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Indian land grabs in Ethiopia show dark side of south-south co-operation
Anuradha Mittal|The Guardian The takeover of peoples’ land and water by corporations – even if they are from the global south – is a new form of colonisation The idea of south-south co-operation...
View ArticleAn anthropo-linguistic survey of Dire Dawa ( Part I)
-”Ummata Fannaana Ummata Qashxii Dire Dhawaa” (The Artistic and Jolly People of Dire Dawa) By Afendi Muteki Once up on a time, the people of Dire Dawa were assembled in the city’s main hall to listen...
View ArticleDisplacement, Intimidation and Abuse: Land Loyalties in Ethiopia
by GRAHAM PEEBLES|Counter Punch Land grab (and associated water appropriation), Oxfam states, occurs when “governments, banks or private investors buy up huge plots of land to make equally huge...
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JAARRAA ABBAA GADAA
Abdulkariim Ibraahim- Jaarraa Abbaa Gadaa Duuti inni du’e nuttis tahu gadda Kan inni habaqaale Oromoota hundaa Hoggayyuu yaadannaa way sammuu nu badaa. Tokkicha Oromoo goota kumaatamaa Inni kaayyoon...
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Habalee Citte
Abbaa hujii boonsaaBu’ureesaa qabsoo sabboonaa OromooHawwaa bilisummaa yaa jaalataa qomooAbbaa qabsoo Oromoo bu’ura ganamaaJaarraa Abbaa gadaa yaa ulfaataa namaaRorro saba keetii fudhachuu...
View ArticleEthiopia: the ‘war on terror’ and the trial of 28 community leaders
By Awol Allo|Open Democracy The lies that creep out of the state’s mouth are justified as the protection of order, even when they are against the law, but a citizen’s lawful attempt to counter their...
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Ethiopia’s comprehensive inflation Good news at last?
Bisrat Teshome| Addis Standard Ethiopia’s inflation has been out of control for five consecutive years, at a great cost on the urban poor; now it looks as though it may come down to a somehow...
View ArticleFrom Expediency to Consistency Ethiopia’s Anti-Apartheid Movement?
by ALEMAYEHU G. MARIAM In her recent commentary in the New York Review of Books, “Obama: Failing the African Spring?”, Dr. Helen Epstein questioned the Obama Administration for turning a blind eye to...
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Ethiopia’s ‘jihadi’ film and its boomerang effects
The government’s uncanny response to “basic demands of religious freedom” has created a rare opportunity for a decisive break with a docile political past and for the “formation of a new collective...
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Jaarraa Abbaa Gadaa: a hero and legend in his own time
March 7, 2013 (OPride) — Abdulkarim Ibrahim Hamid, who is popularly known as Jarra Abba Gadaa, was a long-standing Oromo nationalist. His death a few days ago was a great loss for his family, for all...
View ArticleHaala Du’iinsaa fii Sirna Awwaalcha Jaarraa Abbaa Gadaa
Obboleeysaa fii firri keenya, Jaarraa Abbaa Gadaa, Amajjii 12, bara 2013 dhibdee umrii waliin dhufteen qabamee, akka hamaa dhukkubsatee if wallaaluu mudate. Yaroo kana dhageenyu, dirqama firummaa tan...
View ArticleThe Ethiopian Muslim Civil Rights Movement: Implications for Democracy in...
By Alemu Tafesse|Ethiomedia.com|March 11, 2013 The fourteen-month old Muslim civil rights movement in Ethiopia has so far had some spectacular implications for the development of democracy and...
View ArticleCounter Extremism with Freedom in Ethiopia
M. Zuhdi Jasser|Commissioner at the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) From Somalian anarchy to Eritrean and Sudanese tyranny and civil strife, the Horn of Africa has long been...
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Why Are We Funding Abuse in Ethiopia?
Helen Epstein|New York Review of Books AFP/Getty Images Workers at a Saudi-owned rice farm in Gambella, Ethiopia, March 22, 2012 In 2010, the Ethiopian government began moving thousands of people out...
View Article“ኡመተ ፈናን- ኡመተ ቀሽቲ ዲሬ ደዋ” (አርቲስቱና ሽቅርቅሩ የድሬ ዳዋ ህዝብ)
ጸሐፊ-አፈንዲ ሙተቂ በደርግ ዘመን ነበር አሉ። ሰፊው የድሬ ዳዋ ህዝብ ከማዕከል የመጣው የደርግ አባል የሚያደርገውን ንግግር ለማዳመጥ በከተማዋ የመሰብሰቢያ አዳራሽ ተሰብስቧል። የስብሰባው ሰዓት ደርሶ የደርግ አባሉ ንግግር ወደሚያደርግበት መድረክ ወጣ። ንግግሩን ከመጀመሩ በፊት ግን አማርኛ መስማት የማይችሉ በርካታ...
View ArticleThe Man Who Lived His Dream- An Assessment of Jaarraa Abbaa Gadaa’s Life Journey
Written by– Libah Leencoo Contributors– Jawar Mohammed and Jilcha Hamid His given name is Abdulkariem Ibrahim Hamid. But he is well known by his nom-de -guerre “Jaarraa Abbaa Gadaa”. He is a great...
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Council of the Monuments
By Girma Tadesse Introduction: This is an imagined dialogue among monuments, real and unreal(at least for now), of some controversial figures, most of whom are related to Ethiopia(Abyssinia). They are...
View ArticleThe Role of Muhammad Ahmad “Kormooso” in the Harar Provincial Administration...
By Jilcha Hamid “There are two men named Muhammad Ahmad in the Harar provincial administration. The one known as “Caffee” (Chaffee) is a snake. The other one is him.” said my uncle to his younger...
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Barreessaan: Eebba Coqorsaa Ilma tokko garree ilma abbaan dhalche kormee abdii sabaa jirtaa akkam oolte? Jirra ree silaa jirraa jennee faa’n mammaaknuu obsinee jiraachuu filannoon nuqabnu! Jijjiirraan...
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