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📢 Heads up, friends and colleagues: 📢 📖 The paperback edition of my book, 𝗟𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, is available on Amazon now. 📚 Media folks, reviewers, and curious minds, I encourage you to read, review, critique, or even challenge me. a.co/d/ecCHKrZ
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At 56,000 ETB ($465 ), a standard, baseline car plate in Addis Ababa now outprices most of Western Europe and the US. addisinsight.net/2026/06/11/…
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Some opposition candidates are joining regional councils with as few as 25 or 200 votes in constituencies where the Prosperity Party chose not to run. 🤔
በ25 ድምፅ ወደ ምክር ቤት፤ በ7ኛው ጠቅላላ ምርጫ እጅግ ዝቅተኛ በሆነ የድምፅ ቁጥር የተመረጡ ተፎካካሪ ዕጩዎች መኖራቸው ታወቀ ዝርዝሩን እዚህ ላይ ያገኙታል 👉🏾ethioelections.com/2026/06/1… #ምርጫ2018 #EthiopiaElection
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ብልፅግና ፓርቲ ያለተፎካካሪ የተወዳደረባቸውን በርካታ ወንበሮች ማሸነፉ ሲገለጽ፣ ተቃዋሚዎችም ብልፅግና ያልተወዳደረባቸውን ወንበሮች ማሸነፋቸውን ቀጥለዋል ዝርዝሩን እዚህ ላይ ያገኙታል 👉🏾ethioelections.com/2026/06/1… #ምርጫ2018 #EthiopiaElection
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Reading the Op-Ed jointly written by Getachew Reda and Redwan Hussien, it sounds like the only people who actually got a peace deal out of #CoHA were the two of them! But I agree "#Ethiopia must not be dragged back into war," if it is not already in it. aje.news/k5mg32
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Of the first batch of election results announced by @NEBEthiopia yesterday, only two opposition representatives won. The Prosperity Party did not field candidates in either of the constituencies won by the opposition.
ምርጫ ቦርድ የ24 ምርጫ ክልሎችን ውጤት አጸደቀ፤ ሁለት ብልፅግና ያልተፎካከራቸው የተቃዋሚ ፓርቲ ዕጩዎች መመረጣቸው ታውቋል ሙሉ ዘገባውን እዚህ ላይ ያገኙታል👉🏾ethioelections.com/2026/06/1… #ምርጫ2018 #EthiopiaElection
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Ethiopia’s government has unveiled its largest budget proposal yet, setting out spending priorities for the coming fiscal year while outlining a longer-term fiscal framework that will guide economic policy. Read More: birrmetrics.com/ethiopian-ca…
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Befeqadu Z. Hailu | በፍቃዱ ዘ. retweeted
[LISTEN] Ethiopia counts election results as Prosperity Party tipped for another decisive victory 🔗 omny.fm/shows/africa-rise-sh… Tune into #RiseAndShine with @peterndoro and @TsepisoMakwetla daily on @channelafrica1 for more @SABCNews @befeqe #SABCNews
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RT @makeinjera: The best time to be anti-war was yesterday. The second best time is now. #SayNoToWar #MakeInjeraNotWar
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Tragically this violence against Orthodix Christians in Arisi, Oromia, is not the first; it has been repeatedly happening, but the gov's silence is deafening. How many lives does it take to acknowledge the issue, hold perpetrators accountable, and prevent similar occurences?
