For years, Somali Prosperity Party (PP) leaders — Mustafa Omer, Adam Farah, and Ahmed Shide — have repeated the slogan that Somali people are finally “at the center” of Ethiopia’s politics. They insist that, under Prosperity Party rule, Somali voices…
In the heart of Jigjiga, outside the Somali Regional President’s Office, a young man was beaten by the very people sworn to protect Ethiopia’s citizens—the federal army. His story is one of many, and it speaks to a deeper, darker…
The Sitti Zone of Ethiopia’s Somali Region is on the brink of a catastrophic humanitarian disaster. Communities are battling severe famine, a cholera outbreak, and state-mediated conflict—a deadly combination that has devastated livelihoods and displaced thousands. Internally displaced people (IDPs),…
A dangerous new political and economic maneuver is unfolding in Ethiopia. Under the leadership of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, the federal government is quietly advancing a plan that seeks to absorb parts of the Somali Region’s resource-rich territories into Oromia.…
What is the status of Dr. Abby Ahmed?His mental deficiencies were evident, yet his lunacy appeared to escalate uncontrollably, resulting in a regional war.What is the extent of his military capability to initiate more fronts, aside from the internal conflicts…
Maanta waxaa safarka ku tagay Godey, Soomaali Galbeed) Kornayl Berhanu Jula oo ah Oromo kuna magacaaban Abaanduulaha Ciidamada Itoobiya (Oromo Liyu Police), warar is-khilaafsan ayaana ka imanaya ujeedka safarkiisa. Waxaase la xaqiijiyay in dad lagu sheegay odayaal Beelaha Soomaaliyeed (Xawaadle,…
A silent humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding in Ethiopia’s Somali Region — particularly in the West Sitti Zone — where ethnic Somalis have endured years of violence, displacement, and systematic dispossession. For more than seven years, entire communities have been targeted…
