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Abiy Ahmed PhD Plagiarism Will Addis Ababa University Revoke Degree?

October 1, 2025

by The Habesha

By The Habesha News Desk October 1, 2025 Plagiarism in Abiy Ahmed’s PhD Thesis: How will Addis Ababa University handle this? Allegations around the PhD

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Alarming systematic destruction of vital civilian infrastructure, including healthcare, educational institutions and religious facilities

September 30, 2025

by The Habesha

Nama Nekemto – The Amhara people are compelled to voice their profound and escalating concern regarding the dire situation unfolding in their region. The escalating violence perpetrated by

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The National Ǫuestion in Ethiopia: From Student Debates to Division (1660s–1680s)

September 26, 2025

by The Habesha

Mengistu Musie (Dr) mmusie2@gmail.com The national question in Ethiopia—concerning ethnic identity, self-determination, and state structure—did not originate solely from internal social and political dynamics.

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The Politics of Prosperity: Party Ideology and Gospel Promises

September 24, 2025

by The Habesha

By : Abyot Alemu In contemporary Ethiopia, the word prosperity has acquired a loaded and powerful meaning. It is no longer just a description

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In Defense of Truth: Exposing the Baseless Smears Against Prof. Messay Kebede

September 21, 2025

by The Habesha

Sirak Zena September 22, 2025 After watching the recent YouTube interview accusing Professor Messay Kebede of being “anti-Amhara” and then reading his thoughtful rebuttal,

Analysis & Opinion·Economy

IMF and World Bank Whisper About Economic Fire in Ethiopia but Ignore the Arsonist

September 20, 2025

by The Habesha

Yonas Biru, PhD The World Bank and IMF issued a joint statement on September 19, 2025, reaffirming that “Ethiopia faces political, economic, and humanitarian

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PM Abiy Is Dangerously Stoking Nationalistic Sentiment Over the Assab Port

September 19, 2025

by The Habesha

Yoas Biru, PhD The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) grants landlocked countries like Ethiopia rights to transit through neighboring

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The Medemer Paradox: Reform, Spectacle, and the Rise of Ethiopia’s Proxy-Economist

September 18, 2025

by The Habesha

By LDemissie September 18, 2025 “Leveraging authority or wealth to scramble assets through informal channels—while exploiting institutional weaknesses—is a deliberate strategy to capture the

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Unfounded Accusation Versus Rebuttal

September 17, 2025

by Messay Kebede

Messay Kebede In some fringe ultra-Amhara ethnonationalist circles, it has become quite customary to label me as anti-Amhara, even as an Amhara hater. Allow

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Ethiopia’s National Exam Crisis: When Education Becomes a Lottery of Privilege

September 15, 2025

by The Habesha

By: Abyot Alemu The release of this year’s national high school leaving exam results once again laid bare the deep fractures of Ethiopia’s education

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The Truth, the Whole Truth, & Nothing but the Truth About Gadaa & Oromummaa

September 14, 2025

by The Habesha

Yonas Biru, PhD Ethiopia is grappling with increasingly intense regional wars in the Amhara and Oromo regions, ethnic conflicts, armed skirmishes, deteriorating law and

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Zemedeneh Negatu and the Echoes of Silence – Lessons from Selam and Sinque Banks

September 14, 2025

by The Habesha

By LJDemissie September 14, 2025 Ethiopia’s financial sector faces a pivotal moment, underscored by the quiet collapse of Selam Bank—co-founded by Zemedeneh Negatu—and the

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From Meles to Abiy: How Ethiopia’s Leaders Weaponized the GERD for Ethnic Ambitions

September 9, 2025

by The Habesha

Mengistu Musie (Dr) Mmusie2@gmail.com It now appears far too late for Abiy Ahmed’s government and its state-sponsored media army of propagandists to reverse the

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Dr. Yonas Biru’s Mumbo Jumbo article on Oromumma, disjoined from its profound effect on millions of Ethiopians

September 7, 2025

by The Habesha

By Nama Nekemto I have a profound concern regarding Dr. Yonas Biru’s recent attempts to define Oromumma, not mentioning its profound and significant effects, on other

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The Proxy Economist: Zemedeneh’s Role in Ethiopia’s Economic Spectacle

September 5, 2025

by The Habesha

By LJDemissie September 4, 2025 For seven years, Ethiopia’s National Bank, under Governor Mamo Mihretu, outsourced its public economic narrative to Zemedeneh Negatu—a

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