Photo - Gondar city protest, July 31
Ethiopia: Massive protest held in Gondar city

Tens of thousands marched in Ethiopia’s northwestern city of Gondar on Sunday morning. Residents descended.

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General Tsadkan Gebretensae’s response to Prof. Messay Kebede

General Tsadkan Gebretensae’s piece on Ethiopia’s current political challenges. triggered heated discussion on social media and.

Photo - Prof. Messay Kebede
Review of Lt. General Tsadkan Gebretensae’s Article (Messay Kebede)

Last Sunday, Lt. General Tsadkan Gebretensae published a commentary on Ethiopia’s current political challenges and solutions on.

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Hate speech, ethnic tension ahead of Kenya’s 2017 elections

(Peter Alingo) As Kenya prepares for elections next year, the political die seems already cast..

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Sendafa Landfill controversy: The farmers’ version of the story

In the past two weeks, the Sendafa Sanitary Landfill have become the talking point of.

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Ethiopia’s Growing Challenge of Hate speech

(Tesfai Hailu) “Hate speech is any speech, gesture or conduct, writing, or display which is.

Photo - Djiboutian General Osman Nour Soubagleh appointed as Commander of AMISOM
Djiboutian General Soubagleh appointed as Commander of AMISOM

(Press release – AMISOM) Mogadishu, 19 July 2016 – The new Force Commander of the African.

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Ethiopia: Senior ONLF militant and 6 others killed, captured

Ethiopian government claimed to have killed and captured fighters including the logistics head  of Ogaden National.

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Potential Causes, Consequences of South Sudan becoming a “Failed State”

Potential Causes and Consequences of South Sudan becoming a “Failed State”: Political and Legal Transformation from a Liberation.

Photo - Ethiopian PM Hailemariam Desalegn [Credit: Addis Standard, Oct. 2015]
Will the protests of Gondar and Oromia help EPRDF quickly transform itself?

Except for the willful blindness and deafness of the EPRDF, the causes of the growing.