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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.

December 14, 2018 Uncategorized

South Sudan is starting to heal its wounds: But the magnitude of its conflict was regional

South Sudan is starting to heal its wounds: But the magnitude of conflict was regional. Just for an example, read

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December 14, 2018 Uncategorized

Somalia’s Farmajo has welcomed Eritrea’s Isaias for a historic visit. Why is it significant?

Eritrea’s President Mr. Isaias Afeworki has started his historic visit to Mogadishu. This visit came on the back of political

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December 14, 2018 Uncategorized

Ethiopia’s Major Milestone: No Jailed Journalist!

Since Ethiopia’s reformist premier, Mr. Abiy Ahmed came to power in April 2018, he has accomplished a lot towards establishing

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December 14, 2018 Uncategorized

Who We Are:

We, at Council on East African Relations are scholars who specialize on East African politics, history, economy, development, laws of

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