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Horn Africa Insight Editor in chief

May 24, 2022
12 min

TPLF, OLF, PP: Psychopaths and Group Narcissists Perpetuating War, Chaos, Misery and Poverty

The Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed’s party - Prosperity Party(PP) , the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (

Horn Africa Insight Editor in chief

Feb 8, 2022
11 min

The Conflict in Ethiopia and Next Steps

Pounded daily by a steady barrage of tragic news--each report even more gruesome than the last—many Ethiopians could not help praying...

Constitutional Amendment: The Road to Peace

Gashaw Ayferam Endaylalu

Feb 4, 2022
11 min

Constitutional Amendment: The Road to Peace

Gashaw Ayferam Endaylalu is a PhD student in Political Science at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. He currently works at the Institute...

Ethiopia's Torturous One-Hundred-Year-Long Effort to Build One Dam

Horn Africa Insight Editor in chief

Feb 2, 2022
7 min

Ethiopia's Torturous One-Hundred-Year-Long Effort to Build One Dam

Adamu Walelign (Ph.D.) is an Emeritus Professor of English at San Diego City College, California, United States of America. Wosenyelew...

Deceit, Plunder, and unrivaled inhumanity: the diabolical legacy of Tigray People’s Liberation Front

Yosief Anteneh Yihunie

Dec 1, 2021
22 min

Deceit, Plunder, and unrivaled inhumanity: the diabolical legacy of Tigray People’s Liberation Front

by Yosief Anteneh Yihunie, M Ed. Policy Planning, MPA. Mr. Yosief is a former Amhara regional government executive and closely follows...

The unholy marriage in atrocity: the case of TPLF and OLA-Shene

Horn Africa Insight Editor in chief

Nov 4, 2021
5 min

The unholy marriage in atrocity: the case of TPLF and OLA-Shene

In 1991,Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), aided by Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF), overthrew the socialist government...

The “No - Free Lunch”- US Policy on Ethiopia, and what needs to be done to mitigate its damage?

Fitsum Achamyeleh Alemu

Sep 27, 2021
16 min

The “No - Free Lunch”- US Policy on Ethiopia, and what needs to be done to mitigate its damage?

Fitsum Achamyeleh Alemu is an Ethiopian American lawyer and researcher. He holds Juris Doctor degree from Eotvos Lorand University....

Should Egypt be Concerned about GERD’s Structural Collapse Issues?

Prof. Tekleab Shibru (Ph.D.)

Aug 14, 2021
8 min

Should Egypt be Concerned about GERD’s Structural Collapse Issues?

Tekleab Shibru (Ph.D.) , Associate Professor of Geomatics, Chicago State University Egypt has a legitimate concern when it comes to the...

Amhara Demonization: The Enduring Legacy of a Malevolent Narrative

Prof. Adamu Walelign (Ph.D.)

Aug 7, 2021
18 min

Amhara Demonization: The Enduring Legacy of a Malevolent Narrative

Adamu Walelign (Ph.D.) is an Emeritus Professor of English at San Diego City College, California, United States of America. The Critical...

Welkait, Ethiopia: Geo Strategic importance and the Consequential Annexation by TPLF

Wosenyelew Tedla(MD) & Moges kelklie

Aug 2, 2021
18 min

Welkait, Ethiopia: Geo Strategic importance and the Consequential Annexation by TPLF

Wosenyelew Tedla, MD, MSC. is a well-experienced physician and Assistant professor of clinical medicine. Moges Kelklie, BSc.,MBA is a...

The Saga of an African River: Two Arab Nations against Seven African Sources of the Nile

Prof. Adamu Walelign (Ph.D.)

Jun 27, 2021
19 min

The Saga of an African River: Two Arab Nations against Seven African Sources of the Nile

Adamu Walelign (Ph.D.) is an Emeritus Professor of English at San Diego City College, California, United States of America. Introduction...

Reclaiming the Shared Vision for the Nile Basin starting with the GERD

Stephen Max Donkor

Jun 11, 2021
6 min

Reclaiming the Shared Vision for the Nile Basin starting with the GERD

Stephen Max Donkor, Ph.D., is a Water Resource Management Expert and an Independent Consultant with Holland Africa Research and...

Dams in Stable Continental Interiors: The Case for the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)

Prof. Atalay Ayele

Jun 5, 2021
8 min

Dams in Stable Continental Interiors: The Case for the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)

Prof. Atalay Ayele, Institute of Geophysics Space Science and Astronomy, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia Background Dam construction has...

Horn of Africa: Amb. Jeffrey Feltman should seek a Strategic Goal with Ethiopia

Moges Kelklie

May 10, 2021
11 min

Horn of Africa: Amb. Jeffrey Feltman should seek a Strategic Goal with Ethiopia

The fate of both Egypt and Ethiopia, two proud nations linked by one mighty river, the Nile, would be better served if each country’s...

The Pitfalls of Egypt’s Securitization of the GERD

Gashaw Ayferam Endaylalu

Apr 29, 2021
8 min

The Pitfalls of Egypt’s Securitization of the GERD

The GERD negotiations have so far been unsuccessful largely because of Egypt’s insistence on securitization. Nature endowed Ethiopia with...

Yosief Anteneh Yihunie

Apr 14, 2021
16 min

Abiy Ahmed’s Perplexing Transition

Ethiopia embarked on a rare transition, riding high expectations on a very rough road. Propelled by public revolt against the high-handed...

editor-in-chief

Mar 28, 2021
11 min

The conflict in Ethiopia

Ethiopia is facing its greatest challenge in decades, if not in a century, aggravated by the conflict in the Tigray region, ethnic...