Human Rights

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 crisis whose scale, intensity, and…

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 silver medal in the men’s…

Ethiopia: The Government should negotiate with the Protest Movements

(Tefaye Debella) It is crucial for Ethiopians of every stripe to express our thoughts on the current and future Ethiopia.…

Ethiopia: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?

(Yeshitila Zewdie) From among the fairy tales I heard and know about, the making of Ethiopia and the body politic…

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 with helmets and guns. All…

A road map to resolving Ethiopia’s political crisis(Gen. Tsadkan G/tensae)

Editor's note: Recently, the former Chief of Staff, General Tsadkan Gebretensae, presented a paper on Ethiopia's current political affairs. The paper presented…

Hate speech, ethnic tension ahead of Kenya’s 2017 elections

(Peter Alingo) As Kenya prepares for elections next year, the political die seems already cast. With the Coalition for Reform…

Sendafa Landfill controversy: The farmers’ version of the story

In the past two weeks, the Sendafa Sanitary Landfill have become the talking point of Addis Ababa. It did not…

Ethiopia’s Growing Challenge of Hate speech

(Tesfai Hailu) “Hate speech is any speech, gesture or conduct, writing, or display which is forbidden because it incites violence…

Potential Causes, Consequences of South Sudan becoming a “Failed State”

Potential Causes and Consequences of South Sudan becoming a “Failed State”: Political and Legal Transformation from a Liberation Movement to a Democratic Government…

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