Op/Ed
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Op-ed: From fractured foot to broken heart: My trip to Oromia region of Ethiopia in April 2023 – Sr. Obse Lubo
Obse Lubo’s in action during EAMRF mission in Oromia in April 2023 (Photo: Obse Lubo) Addis Abeba – Over the…
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Op-Ed: Manufacturing crises for the birth of a “new” dictatorship: A lesson to learn from Ethiopia’s failed democratic transition
A man passing by a destroyed tank in Tigray (Photo: Tigray Television) By Milkessa Gemechu @milkessam Addis Abeba – The…
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Op-ed: One first step for democracy, one big step for Somalia
Somalia presidential elections, May 2022 (Photo: UNSOM) By Abshir Aden Ferro @AbshirFerro Addis Abeba – The reform of the electoral…
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Op-ed: A hobbled transition: The intractable task of Tigray Interim Administration
PM Abiy and TPLF representatives in Halela Kella Resort, in Dawro Zone of the SNNP regional state in February this…
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Exclusive: Donor-funded food diversion in Ethiopia ‘coordinated, criminal scheme’; covers seven regions, involves fed gov’t, regional entities
Women in the Afar region of Ethiopia receive emergency food assistance. Photo: ©WFP/Claire Nevill Addis Abeba – Following the suspension…
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Op-ed: The downfalls of finding national pride in Ethiopian beauty
An Afar woman (Photo: Visit Afar/Facebook) By Helen Bezuneh Addis Abeba – In 2009, Chuna Okok, a 22 year old…
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Rejoinder: Pervasive propaganda of disgruntled Amhara elites in diaspora weaponize lies and distortions: lambasting rejoinder to a lame reply
Ororo/Bokkuu, a stick that symbolizes power in the Gada system (Photo: Amensisa Ifa/Facebook) By Mirgissa Kaba @MirgissaK & Girma Gutema…
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Op-Ed: Critiquing the anti-Oromo nascent narrative of disgruntled Amhara elite in the diaspora: A rejoinder to the wrong manifesto
Irrechaa celebration, December 2021 (Photo: Social Media) By Mirgissa Kaba @MirgissaK & Girma Gutema @Abbaacabsa Background Various interest groups who…
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