The Corona brief – Week 20

Last Friday, Ethiopian Muslims have observed one of the most important holidays in the Muslim calendar, Eid al-Adha without conducting the customary spectacular outdoor religious processions and prayer ceremonies. This year’s Eid... Read more »

Reassuring job creators

Today’s Ethiopia is a land of contrasts more than ever before. It is known to be the location of the hottest place on earth while retaining its reputation as the roof of... Read more »

The Corona Brief –Week 19

Especially in these days, Ethiopia is no fun nation one would fancy to be a leader of. Crisis after crisis, the nation’s leadership is on its toes to keep this ancient, diversified... Read more »

The big leap

Last Wednesday, roughly around 10.30 AM, I was taking my coffee break sitting at a corner of a silent cafe with my eyes focused on the TV screen high up on the... Read more »

Waiting for the Big News

The biting cold nights, and the rainy days of the Ethiopian summer season is already up on us. Had it not been to COVID-19, this summer would have been a season of... Read more »

Media on the loose

Almost three weeks ago, the worst unrest since the advent of the reformist leadership has rocked the nation. Fortunately, the violence which was orchestrated to destabilize the nation has been taken under... Read more »

The corona brief -week 15

With the twists and turns of the liberalized internal politics coupled with its intensifying political-economic dynamism in the sub-region, Ethiopia has become an increasingly ideal place for political analysts and researchers. It... Read more »

Back to the deadlock

The past week was the period of reminiscence for one of the most shocking days since the beginning of the political reform in 2018. Several Media outlets have been remembering the last... Read more »

Peace Bell, War Drum

It is like Friday the 13th in Western superstition. There is widely known Ethiopian superstition that a 1 June falling on Monday [in Ethiopian calander] is a bad omen of the upcoming... Read more »

The Corona brief – Week 14

Three months on, the majority of the population seems to be getting used to living in a virus conquered-world. The daily pandemic reports of the Health Minister about hundreds of new cases... Read more »