Esat bezhisamint dr merera gudina july 2 2016 youtube. Opdo should walk away from surrender agreement on addis. Merera gudina receives full professorship from aau. Merara, a vocal critic of the government, walks free. Contradictory interpretations of ethiopian history. Merera gudina is the first of more than 500 prisoners the government. Merera gudina is a professor and politician in ethiopia. He is the leader of the oromo peoples congress opc, a political party representing the oromo people. Merara gudina talking to kassahun seboka of sbs about his book. With an average of more than 100 people crammed in one room, it is hard to breath. Ethnicity, democratisation and decentralization in ethiopia. Merara gudina is taking legal action against the ethiopian regime at the african commission on human and peoples rights.
There must be a new round of talks on development cooperation between german and ethiopia. It has been increasingly unclear where the company wishes to go the dramatic shifts in focuses every quarter, imprecise and contextless metrics and performance indicators, products worked on halfway and dropped, all seem to reflect a lack of good. Merera gudina talks about his new book ethiopias chaotic political journey and my memoirs. According to the state run ethiopian broadcasting corporation, dr merera gudina. Old and new challenges to democratic transition and good governance in ethiopia, paper presented at national conference of ethiopian chapter of ossrea, addis ababa, july 5, 2008. Patriotic ginbot 7 fundraising june 11, 2016 part 1 duration. Opdo should walk away from signing any surrender agreement. Merera gudina book pdf 17 jan jailed ethiopian opposition leader merera gudina has been freed after more than a year in detention. Timothy snyders in his book the bloodlands referring to an unknown doctor from the 1930s aptly pointed the pros of this survival cannibalism. Merera gudina of the opposition ofc facing potential. It is emphatically not the voz voice of zenawi or anyone else. African govts using a similar covid19 containment rule book. Addis ababa university give awarded professors to 6.
Merera gudinas arrest signals end of oromo opposition in. Text book for introduction to ethiopian politics and government, submitted to dpsir, addis ababa university, january 2009. Addis ababa university give awarded professors to 6 scholars include dr. The organization is opposed to the ruling ethiopian peoples revolutionary democratic front. Old and new challenges to democratic transition and good governance in ethiopia, paper presented at national conference of ethiopian. The announcement came after recent antigovernment protests in the troubled oromia and amhara regions brought business and transport. Merera gudina college of social science addis ababa university. Sar calls on ethiopian authorities to release political scientist. Merara gudina, the leader of oromo national congressonc on addis dimts radio nov. Yehabesha dr merara gudena on tigry tv we cannot load the video because your browser does not support javascript. Photos oromia erupts as ethiopia govt frees merera gudina. Merara gudina to those who dont know him, merara gudina was a political cadre during the military junta the so called derg era. Photo op the long time professor of ethiopian and african politics at the addis ababa university and leader of the oromo federalist congress was picked up by security forces upon his arrival from a speaking engagement in brussels at the beginning of december 2016.
Professor merara gudina is a well known academic, a veteran opposition leader, a high profile political prisoner, and a nonconvict suspected of a nonviolent crime. Merera gudina says its not clear what comes next youtube. The only thing merara gudina is good at is teaming up with shewa amharas against his own oromo brothers from wollega and arsi. Represented by the centre for the advancement of human rights and democracy in ethiopia cahde, he is challenging the unlawful killings of more than people during the 201516 protests in the oromia, amhara, and snnp regions, and the state of emergency. Merera, chairman of the oromo federalist congress ofc was released from prison last week after spending more. In addition to merera gudina, the board of the university has granted full professorship other five scholars. Thinking out loud on dr merera gudina ethiopian press.
Final result live blogging the ethiopian 2010 elections. By 2010, merara would become the cochairman of the opc, as well as the chairman of medrek. Amharic is the official working language of ethiopia. Esat bezhisamint dr merera gudina july 9 2016 part 2 duration.
