Category: Opinion
Ethiopia’s former Central Bank Governor, the man whose fingers typed the codes that overnight made millions of Ethiopians poorer, has moved on. Congratulations are in order. He’s now at the African Development Bank, Vice President, no less. A seat at…
በትላንትናው የመንግስት ዜና እወጃ የፌደራል ፖሊስ ኮሚሽነሩ በሰጡት መግለጫ በአዲስ አበባ ከተማ ውስጥ ማህበራዊ ድህረ-ገጾችን በመጠቀም ለአመጽ ቅስቀሳ የሚያደርኩ አካላትን አድኖ ለመያዝ የተጠናከረ የጅምላ ፍተሻና የእጅ ስልክ ብርበራ እንደሚያደርግ ዛቻና ማስፈራሪያዎች የተቀላቀለበት መግለጫ ሰጥቷል። በመጀመሪያ ይህ ዜጎችን በየመንገዱ ድንገት አስገድዶ…
Picture academia as a giant, colorful map—one designed not for walls but for wanderers. It’s supposed to be a place where bold thinkers cross borders, chase ideas, and return with fresh discoveries. But lately, it feels like some of those…
ብዙ የማውራት አመል ያለባቸው ሰዎች በየቦታው አሉ።በምትሄድበት ቦታ ሁሉ ታገኛቸዋለህ ። የሥራ ባልደረቦችህ ሊሆኑ ይችላሉ፤ መስርያ ቤት ውስጥ ሰኞ ጠዋት ላይ ቅዳሜና እሁድ ስላደረጉት ስለሚረባውም ስለማይረባውም ነገር በማውራት የሚያታክቱህ። አልያም በእራት ግብዣ ላይ ሌላውን በማቋረጥ፥ እኔ ብቻ ካላወራሁ የሚሉ የሥጋ ዘመዶችህ። ድንገት እቤት መጥተው ሥራ ላይ…
While I found many interesting and thought-provoking points in Jawar’s interview, I could not dismiss the uneasiness I felt throughout my reading. At first, I couldn’t pinpoint the reason for the uneasiness, but as my reading advanced, it gradually surfaced.…
In the reactions to several interviews I recently gave to different YouTube videos, I have witnessed a number of misunderstandings that need to be straightened out, with the exclusion, as one would expect, of the deliberate distortions coming from the…
Without a doubt, the counter-attacks of the Ethiopian armed forces can be characterized as a success: they achieved the goal of ousting TPLF’s invading troops from Amhara and Afar regions in a relatively short time and inflicted on them heavy…
For nearly a year Ethiopia and its people have been the victims of a devastating insurgency, a propaganda campaign spreading harmful misinformation, and political prejudice in international policy circles. Since losing power in 2018, the dictatorial elites of the Tigray…
This short paper is a philosophical rather than legal review of the Ethiopian Constitution from the vantage point of Article 39. If you add or put together distinct objects, you will not obtain an organic unity. The object is mechanically…
One thing that has been most incomprehensible for many Ethiopian observers, activists, and politicians is the barrage of one-sided criticisms coming from Western capitals since the eruption in November of an armed conflict between the federal government and the TPLF’s…