Embracing Unity & Progress: Drawing Lessons from Adwa’s Legacy in Ethiopia

Ethiopia, a nation steeped in a rich history and diverse cultural tapestry, has navigated periods of political turbulence, with the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) significantly influencing its trajectory. Reflecting on the TPLF's governance provides valuable insights, highlighting the imperative need for a national agenda that embodies the true essence of Ethiopia. This perspective emphasizes the importance of unity, stability, and sustainable development as foundational pillars for the nation's progress.

To Ethiopians and Friends of Ethiopia

To Ethiopians and friends of Ethiopia, In these challenging times, as we witness the Amhara people's steadfast resistance against repression under the Ethiopian government, it is imperative that we, as fellow Ethiopians, stand in solidarity and support their just cause.

The Need for Transparency

The Need for Transparency By Samuel Wolde-Yohannes Secretiveness, and that is the tendency of withholding information that could be useful or otherwise, is a particularly dominant cultural trait in our country. Most Ethiopians’ propensity, is to never engage in self-revelation, or in talking about other people’s business. One of the most demeaning insult that one can hurl at another person is to call him or her a woreña, i.e. a gossiper. Whatever one heard about another person’s “business” is shared only among a very close circle of friends, with the implicit proviso that it should never leave that circle. This is a code of conduct one must learn quickly if one desires to live in harmony in the Ethiopian society. One may perceive this as the very essence of discretion and genteelness. However, regardless of the high value place on secretiveness, our society has never been less gossipy and indiscreet than any other. It is only its mode, timing and the circumstance that differ.

The Illogic and Inconsistency of Killil Creation

by Addisu Admas December 16, 2022 In the very preamble of the current constitution, we read the words “Nations, Nationalities and Peoples” with no clause or codicil defining what these words mean, or what they stand for. It is left to the reader to interpret these words as he or she thinks fit. By what criteria is a group of people belonging to an ethnicity is determined to be a nation, nationality or people? Is it by its population size, land area, or any combination of these? It does not appear to be so since it would be incongruent with the current subdivision of Ethiopia into Killils...