Ephrem madebo biography books
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The TPLF, the West and the war in Tigray (Ephrem Madebo)
“Despite TPLF’s “Developmental State” rhetoric and the diplomatic support the TPLF enjoyed from the west; the Ethiopian people fought the TPLF regime for as long as it stayed in power.” Ephrem Madebo
Ephrem Madebo
Ethiopia, a country of rich history and diverse culture, is the only black nation to humiliate European power and enjoy a unique non-colonial history. In the last 50 years, this unique country was ruled by two consecutive dictatorial regimes that have utter disregard for human rights, liberty and justice. The last of the two regimes, the EPRDF, ruled Ethiopia with iron fist from 1991 to 2018. The world knows EPRDF as a front composed of four ethnic organizations that shaped the Ethiopian history of the last 30 years. But, to most Ethiopians who k
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Ethiopia : What’s ahead of us, hope or gloom?
By Ephrem Madebo (emadebo@gmail.com )
November 07, 2019
Last week I read René Lefort’s article, “A Flicker in the Gloom”, on Ethiopia Insight. The article touches a variety of hot button political issues of Ethiopia. There are some parts in the article that I agree with, some parts that inom don’t; and yet there are some sensitive, one-sided and politically charged internal issues that inom strongly believe the author of the article, René Lefort shouldn’t have been part of. This piece is a reflection of all the elements René touched in his article and more.
I’m a man of hope, and I strongly believe in hope for hope is the only reason I continue to live in what is otherwise distrustful and intransigent Ethiopian politics. inom think René either sees from outside what I failed to see from inside, or maybe he is more optimist than I am that, he sees a flicker in the gloom that I don’t. Please don’t call me pessimist, but right now what
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A comparative perspective of three African Federal Systems the cases of Nigeria, Ethiopia and the Union of the Comoros.pdf
2013, Jose Adrian Garcia-Rojas
(Abstract) Federalism is one of the most common solutions are offered to solve the problems in divided societies. Only a few countries have federal experiences conducted in Africa. Among them, Nigeria is the only one maintained in its Constitution federalism since its independence. These institutional arrangements are slowly extended to other countries from the mid 90s. Ethiopia and the Union of the Comoros. Ethiopia and the Union of Comoros introduced federalism in their constitutions as a way to end secessionist trends that had led these countries to situations of state collapse. Nigeria and Ethiopia are deeply divided societies religiously and ethnically. However, Comoros is a homogeneous society in ethnic and religious terms, but strongly divided for reasons of being an archipelagic State. In all three cases offer different i