Open letter to Mike Hammer: Wolkait Spells Doom Unless Handled with Care
By Yonas Biru, PhD Whenever I think of PM Abiy, I think of a man suffering from what author Antony Robert calls the Niagara Syndrome. Think of a man swimming in a raging Niagara River closer to the falls. Imagine…
Xi says Chinese modernization to bring new opportunities to China-Ethiopia cooperation
Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on the sidelines of the 15th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, Aug. 23, 2023. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao) JOHANNESBURG, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) — China is advancing Chinese modernization with its…
Ethiopia shaken by a new and growing rebellion in Amhara
Ethiopia shaken by a new and growing rebellion in Amhara You can’t fight with the public. The public supports the Fano.’ ADDIS ABABA Two weeks after irregular militia fighters called the Fano seized several towns and cities in Amhara, Ethiopia’s…
የፖለቲካ ሥልጣን ቢኖረኝ
(በቀለ ገሠሠ) በህይወቴ የፖለቲካ ሥልጣን ተመኝቼ አላውቅም። ፍላጎቴ እግዚአብሔር ይመስገን ባገኘሁት ከፍተኛ ትምህርትና ዓለማቀፍ የሥራ ልምዴ ወገኔን ማገልገል ብቻ ነበር። ዛሬ ግን በተለይ በአማራው ወገኖቻችን ላይ ያነጣጠረው የጅምላ ጭፍጨፋና መፈናቀል ስመለከት አንጀቴ ያራል፣ ልቤ ይቆስላል፣ በህይወት መሰንበቴን ያስጠላኛል። አማራ የትግሬ፣…
BBC asks to why FANO are battling the Army of PM Abiye Ahmed
Why Ethiopia’s Amhara militiamen are battling the army Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has found himself at the centre of a new conflict – this time in the vitally important Amhara region that marshalled its troops to help him thwart…
Airstrike in Ethiopia’s Amhara region kills at least 26 people
The attack occurred in the early hours of Sunday morning in Finote Selam, a town in Amhara’s West Gojjam zone, a local doctor told the Guardian. It is not clear how many of the victims are civilians. Residents said the…
The international community is mobilising for the Amhara
In the space of two days, the European Union issued a statement, the United States issued a joint statement with Australia, Japan, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, and finally the experts of the UN International Commission on Ethiopia issued…
Ethiopian military clashes with militia in Amhara, injuries reported Dawit Endeshaw ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopia’s military has clashed with fighters from a militia in the Amhara region, residents said on Wednesday, in an escalation of a simmering feud between the…
PP ship is sinking! Top brass military men are scrambling for the front seats!
Scrambling for Front Seats as the Ship Sinks Girma Berhanu (Professor) Metaphorically speaking, present-day Ethiopia is not unlike a leaking ship struggling to remain adrift and navigate through a vast, turbulent ocean. Stretching the metaphor further, the ship’s captain is…
The Deal: is Port Assab going to be the deal breaker In return to Lion share of the millennium Nile Dam and the Ethiopian Airlines!
How will landlocked Ethiopia get direct access to a port? Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says the high costs of relying on the country’s neighbours for access to ports are unsustainable. Ethiopia has been landlocked since Eritrea gained its independence in…