Ethiopia’s Transition to Democracy Has Hit a Rough Patch

BY FELIX HORNE | LOS ANGELES TIMES The ascent of Dr. Abiy Ahmed to the post of prime minister in Ethiopia a year ago was a rare positive story in a year filled with grim news globally. Within months of taking office, his administration released tens of thousands of political prisoners, made peace with neighboring […]

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‘Eritrean Opposition’ and Ethiopia’s Fast Changing Politics

What does the future hold for the so-called ‘Eritrean opposition’ in the face of the current political reality and crisis in Ethiopia? BY MAHMUD SALEH Ethiopia’s political situation is deteriorating by the day. All indications reveal that EPRDF, the ruling party in Ethiopia is in crisis. Intra-party crisis (in fights) and external pressure (mass uprising) […]

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Somaliland, East Africa’s Strongest Democracy

Though unrecognized by the international community, the country benefits from a strong social contract between government and citizens BY THE ECONOMIST Drop a pin on a map of eastern Africa and chances are it will not land on a healthy democracy. Somalia and South Sudan are failed states. Sudan is a dictatorship, as are the […]

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Ethiopia Silences the United States on Human Rights Abuses

The very least the U.S. government can do is take a stand BY ELIZABETH FRASER In July 2017, when a House Resolution on human rights and democracy in Ethiopia (H. Res. 128) was heard in the Committee on Foreign Affairs, support for the bill was resounding. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) called the Ethiopian government a “corrupt regime” […]

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Congressman Urges U.S. to End Alliance with Brutal Ethiopian Regime

BY ESAT NEWS, A U.S. congressman says it is high time for the U.S. stopped allying with a brutal regime under a pretext of war on terror. Representative Dana Rohrabacher of California was speaking at a hearing on Thursday organized by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs under the theme “democracy under threat in Ethiopia.”

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