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Tsegaye Ararssa

@tsegaye-40.bsky.social
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humanitarian advocate@ www.jiirra.org, among other things

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Tsegaye Ararssa @tsegaye-40.bsky.social · 16h
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“The tragedy of the contemporary Ethiopian state is its complete inability to look past its imperial blueprint. Just as it seeks to domesticate, discipline, and balkanize the ethno-national groups wit...
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Tsegaye Ararssa @tsegaye-40.bsky.social · 17h
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Pulling Ethiopia and Eritrea Back from War | International Crisis Group
Addis Ababa and Asmara are edging closer to a direct conflict, which would cause further mayhem in the troubled Horn of Africa and the Red Sea basin. It is not too late to avert disaster.
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Tsegaye Ararssa @tsegaye-40.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay condemns US sanctions on ICC
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Tsegaye Ararssa @tsegaye-40.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
oromia.today/the-last-fro... The Last Frontier of Decolonisation: Why the Oromo Struggle Is Africa’s Unfinished Liberation
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The Last Frontier of Decolonisation: Why the Oromo Struggle Is Africa’s Unfinished Liberation – OROMIA TODAY
Africa's unfinished decolonisation: Tsegaye R. Ararssa challenges Ethiopia's celebrated anti-colonial exceptionalism, arguing that Oromo representation at the highest levels of state power has not tra...
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Tsegaye Ararssa @tsegaye-40.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Ethiopia’s Tigray war: Where do the UAE and Saudi Arabia stand?
The Tigray conflict puts the UAE’s backing of Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia’s diplomatic role under scrutiny.
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Tsegaye Ararssa @tsegaye-40.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
European states, Canada, Japan and UN back ICC against US sanctions | ICC News | Al Jazeera aje.news/830stq via @AJEnglish
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European states, Canada, Japan and UN back ICC against US sanctions
Several US allies call to 'defend' and 'protect' the ICC following Washington's decision to sanction the judiciary body.
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Tsegaye Ararssa @tsegaye-40.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The Last Frontier of Decolonisation: Why the Oromo Struggle Is Africa’s Unfinished Liberation oromia.today/the-last-fro...
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The Last Frontier of Decolonisation: Why the Oromo Struggle Is Africa’s Unfinished Liberation – OROMIA TODAY
Africa's unfinished decolonisation: Tsegaye R. Ararssa challenges Ethiopia's celebrated anti-colonial exceptionalism, arguing that Oromo representation at the highest levels of state power has not tra...
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Tsegaye Ararssa @tsegaye-40.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
OMN: ከኢትዮ- ኤርትራ ፍጥጫ ወደ ቀጣናዊ ፍጥጫ? ልዩ ቆይታ ከዶ/ር ፀጋዬ አራርሳ ጋር youtube.com/live/grFykis3-… via @YouTube
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Tsegaye Ararssa @tsegaye-40.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Ethiopia • Abiy tests loyalties as power shifts in Oromia
The resumption of the conflict in the north is reshaping plans for a reshuffle. While the prime minister appears intent on closing ranks around allies from the Information Network Security
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Tsegaye Ararssa @tsegaye-40.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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The Betrayal of Tigray
Former enemies are now suddenly allies, freedom fighters have become corrupt autocrats, and the people they claim to lead do not want this war
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Tsegaye Ararssa @tsegaye-40.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Tsegaye Ararssa @tsegaye-40.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
oromia.today/ayamexaw-yele-… አያመጣው የለ መስከረምና ጥቅምት፤ ተሰቃየች ነፍሴ በኢሬቻ ቅናት።
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Tsegaye Ararssa @tsegaye-40.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Tigray faces a double catastrophe: War and worsening hunger
Close to four million Tigrayans were already gripped by humanitarian disaster even before hostilities resumed last month.
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Tsegaye Ararssa @tsegaye-40.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Nearly four years after a peace agreement was signed to end devastating war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, armed conflict has resumed. While the hostilities threaten to destabilise Horn of Africa, they also obscure an equally catastrophic food crisis unfolding in the drought-hit region. ~Martin Plaut
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Tsegaye Ararssa @tsegaye-40.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Pakistan, Iran & other topics - Daily Press Briefing (7 Oct 2026) | United Nations
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Tsegaye Ararssa @tsegaye-40.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Tsegaye Ararssa @tsegaye-40.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The fighting in Ethiopia “means we have a fusion, a convergence into something wider and more dangerous,” a former European Union special representative for the region said. Read more about how the fighting in the Horn of Africa belies a new sort of global conflict: newyorker.com/news/global-no…
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Tsegaye Ararssa @tsegaye-40.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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US issues Level 4 ‘Do Not Travel’ warning for 14 areas across Ethiopia amid security risks
The United States has issued a level 4 travel advisory warning its citizens against travelling to several areas across Ethiopia, citing armed conflict, unrest, crime, terrorism, kidnapping and other s...
