An open Thank You note to H.E. Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed Dear Prime Minster Abiy: For over a decade, I have used the last of my weekly commentaries to…
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“The TPLF and (their) extremist (allies) living abroad are targeting the people of Tigray. These are people who hate and have an evil view of the Tigrean people.” Amdom Gebreselassie…
On December 15, 2018, we crossed the one-half million dollar mark in our fundraising effort for the Ethiopian Diaspora Trust Fund (EDTF). It is a moment of great pride accomplishment…
Introductory Note: I have prepared this commentary specifically for presentation at a symposium sponsored by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), Aadland Consult and the Ethiopian Foreign Relations…
Author’s Note: Birtukan Mideksa, former Ethiopian high court judge, political prisoner and first female political party leader in Ethiopian history, returned home a couple of weeks ago following an invitation…
Will the real Debretsion Gebremichael please stand up? Eminem (Marshall Mathers), the American rapper, has a popular song in which he lyrically asks: May I have your attention, please? May…
“Remember that all through history, there have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they seem invincible. But in the end, they always fall. Always.” –Mahatma Gandhi In…
Every November since 2007, I have written annual memorial declarations and tributes in remembrance of the hundreds of innocent victims of the Meles Massacres of 2005. Following the…
What a difference a year makes? The rule of law crushed to earth for 27 years rose up in Ethiopia in 2018. If someone would have told me in the…