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Les implications sécuritaires de la militarisation de la Corne de (...)
Fekade Terefe, Mulugeta Tesfaye 05/12/24
Les bases militaires étrangères se multiplient dans la Corne de l’Afrique, en vue de combattre la piraterie et de servir les intérêts de puissances mondiales et régionales. À quelques retombées financières près pour les espaces locaux, cette expansion (...)
Military confrontation in Ethiopia, Trump and geopolitics of dams
Yohannes Woldemariam 17/11/20
Ethiopia’s internal conflicts are worsening at a time it needs unity for its tense relations with Egypt and Sudan resulting from the GERD infrastructure project. Donald Trump’s interjection into the controversy has only exacerbated the issue, with (...)
Ethiopia : a Ruinous Three-Way Game
Yohannes Woldemariam 05/11/20
In Ethiopia, tension is dangerously growing between the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), that was evicted from the ruling coalition in 2018, and the president Ahmed Abiy, who shows clear signs of his will to be more than « transitional ». (...)
Is there a way out from Ethiopia’s crisis of governance ?
Yohannes Woldemariam 10/09/20
The world has come to know the Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed for winning the Nobel Peace Prize. But he is increasingly facing difficult issues at home. Ethiopia has been unraveling even before he assumed power and his actions or lack (...)
Ethnic chauvinists might derail civic victory in Ethiopia
Abdi Ismail Samatar 02/07/20
Factional opposition to prime minister Abiy Ahmed’s progressive stance threatens to tear the country apart. A historic African moment is in the offing : Ethiopia’s first democratic election. Despite its long history, Ethiopia has been a fractured (...)
Coronavirus : despotism disguised by the pandemic
Jeggan Grey-Johnson 05/05/20
A report by the UN released on 23 April argues that the coronavirus pandemic should not be used as a pretext for autocratic regimes to crack down on human rights and block the free flow of information, while UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres (...)
Is Ethiopia Unraveling ?
Yohannes Woldemariam 30/10/17
Reports have been streaming in about high level defections from Ethiopia. There has also been news about the submission of resignation by Mr. Abadula Gemeda , a one time war prisoner in Eritrea, who rose through the ranks to become the speaker (...)
Éthiopie : régression autoritaire et étouffement des résistances
Yohannes Woldemariam 12/12/16
L’espoir d’une ouverture de l’espace politique éthiopien s’est évanoui avec les élections de 2015. Les tensions avec l’Érythrée sont alimentées et utilisées par le régime en place comme manœuvre de diversion. Si la contestation – notamment sur base ethnique (...)
Oromo protests : Why US must stop enabling Ethiopia
Awol K. Allo 28/10/16
Ethiopia is facing a crisis of unprecedented magnitude, yet its government and Western enablers refuse to acknowledge and recognize the depth of the crisis. The nationwide protest held on Saturday by the Oromo people, the single largest ethnic (...)
La révolte des Israéliens noirs : du racisme anti-Palestiniens au racisme (...)
Michel Warschawski 08/06/15
On le sait, il n’est pas facile d’être Palestinien dans un « État juif ». Mais la récente révolte des juifs d’origine éthiopienne rappelle qu’il ne suffit pas d’appartenir à cette religion pour ne pas être discriminé. Et que, même juif, il vaut mieux être (...)