Ethiopia is a multi-ethnic country with Amhara the predominant ethnic group. Ephrem Madebo, systems engineer for the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration addressed the topic “Democratic Response to what he called the national question in Ethiopia. He proposed a decentralized federal government.
“I brought two alternatives. It could be federalism but not ethnic federalism. It could be interpreted in a way that the Ethiopian masses agree, or it could be kind of regional autonomy. Those are my two alternatives,” Madebo said....more
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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...
