Mereja Forum

Halafi, finally you have found renegades in Tigray nation. They turned out to be the Mekele residents. Well, the old guards , I think, do not like yours truth telling. Yes, the people of Tigray and TPLF are not one and the same as you implied . To the majority of Tigreans ethnic politics were impose...

It is interesting. Seyoum seemed to have believed his assumptions are tantamount to facts. No, they are not. He implied after the prime minister visited Cairo for the first time, he seemed to have abandoned Ethiopian’s interest to that of Egypt. What prove Seyoum does have to substantiate his claim ...

Halafi, you got it wrong about Jawar. His prime time had been in the past. As a politician he is as ineffective as you could get now. While living in USA, he read the Ethiopian politics totally wrong. He , like you, assumed Ethiopians are merely a collection of tribes. They are way more than that. H...

Halafi, you got it wrong about Jawar. His prime time had been in the past. As a politician he is as ineffective as you could get now. While living in USA, he read the Ethiopian politics totally wrong. He , like you, assumed Ethiopians are merely a collection of tribes. They are way more than that. H...

It is not the US which seemed to be backing up the Egyptian demand, instead it is the Trump administration. American governments come and go, but Ethiopia always will be there to use what is hers.

This might be the first time that I and Yabello agreed about anything. Yes, this is a deeply disturbing speech. Valuing a “ Kebele” leader more than a political science professor who teaches hundreds of young Ethiopians is not only inane , but also stupid. Economists and political scientists are not...

Horus, I think I have understood the point you are trying to make. But still too many cadres bother me. For the last thirty years it had been a profession. The cadres were not doing anything useful, but agitated people against people, and they were paid pretty good for it. Ethnic politicians conside...

Abeb b, I did not find the demonstration funny, and more importantly, enlightening. You can not compare religion with ethnicity. Comparing Amhara with Moslem religion is ridiculous to say the least. In fact, it is important there are Moslem Amharas, and they have not chosen to be Amhara or Moslem. T...

He is right of him saying that the TPLF ideology is “ outdated.” Identity politics has run its course for nearly three decades. The majority of Ethiopians has said enough is enough. Tigreans will not be an exception. The grip TPLF has had over them seem to loosen up. Do you remember the demonstratio...

Horus, your headline implies an irrational conspiracy theory. Corona virus is not a “ poison” a certain government created as you implied. Several types of corona viruses existed before. Most of them affected animals. Rarely coronavirus which affects animals could pass on to affect humans. Scientist...

Horus, your headline implies an irrational conspiracy theory. Corona virus is not a “ poison” a certain government created as you implied. Several types of corona viruses existed before. Most of them affected animals. Rarely coronavirus which affects animals could pass on to affect humans. Scientist...

Opmerc, I live in a country where rationing positions based on gender or ethnicity is pretty much the norm. I know there be times such consideration might be important. But in general I am not a fan of identity politics. I want competent people to hold important government and private sector positio...

Yabello, it is you who failed to compare apple to apple. You are the one who said Ethiopia will disintegrate like Yugoslavia unless Abiy takes order from tribal politicians. And you indeed are the one who admit the Yougoslavia division is based overwhelmingly on religion, not ethnicity, or language ...

In fact, Abiy should not appoint any TPLF politician who considers his government illegitmate. There are former TPLF politicians, like Arkebe, who emraced the political change from the outset. They are afew in number, but true Ethiopians who stood by Abiy despite their being hated by the Adwa gangs ...

I mean above an Ethiopian prime minister, not minister. Yes, a regional politician could become a minister if a prime minister appointed him and parliament approved his nomination.

The TPLF politicians in particular, but also the OLF ones love to tell us Ethiopia will disintegrate like Yugoslavia if they do not dictate their wish upon us. But the comparison is laughable. Yugoslavia was created by the allied forces after World War Two, by bringing together six republics to form...

Maybe I am biased. But I do believe generally women in position of power are more trustful than men are. They work hard. They try hard to prove that they are as comptent as men are. They are more honest, and less prone to corruption. If educational background and experience are equal between a male ...

It is not only to Jawar to every tribal politician in Ethiopia now the political climate is grim, and the future will be much worse. The tribal politicians have ruled for nearly three decades. During that time, they had plenty of time to move the country from artificial tribal animosity between trib...

Wedi, thanks for posting the article. The article could be summarized that Christians had moved away from believing political power was given to leaders by divine power to that of rulers got their power from the people who elected them, There is no such a learning curve in moslem religion. Still the...

I do not think any leader should mix politics with religion. If the alleged statement that Abiy had said was true, he was wrong for saying it. But on the theoretical question whether a Protestant religion is more in tune with capitalism than any other religion, a healthy debate could be made. As a p...