Can Oromummaa and Ethiopianism be Reconciled?
By Asafa Jalata | January 14, 2012

This paper critically examines how the duality inherent in the concept of Ethiopianism shifts back and forth between claims of a “Semitic” identity when appealing to the White, Christian, racist/ethnocentric, occidental hegemonic power center and claims of an African identity when cultivating the support of sub-Saharan Africans and the African diaspora while, at the same time, ruthlessly suppressing or destroying the history and culture of non-Semitic Africans of the various colonized nations, such as Oromos.

Violence engulfed the City of Naqamte in a continued Students Peaceful Demonstration

By Qeerroo

January 11, 2012 Naqamte (qeerroo) – The ongoing University and high school students’ revolution is shaking the city of Naqamte after the students committed themselves for days of sit-in within Wollega University Campus.

Africa can feed itself but lacks political will to place food first

According to the Horn of Africa Crisis Situation Report, a new food analysis of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification in Djibouti indicates that the situation has deteriorated from “stressed” to “crisis”.