Benefits of regional economic integration far outweigh the challenges Wakemele Mene, AfCFTA Secretary General

BY ZEKARIAS WOLDEMARIAM It has been about a year since the much African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) entered in to implementation. 40 member states have also ratified the agreement eve since... Read more »

Doable Avenue for African Voices heard loud globally: AU Summit

BY ADDISALEM MULAT The decision of the African Union to hold the summit in its headquarter—Addis Ababa—is a continuation of the continent’s support to Ethiopia and it denotes that Ethiopia remains at... Read more »

Audacious move for lasting peace cultivation

BY ADDISALEM MULAT Following the release of high-profile political prisoners, there has been a change of tone from the international community. As a matter of fact, the dropping of charges against the... Read more »

Africans must tell their own story

BY FITSUM GETACHEW During the thirteen months conflict in northern Ethiopia, we have observed many interesting, curious and sad things. We have observed how the international community reacted to it. We have... Read more »

The nasty implications of the war in northern Ethiopia

BY FITSUM GETACHEW If one considers the numbers reported, one can only find it ghastly because never in the history of warfare have we heard of such devastation committed by a warring... Read more »

NoMore movements as a hallmark of global anti-imperialist struggle

BY ADDISALEM MULAT As the west continues its misguided foreign policy and unprecedented pressure on Ethiopia, Ethiopians, foreign activists, renowned personalities, Africans, and other influential people worldwide joined the #NoMore Movement that... Read more »

Abiy Ahmed and Vladimir Putin: Different Leaders but Similar experiences and visions

BY ANDREW KORYBKO (American political analyst) Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Russian President Vladimir Putin are different leaders who nevertheless share very similar background experiences and visions for their historically diverse... Read more »

The Western media exposed

For those of us who may have naively believed that the western media are always objective and respect all the principles of professional ethics of journalism, we must be very much disappointed... Read more »

Building resilience in wars and rehabilitation

We often hear historians say that the history of Ethiopia is full of conflicts, preparations for conflicts, battles, mobilizations, campaigns and post-conflict events. For centuries Ethiopians had to somehow face the challenges... Read more »

The Bankruptcy of US Policy on Africa

Some argue that nowhere has America blundered its foreign policies more than it did in Africa. These foreign policy blunders coupled with the ongoing domestic political and social tensions have caused the... Read more »