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THE ANOLEE STATUE IS PURE FICTION AUTHORED BY A TPLF CADRE

June 19, 2025

Yonas Biru, Ph.D The story behind the statute is that Emperor Menilik brutalized Oromo women going as far as cutting their breast to terrorize the Oromo and force them into subjugation. The

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Why Both Ethiopia-Centered and Tribe-Based Change Agendas Continue to Fail

January 26, 2025

Yonas Biru, PhD (unedited draft for discussion) A caveat is in order at the outset. The article focuses on Oromo, Amhara and Tigray extremist forces and their conflict-brewing sidekicks in the diaspora.

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The Amhara Political Elite is Killing Fano in Slow Motion

December 5, 2024

Yonas Biru, PhD Major breakthroughs in hard science like cosmology, physics, chemistry, and anatomy require human intelligence to seize upon new ideas and transform them into a new paradigm. Alexander Pope had

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Here We Go Again: Another Pamphlet Full of Insults and Slurs from My Stubborn Brother

October 2, 2024

Dear Editor We say NO to slurs, insults, condescending attitudes – neither as personal attacks nor as attacks on our culture, country. While Abiy and Shimeles are raping our country, Ethiopia to

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Abiy አሻግሬ Ahmed: Ethiopia’s Reincarnation of Don Quixote

September 2, 2024

Yonas Biru, PhD In a rather twisted way, Abiy Ahmed has become the reincarnation of Miguel de Cervantes’ 16th century masterpiece Don Quixote. Don Quixote is the story of a man by

A Meeting to End Ethnic Based Hate Politics: A Personal Reflection

Yonas Biru August 27, 2024 I just returned from a two-day

A Promising Beginning to Unify the Diaspora Amhara Falls Victim to Hermitized Souls

Yonas Biru, PhD Some three or four weeks ago there was a

International Intervention is Imperative to Save Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa

Yonas Biru, PhD June 16, 2023 There are two governments in Ethiopia.

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An Open Letter to Prime Minister Abiy: Do or Die Reform Imperatives

Yonas Biru (Ph.D) October 24, 2021 Mr. Prime Minister The contents of

TPLF’s and OFC’s Demands are Poison Pills to Repel Ethiopia’s Democratic Governance

Yonas Biru, PhD August 3, 2021 The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF)

What Explains Biden’s Counterintuitive Policy on TPLF’s War on Ethiopia

Yonas Biru, PhD July 31, 2021 After the September 11, 2001,

Beyond Ethiopian Intellectual ኡኡታ: The Logic Behind US’s Intervention in Ethiopia

Yonas Biru, PhD JULY 22, 2021 With all due respect, it appears

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