Formulating sound policies, augmenting Diasporas’ participation in politics

BY HAILE DEMEKE Ethiopia is among the countries which have huge number of diaspora community abroad. This segment of population has tremendous role in fostering the overall development of the country. But,... Read more »

Facilitating second filling of GERD, breaking binding agreement trick

BY YOHANES JEMANEH As a preparation to the second filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Ethiopia has started releasing the reservoir’s water that had been contained during the initial filling.... Read more »

Overcoming challenges, realizing the long-awaited credible election

 BY HAILE DEMEKE Ethiopia is set to hold the 6th general elections in the coming June, 2021. All necessary preparations are underway so as to conduct credible election and contending political parties... Read more »

Pulling more women into lawmaking bodies, fueling national change

BY ABDUREZAK MOHAMMED It is well comprehended that Ethiopia houses women constituting over half of its total population. Notably, the comprehensive strength of women, if possible, is instrumental in achieving other pillars... Read more »

Saying “no!” to a dear friend

Ephrem Endale Contributer  Sometimes saying “No!” to a friend for life is difficult. I mean for whatever reason “No!” didn’t feature in your vocabularies. But then that unexpected time of reckoning comes... Read more »

An upstream kindness worth-sharing

BY HAILE DEMEKE Tripartite negotiation among Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on how to fill and operate the dam is still the contentious point among the... Read more »

Egypt’s old habit dies hard

 BY ADDISALEM MULAT As Ethiopia prepares to launch the much-anticipated second filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Egypt continues to politicize and internationalize the technical matters of the dam in far-fetched... Read more »

Egypt is the Icon of evil for Africans

BY GEZAHEGNE GEBREMESKEL Sudan and Egypt overtly and sometimes covertly through diplomatic maneuvers, lobbying, sometimes beating war drums, have been busy with an attempt to stifle Ethiopia’s monumental Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam... Read more »

Tej:Ethiopia’s national drink COMPILED BY STAFF REPORTER

Every society has its own traditional alcoholic beverages that are unique for that specific community, and representing its rich history, identities, and overly proud of it. Turkey’s Rakı, Japannnese Nihonshu, Ghanaian Nsafufuo,... Read more »

Ukrainian forces wary of Russian troop movements near eastern front line

Seven years after Ukraine launched an “anti-terrorist operation” against Rus­sian-backed separatist forces, fighting has never really stopped in the country’s restive east. FRANCE 24’s correspond­ent Gulliver Cragg visited the front line, near... Read more »