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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.

March 19, 2019 Opinion

Will Ethiopia-Eritrea Peace Last?

History warns the relationship between these two countries could suddenly turn sour again. by: Michael Rubin for, nationalinterest.com hen Eritrea

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March 13, 2019 Uncategorized

PM Abiy hosted French President, Emmanuel Macron

President Macron of France is in state visit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and the Eastern Africa region. The two leaders

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March 9, 2019 Opinion

Kenya and Somalia row over offshore rights is rooted in the carve up of Africa

Christopher R. Rossi, Lecturer in International Law, University of Iowa (For The Conversation Africa) The borderlines separating Kenya and Somalia

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March 6, 2019 Opinion

South Sudan peace deal offers promising end to conflict. But challenges remain

South Sudan peace deal offers promising end to conflict. But challenges remain February 24, 2019 4.28am EST Author: Yohannes Gedamu, Lecturer of

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February 6, 2019 Opinion

How change happened in Ethiopia: a review of how Abiy rose to power

By: Yohannes Gedamu (The Conversation Africa) Last year was an historical one for Ethiopian politics. Most Ethiopians now feel hopeful about the

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January 28, 2019 Opinion

The claim that democracy fares better in the West than in Africa is a fallacy

Steven Friedman, Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg One day, if they follow instructions, Africa’s new democracies will grow

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January 24, 2019 Uncategorized

How hundreds of Syrians found refuge in Ethiopia

Abdulwahid Mohammed, a Syrian refugee, serves Ethiopian customers at Damascus Restaurant in Addis Ababa [Michael Tewelde/Al Jazeera] By: Elias Gebreselassie,

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January 20, 2019 Uncategorized

Free Press Unlimited and U.S Embassy In Ethiopia Announced Funding Opportunity for Emerging Media in Ethiopia (FEME)

Free Press Unlimited with the support of the United States Embassy in Ethiopia is launching a project: Fund for Emerging

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January 20, 2019 Uncategorized

How investment in irrigation is paying off for Ethiopia’s economy

Ethiopia has harnessed the value of irrigation technologies. Shutterstock Gebisa Ejeta, Distinguished Professor, agronomy , Purdue University (For The Conversation Africa) After

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January 20, 2019 Uncategorized

Why al-Shabaab targets Kenya, and what can be done to stop attacks

Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the terror attack in Nairobi in which scores of people were killed and injured. The question the terror attack

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