Day: June 23, 2015
- Africa
The poetics and politics of Oromo resistance
Oromo music has played a central role in providing alternative spaces for enunciating ‘the Oromo question’. Awol Allo On June 4, 2015, renowned Oromo artist Haacaaluu Hundeessaa released an intoxicating single track, Maalan Jiraa. The song condenses within itself the story of the Oromo people with impeccable acuity, waltzing between stories of pain and pride, hope and despair. Full of…
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UK minister for Africa “expresses concern” over Ethiopian elections
As the ruling EPRDF in Ethiopia claimed a 100% historic election victory, Britain’s Minister for Africa, James Duddridge, calls on the government in Ethiopia “to increase diversity in parliament and ensure the voices of all citizens are heard”, a statement from the UK’s Foreign Office said yesterday. The statement quoted minister Duddridge as saying he welcomed “the fact that the…
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Ethiopian Election 2015: Caught allies between a rock and a hard place
Editorial On May 24, 2015 Ethiopians went to the polling stations all over the country to cast their votes in the fifth general election since the adoption in 1995 of the country’s constitution. The general election was conducted to elect representatives for both the House of People’s Representatives and Regional State Councils. Even from the onset, a landslide victory…
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