Category: Opinion

(By Asayehgn Desta, Sarlo Distinguished Professor of Sustainable Development, first published on Aigaforum.com 21 July 2021) – The constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, promulgated in 1995, was supposed to resolve ethnic conflict and enhance self- and shared rule. But, contrary to expectations, Ethiopia became heavily embroiled in inter-ethnic skirmishes starting in 2018. […]

(By Yared Huluf)  What is the name game ? War! Who are the contenders? Just verses Unjust! What is the essence of the game? Conquer and dominate against liberate and self-determine.  Who will win in the end?  You guessed it right; the one who fight for a just cause; come hell or high water!  Why would […]

(By Temesgn Kebede, 13 July 2021) –  I must be rudely awaken from a daylight dream! Since when has the Eritrean Dictators advocate human rights for Eritreans, be it a home or abroad, and/or for that matter for anyone on this planet?  Now to complain and bring to the attention of the UNHCR that an […]

(ተስፋይ መለስ,  28 ሰኔ 2013) –  ወገንተኝነት ለመጀመሪያ ግዜ ትግራይን በመወገን፣ “የተሠው ታጋዮችን ለማክበር” ባደረጉት ዝግጅት፣በኣትላንታ የትግራይ ነዋሪወች ማህበር ተገኘሁ። ብዙዎች ከዚህ በፊት በህወሃት ሥርኣት ላይ ባለኝ የተቋውሞ ኣመለካከት በንግግር ግጭት የምንተዋወቅ “በመጨረሻ መጣ” የሚል ስሜታቸውን ኣሳይተውኛል። የፖለቲካ ልዩነት በህዝብ ላይ በሚደረግ ጭፍን ጭፍጨፋ ኣንድን ግለሰብ ከወገኑ እንዳይወግን ኣያደርግም። ህወሃት በስልጣን ላይ በቁየባቸው ኣመታት ዘርፈ […]

(By Belay Ambelay, 04 July 2021) – How many enemies do we have to fight? It looks and feels daunting and propels self doubt unsure that whether we could defeat  them all engaging us in military and psychological warfare. But we will as those before us jannock paladins of the past did fighting for the […]

(By Retie Keneo, 25.06.21) –  The popular struggle of Tigrayans is a just fight against internal and external genocidal criminals and oppressors; and it must aim to stop this alien occupation, the on-going and future genocide and crimes against humanity in all their aspects, hold those criminals accountable, compel the Ethiopian and Eritrean states to […]

(By Yared Huluf, first posted on 01 December 2020, updated 18 June 2021) – To begin I would like to reiterate Mani (216 – 274 AD) the founder of the Manichaeism religion of the Sassanian Empire, who stated that the Aksumite Empire was one of four great kingdoms (Roman, Persian and Chinese Empires) of the […]

(Source: Aigaforum.com, By Fitih Ashenafi) – The 10 May Ethiopia’s Attorney General’s announcement of ‘the killing of 93 people mostly fighters’ in the Axum massacre and ‘116 reported rape cases’ has only exposed the regime’s deceit and resolve to obstruct justice – further proof that the Tigray atrocities, sexual violence, wealth destruction and starvation must […]

(By Yared Huluf, 14 May 2021) – Way back there were two Romans, albeit similar in essence but different in sizes: the Roman Republic 509-27 BC and the Roman Empire 27 BC – May 1453 AD. The Roman Republic ruled from the tip of Caledonia to the foot of the Mediterranean basin, vanquishing the Macedonian, […]

(By Kalayu Abrha, First published on Aigaforum.com) –  France 24 English saw its respectable studio messed up by a Key Ethiopian politician who preferred to defend the genocide in Tigray, by behaving so childishly. The gallant and genius Meaza Gidey has brilliantly reduced Neamin Zeleke into a naughty boy. That was enough for him to […]

(By Afrem M. from Mekelle, First published on Aigaforum.com) – The over six months-old Tigray armed conflict waged by the Ethiopian, Eritrean and Amhara merciless leaders and their hundreds of thousands of forces against the people of Tigray (and not against the TPLF) resulted in the death and rape of tens of thousands of unarmed […]

