Civic Education

In its broadest definition, “civic education” means all the processes that affect people’s beliefs, commitments, capabilities, and actions as members or prospective members of communities. Civic education need not be intentional or deliberate; institutions and communities transmit values and norms without meaning to. It may not be beneficial: sometimes people are civically educated in ways …

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Ethnic Groups in Ethiopia (List)

The 2007 census report lists about 85 ethnic groups (Table 3.1) along with the respective census population. The report also lists those blended from two or more ethnic groups as one of the groups. This count however is not complete as most blended ethnic group individuals identify themselves as one of (most likely fathers’) the …

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Why Oppose HR 6600 and S 3199

Why Oppose Western Powers in General and America in Particular The HR 6600 and S 3199 are two bills under consideration in the United States’ House of Representatives and the Senate respectively. Both bills are designed and sponsored under the guise of promoting democracy, peace, and stability in Ethiopia.  The bills purport to end the …

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HR 6600 Bill

The United States House of Representatives (HR) is working on this Bill which subjects Ethiopia to sanctions based on what the US identifies as actions intended to or group(s) working to perpetuate conflict among belligerent groups in Ethiopia. Here the danger is the fact that the US acts for its own interest and can identify …

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What is Politics?

Politics is exciting because people disagree. They disagree about how they should live. Who should get what and how power and other resources be distributed. Should society be based on cooperation or conflict? And so on. They also disagree about how such matters should be resolved. How should collective decisions be made? Who should have …

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On the Question of Nationalities in Ethiopia

The main purpose of this article is to provoke discussions on the“sacred”, yet very important issue of this country-the Question ofNationalities. The article as it was prepared for a special occasion(where detailed analysis was due time and other inconveniencesimpossible) suffers from generalizations and inadequate analysis. ButI still feel it is not mediocre for a beginning. …

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Politics and Democracy in Evolving Societies

Politics is one of the greatest innovations in mankind’s history. It deals with coordinating human activities being undertaken to support their lives using scarce resources. It was put to action for the first time when clans in pre-civilization society agreed to co-manage overlapping gathering (fruits and roots) and fishing areas to avoid unnecessary skirmishes among …

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አድዋ የማን ድል ነው?

እኛ የሰው ልጆች ብዙ የማያወዛግቡ ጉዳዮች ያወዛግቡናል።  ዛሬ ኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ የስፖርት እና የባሕል ሚኒስትር ባለሥልጣን የአድዋ በዓል እንደተለመደው የሚኒልክ ሀውልት በቆመበት ማዕከል እንደማይከበር ማስታውቁን ተከትሎ ሃሳቡን ከሚቃወመው አቅጣጫ ጫጫታው በዝቷል። የጫጫታው ይዘት የድል በዓሉ በተለመደው ማዕከ አለመከበር የበዓሉን ታሪካዊ ምንነት ያሳንሰዋል የሚል ነው። እኔም ስሜቱን እጋራዋለሁ። ስለሆነም ለመላው ዓለም በተለይም ለኢትዮጵያዊያን የበዓሉን ምንነት ለማስገንዘብ የምትከተለውን …

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ፋኖ ማን ነው

ሰሞኑን ስለፋኖ ብዙ ንትርክ እሰማለሁ። ብዙወች በጥሞና ላዳመጣቸው የፋኖን ምንነት ካለማወቅ እንደመነጩ ያስታውቃሉ። ከፋኖ አቅጣጫ በተለይ መንግሥት ጣቱን ቀሰረብን ብለው በማመናቸው እራሳቸውን ግልጽ ለማድረግ በሚያደርጉት ጥረት ፋኖን ለመግለጽ ሞክረዋል። በቅርቡ በባሕር ዳር እና በምሥራቅ ጎጃም በሥልጠና ላይ የነበሩ የፋኖ አባሎች ከመንግሥት ጋር በወገኑ ኃይሎች መበተናቸው ሲሰማ የፋኖወች ሥጋት ምክንያታዊ ይመስላል። እንዲያውም ባለፉት ሁለት ቀናት ሾልኮ …

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