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Crocodile Apology: No Amnesty for AmNasty International in Ethiopia!
By Prof. Alemayehu G. Mariam When someone is faking grief and sorrow, it is said they are shedding crocodile tears. What should it be called when someone is faking contrition, repentance and remorse?...
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Israeli-Ethiopian community divided on bringing 8,000 Falash Mura
Minister of Immigration and Absorption Pnina Tamano-Shata presented last week a plan to bring to Israel 8,000 Falash Mura from Ethiopia by the end of 2022. Aug 24, 2020 Danny Zaken New Jewish...
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Federal Police Commission Unveils New Uniform
The Ethiopian Federal Police Commission has revealed on Saturday a new uniform for its members. During a ceremony held to launch the new uniform in the presence of higher government officials, Federal...
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Should Ethiopia Sue the United Kingdom in the International Court of Justice...
By Alemayehu G. Mariam Author’s Note: Last week, a gang of thugs, hooligans and hoodlums launched a violent terrorist attack on the Embassy of Ethiopia in London in an apparent attempt to occupy the...
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Ethiopia’s escalating regional political crisis has roots in its federal system
Et tu? Ethiopia’s prime minister Abiy Ahmed and, now former, defense minister Lemma Megersa back in April 2018. The political crisis in Ethiopia is not showing signs of abating. Ongoing riots in Oromia...
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Pre-election Ethiopian federal intervention in Tigray would have been more...
By Wondwossen Demissie Kassa By intervening post-election, the federal government would be doing nothing to slow the spread of COVID-19, which was the official reason for delaying all polls. In June,...
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Letter to Secretary Pompeo by U.S. House of Representatives requesting...
September 3, 2020 The Honorable Mike Pompeo Secretary Department of State 2201 C St. NW Washington, DC 20520 Dear Secretary Pompeo: We write to you with grave concerns over the reported cuts to U.S....
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Ethiopian lawmakers call region’s vote unconstitutional
By Elias Meseret | AP September 5, 2020 at 9:30 a.m. PDT JOHANNESBURG — Ethiopia’s upper house of parliament on Saturday called elections planned next week in the northern Tigray region...
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Somaliland’s new Cold War diplomacy
By Mohamed Farah Hersi Capitalizing on the Nile impasse, reversing Abiy Ahmed’s ‘One Somalia’ policy, and into the orbit of Taiwan and the U.S. In 2020, Somaliland’s internationally and regionally...
View ArticleEthiopia’s reform rollback creates a vicious circle
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed appears unable to oversee a democratic shift, primarily as he has prioritized the consolidation of his and Prosperity Party’s power. Ethiopia is sliding back into turmoil...
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Regional Prosperity Party leaders need to regain autonomy—and rescue...
by Bekele Erko Ruling politicians now serve at the whim of the party leadership, in particular the chairman. Since the diminishment of its status within the federal government in 2018, the Tigray...
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Ethiopian government unveils new currency notes
By David Ochieng Mbewa Ethiopians have a three-month window within which they will be able to exchange old currency notes for new ones from the banks after the government demonetized its currency....
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For prosperity, Ethiopia needs institutional not individual strength
byFikremariam Molla Gedefaw If reforms are to succeed, Ethiopian society should focus on building autonomous institutions, rather than expect political elites to stop grappling for control of them....
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Hiber Radio Daily Ethiopian News Sept 15, 2020
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Proclamation finally decrees equality for Ethiopian Muslims
By Endris Mekonnen Legislation in June recognizing the Ethiopian Islamic Affairs Supreme Council was a historic progressive move by the State for the Muslim community. On 11 June, the House of People’s...
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Mass Murder of Amharas in Benishangul-Gumez Region
Targeted attacks against Amharas have occurred again in Benishangul-Gumez Region of Ethiopia. Amhara Association of America (AAA) has received reports that 89 people mainly Amhara/Agew have been killed...
View ArticleRights Agency Condemns Killings in Benishanglu-Gumuz
DDIS ABEBA – The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission said on Thursday it is deeply concerned by the security events unfolding in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region. The Commission said it has received...
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The making of strangers: the Ethiopian constitution as a suicide pact
Constitutions are supposed to bind citizens together, not drive them apart. A constitution is the basic or fundamental law of a state. It performs several functions. It sets up a system of government—a...
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Ethiopia’s COVID-19 is not local enough: A reply to Dawd S. Siraj
By Daniel Hailu The government’s response to the pandemic has not been grounded in the Ethiopian reality. I am very grateful to Dawd S. Siraj for taking the time to write a review of my article “The...
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Respecting self-determination could prove good governance model for...
by Kulle Kursha The prevailing federal view is that many more regional states in southern Ethiopia will stretch public resources, but it will also move government closer to the people. In a historic...
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