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Jawar

ANALYSIS & OPINION

Why Have Jawar’s and Lidetu’s Non-Violent Movements Failed to Get Traction?

January 28, 2025

Yonas Biru, PhD Lidetu has been in Ethiopian politics for over three decades. Jawar’s political ንክኪ is a tad shorter. In total, he has a quarter of a century worth political stripes

ANALYSIS & OPINION

We should welcome and embrace Jawar in the struggle, but with caution.

January 22, 2025

Allelign Sisay Dear Jawar. You must answer the following questions to build confidence and trust with non-Oromo Ethiopians, particularly with the Amharas. No one knows your true motives except God and Jawar,

ANALYSIS & OPINION

“Fifty Years from Now, Ethiopians Will Praise Jawar for Uniting Ethiopia”

January 15, 2025

Yonas Biru, PhD Between October 23 and November 30, 2019, I posted several blogs on Koki Abesolome’s Facebook page, following the standoff between the Ethiopian government and Jawar’s followers. One of the

ANALYSIS & OPINION

Neither Naive to Believe Jawar nor Unnecessarily Critical of Him

January 9, 2025

Yonas Biru, PhD I am Neither naive to believe Jawar’s political transformation at face value, nor unnecessarily critical of him. We have witnessed the Oromummaa theology wither away like fleeting shadows. Oromummaa

ANALYSIS & OPINION

Jawar Must Repent and Redeem to Succeed in His Political Transformation

January 8, 2025

Yonas Biru, PhD Let me start with two caveats. First, I want to see Jawar succeed in his political transformation because I want to see a peaceful and prosperous Ethiopia. As a

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

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

Yonas Biru, PhD For nearly half a century, Oromo and Tigray tribal

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