Op/Ed
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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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Op-Ed: Change is coming to Ethiopian banking
Customers banking at one of the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia’s branches (Photo: Commercial Bank of Ethiopia/Facebook) By Nohaila Ibn El…
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News: PP head in Amhara region says regional officials’s failure led to ongoing violence over decision to “reorganise” special forces
Girma Yeshitila, head of the Prosperity Party and member of the executive committee in the Amhara regional state, in an…
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