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The Int’l Community’s Moral Imperative to Avert a Dangerous Showdown in Ethiopia

Today, the Abiy Administration upped its threat by telling the Church they cannot protest during the Sunday prayer session. Over a million Orthodox followers are expected to attend Church services to pray for the wellbeing of their Church. Obviously, the mass will overflow outside of Church compounds. This is common in Ethiopia when churches and mosques gather for prayer and peaceful protest.

The international community that is financing the Abiy administration has moral responsibility to ensure bullets that were bought with their funds are not used to kill Christians. In recent months, the Abiy government has been piling weapons and the PM has threatened the Church and its followers that his administration has tools that it has not used in the past.

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ይድረስ ለጠ/ሚንስትር ዶ/አብይ አህመድ፣ ለብልጽግና መንግስት  ኃላፊዎችና የካቢኔ አባላት

ይህን ጽሁፍ በይፋ እንድጽፍ ያነሳሳኝ፣ሀገራችን ከኣንድ ቀውስ ወደ ሌላ ቀውስ፤ ከአንድ ፈተና ወደ ሌላ ፈተና እየተሸጋገረች የምትሰቃይበት ምክንያቶች አንዱ በተፈጥሮዋ ወይም በሕዝቦቿ አለመታደል ሳይሆን፤ በዋነኛነት የሚመራዉን ሕዝብ አስተባብሮ በመምራት ችግሮቿን ከስር ነቅሎ የሚጥልላት ፈውስ የሚሆኑ አስተውሎ ያላቸው መሪዎች እስከዛሬ ባለማግኘቷ ነው ብየ ስለማምን ነው። ይህ ለዉጥ ሲጀምር በብዙ ሚልዮን የሚቆጠሩ ኢትዮጵያዉያን በዶ/ር ዓብይ ላይ እምነት በመጣል አሁን ሊያልፍላት ነው፤ መሪ እያገኘች ነው ብለው ነበር፤ለኢትዮጵያ ጥሩ ራይ ሰንቀው ለውጡን በስተመጨረሻም ቢሆን የተቀላቀሉትና የተራራውን ጫፍ የወጡት ዶ/ር አብይ፣ የኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ ከፍተኛ ክብርን፣ ድጋፍ (እኔም በርካታ የትግል ጓዶቼን  ጨምሮ) ሲያደርጉ  ቆይተዋል።  አሁን ግን ያ ተስፋ እኔን ጨምሮ በብዙ ወገኖች ዘንድ እየተመናመነ የመጣ ይመስላል::

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The frontline voices: Tigrayans speak on the realities of life under an insurgency regime

Ethiopians of Tigrayan descent, residing both inside and outside of Tigray, have contacted this researcher to request greater scrutiny of grassroots Tigrayan opinion on the ongoing conflict in Northern Ethiopia. These “silenced voices” have been characterized by many Western analysts and English-language media as supportive of the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), a vanguard armed group that exercises authoritarian control of both the “Tigray government” and the “Tigray Defense Forces.”

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The Solution to Ethiopia’s Crisis Resides in PM Abiy and the Amhara Tribal Land

A person from Mars who does not know anything about Ethiopian politics can paint three different pictures of PM Abiy, depending on whom she befriends when she lands on earth.  If she meets Professor Al Mariam, her conclusion would be people on earth have genius leaders that Martians can learn from. If she meets Professor Meskerem Aberra or any one of the Professors leading Vision Ethiopia, she would conclude people on earth are led by genociders. If by any chance she meets me, her impression of the PM would be a visionary and remarkable strategist with abhorring management skills. There are enough “supporting” materials in the cyber space to paint any one of the three images.

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A call for action: Pragmatic solutions for peace-building in Ethiopia

Structural violence is the root cause of the ongoing political crisis in Ethiopia. To understand the full picture of the current crisis, therefore, it is important to fully understand the historical, contextual, sociopolitical, and cultural dynamics of where Ethiopia is heading. Doing so makes it evident that the current debacle stems from the self-proclaimed apartheid constitution that segregate the diverse Ethiopian people along ethnolinguistic lines.

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