አዲስአባባ ስለምን ታወዛግባለች? በዘላለምክብረት ሕሩይ ሚናስ አስደናቂ ሰው ነው፡፡ የገበሬ ልጅ፣ በአስራዎቹ መጨረሻ አዲስ አበባ የገባ፡፡ ከዛም የአብነት ተማሪ ሆነና ቅዳሴና ቅኔ ሞካከረ፡፡ እሱ አልሆን ሲለው ጎዳና ወጥቶ ጎዳና አዳሪ ሆነ፡፡ ቀጠለና የለማኝ መሪ (sighted guide) ሆነ፡፡ እሱም ሲያልፍ ‹ለምን አልማርም?› ብሎ ትምህርት ተማረና ዩንቨርሲቲ በገባ በዓመቱ ‹ማርክሲስት› ሆነ፡፡ ትምህርቱንም ለአቢዮቱ ሲባል ተወውና መፅሃፍ ነጋዴ…
By Yohannes Woldemariam Associate Professor of International Relations and Environmental Studies at Fort Lewis College The Ethiopian government is now faced with unprecedented rebellion from the Oromo ethnic group, consisting 35% of the Ethiopia’s population, which it disingenuously claims is inspired by terrorism. The immediate pretext is the Addis Ababa Master Plan encroaching and displacing…
By Daniel Teferra (PhD)* In his article ” Famine ” in Ethiopia,: Key Facts, René Lefort says that land privatization is worse for the poorest farmers. This argument may support the government, but not the farmers. René Lefort starts out with Amartya Sen’s exchange entitlements thesis. He states that in bad years, Ethiopian farmers “face…