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2023

Abiy’s Regiime Exposes Ethiopia to More Danger

Abiy’s Regiime Exposes Ethiopia to More Danger

Al-Shabab is a mortal enemy. It exploits Ethiopia’s weaknesses and hits hard when the opportunity arises. In other words, Ethiopia’s internal chaos and civil war is a boon for terrorist Al-Shabab and others. Ethiopia’s borders have become more vulnerable today than when Abiy’s army invaded the Amhara region. The country’s foreign enemies are laughing at

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Could the Amhara Diaspora rise to the occasion?

Could the Amhara Diaspora rise to the occasion?

Tesfa ZeMichael Consider the Oromo and Tigrayan Diaspora. Each group is united in supporting its cause. They organize themselves and campaign methodically to influence the reporting and editorializing of Western print and electronic media; they meet parliamentarians, politicians, bureaucrats, academics, artists, sportspeople, and student and trade union leaders, officials of private and public international institutions

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The PP regime has unanimously decided to withdraw its dwindling soldiers from Amhara region

The PP regime has unanimously decided to withdraw its dwindling soldiers from Amhara region

The PP regime has unanimously decided to withdraw its dwindling soldiers from Amhara region as soon as possible.They are convinced that they cannot win Amharas using the OLF troops who have no history of winning any battle let alone a war. The question to ask is that these remaining soldiers in Amhara region will be

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Economic Strategic Vision Roadmap for Ethiopia: Part Nine

Economic Strategic Vision Roadmap for Ethiopia: Part Nine

Tsegaye Tegenu, PhD 2023-09-19   In part nine I will discuss the enabling environments and financial self-reliance principles of the vision of creating post-scarcity economy of Ethiopia. Before proceeding, I would like to summarize the different policy areas of post-scarcity economy of Ethiopia which I tried to identify in part eight based on the criteria

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Ethiopia: Mass killings continue, risk of further ‘large-scale’ atrocities

Ethiopia: Mass killings continue, risk of further ‘large-scale’ atrocities

18 September 2023 In Ethiopia, war crimes have continued unabated almost a year after a ceasefire was agreed between the country’s Government and forces from the northern Tigray region, UN-appointed independent rights experts said on Monday. The latest report from the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia documents atrocities perpetrated “by all parties to the

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The Lost Opportunity for Ethiopia: The Failure to Move toward Democratic Governance

The Lost Opportunity for Ethiopia: The Failure to Move toward Democratic Governance

Theodore M. Vestal, Oklahoma State University International Journal of African Development   Abstract During the critical five year period leading up to the velvet revolution and the overthrow of Haile Selassie’s regime, there were missed opportunities to bring about peaceful change in Ethiopia’s governance. This paper analyzes the events of this period that led to

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The Horn of Africa States (“HAS”) A Blue Economy Framework

The Horn of Africa States (“HAS”) A Blue Economy Framework

By Dr. Suleiman Walhad September 18th, 2023 The Horn of Africa States (“HAS”) is generally marked by conflicts, tribal/clan competition for power, and shallow nationalism, and seemingly hollow conditioned aid. Some of the states have collapsed like Somalia, which is trying to re-emerge from the doldrums it has fallen into, while others are barely able

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Amhara Intellectuals Failed Their People Again at the Most Critical Time

Amhara Intellectuals Failed Their People Again at the Most Critical Time

The Fanno movement is a spontaneous uprising that took the Amhara tribal land by storm. By its very nature the Fanno movement is nonhierarchical; it is not centralized. It is a protest movement. Its demands are to stop the mass killing, stop the mass forced displacement, stop the mass arrest, and stop targeting Amhara. Let us call this Project

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Ethiopia’s Tsegay shatters women’s 5000 metres world record

Ethiopia’s Tsegay shatters women’s 5000 metres world record

Sept 17 (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s Gudaf Tsegay smashed the women’s 5,000 metres world record with a run of 14 minutes 00.21 seconds on Sunday at the Eugene Diamond League finale, breaking Kenyan Faith Kipyegon’s previous mark set in June. Kenyan Beatrice Chebet finished second in 14:05.92 while Ethiopia’s Ejgayehu Taye was third in 14:21.52. “My

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