Development Draped in Dispossession: The Tragedy Behind the Abuu Seeraa Airport Deal
“That is what prosperity looks like,” boasts a Prosperity Party (PP) regime loyalist in his Facebook repost, proudly sharing a photo announcing […]
Month: April 2025
The Politics of Easter Charity: Propaganda Dressed as Pity
The sickening propaganda machine of the Prosperity Party (PP) regime has reached a new low—one that defeats description, but not scrutiny. This […]
When Even Death Commands No Dignity: Ethiopia’s Moral Decay
There are moments that sear themselves into the soul—not because of their scale, but because of the depth of their inhumanity. Ethiopia […]
When Lawmakers Fan Dangerous Flames: The Case of Dr Sisay Mengiste
Questions for Troubling Rhetoric Where does freedom of speech end, and the incitement of dangerous, ethnically charged propaganda begin? At what point […]
When Falsehoods Wear Fancy Fonts: The Absurdity of Manufactured Maps
There’s something truly ironic about attempts to rewrite history—how they often stumble on the very tools they try to wield. A case […]
Oromo Martyrs Day 2025 and the Legacy of Oromo Exceptionalism
April the 15th This day stands etched in the Oromo conscience as a day of solemn remembrance and unwavering pride. It is […]
When Language Colonizes: The Amharic Illusion of Progress
When Language Colonizes In the landscape of African colonization, one recurring justification for conquest and domination has been the civilizing mission—carried out […]
One Year Without Jaal Battee Urgeessaa: Your Nation Still Grieves, Your People Still Resist
A year has passed since we lost one of Oromia’s brightest sons, Jaal Battee Urgeessaa—an icon of peaceful resistance, a visionary political […]
How a False Unity of Mythical Ethiopia Was Manufactured Through Annexation and Assimilation
Introduction Emperor Haile Selassie ascended to the throne on April 2, 1930. Just over a year later, on July 16, 1931, he […]
The Systematic Dispossession of Oromia: Language Status Denied, Lands Mythologized and Engineered, Names Rewritten, and a Mountain Nearly Claimed
An Article by Invitation Introduction In the age of satellites, algorithms, and global awareness, one might assume that cultural denial has no […]