The Oromo issue on Al Jazeera. By Yilma Bekele
There was a half hour discussion on the Oromo issue in Ethiopia on Al Jazeera Television Network. It was one of those situations where you go ‘what just happened’ after an …
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The Oromo issue on Al Jazeera
Tagged with: Ethiopia Democracy, Ethiopia News, Nationalities Ethiopia, OLF, oromo, regions of Ethiopia, Self determination Ethiopia, yilma bekele
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OLF and Ethiopia
By Yilma Bekele
The news that the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) has decided to struggle for freedom in consort with all Democratic forces in Ethiopia is the best Christmas present the Ethiopian people gave themselves. There is no question we …
Tagged with: Abebe Gelaw, conflict, Ethiopia Democracy, Ethiopia Human Rights, G7, Ginbot 7, OLF, oromo, united front
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Arrival of the Ethiopian Spring
By Yilma Bekele
No one likes a whiner. Why complain insistently when it is of no use. We used to be good at that. Whining was our domain. Did I just say ‘was’? Yes I did. It seems that we …
Tagged with: Addis Ababa, African Dictators, democracy, Ethiopia Human Rights, Ethiopia News, failed state, G7, Meles Zenawi, OLF, repression, voa, Woyanne
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Ethiopia: Beware of Those Bearing Olive Branches!
Alemayehu G. Mariam
Beware of Those Who Bear Olive Branches
“Beware of Greeks bearing gifts,” goes the old saying. I say beware of those bearing fake olive branches. In many societies, “extending an olive branch” symbolizes an act of reconciliation, …
Ethiopia: Meles orders full withdrawal from Somalia
By Steve Bloomfield, Sunday Herald
SOMALIA’S FRAGILE government appears to be on the brink of collapse. Islamist insurgents now controls large parts of southern and central Somalia – and are continuing to launch attacks inside the capital, Mogadishu.
Ethiopia Woyanne, …