Tigrayan Advocacy & Development Association (TADA)

I walked around in culottes made from fustian. It didn’t bother me. All the kids around, boys and girls worn in the same drapes, some knew, some old and tattered […]

I. Introduction 1. The human rights situation in Ethiopia deteriorated dramatically from 3 November 2020, after conflict broke out between the Federal Government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). […]

Little did I know I have a clue, It began as a minor flu But steadily it got worse, It turned out to be a human virus; An Amhara pandemic […]

ድሕሪ ኽንደይ ኸርተት ነዊሕ ጉዕዞ ሓፀውፀው ናብራ ስደት፣ ምስራቅ ምስረገፆ፣ ዘደንገፆ፣ ምዕራብ ዘደንዘዞ፣ ሽቐጥ መቐጥ ዝነገሶ ኽብሪ ሰብ ዝረኸሶ፣ ዓይኒ የለ ስኒ ሃሰስ ኸይፈተና በ ጦቡሎቅ ሹዶናይ በል ጎርዞ:: ኽጥምዝዞዶ […]

Justice sleeps inside dictionary, nothing around is fair Tigrayans have been chucked off their house, strangers are leaving there they are displaced, sleeping hungry, freezing bare violence and lawlessness rules, […]

Verklempt, I get the skrik, Condemned as an innocent in a land of crooks. Three ropes round my neck hooked. One firmly cleeked by a maniac, In the streets of […]

Let it be clear from the start that we have no illusion about events that took place in Ethiopia. It doesn’t and didn’t matter who was from this or that […]

ንኣፈን ዘይብለን ቀጠምጠም ሓሪር መሪር ንርእሰን ሻሽ መጠምጠም፣ Apple polishers, narcissists, paid against, dork cretins are driven to accomplish a given task. They have no space for a nerve tissue […]

ይገርመናሎ! ቀጥቂጥካ፣ ጀፊዕኻ ኽንደይ ዘየቑሰልካ:: ሓሪድካ ኽንደይ ደም ዘየፍሰስካ: ቀቲልካ ኽንደይ ዘይቐበርካ:: ደቂ ሰብ ምጏኖም ቅንጭ ከይበለካ: እንታይስ ዓጅቡካ ቑፅሮም ዘይፈለጥካ: መንከ ኽሓተካ:: ውዒልካ ሓዲርካ ቐኒኻ ዓመታት ኣቑፂርካ: ዊስኪ እናሰተኻ […]

When I listen to a kerare/ክራር sound, It carries me away beyond The universe’s bound. Leaving the drags of darg behind If only it could last long around! I guess […]

I am lost In the depths of thought Why are we on this planet brought Only to be caught And immersed in feelings fraught. Shade you tears Douse your dress […]

ዘይሐልፍ ጋሻ ኣጥቢቕካ ስዓሞ ዝብል ጽዋ ጥንቲ ቀደም ወለድና ሎሚ ዝመጸና ሓድሽ ጋሻ ግና ብመረብ ወሪዱ ኣትባራ ዝጽምበር ምኣዝ ሰብከ ኾይኑ፣ ጋሻ-ውሕጅ እምበር። ጋሻ-ውሕጅ’ዩ፣ ማንም ዘይሓለሞ፣ ሒዙካ እንትኸይድ ጋሻ-ውሕጅ’ሞ ከመይ […]

By 1945, at the end of the Second World War, the Germans understood that they had been misled and taken for a ride by the National Socialist German Workers’ Party, […]

It was a sort of an abattoir – But an open space With no gadgets in use To process the byproducts, Forced-meats, marrows or ligaments For induced appetites And profits […]

ኣየ ናትካ ነግር ዕማም ተሸፊንካ ቐሚሽ ተኸዲንካ ጎተት ጎተት፣ ጋውና፣ ርዕሲ ሽክና ፈታው ኸርሱ የመና:: ተግባርካ ዑኩይ ድቃስ ዝሳኣነ ዓለም እናዛወነ ባርዕ ትኹልዕ ስብ ንስብ ክተባልዕ:: ንሱ በይን መዓንጣኡ ክትስልፍ […]

የማን ፀጋም ፀፋዕፋዕ ንፀሊም ፃዕዳ ጎንብሕ ጥልዕ ፕረዚደንታት በሎ ግዝኦም ዝሓለፈ ዐዕራብ ንጉሥታት ጉርንጭቶም እመት ዝኣክል መልሓስ ሞረድ እናደጋገምካ ምልሓስ ክሳዕ ዝጭምደደ፣ እንተተኾቡ ቁርብተይ ርያድ:: ሃንፋፍ ኢድ ስብ ዝለመደ ከይፀመደ […]

ኣባቱን ኣያውቅ እናቱም እንደዝያ የቆመበት መሬት ባእድ ሃገር ማን ከማን ሳይለይ የእትብት ልጅ ሳይል ባይቶዋር ሲያስተናግድ ኣብሮ እንዲኖር የፈረደበት እዳ ተቀባይ እንግዳ:: ይህ ኣልብቃ ብሎ የሸይጣን ልጅ ዲያብሎ፣ ባይቶዋር ትርክቱን […]

Humpty Dumpty, Ethiopia, Sat on a wall next to  Eritrea But was pushed off the wall By Abiy Ahmed, Eritrea, & Somalia. Humpty Dumpty broke into a thousand pieces. Not […]