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Tsegaye Ararssa @tsegaye-40.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Tsegaye Ararssa @tsegaye-40.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Conflict is rising in Ethiopia’s Tigray region: 5 steps that could stop a return to full-scale war
Recent confrontations in Tigray are a sign that the 2022 peace process has seriously derailed.
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Tsegaye Ararssa @tsegaye-40.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Spare Us the False Choice, Please: For the Oromo, PP and Fano Are One and the Same! – OROMIA TODAY
In this opinion essay, constitutional scholar Dr Tsegaye R. Ararssa examines the emerging Alliance for Survival from an Oromo perspective, arguing that despite their political and organizational diffe...
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Tsegaye Ararssa @tsegaye-40.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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The Cosmetics of Representation: Systemic Continuity, Managed Federalism, and the Oromo Struggle in Contemporary Ethiopia – OROMIA TODAY
The Cosmetics of Representation examines the paradox of Oromo political representation within an Ethiopian state whose underlying structures of centralized power remain largely intact. From managed fe...
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Tsegaye Ararssa @tsegaye-40.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Author Arundhati Roy’s fight against injustice | Talk to Al Jazeera youtu.be/8l9g4OeiVVc?si… via @YouTube
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Author Arundhati Roy’s fight against injustice | Talk to Al Jazeera
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Tsegaye Ararssa @tsegaye-40.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Drone at IDP camp in Ethiopia's Tigray kills eight: humanitarian, witness - Africa - World
A drone strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region has killed at least eight people, a humanitarian source and witness said Monday.
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Tsegaye Ararssa @tsegaye-40.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Ethiopia: Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the escalating conflict in Ethiopia and the implications for the region
The EU issued a statement reaffirming its full support for the ICC’s independence and its role in ensuring accountability for the most serious international crimes. EU regrets US sanctions against the...
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Tsegaye Ararssa @tsegaye-40.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Tsegaye Ararssa @tsegaye-40.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Tsegaye Ararssa @tsegaye-40.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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The Evolution of Horizons: Irreechaa as Reckoning and Resistance – OROMIA TODAY
Irreechaa has evolved from an ancient celebration of gratitude and renewal into a living archive of Oromo memory, resistance, sacrifice, and survival. From the crossed wrists of the Qeerroo and the tr...
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Tsegaye Ararssa @tsegaye-40.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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IRREECHAA: WHAT IT MEANS TO ME?
By Tsegaye Ararssa Irreechaa, for me, is a mode of perpetual self-creation, social and personal. It is an aspect of performing Oromummaa in one’s own (varied) contexts. It’s an aspect o…
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Tsegaye Ararssa @tsegaye-40.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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What Irreechaa Means to the Oromo People – OROMIA TODAY
As Irreechaa is upon us—with Irreechaa Hora Finfinnee celebrated this Saturday in the capital, followed by Irreechaa Hora Arsadii on Sunday in Bishoftu—this essay reminds us what Irreechaa means to th...
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Tsegaye Ararssa @tsegaye-40.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Nuremberg’s Warning: When Law Legitimates the Machinery of Authoritarianism - CounterPunch.org counterpunch.org/2026/10/02/whe…
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Tsegaye Ararssa @tsegaye-40.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
War crimes in Tigray, impunity across Ethipia, and indifference in the I... @LaetitiaBader @TghatMedia youtu.be/-2JB6wIqQUY?si… via @YouTube
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War crimes in Tigray, impunity across Ethipia, and indifference in the International Community
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Tsegaye Ararssa @tsegaye-40.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Since August, there's been an escalation in airstrikes in Tigray. The resumption of hostilities in northern Ethiopia heightens concerns about unlawful attacks and the grave threat posed to civilians. HRW's @LaetitiaBader spoke to @BBCNews' Focus on Africa:
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Tsegaye Ararssa @tsegaye-40.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Can the “Alliance for Survival” end Abiy’s murderous and genocidal rule? youtu.be/-hY-0ZxBjHk?si… via @YouTube
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Can the “Alliance for Survival” end Abiy’s murderous and genocidal rule?
