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Solitary struggles: Of soul-searching Ethiopian adoptees
Zecharias Zelalem, Special to Addis Standard Thousands upon thousands of skinny, dusty, women and children clad in dirty…
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#OromoProtests: The martinet’s message meets its match
Ezekiel Gebissa, special to Addis Standard In his book, The Dictator’s Learning Curve, William J. Dobson argues that old-school…
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Ethiopia’s Constitution: Fractured legitimacy & the urgency of constitutional transfiguration
Part – I By Tsegaye R Ararssa Between 1991 and 1995, Ethiopia had another historical opportunity to (re)constitute itself…
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Analysis – Ethiopia’s persistent food insecurity: What went wrong?
Urgessa Tura On June 11, 2003 Ethiopia’s Prime Minister the late Meles Zenawi convened a joint meeting with major…
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Protest crackdowns: Beyond the body count
Mahlet Fasil & Kalkidan Yibeltal Ambo and Adaba What is now widely acknowledged as the ‘Oromo protests’ started…
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The Special Interest: the affirmation of denial
#OromoProtests Special coverage “Just what is this special interest?” By Tsegaye R Ararssa As a response to the…
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Ethiopia’s experiment with federalism (Part III) – Final
The official narrative and the federalism to come Tsegaye R Ararssa, Special to Addis Standard In this series…
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Election and the Political Class: Beyond Winning (or Losing) Elections in Ethiopia: Part IV
Tsegaye R. Ararssa 1. Introduction In the last instalments, I have charted out the ‘mood’ in order for us…
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Elections in Ethiopia: Beyond Winning (and Losing), Part III
In an attempt to make sense of beyond winning (and losing) elections in Ethiopia, in the last two pieces, Tsegaye…
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Bekele Gerba speaks!
Born in 1961 in West Wollega region of western Ethiopia, Bekele Gerba went to elementary school in Boji Dirmaji and…
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