From the Petition Coordinating Committee
Over the past several weeks, the Ethiopian diaspora has mobilized across the globe to lend their voices to the ongoing civil rights struggles in their home country. Leveraging international networks, expatriates are organizing digital campaigns …
By Kersye Merfo
First of all, spelling out why the current protest has been necessitated is a confirmation of the ever-enduring sense of Ethiopian identity. Secondly, let us agree that three words summarise the issues: Ethiopian nationalist resurgence. Adding my …
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) today released a searchable database that strips away the secrecy of nearly 214,000 offshore entities created in 21 jurisdictions, from Nevada to Hong Kong and the British Virgin Islands.
Among the secret accounts …
Ethiopians in the Washington DC Metro Area are shocked to learned about the passing of Dr. Maigenet Shifferraw this week.
Dr Maigenet and her husband Prof. Getachew Metaferia are prominent members of the Ethiopian community and strong advocates of human …
On February 23, 2016 in a televised interview Prime Minister Haile Mariam Dessalegn announced that the three month long public uprising is accompanied by an armed insurrection. Ironically what the Prime Minister described is the same route that put his …
Logically, one would hope that the Oromo uprising and the undeniable general discontent and frustration in the country call for a serious movement toward a reformist dissent within the TPLF and perhaps the army. In whichever way the present situation …
By Seid Hassan | Murray State University
In addition to the senseless killings of protesters by the ruling party against the Oromos, the latest video clips and news reports also indicate that the same protests in Oromia region have led …
By Koki Abeselom
Until philosophers are kings or kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political authority and wisdom are united in one … cities will never have rest from their troubles – …
By Ayalew Mandefro
It was in the late fifties continuing into the sixties when “the wind of change ” began to blow strongly across the continent of Africa. The sixties was a special decade because the torch of freedom and …