#ስዕላዊመረጃ በአርሲ፣ አሰኮ ወረዳ ከሰሞኑ በደረሰው ጥቃት ዙርያ መሠረት ሚድያ ከመንግስት ምንጮች እና ከአካባቢው ነዋሪዎች ያሰባሰበው አዲስ መረጃ! ህይወታቸው እንዳለፈ የተረጋገጠ= 53 ያሉበት ያልታወቀ ሰዎች= 190 የቆሰሉ= 47 የታገቱና ገንዘብ የተጠየቀባቸው= 6 የተቃጠለ ቤት= 308 የተቃጠለ ቤተክርስቲያን= 2 ተፈናቅለው እሬቻ ማካኤል የተጠለሉ= 789 ተፈናቅለው ሱንቴ ማርያም የተጠለሉ= 691 ተፈናቅለው አሰኮ ከተማ የተቀመጡ= 262 ተፈናቅለው ሌንጫ ኦዳ፣ ወራንቡስ፣ ቦግዶ፣ ኮበሬ የተጠለሉ= 133 ጠቅላላ የተፈናቀሉ= 1,875 *የአካባቢው ነዋሪዎች ዛሬ ለሚድያችን እንደተናገሩት ተኩሱ ከዛሬ ጠዋት ጀምሮ ቆሟል፣ ነገር ግን የተፈናቀለው ህዝብ ወደ ቀዬው መመለስ አልቻለም። | መሠረት ሚድያ |
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No, I didn't belittle @ETHZema . I actually quoted the leader, @EyobMes himself for having a "managed expectations" even though it is the only opposition party that can contest the Prosperity Party in terms of candidates' number fielded for parliament.
Replying to @befeqe
So I listened, thanks. You are well-read, insightful and you were a political prisoner, so you have everything it takes to be a great analyst of Ethiopian politics. But....: Firstly, voter turnout is always lower when the result is certain. This is the same in mature democracies. Secondly, perhaps the interview was too short or it was edited, but I missed a forceful condemnation of the nasty terrorist militias. Because I know you definitely don't support them. Thirdly, why do you belittle EZEMA? They field candidates wherever they have a chance. They are a multiethnic and multireligious party. They believe in liberal democracy and human rights like you do, but they also understand that Rome wasn't built in a day and that moderates need to unite in the face of the ethnonationalist extremist violence that threatens the country. Couldn't you be a good candidate for EZEMA? Or is your problem that you do indeed want Rome to be built in a day? Anyway, you can be both a critic of the government and an ally in the struggle against ethnonationalist extremism. Is that how you see yourself?
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I can mention a lot of reasons why he is right and why it is bad for Ethiopia, in another thread, another time.
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Brilliant!
Thia is so brilliant! What a concept man!!!🥹🥹
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Bear with me with my glitching in search of the right language and listen.
[LISTEN] Ethiopia's Abiy Ahmed Poised for New Term as Ethiopia Tallies Votes 🔗omny.fm/shows/africa-rise-sh… Tune into #RiseAndShine with @peterndoro & @TsepisoMakwetla daily on @channelafrica1 for more @SABCNews #SABCNews @befeqe
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Amazing! The accounts have pro-gov posts with extra pro-peace sentiment. They were created a while ago, but all of them had their usernames changed in February 2026, thus their posts and reposts.
Who made these “family oriented” bot accounts? 🤷🏽‍♂️ @YekunoAmlak12
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ለሥልጣን ጥመኞች፣ የድሃ ልጅ ሟቾች።
በትግራይ ክልል ካለው የግዳጅ አፈሳ ያመለጡ የዓይን እማኞች “እስር”፣ “ድብደባ” እና “ግድያ” ጭምር እየተፈጸመ መሆኑን ለ@ethiopiainsider ተናገሩ። አፈሳው በዋነኛነት በገጠር እና አነስተኛ ከተማዎች እንደሚካሄድም ገልጸዋል። 🔴➡️ ethiopiainsider.com/2026/179…
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#Ethiopia: International community must act to safeguard press freedom ahead of national election  amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2…

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የዩናይትድ አረብ ኤምሬት ባለፀጎች በቀጠሩት ቅጥረኛ ሠራዊት በኩል፣ የኮሎምቢያ ድሆችን መልምለው፣ ሱዳን ውስጥ ለአለቆቻቸው ሥልጣን እና ሀብት የሚዋጉ የድሀ ልጆችን ይዋጋሉ።
NEW: Colombian private military contractors, apparently hired by a United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based company, transited through UAE military bases before being deployed to Sudan to support the abusive Rapid Support Forces (RSF). This is further evidence indicating that the UAE is assisting or otherwise substantially contributing to the Rapid Support Forces’ capacity to commit war crimes. Read HRW’s full investigation. ⤵️ hrw.org/news/2026/05/26/suda…
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#EthiopiElection: All You Need to Know About Registered Candidates ethioelections.com/2026/05/1… via @ethioelections #Ethiopia
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