Ironically, it was while agitating for freedom and democracy in his home country of Ethiopia that Abebe Fekadu lost his own.
In 1996, the young activist had spent three months in an Addis Ababa prison for demonstrating against the imprisonment of political prisoners.
"It was hell. There were a hundred people in one cell. They beat us with electrical wire, handcuffed us with our hands behind our back. They did to us the worst things that you can ever do to another human being."..click here to read more...
“If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.” Abraham Lincoln
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Ethiopia as a Pie: A Nation Fractured by Ethnic and Political Divisions At the heart of Ethiopia's political challenges lies the...
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ይሄይስ አእምሮ እኛ ኢትዮጵያውያን በቁም መመሰጋገን ወይንም መወዳደስ ብዙውን ጊዜ ያቅተናል – ምክንያቱን በውል አላውቅም፡፡ ምናልባት ውዳሤ ከንቱ እንዳይመስልብን ከመፍራት አኳያ ይመስለኛል ሰውን በሕይወት ዘመኑ – እን...
