Expression of Solidarity with Somali Compatriots

By Tanaado Baahale Mohamed Once hailed as Africa’s defiant beacon for resisting Europe’s 19th-century Scramble for Africa, Ethiopia now teeters on the brink of collapse—haunted by the very imperial legacies it once defied. While Emperor Menelik II’s 1896…

Toronto – In another revealing interview (this time with Anchor Media), former Ethiopian Foreign Minister and President of the Amhara region, Gedu Andargachew, shares insider details about the process that led to Abiy Ahmed’s rise to power.

የአማራ የህልወና አደጋ እንዲህ በቀላሉ በዋዛ ፈዛዛ የሚቃለል እንዳልሆነ መታወቅ አለበት። አማራን ስትራተጂያዊ ጠላታቸው አድረገው የሚያዩ አለምአቀፍ፣ ቀጠናዊና ሃገራዊ አካላት አሉ።

Toronto – “In 2014 [2022], we were importing ammunition. Now we are self-reliant for AK-47, DShK, and artillery ammunition,” Ethiopia’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Wednesday when inaugurating the Hamicho Ammunition Engineering…

Toronto – Many politicians and military figures have recently been predicting the inevitability of war between Eritrea and Ethiopia, following the collapse of what initially appeared to be a warm relationship between Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki and…

Toronto – 62 businessmen are reportedly banned from leaving the country over what appears to be unsettled business tax payments. Addis Ababa Revenues Bureau on Thursday said the businessmen owe the government over 3.2 billion birr in unpaid taxes. The city…

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Arada Hibret  Press Release Once again, we see troubling political rhetoric from certain primordial politicians asserting ownership of Addis Ababa. Those who advocate for extreme ethnic politics have been crafting a distorted historical narrative to support…

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Toronto – In part two of his interview with Anchor media, Gedu Andargachew revealed that the Abiy Ahmed administration is hassling ethnic Amhara military generals in connection with the “military operation” in the region.

Toronto – Ethiopian government soldiers reportedly executed an Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church religious leader and five of his students in the Amhara region of Ethiopia. Four others were wounded and taken to the hospital with life-threatening conditions.…

Toronto – Gebru Asrat, former TPLF executive and president of the Tigray Regional State who is known for his criterial views about Shabia, gave an interview to Ethiopian Reporter (Amharic). He was asked to reflect on the tense relations between Ethiopia and…

Toronto – Over 180 migrants are reportedly missing near Yemen’s shores after two boats capsized, according to a BBC Amharic report on Saturday, citing the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Among the missing, 124 are men, and 57 are women.

By John Baptist  Rev. Franklin Graham, the son of the great American evangelist Billy Graham, has come to Addis Ababa to preach the gospel. Let us reflect on what is really going on behind this mission. First, we need to understand the context of the event…

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The war in the Amhara region has been underway for over a year and half Toronto – The war in the Amhara region of Ethiopia was “deliberately planned to weaken Amhara,” says Gedu Andargachew, former Foreign Affairs Minister of Ethiopia and former President…

Toronto – Fano forces and government soldiers continued intense battles in all four major areas of the Amhara region of Ethiopia. All of the fighting took place in the last two days. In Gojjam, there was intense fighting in two areas. Ethio News reported…

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Toronto – Ethnic Oromo nationalist parties’ apparent move to exploit the ongoing crisis in Ethiopia to push for the formation of an Oromia state has triggered reactions from major political parties, as expected.