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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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”

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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