Odaa Post

Perils of Negotiating With Ethiopian Rulers By Worku Gadissa, November 22, 2018  “Woraabeechi si gatuu mannaa woraabeecha nyaatee lulluqachu woyaa” [It is better to eat hyena and be sanctified rather than be eaten by hyena” [Read More]

Barara is not Addis Ababa By Guluma Gemeda (PhD), University of Michigan-Flint, November 22, 2018 Recently, unpublished, 49-page document entitled: ‘Addis Ababa is Barara, and Barara is Addis Ababa’ has circulated on the internet. The name [Read More]

An attack on Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) is an attack on the Oromo people. Abbaa Ormaa, PhD, August 28, 2018 Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. The Oromo people [Read More]

Pacified politics or risk disintegration? A race against time in Ethiopia René Lefort, 21 August 2018 The dramatic changes of the last months have moved Ethiopia away from “the gates of the hell”, but all [Read More]

Article 39: Oromo Nationalism, Abyssinian Exceptionalism and Expectations Raised by Dr. Abiy Ahmed’s Premiership (Part II Continued, Revised) By Mekuria Bulcha, PhD, Professor Inclusion that excludes – a myth used to distort history As I [Read More]

HE DIED BUT HIS PROPHECY STILL RESONATES Lt. Mamo Mezemer, the Unsung Hero By Worku Gadissa, July 25, 2018 Today I want to present a short article about one of the key founders and leaders [Read More]

Is peace possible in Ethiopia without the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF)? By Abbaa Ormaa, PhD, Adoolessa 18, 2018 The answer is a profound NO!  Anyone who thinks otherwise is living in a fantasy world. It [Read More]

Cart before the Horse? By Teferi Mergo, PhD The Ethiopian government has recently announced – rather unexpectedly – that it aims to fully or partially sell the government-owned manufacturing and service industries to the private [Read More]