(By Yared Huluf, 07 May 2021) – Yes, once a political system is set in place, it does not matter if a donkey, a baboon, a dog or a pig is appointed at the top the system would run its course with a few stumbles here and there. Once the Industrial Revolution was completed and […]

(Source: ORF, By Gurjit Singh) – The African Union (AU) since 2002 is building on the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), but with a difference. The OAU had not effectively dealt with peace and security (P&S) in Africa. The expectations from the slogan ‘African solutions for African problems’ is amongst the biggest challenges faced by […]

(Source: Tghat, By Eyob Tadelle) –   The US and EU must join hands to stop genocide in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region The horrors of the hidden war in Tigray – an out-of-sight war from the world  – has started to come to light.  From CNN’s ‘Massacre in the mountains’ to New York Times’ ‘Ethiopia’s War […]

(Source: Ethiopia insight, by Mistir Sew) –    Ethiopia’s election should be postponed and a transitional technocratic government installed to avoid unimaginable strife. An overly simplistic narrative of the past three decades is that the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) taught Ethiopian nations and nationalities to express their political consciousness. However, calls for ethnic justice […]

(Source: Awash Post, By Abbaa Biyyaa) –   Left unchecked, the hegemonic and expansionist strand of Amhara nationalism that aims to resurrect a unitarist Ethiopian state is a recipe for genocide.    In a grisly massacre captured on camera last month, a mob in Shawa Robit drags wounded victims out of a visibly marked emergency […]

(Source: Awash Post, By Soretti Kadir) – What will it take to address the mounting political, social, and economic questions that continue to hamper Ethiopia’s transition to democracy? In a 24 March speech in parliament, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed acknowledged that his security forces have been fighting rebels in parts of the Oromia state. […]

(By Yared Huluf, 11 April 2021) – Since when is the world a faire place to live in for the poor?  Never, it has been, never it will ever be. It is a brutal place to live in. You keep witnessing one injustice foisted on top of another before one is put right. It is […]

(Source: Awash Post, By TAHA ABDI) –  The reckless internationalization of a domestic political dispute in Ethiopia is causing a region-wide conflagration in the troubled Horn of Africa with enormous consequences for international peace and security.   After months of embarrassing equivocation and bold-faced denials, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed last week gave in to western […]

(By Tigray Academic Diaspora in Europe (TADE), UK Branch, 04 april 2021) – Whatever one calls the war its infliction is the same to Tigray & Tigrayans Today, is Easter Sunday also known as Resurrection Sunday (on Gregorian calendar) and it is one of the most important days for Christians across the world as it […]

(By Yared Huluf, 02 April 2021) –  No need to mention the name, those who were politically active could  figure it out that I. The time was in the 1952 and there in Asmara something of no significant incident happened. It is  remembered  a sort of a minor drama  that took place outside the government public office in Asmara. […]

(By Kalayu Abrha, First published on Aiga Forum, 30 March 2021) – People become more vulnerable to any next attack if they consider the series of attacks as isolated incidents triggered by passing emotions. The invasion of Tigray and the untold brutalities that followed have alarmed any sane minded human being, except those who are […]

(By Temesgn Kebede, 28 March 2021) – If you look from a distance as a free thinker, Isaias and his acolytes are a disgrace traitors who betrayed the Eritrean people who fought for thirty years to regain their independence. But the canting streetwise hoodlum who from early age was inflicted with inebriety, sipping Derg from […]

(Source: Tghat) –    Editor’s note: The author of this article is a professional who had witnessed the war in Shire and previously sent us this account and photos and images which we published here. It has been almost five months since the Ethiopian army, the Eritrean troops, and other paramilitary actors from Amhara and other […]

(By M. Tesfay, 26 March 2021) – Testimonies on the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) (i) “What is the fuss about Tigrayans women being raped when our soldiers are being killed in the War!” (Abiy Ahmed’s Remark on the Sexual Violence and Rape in Tigray; House of Representatives Session, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; 23 March 2021) […]