Media extremism: Causes and effects and lessons from Rwanda

It was like three decades ago (in 1994) that the world witnessed a horrific genocide in Rwanda, the extremist Hutus cleansing the minority Tutsis, Twa and moderate Hutu. Close to one million... Read more »

Technology’s impact on the labor market

Though an outright conclusion cannot be reached on the argument that technological surge affects the labor market adversely and put millions of labors out of the loop, there are many concerns that... Read more »

Good fences don’t always make good neighbors

The American poet Robert Frost is often quoted for his saying, ‘Good fences make good neighbors’. This line by Frost is sometimes associated with the allegory of the frozen porcupines. In this... Read more »

UK to merge foreign, development aid office

ADDIS ABABA– UK Prime Minister announced on Tuesday it will merge its Foreign and Development Aid Offices, in a new department to strengthen London’s influence abroad. Work will begin immediately on the... Read more »

Saving saves an economy

 National saving rates are among the major determinants of economic growth of a nation. The national saving rate, in macroeconomic theory, is the combination of public and private savings. It is a... Read more »

Agriculture sector needs integrated effort to ensure food security amid pandemic

War, famine, pestilence/plague and death are the direst problems the human species faces. In the political economy scholarship these dreadful calamities are usually termed as The Four Horsemen. Ethiopia had suffered from... Read more »

GERD: The uniting factor

Years ago, I heard my grandfather advising his children about maintaining and strengthening unity among themselves with a very interesting story. And I found it illustrative for the message I want to... Read more »

Tana: Ethiopia’s largest lake, source of Blue Nile in danger

I remember back in the late 80s, Lake Haromaya had been one of the splendours of Haromaya town. The fresh breeze you inhale in the vicinity located off the main road to... Read more »

High time to permanently cancel Africa’s debt

The Berlin conference (1884), sometimes nicknamed ‘The Curse of Berlin’ has perpetuated the European colonialism of Africa by devising a plan to officially scramble and effectively occupy Africa. The European presence in... Read more »

The Economic Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic is not only a public health emergency. It also poses major threats to the world economy. The large scale economic crisis spurred by the virus has actually turned into... Read more »