Merera praised some of policies and strides made by the new administration, such as releasing thousands of political prisoners, including himself has been freed after more than a year in detention, opening political space to political parties inside the country, initiating several legal reform, that include electoral law, antiterrorism law. Merara gudinas interview should not have been broadcast because he said, i made the point that clearing the parliament from oppositions is a step backward for democracy, which benefits no one. Ethnicity, democratisation and decentralization in. He said, in his wildest dreams he did not think the. Ethnicity, democratisation and decentralization in ethiopia 85 while using naked force to suppress the same demands on the other. Merera gudina, ethiopia opposition leader, freed bbc news. Having said that mr merara gudinas late awakening to the benefit of marrage is a good thing. Mahadists a new power center was emerging around a centrality of shewa. Merera gudina is the second since his arrest on nov. Berhnau nega focus more on the development of democratization in the country rather than economic development. Dr merera gudina coming with his wonderful and readable book.
Aiga forum, an ethiopian forum for news and views and to. Mm publishing kaliti jail is notoriously hot in the summer. Oromo opposition leader merera gudina has been a fixture in ethiopian politics since the 1960s and a sharp critic of the incumbent regime in addis ababa. He is the leader of the oromo peoples congress opc, a political party. In 1996, merara created the oromo national congress or onc, but this name would later be changed to the oromo peoples congress or opc in 2007. Here, a point that should not be missed in any intellectual venture to understand ethnicity is the paradox that surrounds identity politics. Enable javascript support in your browser and reload this page. No one i can think of comes close to have firsthand experience living under and being involved in all aspects of the struggle for democratic changes in three successive regimes of the monarchy, the marxist and the present ethnic apartheid regime than professor merara gudina. In 2016, he was imprisoned for being linked to terrorist and antipeace forces and released in 2018. His party struggles for equality and fairness for all ethiopian. And we are not going to spare our shoulder to show off our eskesta or oromo chefera when the time comes.
Merara gudina, of medrek, declared todays election process flawed and a declaration of war by the government on the opposition. Merera gudina during his latest voa amharic discussion about the political development in ethiopia. Now, the eprdf and addis ababa city powerholders are talking to the opdo on the special interests of the oromo people over addis ababa because of the oromo protests while those oromo leaders who voiced their concern with the oromo people like dr. In many famines ridden places all over the world a fellow human was served as an edible food as a coping mechanism. Merara gudina, head of the oromo federalist congress, told dw that the ethiopian regime sees the state of emergency in part as legal cover so it can continue with its present policies. He is the author of two books on political developments in. Merera gudina is a professor and a politician in ethiopia. Latest ethiopian news in amharic, analysis, opinions, events, video and audio on things ethiopia. Ethiopia frees opposition leader merera gudina youtube. The regime is in its worst crisis since it took over in 1991. Merera submitted a formal application to the university seeking the title. Researchgate truly has the potential to do something impactful, if only egos might have a lesser influence over thoughts and decisions. Help us improve our author pages by updating your bibliography and submitting a new or current image and biography. Dr merara gudinas pathetic fallacy dilwenberu nega june 1, 2011 gone are the days when the people of ethiopia used to give pride of place to phd holders, when they used to look upon them as paladins of virtue and when they used to regard whatever they uttered as gospel truth.
Ethiopia releases opposition leader merera gudina africa dw. Merera gudina born july 5, 1956 is an ethiopian professor and a politician. Text book for introduction to ethiopian politics and government, submitted to. Merera gudina, talks about his new book ethiopias chaotic political journey and my memoirs. Merara gudina, bekele gerba and tens of thousands other brave oromo leaders are languishing. A prominent ethiopian opposition leader has been incarcerated for violating the provisions of the state of emergency and the matter will be handled accordingly, a government official said friday. Merara said that tplfeprdf wants opposition parties just to give it a touch of democracy for. There is simply no justification whatsoever to handcuff such a suspect. In the latest publication of the lancet global health, i noticed that still antimicrobial resistance remains as the biggest challenge of this planet to fight against infectious diseases. Ethiopia has freed an opposition leader as part of an amnesty of prisoners jailed over antigovernment protests in 2015. Gudina and to drop all charges against him ahead of his next hearing. Merera gudina jefi is associate professor of political science and international. It was this new power center, though peripheral to historic ethiopia, which destined to transform profoundly the history, geography and demography of the ethiopian state by the turn of the 20 th century.
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