The Need for Expressing Political Debates in a Language the People Understand

Ethiopia is currently struggling to consummate the two-year political transition with a democratic election and the establishment of a truly representative government for the first time in its long history. But this... Read more »

Election disputes, constitutional crisis and the need for political consensus

When the corona virus pandemic started to make its presence felt in Ethiopia, the country was facing a difficult period of ethnic and nationalist inspired conflicts, displacements and threats of a general... Read more »

Looming election quandary and the politics of COVID-19

The corona virus pandemic could not come at a worse time for Ethiopia which was preparing for what many people expected to be the first truly democratic election in the history of... Read more »

Myths versus realities in the fight against the pandemic

In a pandemic such as the present one different levels of understanding of the malady are invented or transmitted by society. In this age of social media and fast communication, myths and... Read more »

45 years after land reform The old demons of famines, epidemics and rural vulnerability revisited

This is the time of the most devastating pandemic the world has ever gone through in its long history. It is not clear how the pandemic will end and when it will... Read more »

Turning the window of opportunity into effective mobilization

I was recently watching a television talk show and one of the guests, who is a medical doctor, was saying that Ethiopia is very lucky to get the opportunity and the time... Read more »

Tracing-Containing-Testing

 Preparing for the long battle against a vicious virus  The call from the director general of the World Health Organization (WHO) sounds magical but it is easier said than done. “Test! Test!... Read more »

Tales of non-performing loans and disappearing borrowers

The banking sector in Ethiopia is apparently in a state of boom judging from the high rises some private banks are building in the heart of the capital. The proliferation of buildings... Read more »

ELECTION 2020 NEBE’s election stakeholders conference and the road ahead

The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) recently held what it called the election stakeholders conference to make its final election time table official so that the partied that will take part... Read more »

Ongoing abduction saga Popular indignation and criticism despite government reassurance

The mysterious disappearance of students from a university in western Ethiopia on their way back to their home region following recent disturbances still remains a national tragedy shrouded in obscurity. The saga... Read more »