Category: Opinion

ምክርና ጥቆማ ለፌደራል ፖሊስ፤ የጅምላ ፍተሻ ሕዝብን ማሸበር ነው፤

በትላንትናው የመንግስት ዜና እወጃ የፌደራል ፖሊስ ኮሚሽነሩ በሰጡት መግለጫ በአዲስ አበባ ከተማ ውስጥ ማህበራዊ ድህረ-ገጾችን በመጠቀም ለአመጽ ቅስቀሳ የሚያደርኩ አካላትን አድኖ ለመያዝ የተጠናከረ የጅምላ ፍተሻና የእጅ ስልክ ብርበራ እንደሚያደርግ ዛቻና ማስፈራሪያዎች የተቀላቀለበት መግለጫ ሰጥቷል። በመጀመሪያ ይህ ዜጎችን በየመንገዱ ድንገት አስገድዶ…
From peer review to peer loyalty

Picture academia as a giant, colorful map—one designed not for walls but for wanderers. It’s supposed to be a place where bold thinkers cross borders, chase ideas, and return with fresh discoveries. But lately, it feels like some of those…
የማዳመጥ ሃይል

ብዙ የማውራት አመል ያለባቸው  ሰዎች በየቦታው አሉ።በምትሄድበት ቦታ ሁሉ ታገኛቸዋለህ ። የሥራ ባልደረቦችህ ሊሆኑ ይችላሉ፤ መስርያ ቤት ውስጥ ሰኞ ጠዋት ላይ ቅዳሜና እሁድ ስላደረጉት ስለሚረባውም ስለማይረባውም  ነገር በማውራት የሚያታክቱህ። አልያም በእራት ግብዣ ላይ ሌላውን በማቋረጥ፥ እኔ ብቻ ካላወራሁ የሚሉ የሥጋ ዘመዶችህ። ድንገት እቤት መጥተው ሥራ ላይ…
Between the hammer and the anvil: Jawar’s interview

While I found many interesting and thought-provoking points in Jawar’s interview, I could not dismiss the uneasiness I felt throughout my reading. At first, I couldn’t pinpoint the reason for the uneasiness, but as my reading advanced, it gradually surfaced.…
The Ethiopian Student Movement and the Revolution of 1974

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…
Abiy’s Achilles’ Heel

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…