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.

Photo - Troops on the streets of Montreal, Canada, during the 1970 October Crisis [Credit: Montreal Gazette]
Lessons from Canada for Ethiopia in Quelling Violence

(Tesfai Hailu) “There’s a lot of bleeding hearts around who don’t like to see people.

Map - Incident locations in Amhara region, Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Dozens killed after clashes in Bahirdar, in rural Gondar

Security forces killed several people in Bahir Dar city, northwestern Ethiopia, after clashing with protesters..

Map - Ethiopia regional map
Multiple deadly protests in Ethiopia’s Amhara and Oromia regions

Ethiopia’s populous regions were hit by protests on Saturday, amid social media blackout and government.