia. The first document is about vision and mission formations (Part Three, Part Four and Part Five), the second document deals with long-term planning

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Open Letter to UNESCO to pressure the Ethiopian Government to stop firing heavy weapons from the world heritage site in Lalibela.

Open Letter to UNESCO to pressure the Ethiopian Government to stop firing heavy weapons from the world heritage site in Lalibela.

Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes @YirgaGelaw Today, a friend in #Lalibela directly called me to alert the world about heavy artillery firing in the town. I have now spoken to multiple residents about what is happening. They all report that heavy weaponry has been fired all night from Shimbrima, a few miles away from the historic rock

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Ethiopians Cannot Gaslight Themselves Out of the Oromo-Amhara War

Ethiopians Cannot Gaslight Themselves Out of the Oromo-Amhara War

Yonas Biru, PhD   This is a follow up to my last article titled “ኦሮሞ ታሟል: Oromo’s War Against Amhara is Guided Neither by Political nor Military Strategy.” The article and my presentation on የሀሳብ ገበታ (Buffet of Ideas) with the host Moges Zewdu Teshome and his guest Lidetu Ayalew seems to have ruffled feathers. For those who

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Assessment of UN Committee of Experts 2nd Report on Ethiopia –  Dr. Aklog Birara

Assessment of UN Committee of Experts 2nd Report on Ethiopia – Dr. Aklog Birara

According to Ethiopian Forum and other Ethiopia social media sources, the  UN Human /rights Council has decided to investigate war crimes, crimes of rape, ethnic cleansing and genocie perpetrated by the Abiy regime in the Amhara region. I welcome this development. I know dedicated and competent Ethiopian Amhara who care deeply about atrocities inflicted on Amhara by the current and previous

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The Horn of Africa States Is the EAC Model a New Trap for African Wealth?

The Horn of Africa States Is the EAC Model a New Trap for African Wealth?

By Dr. Suleiman Walhad September 20th, 2023 The end goal of the EAC Africa Community is to become a united East Africa Federation. It is different from other African regional blocks, which though seeking cooperation among the member states in socio-economic development, do not infringe on the sovereignty of each member country, at least at

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