Our (home)land on firesale A while back, the capo di tutti capi (the “boss of bosses”) of the dictatorship in Ethiopia rebuked Congressman Donald Payne for pushing H.R. 2003 (“Ethiopia Democracy and Accountability Act”). He quipped with his signature sarcasm, “Ethiopia, this government and this country, are incapable, unwilling and unable to be run like some kind of banana republic from Capitol Hill or anywhere else.” That is not exactly true today. More on Inside the barley republic

Somalia’s membership of IGAD had ceased soon after the fall of General Mohamed Siyad’s Government in 1991. I wonder how IGAD can justify Somali’s continued membership of the intergovernmental organisation when Somalia has no functioning central government for the last two decades.  IGAD as I understand has no mandate what so ever to interfere in the political affairs of Somalia (failed state) in any capacity unless Ethiopia is authorized by the international community to represent it by proxy.

As a people we must be able to believe in principle and seriously consider that passion should be driven by principle and surrounded by reason. Otherwise, too much passion with no principle or rational reasoning will make the Diaspora Ethiopians to remain emotional and blind fighters. We should not let loose lips sink the ship called ‘Ethiopia’ that we are all sailing on for as long as we are breathing and alive. More on Ethiopia – Don’t Let Loose Lips Sink the Ship

For the first time in decades, the U.S. government has decided to explicitly link human rights abuses in Ethiopia to its military aid program. H.R. 1105 prohibits funds for military training or equipment to dictatorial regimes that engage in gross and consistent human rights abuses More on Endgame!

The following is an insightful analysis [in Amharic] about how the Ethiopian opposition has started to set its own agenda, instead of always reacting and responding to the Woyanne tribal junta that is currently ruling

Since day one of its active political life, Ginbot 7 has repeatedly informed the international community that the ethnocentric political and economic policies of the TPLF regime are the primary sources of violence and instability in Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa at large Despite the different masks that this crafty regime wears to dupe donor nations and other stakeholders, Ginbot 7 has delved deep into the inner workings of the TPLF regime and exposed the toxic ethnic policies that consumed the life of many Ethiopians, and forced many others to seek refuge in neighboring countries.

Customarily come the month of May, Eritrean Independence Day is what comes into the picture for any Eritrean first. Rightfully it was so. Indeed, with the ardent sacrifice and unflinching support of TPLF, on May 24, 1991 Eritrea happens to claim its national independence from Ethiopia. More on ERITREA: A Nation Turned into Grand Prison