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Ethiopia: Framework to Escape from Being Trapped in Deep Hole

Tsegaye Tegenu, PhD 2024-11-25 Let’s recap the key points from our earlier article about how rapid population growth, fragile contexts, and ethnic politics create tough challenges for sustainable development. These factors interact

November 25, 2024

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Ethiopia’s War Evades Foreign Scrutiny, but Highlights UAE-Saudi-Turkish Competition

By Gregory R. Copley [Published with Permission from Defense & Foreign Affairs Special Analysis Journal] Ethiopia’s “hidden” war has brought forward important nuances of regional rivalry which have gone unnoticed as the Israel-Gaza- HizbAllah-Iran-Türkiye conflict dominates headlines.

November 25, 2024

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The Horn of Africa States: A Loya Ado to Ras Kiamboni Railway

By Dr. Suleiman Walhad November 25th, 2024 This is just a dream, but it could also be converted to a reality – a railway from Loya Ado in Northwest Somalia, bordering Djibouti

November 25, 2024

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Ethiopia: Rapid Population Growth, Fragile Contexts and Ethnic Politics

Tsegaye Tegenu, PhD 2024-11-23 Since the early 1970s, Ethiopia’s population has tripled, growing within a subsistence economy and fragile institutions. Today, it stands as the second most populous country in Africa, with

November 23, 2024

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The Unrelenting Shade of Colonial Narratives: Unmasking Western Media, Academia, and Governments Whitewashing of Amhara Genocide

Amsal Woreta November 21, 2024 Introduction An image that symbolically captures the struggles of marginalized voices striving for recognition, highlighting the distortion of narratives and the enduring resilience in the pursuit of

November 22, 2024

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Fano’s Military Successes and Political Tragedies

Yonas Biru, PhD It has been over 20 months since Fano took the Amhara tribal land by storm. Its swooping early success led some in its leadership and its broader support ecosystem

November 21, 2024

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Abba Kovner’s Defiant Voice: Parallels with the Amhara People’s Battle for Survival

Dr. Caleb Tadesse November 20, 2024 Abba Kovner (standing, center) with members of the FPO in the Vilna Ghetto. Rozka Korczak is to his left, and Vitka Kempner is at far right.

November 20, 2024

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Ethiopia and the English white supremacist: the incessant vilification of the Amhara

“We are familiar with England’s permanent opportunism.” (Jean-Yves Le Drian, foreign minister of France) There are numerous so-called “liberation fronts” involved in the Ethiopian conflict, the main ones being TPLF (Tigre People Liberation

November 13, 2024

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Who is Fano? Inside Ethiopia’s Amhara rebellion

Simon Vera Independent journalist and photographer in East Africa, looking for the human story in news BAHIR DAR The Fano fighters primarily consisted of volunteer militias that mobilized to protect their communities,

November 12, 2024

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The IMF Report on Ethiopia Lacks Integrity and Deceives Readers

Yonas Biru, PhD The IMF report suggests the foreign exchange (forex) “performance has been in line with program commitments and all quantitative performance criteria (QPCs) were met, with an overperformance in the

November 6, 2024

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Why Electoral Violence Starts—and How It Can End

How Many Americans Support Political Violence? By Robert A. Pape, professor of political science at the University of Chicago and director of the Chicago Project on Security and Threats AFP Donald Trump, surrounded

November 1, 2024

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Quinquennial of the Detonator Man with Nobel Peace Prize

By Aschalew Kebede Abebe Ever since the so-called “Nobel Peace Prize Winner” PM Abiy Ahmed came to power, Ethiopia has been going through its darkest night. The ever increasing starvations of people

November 1, 2024

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Ethiopia’s drone massacres demand that US and world pay attention

by Mesfin Tegenu The Hill It was 7 a.m. on a Friday morning when a Turkish-made drone controlled by government forces slammed into a health center in the Ethiopian villages in Gojjam,

October 31, 2024

ANALYSIS & OPINION·Human Rights

It is Time for the Government of the US to Defend Justice in Africa?

Aklog Birara (Dr) “There’s no law of economics or physics that says the US dollar is the world’s reserve currency indefinitely, irrespective of what America does.” Arvind Subramanian, Peterson Institute There

October 30, 2024

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Why Fano Needs to Adapt Mao’s Strategy of Surrounding the Cities from the Countryside

Paulos Milkias, Ph.D. There are many reasons that collectively shaped Mao’s approach to revolutionary success. He emphasized the importance of a strong, supportive rural base to eventually take control of urban centers.

October 26, 2024

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