Category: Opinion
In the reactions to several interviews I recently gave to different YouTube videos, I have witnessed a number of misunderstandings that need to be straightened out, with the exclusion, as one would expect, of the deliberate distortions coming from the…
Without a doubt, the counter-attacks of the Ethiopian armed forces can be characterized as a success: they achieved the goal of ousting TPLF’s invading troops from Amhara and Afar regions in a relatively short time and inflicted on them heavy…
Following the reported capture of the strategic towns of Dessie and Kombolcha by the forces of the Tegray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), the world is abuzz with the imminent fall of the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. CNN and the rest…
For nearly a year Ethiopia and its people have been the victims of a devastating insurgency, a propaganda campaign spreading harmful misinformation, and political prejudice in international policy circles. Since losing power in 2018, the dictatorial elites of the Tigray…
This short paper is a philosophical rather than legal review of the Ethiopian Constitution from the vantage point of Article 39. If you add or put together distinct objects, you will not obtain an organic unity. The object is mechanically…
One thing that has been most incomprehensible for many Ethiopian observers, activists, and politicians is the barrage of one-sided criticisms coming from Western capitals since the eruption in November of an armed conflict between the federal government and the TPLF’s…
Nation-building is the process by which peoples with diverse origins, histories, languages, and cultures and living under one political rule develop over time common interests, goals, and values that are sufficient enough to make them want to continue to live…
እንደ ዘመኑ ሰው ስልኩም ወሬኛ ወረተኛ ሆነ። የፈረንጅ ስልክ አገራችን ከመግባቱ በፊት ሰው ከወዲያ ወዲህ ተጠራርቶ መጫጯህ ወጉ ነበረ፦ “ወይፈኑ ከጊደሮችህ ጋር መጥቶ ይሆን? …ኡዉይ! … ጠበል ቅመሱ! ቡና ጠጡ! …ኡዉይ! … ወንዙን እንደ ተሻገራችሁ፣ ከጒብታው ላይ ኢየሱስ ይታያችኋል፤ በስተቀኝ…
On the Support of some Western Circles to the TPLF One thing that is as surprising as the swift military defeat of the TPLF is the support that it gets from some Western circles. In light of the TPLF’s abysmal…
ተስፋ መስጠቱን እንጂ እምነት መዋረድን እንደሚጨምር ብዙ ሰው አይገነዘብም። ውርደትን ቀምሶ ማሳለፍ ግን ውሎ ሲያድር የትዝታ ጠባሳ ትቶ ያልፋል።እምነት ስንል ሁለት መልክ አለው። በሰው የሚታመን አለ፤ በፈጣሪው የሚታመን አለ። ሁለቱም ይፈተናሉ። አንደኛው ይወድቃል፣ ሌላኛው ይፀናል። ይኸኛው ራሱን ለማስወደድ ወድቆ ይነሳል፤…