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Bridging Historical Divides: Comprehensive Strategies for National Reconciliation and Unity

By Sirak Zena Introduction: Building on the analysis of historical narratives and contemporary challenges presented in Part One, this second installment of our series examines concrete strategies for reconciliation and unity in Ethiopia.

December 28, 2024

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Messay Kebede Professor Emeritus College of Arts and Sciences and Addis Ababa University: Philosophy

Elites’ Power Grab Contra People’s Empowerment

Messay Kebede December 26, 2024 The great irony of the 1995 Ethiopian constitution is that it is blamed for all the deep cracks dividing Ethiopians when its glaring handicap is that it

December 26, 2024

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With Jawar’s Political Conversion Oro-Mara 2.0 Can be Boy-King Abiy’s Graveyard

Yonas Biru, PhD Two things rattle the Boy-King’s confidence in maintaining the levers of power. But his opponents are oblivious. For those who care to listen, he has publicly announced what he

December 25, 2024

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Ethiopia’s worsening crisis is also an opportunity for Trump

by Mesfin Tegenu The Hill This November, a 20-year-old man from the Amhara region of Ethiopia — forced to drop out of school by the ongoing civil wars in Africa’s second-most populous

December 25, 2024

ANALYSIS & OPINION·Human Rights

Can Ethiopia Change Course and Save Itself from the Devastating Outcomes of Ethnic Politics: Proliferation of Conflict, Underdevelopment, and Slide into Mass Poverty

An October 2024 United Nations Development Program (UNDP) report on Ethiopia paints a country gripped by dire multidimensional poverty crisis, afflicting a substantial portion of the population. The UNDP assigns a multidimensional

December 23, 2024

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A demon by the Bank of the Blue Nile River

By Aschalew kebede Abebe The Triangular Entanglement It had been more than a century since the foundation of the conspiracy theory had lain down. It had begun when Theodore Herzl proposed to

December 23, 2024

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Jawar’s Interview with BBC Undermines His Project to Rebrand His Image

Yonas Biru, PhD For nearly half a century, Oromo and Tigray tribal intellectuals have been and continue to be the curse of Ethiopia. Over the last six years, Amhara tribal intellectuals have

December 21, 2024

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The Fall of Assad and Russia’s Strategic Dilemma: Shifting from Syria to Libya”

December 18, 2024 Caleb T (Dr.) Russia’s military presence in Syria, once a cornerstone of its strategy in the Middle East, faces significant uncertainty as the Syrian conflict evolves. Recent developments, including

December 18, 2024

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The African Auschwitz Version of the Amara – Ethiopia!

Yinegal Belachew The Polish city Auschwitz is known for the service it had given to the Nazis during the slaughtering by Hitlerians of the Jews. Despite the number of Jews massacred then

December 17, 2024

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Has Human Behavior Changed Since Man Was Created or Evolved?

By Belayneh Abate The world is stunned by the horror and the indescribable crimes committed in the notorious prisons and elsewhere in Syria for more than half a century. These types

December 15, 2024

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Post-Assad Syria: Navigating Hope and Uncertainty

Dahilon Yassin The Syrian uprising against Bashar al-Assad’s regime which escalated into a civil war was violently crushed by the Syrian government in 2011. 13 years later, a surprise rebel offensive reached

December 14, 2024

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The Fall of Assad: How Israel, Turkey, and Iran Are Redrawing Syria’s Geopolitical Map

December 12, 2024 Caleb T (Dr.) Map Showing Regional Alliances in the Syrian Civil War before the removal of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime Other nations in the Middle East dealing with political

December 12, 2024

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Ethiopia: Knowledge and Accountability Matters (Part One)

Tsegaye Tegenu, PhD 2024-12-13 These days, I’ve been engaging you with discussions on researches and data related to the challenges facing our country. The three articles provided—“Ethiopia: Rapid Population Growth, Fragile Contexts

December 12, 2024

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Abiy Ahmed’s Deception and Failure in the Turkey-Mediated Ethiopia-Somalia Agreement

Dr. MeKonnen Birru (birrum@uhd.edu) The announcement of the peace agreement between Ethiopia and Somalia mediated by Turkey marks a significant diplomatic development, but it also highlights a series of contradictions and potential

December 12, 2024

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Ethiopia’s Fano Rebellion: The Amhara Resistance Reshaping the Horn of Africa

By Taha Sakr DNE Africa — Ethiopia, a nation with a long history of political upheaval, is now grappling with the resurgence of the Fano rebellion—a powerful Amhara-led resistance movement with deep

December 11, 2024

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