ANALYSIS & OPINION

(Classified: For Ethiopian Cheetahs’ Eyes Only) My first “Message” from 2013 Cheetahs30This is my second special message to Ethiopia’s “Cheetah Generation”, Ethiopia’s young people, in three years. In January 2013, I wrote a new year’s message in which I dedicated that year to Ethiopia’s Cheetah Generation. I described Ethiopia’s Cheetah Generation comprising of not only […]

Tsegaye Tegenu, PhD The Rationale for the System of Ethnic Decentralization in Ethiopia Decentralization and federation are institutional arrangements referring to the devolution and sharing of power among autonomous units. In Ethiopia they point to the continuation and maturity of the peoples’ struggle for democracy and development ever since the outbreak of the 1974 revolution.

  by Pro. Alemayehu G Mariam Author’s Note: My commentary this week follows last week’s comment on the collapse of Karuturi Agro Products, Plc., in Gambella, Ethiopia. In 2010, the T-TPLF handed over 100 thousand hectares of land the infamously  “iconic land grabber”  Sai Karuturi  and “cancelled” its “land rent contract” earlier this month. On the

Those who closely follow current events in Ethiopia, especially those who honestly wonder, like me, why other ethnic groups, especially the Amhara who are the number one target and victim of the TPLF since it seized power in 1992, are not joining the Oromo uprisings, cannot but feel that a crucial ingredient of the whole

The Horn Times Newsletter 28 December 2015 By Getahune Bekele/South Africa. Instituting widespread censorship, banning political activities, arresting and torturing or even executing political opponents in police-state Ethiopia didn’t bring some sort of respite to the homicidally insane and suicidally gloomy Tigre Peoples Liberation Front/TPLF top dogs who are ruling the impoverished nation with brutal

By J. Bonsa More than 70 people have been killed and dozens wounded in an ongoing crackdown on peaceful protesters in Oromia. One of the underlying causes of the prevailing tense political situation is Ethiopia’s bogus claim about “miraculous” economic growth in the last decade. The youth is not benefitting from the country’s supposed growth and

December 11, 2015. Washington, DC- On Wednesday, December 9, 2015 a group of courageous Oromo students from the Addis Ababa Science and Technology University made a strong statement of protest on behalf of Ethiopians at risk throughout the country! As planned in advance, these students arrived early at the school’s dining room. They took their

By Geresu Tufa 1. The Master Plan violates core Human_Rights. It deprives millions of people around Finfinnee (Addis Ababa) of their only means of livelihood – their land.It threatend their right to live-core human right. Therefore, the #Master_Plan should be opposed by everyone. 2. The Master Plan extends ‪#‎Historical_injustice‬. Injustice has been in place since

ETHIOPIAWINNET: COUNCIL FOR THE DEFENSE OF CITIZEN RIGHTS 2015 Symposium on Creating Inclusive Institutions in Ethiopia

ETHIOPIAWINNET: COUNCIL FOR THE DEFENSE OF CITIZEN RIGHTS 2015 Symposium on Creating Inclusive Institutions in Ethiopia