Victim Blaming – Astroturfing!
(By Belay Ambelay) – Too often in Ethiopian society, victims of violence and oppression are taught to blame themselves. This cultural phenomenon has a term: victim-blaming. Ethiopia and many other […]
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Social Engineering
(By Temesegn kebede) – Social Engineering and family tree The Shewan dynasty relied heavily on three factors that were rarely deployed by other contending dynasties of the region, mainly these factors […]
Continue ReadingMenelik Remembered!
(By Belay Ambelay) – At a time the world attention is elsewhere, An evil that refuses to relinquish power; When Democracy is threaten by cabals And peace loving Americans fighting […]
Continue ReadingEvidences and Analysis on the Biased Reporting and Lack of Independence, Integrity, Impartiality, and Professional Competence of the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and its Chief Commissioner
This report documents and examines the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission’s (EHRC) role in the war in Tigray. Through its investigation of public sources (e.g., videos, reports, etc.), this document showcases […]
Continue ReadingReflecting on Emperor Yohannes’s Ethiopia
(Source: Wikivisually.com) – Yohannes IV (Ge’ez: ፬ኛ ዮሓንስ, Āratenya Yōḥānnis; horse name “Abba Bezba”; 11 July 1837 – 10 March 1889),[1] born Lij Kaśa Mercha and contemporaneously also known in English as Johannes or John IV, was ruler of Tigray 1867–71, and Emperor […]
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(ብበላይ አምበላይ) – ቋንቋ ብሎ አማርኛ ፊደሉ ከየት መጣ ስደተኛ እሱም ቢሆን ዲቃላ አይሉት ቀጥተኛ ኣባቱ አይታወቅ ከናቱ የተኛ ዐብይ አህመድ መዘዘኛ ያልሄደውን መንደር ያልረገጠው አፈር ያልቀመሰው ኩሸር ያልጠነጠነው ድር […]
Continue ReadingJanus-faced
(By Yared Huluf) – The man has twin tongues But antipodes to one another He has also the confidence of a faith At a knock of a door, That penetrates […]
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(በተመስገን ኸቨደ) – ወሮበልላማ ወሮበልስ ነው አያስገርም ባጋጣሚ ቁራኛ መንገድ ላይ ብታገኘው ተከታይ ማፍራቱ ነው ምያስደምመው: ይህ ነው ግዜ ስበላሽ እምለው። የወሮበላ ነገር ተነግሮም ማያልቅ ወሃ ቅዳ ዋሃ መልስ ይመስል […]
Continue ReadingSomalia’s Ex-President Says Soldiers Deployed in Ethiopia’s Tigray ‘Were Sold’
(Source: Somaliguardian.com) – MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Former president of Somalia has on Wednesday said thousands of missing recruits who completed training in Eritrea had been “sold” after a UN report […]
Continue ReadingNeoliberalism has enabled genocide in Tigray
(Source: Ethiopia Insight, by Mulubrhan Balehegn) – The war is meant to pacify Tigray to facilitate Abiy’s economic liberalization project. Just two months into the war, US President Joe Biden and Canadian lawmakers have already used […]
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‘ታ ሠራም ደሞተራ ምስ ምኢቲ አእጋራ ‘ነባ ዓራርኽና “ንዓ’ንዶ አዋግዐና፣ ተዓኹሊልካ በይንኻ ‘ታይ ትገብር አለኻ?” ኢላ ‘ሞ ቐረበቶ ኣጥቢቓ ጠየቐቶ፤ ” ‘ታይ ‘ሞ ኽዛረበሉ አረ እዝግዮ! በሉ፣ ሽሕ እግሪ አለኒ […]
Continue ReadingOperation ALULA English Documentary – ኦፕሬሽን ኣሉላ ናይ ኢንግሊዝኛ ዘጋቢ ፊልሚ
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Continue ReadingThe G7 Should Uphold Human Rights at the Heart of its Foreign Policy & investment in Ethiopia & Eritrea
H.E. Olaf Scholz Chancellor of Germany Berlin H.E. Joe Biden President of the United States of America Washington H.E. Boris Johnson Prime minister of the United Kingdom London H.E. Emmanuel […]
Continue ReadingStarving Tigray
(Source: World Peace Foundation) – How Armed Conflict and Mass Atrocities Have Destroyed an Ethiopian Region’s Economy and Food System and Are Threatening Famine Foreword by Helen Clark Executive Summary […]
Continue ReadingSenate Foreign Relations Committee Passes Bipartisan Resolution Condemning Starvation as a Weapon of War
(Source: US Senate Foreign Relations) – WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (R-Ore.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), […]
Continue ReadingA peace process is possible in Ethiopia, but obstacles remain
(Source: Responsible Statecraft ) – Apparent recognition by Prime Minister Abiy that his forces cannot defeat the Tigrayans is moving the parties toward the negotiating table. June 22, 2022 by […]
Continue ReadingExclusive: Russia, China foiled UN meetings on Tigray famine, says Lowcock
(Source: Devex) – Russia and China helped Ethiopia to “delay” meetings of the United Nations Security Council to discuss the declaration of famine in Tigray, according to Mark Lowcock, the former under-secretary-general for […]
Continue ReadingCommissioner Lenarčič in Ethiopia reaffirming EU’s humanitarian aid for the country’s most vulnerable
(Source: European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations) – On 20-21 June, Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarčič visited Ethiopia, which is currently facing several overlapping crises, resulting in record-high […]
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(ብያሬድ ሑሉፍ) – ስብ ይኹን እንሳሳ ቆልዓ ይኹን ጎረምሳ ሰብኣይ ይኹን ቆልዑዝሓረሳ ዝአረጉ ኸምዑውን ዘፍለሳ ሓረስታይ በሎ ተሽካሚ ቦርሳ ተመሃራይ ኾነ ሓላው ጤል ጏሣ ተኸዳን ጋሣ ኾታስ መን ተሪፉ ሲኦል […]
Continue ReadingThe EU Should Uphold Human Rights at the Heart of its Foreign Policy on Ethiopia & Eritrea
HE Charles Michel President of the European Council Brussels HE Joseph Borrell High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission Brussels CC: HE […]
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