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Tag: OLF
Qeerroo: from ‘revolt against subjugation’ to ‘popular uprising against tyranny’
Source: Ethiopia Insight September 3, 2020 by Worku Burayu Attempts to discredit Qeerroo will not deter the movement from pursuing its…
Read morePandemic is blessing for Abiy but curse for Ethiopian democracy
As we fight COVID-19, we must also do everything possible to protect our continuing hopes of democratization. We must recognize…
Read moreThe anatomy of Ethiopia’s mismanaged transition
Source: Addis Standard Addis Abeba, December 05/2019 – In his Selections from Prison Notebooks, Antonio Gramsci famously wrote in 1930: “The crisis…
Read moreProne Amaro people hope OLF deal ends Guji attacks
Source: Ethiopia Insight February 28, 2019 by Kulle Kursha The Amaro people hope ongoing mediation efforts with the Oromo Liberation…
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Ethiopia: Oromos must seize historic opportunity and avoid civil war
Now that oppression has finally ended, all Oromo political leaders need to set aside their grudges and work together to…
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The OLF is dead, but its Oromo struggle lives
Source: Ethiopia Insight January 19, 2019 by Abdurazak Kedir Abdu Daud Ibsa’s militia is not the Oromo Liberation Front. While the…
Read moreTigray protest halts army’s attempt to move heavy weapons to Oromia
Popular protests on Monday prevented the Ethiopian army from transferring its heavy weapons from north-eastern Tigray. The events took place…
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Ethiopia’s stark choices: negotiated compromise or total breakdown
Mob killings split Ethiopians as political fault lines test Abiy’s big tent Source: Ethiopia insight September 26, 2018 Fatal attacks…
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