Exclusive Interview
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The Interview: “Government’s lack of clear political agenda exacerbated the war in Oromia”: Colonel Gemechu Ayana
Colonel Gemechu Ayana, former member of the OLA and current senior officer of the OLF, Photo: Addis Standard Following the…
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Interview: “I have always said that there is really no ideological difference between Oromo political parties” Jawar Mohammed
Jawar Mohammed announced yesterday that the party he will be joining in the run up to the next election will…
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The Interview: “We think we will win a majority in Oromia and win significant seats in the federal parliament,” Dawud Ibsa
Born in 1952 in Abuna village, Horro Guduru District in the then Wollega province, present day western Oromia, Dawud Ibsa…
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Exclusive: “If we don’t treat this carefully and we meddle things, it will affect the entire region”: ONLF chairman on Jubaland
On Tuesday August 20, Abdirahman Mahdi Madey, chairman of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), gave a press briefing to…
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The Interview: Displacement crisis not a precursor for a very bad future but residue of a very bad past: Mustefa Omer
Born in 1973 in Degehabur zone of Somali regional state, Mustefa Muhumed Omer became the deputy president of the Somali…
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Exclusive: The 40:40:20 administrative arrangement in Dire Dawa was corrected from the gate go as 40:60: former Mayor
Ibrahim Ousman Farah. Photo: Addis Standard file On March 12, the Council of Dire Dawa city, a chartered city in…
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Breaking: Commissioner of Ethiopian Investment Commission resigns. “I am leaving for family reason” Belachew Mekuria
Belachew Mekuria (PhD), Commissioner of Ethiopian Investment Commission (EIC), has resigned from his position effective yesterday September 11. Belachew was…
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The Interview: Every society has to have some kind of moral compass to exist. Our moral compass has been lost: Berhanu Nega
Having acquired his PhD in economics from the New School for Social Research, in New York City, Berhanu Nega is…
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The Interview: “There are going to be people who are going to embrace this change and people who are going to resist it,” Mike Raynor, US Ambassador to Ethiopia
Ambassador Mike Raynor joined the State Department in 1988, and is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with…
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