Oromia is a cultural, economic and political powerhouse. It significantly shapes Ethiopia’s identity and trajectory.
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Through his poetically eloquent protest songs, the young singer-songwriter came to represent the Oromo struggle.
The full benefits of digital democracy are being thwarted by digital exclusion that is driven by the high cost of data.
The outspoken singer always considered himself to be at risk, and in Ethiopia people loved him because he didn’t let that risk keep him quiet.
Dr Abiy Ahmed has been sworn in as the new prime minister of Ethiopia. The youthful Oromo leader now faces the herculean task of uniting a divided country.
Now that Ethiopia’s prime minister has made public his intention to resign, can the country’s ruling coalition hold?
In Ethiopia, the US pushes the diffusion of individual freedoms and China jockeys for collective economic betterment. Both the US and China could lose out if chaos spreads in the Horn of Africa.
The growing revolt against South Africa’s president, amid state capture allegations, is not an isolated event, but part of a much wider pan-African uprising led by the continent’s disaffected youth.
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Senior Lecturer of Political Science, Georgia Gwinnett College
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