Opposition politics

Ethiopia: Election and Electors

(Naty Berhane) (Fairfax, Virginia, USA) The May election in Ethiopia is becoming somewhat interesting to follow, even to those who…

Ethiopia: Police disbands a rally on an Opposition party’s fate, as deadline draws near

Police forcefully disband protesters today in the vicinity of an opposition party head office in the capital. The demonstration was…

Ethiopia: Opposition Parties blocked from Entering the May elections

(Marthe van der Wolf) Ethiopian opposition parties say they are facing roadblocks in their efforts to register for the May…

Semayawi’s foiled rally: A reminder of Ethiopia’s deeper problems

Once more, freedom of assembly was put on the spotlight. A Consortium of 9 parties attempted to hold a rally…

Anatomy, characteristics, strategies of Ethiopia’s opposition block

(Magertu Regassa) In civilized and democratic nations around the globe, political opposition is not luxury. Maintaining and forwarding positions and…

Transcending unity delusion: A generational shift to a more perfect union

It was almost a month later that I found out about an article written by a pseudonym “Teshome Debalke” in…

Ethiopian extremists’ facebook posts’d be depressing you – Insights from a new research

Last month, the international media was buzz with a controversial research conducted on facebook. The study, titled “Experimental evidence of…

‘Election-win-EPRDF-style’ in 8 Liberal Countries

“Can you think of any government that purports to be a multi-party democracy, but manages to win all but two…

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