"A Southern Light at the end of the Tunnel"
By Admasu Ashango * In 1884, European colonizers held the Berlin conference to carve up Africa and to “civilize” black people claiming that Africans were savages, inferior and “white man’s burden.” Over a century later, African people know that such racist “civilizing mission” rationale has mostly been replaced with a new pretext: a “humanitarian mission.” […]
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An “AFP Africa” report published on Wednesday titled “Troubles pile up ahead of Ethiopia’s first polls under Abiy” was red flagged by Awasa Guardian (AG) readers who cited it for several misinformation on the upcoming election in Ethiopia. In one instance, its figures were off by over 600 percent. AFP CLAIM: only 200,000 voters have […]
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By Francesca Ronchin (Italian TV Journalist RAI, LA7/ contributor for Panorama, Corriere Della sera) Here the English version of my story on the mystery of Axum massacre in Tigray for Panorama.it AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH REPORT A MASSACRE BY ERITREAN MILITARIES WITH HUNDREDS OF VICTIMS IN AXUM, ETHIOPIA.HOWEVER, THE FINDINGS ARE MISSING, IN […]
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By Samuel Gabisso For many people of Sidama nation, the conflict in Tigray was first felt when their sons serving in the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) were sent down to Hawassa in body-bags or lost contact with them forever, after the TPLF treasonously massacred its own federal army protecting the border with Eritrea. Since […]
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By Samuel Gabisso When Sidama people think of the TPLF, the first thing that comes to mind is the Looqqe massacre when TPLF “federal” police shot over 300 Sidama civilians, with so many deaths and tens of thousands of protestors imprisoned. While this May 2002 event will be remembered forever, the reasons why TPLF regime […]
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To: US Congressman Gregory Meeks Chairman, House Foreign Affairs Committee and Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) As proponents of democracy and human rights in Ethiopia, our organization is concerned with CSIS Africa Program’s decision to invite a controversial Ethiopian politician Tsedale Lemma to discuss foreign policy with Representative Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY). For many years, our […]
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