It has been a while since I started contemplating to write a book whose title may run something like “Structure and Performances of Waliso Tela Bets”. One way or another, you all may have heard Read more…
As a background to the upcoming election, the National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) has announced a revised version of the allocation of parliamentary seats to regional states. Details of this announcement was reported in Read more…
By Eebbisaa Baayisaa (article posted on his facebook page) Hospitaala beekamaa tokko keessatti ture. Kutaa waldhaanamtoota dhibee tasaati. Dhukkubsatoonni kutaa kana keessatti du’uun amaleeffatamaadha. Maaliif? Namoota balaa tasaa adda addaan miidhamantu dhufu. Balaa konkolaataa, balaa Read more…
[originally published by Reporter Amharic, Ethiopian Weekly Newspaper, 23 September 2020] ኢዜማዎች በቅርቡ የአዲስ አበባ መሬት ወረራን በተመለከተ አደረግን ያሉትን ባለ 13 ገጽ የጥናት ጽሑፍ ይፋ ማድረጋቸው ይታወሳል። ከሁሉ በፊት በጥናት ላይ ለተመሠረተው የውሳኔ ሐሳብም ሆነ ትችት ለማቅረብ ጥረት በማድረጋቸው፣ Read more…
The Ethiopian government has announced today that the country’s currency notes are demonetized. The public is given a three months window to exchange old currency notes from the banks. The birr notes affected through this Read more…
In a speech in 1959, J. F. Kennedy has famously said “When written in Chinese, the word ‘crisis’ is composed of two characters – one represents danger and one represents opportunity.” Langan-Riekhof and others have Read more…
(Yaadannoo Sabboontota Qabsoo Bilisumaa Oromo tiif wareegaman, This poem is adapted from Martyred Poems: I Feel, I Feel – Martyred Soldiers Pain – Poem by Seema Jayaraman) Hirribni dur du’eeImimaan ni gu’ee Yeroo giittii sana, Read more…
Krugman, Nobel Laureate and New York Times Columnist, observed that “the economic contraction we’re experiencing is the fastest on record, by a large margin; we’ve probably lost as many jobs over the past two weeks Read more…
የዛሬ 6 አመት ገደማ፣ አልጃዚራ ስትሪም (Aljazeera Stream) በተባለ ቲቪ ፕሮግራም ላይ፣ ጃዋር መሃመድ ተጋብዞ ውይይት ላይ እያለ፣ አወያይ ጋዜጠኛዋ እንዲህ ብላ ጠየቀችው፡ “ከኢትዮጵያነትህና ከኦሮሞነትህ የቱ ይበልጥልሃል?” ጃዋርም ሳያመነታ እንዲህ ብሎ መለሰ፡ “ኦሮሞነቴ ይበልጥልኛል! (I Read more…