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Tsegaye Ararssa @tsegaye-40.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
OMN: በወቅታዊ ጉዳዮች ላይ ከዶ/ር ፀጋዬ አራርሳ ጋር! youtube.com/live/nkTVbvniH… via @YouTube
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Tsegaye Ararssa @tsegaye-40.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
OMN: በወቅታዊ ጉዳዮች ላይ ከዶ/ር ፀጋዬ አራርሳ ጋር! youtube.com/live/nkTVbvniH… via @YouTube
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Tsegaye Ararssa @tsegaye-40.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Nuremberg’s Warning: When Law Legitimates the Machinery of Authoritarianism
After visiting the National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam, legal scholar Kim Wehle observed, fascism does not always arrive through spectacular acts of force; it can also advance “by operation of law....
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Tsegaye Ararssa @tsegaye-40.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
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The Addis Ababa question, Oromo demand, national dialogue and the constitution -- Tsegaye Ararssa
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Tsegaye Ararssa @tsegaye-40.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Dear all, Once again, it has been brought to my attention that there are several (fake) accounts created in my name on Facebook, YouTube, and other social media platforms. Once again, I want to state that I do not use Facebook or YouTube, etc, and have no account on these platforms. 1/n
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Tsegaye Ararssa @tsegaye-40.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
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OMN:ቆይታ ከዶ/ርፀጋዬ አራርሳ ጋር. 'ሀገራዊ ምክክር' እና መዘዞቹ!
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Tsegaye Ararssa @tsegaye-40.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
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How the US-Iran conflict is reshaping Africa’s geopolitical opportunities
The US-Israel war on Iran is forcing African governments to rethink their security and economic priorities.
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Tsegaye Ararssa @tsegaye-40.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
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OMN: "Gola" Bilxiginna! Oromiyaa diiguu, Itoophiyaa dullattii ijaaruu?
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Tsegaye Ararssa @tsegaye-40.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
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The 1976 OLF Political Program at Fifty: Are We Nearly There Yet? – OROMIA TODAY
Fifty years after the 1976 OLF Political Program declared Oromo national self-determination through an independent democratic republic of Oromia as its fundamental objective, the Oromo national questi...
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Tsegaye Ararssa @tsegaye-40.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
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The Africa exception: the slavery reparations debate was once ‘unthinkable’. Now it is unavoidable
The architect of the African Union’s reparations framework for the historic UN resolution explains why demands for historical justice are inseparable from the struggle for Black sovereignty
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Tsegaye Ararssa @tsegaye-40.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
A genocidaire seeks electoral legitimacy, and the international community (that empowered him through Nobel Prize to do it in the first place) sits in complacent complicity. www.cnn.com/2026/05/31/a...
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Ethiopia’s PM won a Nobel Peace Prize, stoked a civil war - and is set for re-election | CNN
When Abiy Ahmed became Ethiopia’s prime minister in 2018, he offered a clean slate for Africa’s oldest uncolonized nation, which had been suffocated by decades of strict state control.
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Tsegaye Ararssa @tsegaye-40.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
www.theafricareport.com/420050/ethio...
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Ethiopia: The unravelling of Abiy Ahmed, from peace prize to prosperity gospel
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s mandate to govern is likely to be extended on 1 June. Yet, economic reform has stalled, relations with Eritrea soured, armed conflict in Tigray, Oromia and Amhara...
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Tsegaye Ararssa @tsegaye-40.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
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The imperial vision of Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed
The prime minister’s ambitions threaten both his country and the Horn of Africa
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Tsegaye Ararssa @tsegaye-40.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
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The Election of the Wheat Sheaf – OROMIA TODAY
“We attended the meeting,” she said. “They told us to vote for the wheat sheaf. That should be easy because there are no other signs.”
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Tsegaye Ararssa @tsegaye-40.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
“The polls are primarily a symbolic exercise intended to confer legitimacy on the incumbent.” “Multiparty elections in Ethiopia have never been a genuine contest with the real possibility of changing government.” Prof Kjetil Tronvoll. www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
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Ethiopia to vote on June 1 as Abiy’s ruling party eyes landslide victory
Opposition fragmentation and violence in parts of the country could potentially limit voter turnout.
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Tsegaye Ararssa @tsegaye-40.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
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Ameerikaa fi Walriga Humnoota Handaara Galaana Diimaa
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