Honor among thieves (Ethiomedia)

“The threat of Western sanctions as a response to the current crisis in Kenya is very, very misguided. If it is presumed that the Kenyans will democratize in order to eat the peanuts of development assistance from the European Union, for example, it would be a big mistake.” read more

"Be fair, Ato Meles!" Ethiomedia)

"Be fair, Ato Meles!"

ADDIS ABABA - This meeting took place at Addis Ababa University about three years prior to the ill-fated 2005 elections. An honest, fearless and courageous scholar tells Meles Zenawi that it is too late to talk about the dangers of ethnic politics. But he says,clik here to watch video clip

Kinijit past, present, future - Andargachew Tsege (Ethiopian Review)

Jan 27, 2008

Ato Andargachew Tsege writes about learning from Kinijit’s past and planning for the party’s future. Click here to read

Ask Now, Praise Later - the Motive of Seye Abraha (Oromoindex)

By Ebissa Ragassa

Modern Ethiopian politics is an illusion created to confuse and fool the mass through many possible ways of event control. This is a new method that the public has not been aware of yet; it is through controlling events (from the local to the national levels) that the TPLF employees manipulate the Ethiopian peoples. A false event is implanted by the government to create a chaotic state; when the public gets confused and becomes desperate for help, it runs back to the government and accepts any deals the government slaps on the table. In the process, freedom, progress and critical thinking are sacrificed, and the citizens become blind followers. ..more

The challenge of shaping Ethiopia’s sustainable future(sudan Tribune)

One of the appealing consequences from the rise of knjit was the possibility of re-framing national politics on the foundation of citizenship and not ethnicity or vernacular specificity. Knjit appeared to promise the emergence of social capital based on a movement that involved citizens’ votes, expressions, voices. It created a new political space that fired the national imagination...more

Ethiopia: Does it matter, Dialogue or outrage for the Kinijit's sickness?(africanpath)

What Hailu and the other Fives have done after their release is destroying the Kinijit spirit by their examples we heard in their interviews and deeds. They might be educated people but not good leaders in any measurement you take...more

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