Opinion & Analysis

Ethnic and religious tensions that have spilled into violence and the deaths of dozens of protesters have their roots in the 1990s constitution Last month...

November 3, 2019 by Emmanuel Yirdaw Under the late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, the EPRDF ruling coalition diagnosed two existential threats: a perpetuation of poverty and...

By Tibebe Birihan  After a good fresh start when taking the helm a year and half ago, PM Abiy seemed to be destined to unify...

By  Dawit Wolde Giorgis A year ago, the people of Ethiopia ecstatically welcomed PM Abiy Ahmed and his colleague Lemma Megersa as peacemakers, unifiers...

(By Meskerem Abera) The incumbent government ruling over Ethiopia is headed by an Oromo prime minister, Abiye Ahmed ,who won Nobel Peace prisze of 2019....

Working Through Political Entropy in Ethiopia With Medemer By Alemayehu G. Mariam “Medemer” (original in Amharic), Dr. Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of Ethiopia and Nobel Peace...

D.Sertse Desta Unambiguously Ethiopian has been mentioned as one of the world most ancient place. In whatever geographical size fluctuation, all Ethiopian state lines bounded...

By Prof. Alemayehu G. Mariam “Medemer” (original in Amharic), Dr. Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of Ethiopia, 280 pp. (October 2019) Part I — The “philosophy” of...

October 20, 2019 byOlaana Abbaaxiiqi The first part of this paper examined the state of the Ethiopian polity, noting that it is akin to that of a...

The New York Times Opinion Oct. 17, 2019 By Tobias Hagmann and Kjetil Tronvoll Mr. Hagmann and Mr. Tronvoll are academics, and Eritrea and Ethiopia specialists. The Abyssinian spring in Ethiopia has...

By: Metta-Alem Sinishaw Washington, DC Metro Area Traditionally, Ethiopia pursues conservative foreign policy, often by aligning its interests with that of powers. The Haile Selassie government...

By Alemayehu G. Mariam The guns silenced, the suffering people of Ethiopia and Eritrea may now speak, shout out, that the two countries hereafter “shall...

By Teshome M. Borago After mass protests - mostly in Oromia and Amhara region - forced the previous Ethiopian Prime Minister to resign in 2018,...

Failing to support the movement will have far-reaching consequences for the people in the ‘free world’, more so for the people under authoritarian regimes...

Remarks by Mr. Obang Metho on Shimelis Abdissa’s speech at the Ireecha Festival October 7, 2019 In a speech given at the 2019 Ireecha Festival, Mr....

By Alemayehu G. MariamOn October 6, 2019 Last week, Susan Elizabeth Rice, President Obama’s former National Security Advisor and top confidant was ragging on President...

By Kebour Ghenna October 6, 2019 Yes, what is this election for if it does not answer the relevant and serious political, societal and economic questions...

By Belayneh Abate The Polish philosopher, Leskzek Kolakowski, once said, "in politics, being deceived is no excuse."* Kolakowski died in 2009, but his teachings about...

By  Damo Gotamo Diplomacy is an art. People who engage in the old profession are required to have a range of abilities, including negotiation, communication,...

By Prof. Alemayehu G. Mariam Battle of the social media troglodytes and the intellectual In this commentary, I salute and pay tribute to Taye Bogale. It is...

By Belayneh Abate As African rulers look wealthier than the leaders of prosperous nations at the annual United Nations Assembly, the National Public Radio (NPR)...

by Alemayehu Biru (PhD.) This topic bears a very common binary way of putting complex sociopolitical issues by politicians and, at times, even by scholars,...

By Alemayehu G. Mariam In the interest of full disclosure, I have a special place in my heart for Nelson Mandela and South Africa. That is...

The upcoming Sidama referendum should trigger a much-needed nationwide conversation on ethnic and Ethiopian identity. by Adem K Abebe 18 Sept 2019 By the end of November...