Meritocracy: The new horizon of hope!

BY WOSSENSEGED ASSEFA Meritocracy is a concept that has been here since sixth century B.C. It is an old idea that has been supported by pioneers of modern thinking like Confucius, Voltaire,... Read more »

Unity: The most sought-after political state

BY JOSEPH SOBOKA To begin with, let alone in a country, it is utterly diffcult to live in a family in which the members do not show agreement on issues pertaining to... Read more »

How to improve productivity

BY GETACHEW MINAS Introduction: If there is any challenge that is common to everyone, it is the improvement of personal productivity. As Leon Ho indicated, nothing stimulates the “happiness” of people like... Read more »

The conflict in Ethiopia and TPLF’s ultra-nationalist ideology

BY MUSTAFA OMER The Tigray People Liberation Front (TPLF) is at the heart of an ongoing bloody conflict with the federal government of Ethiopia. The TPLF was established in the Tigray-majority region... Read more »

Urging strict drone rule, standard to protect our airspace

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), commonly known as drone, is one of the most astounding technological discoveries of the 19th century; though the use of which gained momentum much lately. Drones are a... Read more »

Newspaper Op-Ed Page: A space for public deliberation

In the earlier times, Ethiopian Emperors were very conscious of public opinion. They had tried to know the public sentiment through norms of popular voices; such as ‘እረኛ ምን አለ/Eregna min ale’... Read more »

Yearning for a resilient Ethiopian state

Several theories of the origin and function of the state and almost all realistic theories agree on the very elemental duty of a state, that is the maintenance of peace and security... Read more »

Egypt’s obsession with conspiracy

It is almost a decade since Ethiopia began to build the titanic dam on the world’s longest river, the Nile. The initiation of this dam project was a great deal which brought... Read more »

Egypt’s expedient hydro-politics on the Nile

Ethiopia and Egypt are historically intertwined. The two countries are connected by Nile bloodline. Conflicts and cooperation along the Nile river go back as far as the time of the pharos. The... Read more »

The Ethiopian entrepreneur who wants to disrupt the paper industry

 This week, ‘How We Made it in Africa’ published a story about an Ethiopian entrepreneur. During the first year of her studies at Addis Ababa University, Bethelhem Dejene Abebe visited the Atkilt... Read more »