Making national dialogue a success

National dialogue and reconciliation are amongst the important leaps to take if one considers a holistic and national consensus for a given country. It indeed helps a nation and its people to... Read more »

Pretoria accord files positive progress amidst challenges

The brutal and devastating two-year war between the federal government of Ethiopia and the Tigray Liberation Front (TPLF) has concluded with the signing of an AU-brokered peace deal in Pretoria, South Africa.... Read more »

Peace journalism: Right prescription to Ethiopia’s current situation

In modern democracies, the media holds a revered position as the “fourth estate,” signifying its pivotal role as a check on the three traditional branches of government: the legislative, executive, and judiciary.... Read more »

Proven control interventions needed to stem infectious diseases in Africa

Experts recommend that the current prevention of malaria in highly endemic countries in Africa should integrate “locally appropriate” control measures to cope with the highest burden of mosquito-borne disease on the continent.... Read more »

Celebrating Adwa, Africa’s pride

In Ethiopia few people do not know or have never heard of the name Adwa. For some it may represent only a locality in the north of the country, but for most... Read more »

More reflections on Ethiopia’s quest for access to sea

Following the recent statement made by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on the issue of Ethiopia raising the issue of getting access to sea and alternative port, various reactions have been coming from... Read more »

 COP28: An Ethiopian perspective

It’s funny, isn’t it? Sultan Al-Jaber is not only the UAE’s Minister of Industry and Advanced Technologies but also the CEO of the state oil company ADNOC. With this portfolio, he was... Read more »

 Addis in transformation

As a resident of Addis Ababa I cannot deny that the city has been visibly changing in the past several years. The question is ‘are all the changes that we experience positive?... Read more »

 U.S.-China climate agreement: A Leap forward in global climate cooperation

The recent U.S.-China summit on November 15 in San Francisco, against a backdrop of low expectations, surprisingly made significant strides with the unveiling of the “Sunnylands Statement on Enhancing Cooperation to Address... Read more »

 Ethiopia’s quest for access to sea port

Ethiopia is one of the forty-four landlocked countries of the world but among the largest countries in terms of population. Ethiopia’s position however is such that it is just adjacent to a... Read more »