Commendable efforts by the government to beat COVID-19

“Pick-up the phone in Ethiopia these days and you are greeted not by a ringtone but with a jingle urging the benefits of handwashing, social distancing and face masks. Churches and mosques... Read more »

Ethiopian starts the trek to the hill top in fighting COVID-19

Reports issued by the Ministry of health over the last two weeks vividly indicate that the spread of the COVID-19 virus is trending towards moving in the uphill direction. The rapid increase... Read more »

Trying to triumph over multiple challenges

During the past few months the country has been challenged by multiple critical issues. The Covid outbreak, the postponed elections with their impending constitutional impasse and the simultaneous GERD issue are all... Read more »

Easing off Nile tension through zeroing in on CFA

Ever since the cornerstone for the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) was laid in 2011, every diplomatic effort to explain the benefits of the Dam to lower riparian countries... Read more »

Joint Op-Ed of the EU and WHO COVID-19 pandemic health crisis of our time

Beginning with a cluster of cases of pneumonia of unknown cause in Wuhan, China, this novel coronavirus has spread with alarming speed, shaking the foundations of health systems, economies, and societies around... Read more »

Repeating a false statement does not make it true!

Most scholars on the Nile controversy agree that the Nile Basin countries have all the right to make use of the water equitably and reasonably. They add this is the only durable... Read more »

As migrants return to Ethiopia, social workers show they’re essential to COVID-19 response

The coronavirus pandemic has forced many migrants, including children, to return home. Social workers are helping them do so safely. ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – “It feels good to help others, especially children,”... Read more »

Protecting the rights of women and girls during the COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage the world causing untold suffering and misery. The world has been turned upside down within a few months. Millions of people, particularly the elderly, have fallen... Read more »

Seeking constitutional interpretation: A doable way for addressing election postponement clash

Ethiopia has now found itself at a crossroad to determine which body will be responsible especially after the end of the term of the incumbent—September 8, 2013 E.C. This bewilderment emanates from... Read more »

GERD in the eyes of Ethiopians

A running water knows no boundaries. Nearly forty percent of the world’s people live along river basins shared by more than two countries, Africa alone comprises of fifty-seven river and lake basins... Read more »