EPRDF’s leadership structure & election | Metekakat review
The Metekakat plan – officially adopted in June 2009 by the ruling party, EPRDF – is meant to transfer power to a new generation of leaders in 3-phases. Former PM Meles Zenawi was among those scheduled to resign in the third phase by 2015. The first-phase of the Metekakat took place in the previous party Congress in 2010. … Read more
ህወሃት፣ ብአዴን፣ ኦህዴድና ደኢህዴን አመራሮቻቸውን መረጡ
ባለፉት ቀናት መቀሌ ፣ ባህር ዳር ፣ ሃዋሳ እና አዳማ ከተሞች ላይ ጉባኤያቸውን ሲያካሂዱ የሰነበቱት የኢህአዴግ አባል ድርጅቶች ሊቀ መንበሮቻቸውን በመምረጥ ጉባኤያቸውን አጠናቀቁ። መቀሌ ላይ ጉባኤውን ሲያካሂድ የሰነበተው ህወሃት አቶ አባይ ወልዱን ሊቀ መንበር እንዲሁም ዶክተር ደብረጽዮን ገብረሚካኤልን ምክትል ሊቀ መንበር አድርጎ መርጧል። ለዓመታት ፓርቲውን በማዕከላዊ ኮሚቴ አባልነት ያገለገሉት አምባሳደር ስዩም መስፍን ፣ አምባሳደር ብርሃነ … Read more
Ruling Ethiopia: Long live the king | The Economist
Ethiopia’s new leadership is practising hero-worship DURING his two decades running Ethiopia, Meles Zenawi almost single-handedly engineered its rise from lost cause to model pupil. Even his enemies admit he was both popular and competent. Often working around the clock, he could make complex policy choices and then explain them to ordinary people. He planned … Read more
Special Edition | Post-Meles Zenawi 2012
Special edition| Post-Meles 2012 Collection of exclusive interviews, opinion pieces and news digests covering the four moths after Meles. ************************** *PM Hailemariam’s first 100 days ************************** "In this digest, a summary of outstanding developments of economic interest since late August is presented…" *Post-Meles: Economic Digest (Guesh) ************************** "Meles Zenawi, the intellectual leader of Ethiopia, … Read more
Interview with an Eritrean opposition Yonathan Sebhatu
” Ethnic right issue has never been a problem in Eritrea, it is exaggerated by some but to tell you the truth all 9 ethnics in Eritrea have equal rights and all have offered their lives to the armed struggle [for independence], I can not see that Tigrigna speakers have more rights than the others. “
የዲያስፖራ “ኣርበኞች” [Amharic]
ብዙ ጊዜና ገንዘብ ኣውጥቼ ሰራሁት ያለውንና “ፌዝ-ራሊዝም” ብሎ የሰየመውን ፊልም በኢሳት ቴሌቪዥን ጋብዞን ነበር፡፡ የትግራይ ተወላጆች የሆኑና በተለያዩ የፌዴራል መንግስትና የመከላከያ ሰራዊት ያሉ ሃላፊዎችን (ተጋሩ ያልሆኑትንም እየጨመረ) ስምና ምስል ከኢትዮጵያ ቴሌቪዥን በመቅዳት ያሳየው ይሄ “የምርምር ግኝት” ማጠቃለያው ‘ኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ ፌዴራሊዝም የለም ፌዝ-ራሊዝም ነው ምክንያቱም ስልጣኑን የያዙት “ትግሬዎች” ናቸው የሚል ነው፡፡ በርግጥ እነ ታማኝ ስለ ፌዴራሊዝም ማውራት መጀመራቸው በራሱ ትልቅ ለውጥ ቢሆንም ፅንሰ ሃሳቡ የገባው ኣልመሰለኝም፡፡
The Theory and Practice of Meles Zenawi (Alex De Waal)
Review Article: The Theory and Practice of Meles Zenawi (Alex De Waal) – African Development: Dead Ends and New Beginnings,by Meles Zenawi. Unpublished Masters Dissertation: Erasmus University, Rotterdam, no date. In the months following his death on 20 August, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has been eulogized and demonized in equal measure. But … Read more
Ethiopian PM changes Cabinet to give Ethnic balance
(By: William Davison) Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn appointed two new deputy premiers to share the leadership of the government between the four ethnic-based parties of the Horn of Africa nation’s ruling coalition. The second and third deputies are Muktar Kedir, a former adviser to the prime minister and leading member of the Oromo People’s … Read more
Eskinder Nega’s paper: Let’s learn from Nazi heroism [final part]
[This is the fourth and last part of the series. Read the first here (link), the second here (link) and the third here (link).] [*This series triggered a flood of questions, comments, criticisms, kudos and threats. As promised, I shall address the most common ones in this part.] ******** The other week a friend said … Read more
Sendek | አረና፣ ሕወሓት በትግራይ የመንግስት ሰራተኞች ላይ የፖለቲካ ሙስና እየፈፀመ ነው አለ
(በዘሪሁን ሙሉጌታ) የትግራይ ክልል ገዢ ፓርቲ ህዝባዊ ወያኔ ሓርነት ትግራይ (ህወሓት) በትግራይ በሚገኙ የመንግስት ሰራተኞች ላይ የፖለቲካ ሙስና እየፈፀመ ነው ሲል አረና ትግራይ ለዲሞኪራሲና ለሉአላዊነት (አረና) አማረረ። የአረና ትግራይ በሉአላዊነት ፓርቲ (አረና) ለሰንደቅ በላከው መረጃ ህወሓት አቶ መለስ ዜናዊ በጠና ታመዋል እየተባለ በሰፊው መወራት ከጀመረበት የ2004 ዓ.ም የክረምት ወቅት ጀምሮ የትግራይ ሲቪል ሰርቪስ ቢሮ ህወሓት … Read more
