Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn
Ethiopia: State of Emergency grants PM sweeping powers

Ethiopian government decreed a state of emergency on Sunday. Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn announced the.

Photo - Jawar Mohamed
Jawar Mohamed et al: Real Dangers to Ethiopian Unity and Coexistence

(Mohamed Olad) Jamar Mohamed et al constantly makes bizarre statements about the current political system.

Map - Tigray region and North Gondar, Amhara region
Tigray’s problem is “sikifta” not narrow nationalism

(Gebremedhin Gebru) There is no visible sentiment of narrow nationalism among the people of Tigrai;.

Development & Democracy – Two sides of the same coin

(Berhanu Tsegay – from MOFEC) If a country is awash with corruption, rent-seeking, lack of good.

Map - Tigray region and North Gondar, Amhara region
The Legality Of The Wolqait Question: Issues To Worry About

(Zeray W/Senbet) [Clink on the table of contents to jump to specific section] 1. Preliminaries.

Photo - Oromo protest in Woliso, August 6, 2016 [Credit: Social media]
The ‘Ethiopian Spring’: “Killing is not an answer to our grievances”

(René Lefort – Open Democracy) There is every sign that Ethiopia is plunging into a.

Photo - Olympian Feyisa Lilesa making Oromo protest gesture in Washington, DC [Credit: Reuters]
Feyisa Lilesa: From Rio to America, I’ll keep fighting Ethiopia’s oppression

(Feyisa Lilesa – Washington Post) Feyisa Lilesa is an Ethiopian Olympian and winner of a.

Photo - Oromo protests 2015
Ethiopia: The Government should negotiate with the Protest Movements

(Tefaye Debella) It is crucial for Ethiopians of every stripe to express our thoughts on.

Ethiopia: The Military – The One at Stake

(Yeshitila Zewdie) “It’s so hard to forget pain, but it’s even harder to remember sweetness..

Map - Ethiopia federal regions
Ethiopia: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?

(Yeshitila Zewdie) From among the fairy tales I heard and know about, the making of.