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In the light of their practice

In the course of my work with Wayyane, I came to realize how important it was to consider their merits and Continue reading “In the light of their practice”

The misuse of famines runinng parallel in Ethiopia and Somalia

International Herald Tribune in its issue of Monday November9. 2009 reports that US suspended supplies over fears they were helping a militant group. The International Herald Tribune reports that the US suspended food supplies to

Somalia over fears they were helping a militant group. Meant is Shabab, groups of nationalists and islamists fighting against the pro Ethiopian regime in Mogadishu. US and Ethiopia lump them together as islamistic insurgency with strong ties to Al Qaiida. Parallel to the famine in Somalia runs a bigger famine in Ethiopia. Both are interconnected in many ways. The draught in both countries is systematically misused to achieve political objectives. In Somalia it is used to force the population to its knees so as to undercut the insurgency and consolidate the unpopular pro Ethiopian regime in Mogadishu. In Ethiopia the Tigray minority rulling clique uses famine to controll masses of people opposed to its brutal rule and to mislead world public opinion. The end to this game is not in sight. In the meantime the victims are innocent people.

Why do US and Ethiopia lump together the two main trends in Somalia? The aim is to discredit the nationalists in Somalia as terrorists allied to Al Qaiida. It is clear that Somali nationalists will never accept Ethiopian hegemony in the Horn of Africa for political and historical reasons.

Moreover, I have tried to show in my article ” Ethiopia at the crossroads “the connection between the Oromo qurestion and Somalia. No wonder then that the US is determind to establish in Somalia a regime subordinated to Ethiopia.

This policy has forced even very moderate secular nationalists and other democratic elements in Somalia to join hands with the islamist groups. It is to be remembered that after independence Somalia had an impressive democratic tradition till the military takeover in 1969. Somalia can revive that tradition sooner or later, which is unthinkable in Ethiopia, under Abyssinian domination. Double standards in policies of western democracies are hampering the growth of democracy in our region.

Criticism: a living language compared to an extinct and dead one

An axe to grind against Arabic

My attention is drawn to an article in asmarino.com 2009.11.17 under the heading ” The language question revised”. The writer gives at the beginning the percentage Continue reading “Criticism: a living language compared to an extinct and dead one”

No ideological or mythological formula is needed to define Ethioipia.

In making the following statements, my aim is to throw some light in boad outlines on certain aspects of the political reality in and around Ethiopia, which I consider to be vital in understanding our complex dilema. We can reawaken ourselves to our reality if we wish.

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Personal experience

In the course of my political life there has been often moments of high optimism as well as downright pessimism. Yet my pessimism has never taken the form of Continue reading “Personal experience”

The most burning question in Ethiopia at present time

The most burning question for us today is, I am convinced, how to completely expose the pecular colonial nature of Abyssinian domination of the empire- state of Ethiopia . Most people in the west and elsewhere have Continue reading “The most burning question in Ethiopia at present time”

Is the era of national liberation struggle over?

The era of national liberation movement is not over. It is just beginning in earnest. The oppressed peoples are left with no choice but resist oppression as ever no matter how strong and self-confident the oppressors may be. On paper Ethiopia is Continue reading “Is the era of national liberation struggle over?”

Lessons to be learned: how many of you have heared of ENLF?

I did mention briefly above the Ethiopian National Liberation Front. I think I owe some explanation to the uninformed readers. Besides this point is extremely relevant to the topics raised in this article. Surprising as it may seem, it is of central importance. There are here

important lessons to be drawn. The ENLF was the product of the armed struggle of the Oromo and Harari ( adare ) peoples that started in Harar and Bale in the early sixties. The successive Somali governments had tried to misuse that struggle for their own narrow agenda.

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Where are the Abyssinian leftists today?

The TPLF is engaged in the same game in slightly different form. It is real aim is to rule indefinitely. I have observed from within the socalled EPRDF how the TPLF Continue reading “Where are the Abyssinian leftists today?”

Moslems in Ethiopia

Even though Moslems, who constitute half the population of the empire of Ethiopia, are treated like second class citizens, I am definitely against the slamization of the problem. I was born on both maternal and paternal side to a Muslim family of Ulamah. Yet I do honestly believe, using religious divide will ultimately serve only the Abyssinian hegemony, and encourage foreign intervention, a fact that must be clear to every rational person. Continue reading “Moslems in Ethiopia”