January 15, 2026

Opinions

Opinions

Opinions
Insightful commentary and personal perspectives on current events, politics, society, and culture. This category features thought-provoking articles from writers, experts, and community voices offering analysis, critique, and reflection.

Africa Ethiopia Opinions Politics

The Diplomacy of Medemer: How Ethiopia’s Strategic Recalibration is Forging a New Global Identity:

By. Abdirezak Sahane Elmi In the annals of international relations, moments of profound national transformation are rare. They require a confluence of visionary leadership, institutional revitalization, and a geopolitical landscape ripe for realignment. Today, under the strategic leadership of Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed and the meticulously executed foreign policy of a rejuvenated Ministry of

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Africa Amharic Opinions

“ሁሉም ቢናገሩት ሆድ ባዶ ይቀራል” እንዲሉ አበው፣

By. Dr Abraham Baley ለሆነውም-ላልሆነውም እንተ-ፈንቶ መልስ ከመስጠት መቆጠብ የሚለውን መርሕ የማስቀድም ብሆንም፤ ሰሞኑ አቶ ገዱ በሰጡት“ቃለ-መጠይቅ” ሰምቼ ግን ሀሳቤን ላክፍል ወደድኹ:: ቅድመ-ሐሳብ የህብረትን ዋጋ፣ በጋራ የመሆንን ልዕልና በጫካ ምሳሌ ካቀረበው የአለማየሁ ዋሴ “ጫካ” መፅሓፍ ውስጥ “እነ ዝሆን-አንጀት አና ግንዳሞቹ ” በስራ እና በባህርያቸው የተጠሩት እፅዋት ፤ ከሰሞኑ “ የአቶ ገዱ፣ ልጅ ቴዎድሮስ ፀጋዬ እና

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Africa Opinions

Disbanding Governance Structures: Risks of Statelessness in Ethiopia’s Somali Region.

By. Ismail Farah  For decades, the Somali Region of Ethiopia lived under the shadow of conflict, poverty, and political marginalization. Long before the 2018 reform, the region was effectively a peaceless state, where militarization replaced governance, fear silenced citizens, development lagged far behind national averages, and ordinary people paid the highest price. Prolonged conflict between

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Africa Opinions

Eritrea’s Exit from IGAD: A Regime’s Political Maneuver, Not the Voice of Its People:

By. Abdirezak Sahane Elmi Former government Official , writer and geopolitical analyst. Eritrea’s announcement that it has formally withdrawn from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has generated a wave of regional concern, but not surprise. For many observers of Horn of Africa politics, this move represents a continuation of an old pattern, not a

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Africa Opinions

Miisaanka Xilka: Sida Gobolka Soomaalidu Loogu Hoggaamin Karo Sharaf iyo Qiyam

Maalmo ka hor ayaan daawaday muuqaal kooban oo uu Madaxweyne George W. Bush ka jeedinayay aaska qaran ee saaxiibkii iyo ku-xigeenkiisii Dick Cheney. Waxa i taabtay ma ahayn xafladda nidaamsan ama muuqaalada baroordiiqda ee madasha ka dhacay, balse waa miisaanka culus ee ku dheehnayd hadalka Bush. Codkiisa waxaa ka muuqday waayo-aragnimo, xusuus, iyo qaddarin qoto

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Africa Analysis Opinions

The Political atmosphere that was prevailing in the Somali region 50 years ago.

The study of Marxist-Leninist revolutionary theory proved beneficial by the beginning of 1974; it came to the youth as both a panacea for the region’s social ills and a venue for intellectual growth. Marxism provided the youth of the time a rare perspective on the dynamics of oppression and liberation as two sides of the

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Africa Articles Opinions

Egypt’s Renewed Threat to Ethiopia’s Sovereignty:Why Collective Action Is Now a National Imperative

By Megersa Tola. For more than a century, Egypt’s ruling elite has treated the Nile River not as a shared natural resource, but as a tool of hegemony—weaponized through diplomacy, manipulation, and proxy destabilization. Today, this long-standing posture has entered a dangerous new phase. Cairo’s geopolitical anxieties over Ethiopia’s rapid development and the Grand Ethiopian

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Africa Opinions

The Eastern Firewall: How the Somali Region Must Resist Ethiopia’s Exported Chaos

November 5, 2025 Mohamud A. Ahmed – Cagaweyne Ethiopia’s recent ruptures in the north did not stay where they began. They have been repackaged, retold, and exported toward the east – not by happenstance but by design. What the country is witnessing now is less an organic escalation of local grievances than a calculated assault

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Africa Analysis Articles Opinions

THE SHILABO AND HIGLOLAY WOREDAS RESIDENT’S SECURITY ALART. 

A well-organized terror attack took place a village under Shilabo district of Somali state of Ethiopia as of Tuesday morning, October 28, 2025. Where heavily armed terrorist Militia was carried out a terror attack against innocent pastoralist civilians of Shilabo district residents and were killed 6 unarmed Ethiopian citizens. In fact, less than 6 month it is third incidents (3rd) that terrorist group had crossed

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Africa Opinions Somali

 Xasan Maxamuud iyo Rabitaankiisa Siyaasadeed ee Waalida ah.

Falanqaynta Siyaasada Soomaaliya: HornCurrent  Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya Xasan Sheekh Maxamuud ayaa mar labaad kusoo laabtay kursiga madaxtinimada, isagoo markii hore xilkaas hayay intii u dhaxaysay 2012 ilaa 2017. Laakiin maanta, sanadihii uu ku jiray xilka labaad (2022–2025), waxaa muuqata in dalka uu galay marxalad siyaasadeed oo mugdi ah, middaas oo calaamad u ah fashilka hoggaamineed ee

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