Opinion

Ethiopia’s Failed Public Diplomacy and Its Implications on its Negotiation With TPLF

  By- Yonas Biru, PhD ፍየሏን መስደብ አይሁንብኝ እንጂ የኛን ትውልድ የወለደች ኢትዮጵያ “የማትረባ ፍየል ዘጠኝ ትወልዳለች ዘጠኙም ያልቃሉ እሷም ትሞታለች“ በተባለችው ፍየል ትመሰላለች:: ~ Koki Abesolome   Ethiopia is sitting on prime geo-strategic real estate. It is like sitting on a vast land of diamond and other precious metals. What the nation makes of

July 15, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Business

Ride vs Feres who’s becoming a winner

By- Yinebeb Bahru It has been a one-month since I left Addis Ababa after I get a better job. When I was in Addis, in the time of emergency and at midnight, I and my close friends always give call to either Ride or Feres taxi-hailing platforms. Both RIDE and Feres were the biggest taxi-hailing/

July 14, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Opinion

Ethiopia: Mass-Atrocities, Genocide In Oromia Region Against Amhara People – OpEd

INTRODUCTION By – Girma Berhanu This paper is partly driven by a recent case of hate speech uttered by an Oromo student at Harvard University (1). In this speech, the student encouraged the Oromo youth to ’eat up the Amhara flesh and drink their blood’ and then implied that such actions are energizing and, indeed, can

July 3, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Opinion

“Do not stand idly by while your neighbor’s blood is shed” (Leviticus 19:16) By Kebour Ghenna

“Do not stand idly by while your neighbor’s blood is shed” (Leviticus 19:16) By Kebour Ghenna This week, “unidentified forces” have at least murdered 1500 Amhara civilians and wounded many more in just a day or two in Oromia region. The actual death toll is likely much higher. Unfortunately, patterns of killings in Oromia region

June 25, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Opinion

Creeping Genocide: in Ethiopia (Dawit W Giorgis)

By Dawit W Giorgis(This article is available in Amharic, French and German) “The number of dead and buried based on latest information for human rights activist on the spot: 1511 dead already collected and buried 300 more discovered not yet buried and more than 10000 fleeing.” As I write this article AP on June 20

June 25, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Opinion

Where Ethiopians Have Lost, Abiy Ahmed Has Won – OpEd

By Julian McBride Over the past two years, Ethiopia has been ravaged by ethnic violence and cleansing, near endless war, and a country collapsing on sectarian lines akin to Lebanon in the 70s and Yugoslavia in the 90s. The war in Ethiopia is a war in which none of the major players are better off

June 25, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Opinion

Oromia; The Auschwitz of Amhara

By- Henok Abebe (LLB, LLM) Introduction In the current administrative map of Ethiopia, a large junk of territory is categorized as Oromia Regional  State  and  the  region  is  the  home  of  not  only  Oromos  but  also  millions  of  other non-oromos  and  various religions.  Though  the Oromo ethnic group is considered the largest in terms  of 

June 22, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Opinion

Why I resigned from Ezema by Kebour Nega

At a time where EZEMA is striving to promote freedom, justice and equality;I feel that it is not a good opportunity for me to resign voluntarily. I was in the political arena at a time when corrupt and pro-party parties, such as the Prosperity Party, were being formed. I’m sorry. The decision to resign from

June 17, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Culture

4 things in Addis that Reminds me of Asmara

By Blein Solomon  ‘Non Belongingness’, that’s the feeling that follows us whenever we are away from our country. The veracity of it might differ. When one travels to a country with a completely different culture, then aside from fascination, you wouldn’t feel at home. While in some areas, it can feel like you never left,

June 15, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Opinion

NAMA”ABEN” AND EZEMA EXPERIENCING AN IDENTITY CRISIS

There is strong evidence that NMA/“ABEN” and EZEMA’s opposition elites are simply satisfied with their current political gains, even though the level of unrest, political and economic crises in the country did not change significantly. In general, conventional wisdom tells us during continuous unrest, oppositions should be expected to remain mobilized until their demands are

June 12, 2022 • By Addis Insight