Democracy in Ethiopia, reality and rhetoric

Democracy in my opinion is the most used but abused term in the Ethiopian political lexicon. Shoe shine boys, cobblers, students and persons of creative arts, as well as high placed politicians,... Read more »

Conducting negotiations on GERD in good faith for a win-win outcome

Almost four years have elapsed since the signing of the Tripartite Agreement between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt on the construction of GERD. In the meantime, despite the maneuvers and diplomatic machinations that... Read more »

The world amid the coronavirus pandemic

(The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation) The Pandemic: Objectives and Lessons Learned The rapid spread of the novel coronavirus changed life on the planet virtually overnight. It also became... Read more »

Dilemmas in the move towards Regional Economic Integration, the FTA

Needless to say, the outbreak of COVID -19 pandemic all over the world has disturbed the political, social, economic, religious and financial structures of the whole world. Most of the nations are... Read more »

Promoting targeted technological innovations for fighting COVID-19

I am often perplexed by the nature of the development of various technological inno­vations in Ethiopia. Now we have close to 50 universities and quite a few TEVTs from which close to... Read more »

High time to end leniency on deluded religious figures, fanatic individuals

Many religious scholars speak with conviction that Ethiopia is a land of mystery and the people are highly favoured by God. While religious differences are causing havoc around the world, Ethiopians have... Read more »

Why the global debt of poor nations must be cancelled

Delaying the repayments to the Group of 20 is not enough On April 15, Group of 20 countries offered temporary relief to some of the world’s lowest-income countries by suspending debt repayments... Read more »

Towards protecting people with mental health disorder from contracting covid-19 pandemic

Time and again, it has been noted that all human beings are vulnerable to covid -19 pandemic, irrespective of technological, racial, geographical or any other differences. However, there are factors which tend... Read more »