Columnists
The escalating carnage in Oromia is not letting up
In Ethiopia, 2020 witnessed more than a decade’s ration of abuses. Until November, when Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed launched a military campaign in ...
Ethiopia
Oromo hunger strikers in mortal danger in Ethiopia
Prominent Ethiopian democracy advocates Jawar Mohammed and Bekele Gerba, along with 22 other political prisoners, are in the third week of a hunger ...
Ethiopia
The architecture of death in Tigray
On November 4, 2020, three disjointed partners in the Horn of Africa declared total war against Tigray, a small region of 6 million ...
Ethiopia
Ethiopia: A vulnerable state at risk of collapse
Ethiopia is in political turmoil. A convergence of internal and external factors is destabilizing the country to a degree rarely seen in its ...
Columnists
How did Abiy Ahmed lose the Oromo street that propelled him to power?
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed came to power in April 2018, representing the now-defunct Oromo Peoples’ Democratic Organization (OPDO), a member of the four-party ...
Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s 2021 elections: To hold or not to hold?
Amid a range of political crises, the June 2021 elections in Ethiopia could not have come at a worse time. The COVID-19 pandemic, ...
Ethiopia
From Stanford to Kaliti: A former classmate reflects on Jawar Mohammed’s turbulent journey and calls for his release
Fourteen years ago, when listservs were still a thing, I received a random email from a fellow undergraduate student at Stanford University. It ...
Ethiopia
Ethiopia is haunted by ghosts of its violent history. Can it be redeemed?
What on earth is happening in Ethiopia? Less than three years after a promising reform, there are tensions and conflicts in nearly all ...
Columnists
Mounting violence in Ethiopia exposes deepening fault lines and leadership crisis
Another month. Another bloody massacre in Ethiopia. The unexplained and unexplainable killing of civilians has become so common. On 27 December, scores were ...
Ethiopia
A changing Ethiopia: Divisions, fear, and unfounded accusations
Recently I have experienced repeated and grievous ad hominem attacks from an Ethiopian government spokesperson and internet trolls associated with the regime, demonstrating ...
