"A Southern Light at the end of the Tunnel"
The brutal murder of an Oromo-Orthodox man in Shashemene town by Oromia regional police has symbolized the key ideological difference between the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (EOTC) and a breakaway rebel clergy in Oromia. Gemechu Gudina was an ethnic Oromo and one of the Orthodox faithful reportedly killed by Oromia police at the St. Michael […]
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TPLF head and leader of the Tigray rebellion Debretsion Gebremichael met the peace delegation sent by Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed on December 25. Over two years after his TPLF group launched the war with a deadly “preemptive strike” on the federal government in November 2020, the rebel leader held a meeting with Ethiopian […]
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US news media The New Yorker on Monday reported Tigrayan leader Getachew Reda privately admitted Ethiopian airstrikes have hit TPLF’s military, contradicting Getachew’s previous claim that Ethiopian government targeted civilians in Tigray. The revelation was part of a new report by American journalist Jon Lee Anderson who compiled information he gained thru exclusive access to […]
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Exclusive AG interview with Former US Ambassador Nagy Awasa Guardian (AG), the premier English language independent media of southern Ethiopian nations, spoke with the former ambassador and US Assistant Secretary of State for Africa Tibor P. Nagy on recent developments in Ethiopia and the region. Awasa Guardian: You recently said “Egypt, a country which does not contribute one drop […]
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Afar Pastoralists Development Association (APDA), one of the oldest NGOs in the region, confirmed 6 children “burned to death” by TPLF shelling, targeting Zone 4 of Afar state. The TPLF Tigrayan organization, which previously dominated Ethiopia for decades, has resumed war after rejecting the peace talks offered by the federal government. The news comes as locals […]
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Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government allegedly opened backchannel “to avoid war and miscalculations,” according to a federal military official. The official confirmed to AG the purpose of the back channel mechanism is solely to prevent military escalation during any potential flare ups in the long borders between rebel-held Tigray and the rest of the country. […]
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OPINION | By Andualem Hanjalo * From the ethnic Tigrayan Patriarch of the whole Ethiopian Orthodox Church, (in Abune Mathias), to Ethiopia’s top Minister of Defense (in Abraham Belay), who is also ethnic Tigrayan, it seems several high-profile Tigrayans are embraced in Ethiopia, despite the TPLF’s “Tigrayan insurrection” since 2020. Another under-reported area of privilege […]
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(Awasa Guardian) A photo of a new graduate from Ethiopia’s prestigious AAU campus, carrying firewood on his back as his mother wore the cap & gown, went vital on African social media today. The heartbreaking image symbolizing the struggle by millions of Ethiopian mothers, due to lack of electricity, was trending at the same day […]
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As hundreds of Amhara civilians continue being slaughtered by Oromo rebels in & around the Wolega zones of Ethiopia, one of TPLF’s top generals is caught on video celebrating and hoping to “widen” the rift between Oromo and Amhara elites. The video of General Abebe Tekle Haimanot comes as Amhara and other Ethiopian politicians continue […]
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Dr Ayele Gelan * The Political Horseshoe Theory The defamation and character assassination campaign against Jawar Mohammed during the last few days has pushed me over the edge to say a few words on a particular concern I have had for long time. I have so far reserved myself from expressing it. But now I […]
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