Opinion

Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF): From Unilateral Ceasefire to the Vantage Point of the Somali Region

    January 29, 2019   By: Abdiaziz Ali   ONLF has been in the jungle for the last decades with the aim of creating an independent state in Ethiopia’s southeastern Ogaden territory, which is inhabited by almost 7 million ethnic Somalis. This play did not bring any fruit back home and they wanted to

January 30, 2019 • By Addis Insight

Opinion

A Globally Praised and Nationally Betrayed Ethiopian: Is Ethiopia Losing Its Moral Conviction?

By Yosef Assefa My name is Yosef Assefa. I am an Ethiopian American and a real estate professional in the State of Maryland in the US. I am the coordinator of a group we named “Ethiopian Americans for Justice for Dr. Yonas Biru.” We have hundreds of Ethiopians supporting Dr. Biru in his protracted fight

January 30, 2019 • By Addis Insight

Opinion

No More Equation Of KANA SIIB KANA SAAR (Remove This and Put This In Power); In The Somali Region

January 24, 2019 By: Abdiaziz Ali AAR MAY NOO TUDHAAN meaning we wish to they could spare us, was the major out and in loud sounds from the community in the region, when the ugly live glanced pat days in the region. This sound was because, the innocent community are fed up with the reckless

January 25, 2019 • By Addis Insight

Opinion

Is Ethiopia’s Ethnic Federalism Turning Into a Tumor?

Like a genius footballer showing off his magical dribbling skills in front of wowed onlookers and fans, the Ethiopian Prime Minster dazzled Ethiopians and the world with a plethora of political reforms ranging from freeing prisoners of conscious to making peace with Ethiopia’s arch-enemy and neighbor, Iasias Afework. Superficially, the PM’s reforms resemble a vast

January 21, 2019 • By Addis Insight

Opinion

Is Somali Region of Ethiopia Paying for Abdileey’s Crimes?

By Kassim Haji Hussein Noor The fire started by Abdi Illeey ( former president of Somali region), before he disgracefully relinquished power, is still smoldering underneath the surface. The fierce ethnic clashes that erupted between Oromo and Somalis and claimed so many innocent lives was the brainchild of a violent idiot ( Abdiileey) and his

January 19, 2019 • By Addis Insight

Opinion

Silencing the Guns in the Horn of Africa and Setting Loud Mode in The Home is in the Making

January 16, 2018 By Abdiaziz Ali It is known that since Prime Minister Dr. Abyi Ahmed came to office, started his visit outside his country he leads into the neighbor countries including the Horn of Africa. In his first months in the office, he did what has become almost a trademark move, the beaming young

January 18, 2019 • By Addis Insight

Opinion

Recognize, We Must – Hyatt Hotel Addis Ababa Review

By- Yoadan Tilahun My Unsolicited Review In this space, in the heart of our beloved city, the freshness and yet the familiarity of it all merges effortlessly, in here ethnic lines blur to give focus on all things Ethiopia and fills us with eternal pride – and pride, our pride, as the world knows, knows

January 17, 2019 • By Addis Insight

Opinion

FROM THE VOICE OF THE DIEHARD ATMOSPHERE OF ESTV TO THE VOICE OF THE VOICELESS OF SRT TV

By: Abdiaziz Ali ESTV was the only TV that airs the news that was happening in the country of Ethiopia in General and that of Somali Region. Somali Region Set up this TV media for almost about a decade Ago. It was the first Somali Region owned TV and saved the Region from the one-hour late

January 15, 2019 • By Addis Insight

Opinion

Deprivation and Desperation

By-Gelila Samuel So… the other day, a dirty beggar went inside the restaurant I was saying in. My first thought was where is the security, guard? I guess no one saw him or he must come here usually. And then I stiffened as he approached me. I hesitated.  I didn’t know what exactly to do.

January 12, 2019 • By Addis Insight

Opinion

The Reformist Selected For The Top Job Of Somali Regional State; Mustafa M. Omer: Personal Impression PART I

By: Abdiaziz Ali It was on Wednesday late August 2018 after we perform Assar prayer when a man whom we prayed together in a small mosque around the Ethiopian Customs Authority Area as well as close to my office I used to work, throw some words from his mouth like; Mustafe Cagjer Ayaa loo doortay

January 11, 2019 • By Addis Insight