Category: Opinion

የደቡብ ኦሞ ሕዝብ በክልል የመደራጀት ጥያቄ ምክንያቶች

ሀ. የክልልነት ጥያቄ በኢትዮጲያ በጠቅላይ ሚንስትር አብይ አህመድ አመራር ኢትዮጵያ አስገራሚ የሚባሉ ስኬቶችን አስመዝግባለች።ፈታኝ የፖለቲካ ሂደቶችንም አስተናግዳለች።ዶ/ር አብይ ወደ ስልጣን በመጡበት ማግስት ጀምሮ ከማይረሱ ክስተቶች መከከል ከብዙ ውጣውረድ በሗላ የሲዳማ ሕዝብ የክልል ጥያቄ አዎንታዊ ምላሽ ማግኘቱ ሊጠቅስ ይችላል።  የሲዳማ ዞን…
The cruel reality of GERD discussions

Thousands of years of culture, history, religion, and most importantly the Nile waters have created strong bonds amongst the peoples of Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan. It should be clear that no wicked force in the world can break these people…
ዶ/ር አብይ የእርሶ ይባስ፤ የአምነስቲ መግለጫ ድርሰት ወይስ መሬት ላይ ያለ እውነታ፤

ትላንት በተወካዮች ምክር ቤት መደበኛ ስብሰባ ላይ ተገኘትው ለምክር ቤቱ አባላት ጥያቄዎች ምላሽ ሲሰጡ የነበሩት ዶ/ር አብይ ለበርካታ ጥያቄዎች አግባብነት ያለው ምላሽ ቢሰጡም በሁለት ጉዳዮች ግን ሲፎርሹ ታዝቤያለሁ። አንደኛው የታፈኑትን ሴት ተማሪዎች በተመለከተ የተናገሩት ሲሆን ሁለተኛው ደግሞ የአምነስቲ ኢንተርናሽናልን መግለጫ…
Sowing the seeds for food security

By Clare O’Grady Walshe Opinion: seed sovereignty for food security could transform globalisation after the coronavirus Communities who regularly face calamitous food shocks have much to teach us about maintaining sovereignty over seeds and food supply. They know well not…
The pandemic is laying bare a global water crisis

Insufficient water for washing is likely to worsen the coronavirus in the poorest nations. There’s a better way forward. By Alan Nicol | May 12, 2020, 3:44 PM Foreign Policy Days after he shared images of municipal workers disinfecting the…
Coronavirus and Ethiopian Constitutional Crisis

I am not a legal scholar, still less a constitutional expert. I wrote this piece on constitutional crisis to assess the consistency of the reactions of opposition parties to the four alternatives that the government presented, less so to provide…
Why Ethiopia needs to embrace gene-modification technology

The recent exchanges on Ethiopia’s acceptance of genetically modified (GM) crops and the resulting report of USDA praising the steps our country has taken continue to be informative. My understanding of the debates surrounding GM foods suggests that neat explanations…