ETHIOPIA : A LEADERSHIP IN DISARRAY
By RENÉ LEFORT It may be that, in Ethiopia, history is so powerful that the past permeates the present, and it repeats itself. In this case, what we see today is simply another interregnum between two powerful men. “Can you tell me who is in charge in the government?”, asks Tamrat Gebregiorgis, publisher of the […]
Read More →South Sudan Warring Factions to Talk Power-Sharing at Summit
By William Davison, Nov 2014 South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and his former deputy, Riek Machar, are set to meet in the latest effort by East African leaders to broker a power-sharing deal and end more than 10 months of fighting. The key issue the pair will discuss at a regional summit that started today in […]
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የኢትዮጵይያ የወቅቱ ኣምባገነናዊ መንግስት ( የወያኔ ሰርእት) በ23 ኣመታት የግፍና የጭቆና ኣገዛዝ ህዝቡ ላይ አሰቃቂ በደሎችን ፈጽሟል። ኣረመኔ የወያኔ ባለስልጥናት የኢትዮጵያን ኣኩሪ ታሪክ በመደምሰስ አጅግ ኣሳፋሪና ኣንገት ኣስደፊ የድህነት የአንግልት የዘረኝነት አንዲሁም የኣምባገነናዊነት ታሪክ በኣገሪቷ ላይ አየሰሩ ሁለት ኣስር ኣመታትን ኣሳልፈዋል። በታሪካችን አያሌ ፈተናዎች ገጥመውናል። ብዙም ጊዜ ታግለን ጥለናቸዋል፣በተለይ ዛሬ በደረስንበት ሁሉ አንገታችንን ከክብር […]
Read More →“I am Ethiopian, as truly and wonderfully as that is, and no one has the right to define, reduce, or otherwise dismiss my identityâ€; Dr. Eleni Zaude Gabre-Madhin
Much has recently been made of my ethnic identity although this is a matter of no relevance whatsoever to a reasoned discourse on the existence of the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange. However, when the unnecessary gets in the way of the important, however unpleasant it may be, it must be faced. I am Ethiopian, as truly […]
Read More →Supporting stability, abetting repression
By TOBIAS HAGMANN (New York Times) BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA — Next time I travel to Ethiopia, I may be arrested as a terrorist. Why? Because I have published articles about Ethiopian politics. I wrote a policy report on Ethiopia’s difficulties with federalism. I gave a talk in which I questioned Ethiopia’s May 2010 elections, in which […]
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