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The Coming Global Technology Fracture

September 11 , 2020 . By Dani Rodrik

The international trade regime we now have, expressed in the rules of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and other agreements, is not of this world. It was designed for a world of cars, steel and textiles, not one of data, software and artificial intelligence. Already under severe pressure from Chin...

Enough Window Dressing, It's Time to Redress Global Racism

September 6 , 2020 . By Yonas Biru (PhD)

The global protest that was sparked by the inhumane murder of George Floyd was displayed in slow-motion and witnessed by millions. A black man was handcuffed and his chest pinned to dirty pavement by two police officers, while a third put his knee on his neck for nearly nine minutes until he stopped...

'Lords' of Participation, CSOs Need to Take Mantle of Civic Engagement

September 6 , 2020 . By Belay Asrat

How the Pandemic Can Revolutionise Climate Policy

September 6 , 2020 . By Roland Kupers

GERD - Where Past Injustices Must Give Way to Future Possibilities

August 29 , 2020 . By Anteneh Biru (PhD) and Asmamaw Tadege (PhD)

Corporate Agility: Now in Information Age or Never

August 29 , 2020 . By Asseged G. Medhin

The Missing Link in the Nile Discourse: Business Community, Women

August 22 , 2020 . By Yonas Biru (PhD)

The Myths that Surround Diaspora Politics

August 22 , 2020 . By Desta Mebratu (Prof.)

Ethiopia Must Win the International PR Battle on Nile

August 16 , 2020 . By Yonas Biru (PhD)

In substance, the difference between Ethiopia’s and Egypt’s positions on the Nile River pertains to legal rights to an equitable and reasonable share of the Blue Nile waters. Nonetheless, Egypt has succeeded in making it appear as though it is about the construction and management of the Grand E...

The Urgency of Innovation in Transport Service Delivery

August 16 , 2020 . By Dagmawit Moges

As the world continues to be challenged by the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, we are facing multiple and serious questions identifying the right strategies and technologies to use to leapfrog the various fronts of development. As the debate in these areas continue, time and technology remain...

Policy Banks, Proper Allies in Effort to Stimulate Economy

August 8 , 2020 . By Atsebaha Abay

Systems Analysis for Diagnosing Ethiopia's Political Malaise

August 8 , 2020 . By Desta Mebratu (Prof.)

Marshall Plan for Africa - the Strategic Imperative for the West

August 1 , 2020 . By David A. Brat (PhD) and Yonas Biru (PhD)

COVID-19 Workplace Protocol: Irresponsive, Myopic

August 1 , 2020 . By Senay Lemma and Solomon Girma

Egypt’s Posturing on the Nile Poses Existential Threat to Ethiopia

July 25 , 2020 . By Yonas Biru (PhD)

PPP Framework Under Construction - the Big Picture

July 25 , 2020 . By Abebe G. Yihdego

The Legal Justification of Sorts for Ethiopia's Internet Shutdowns

July 18 , 2020 . By Kinfe Yilma (PhD)

There are currently a number of initiatives that are mobilising large sums of money to add...

Egypt's Identity Crisis as Hegemonic Heir of the Nile

July 18 , 2020 . By Yonas Biru (PhD)

There are currently a number of initiatives that are mobilising large sums of money to add...

After the Liberal International Order

July 13 , 2020 . By Joseph S. Nye, Jr.

There are currently a number of initiatives that are mobilising large sums of money to add...

As Pandemic Worsens, Banks Can Play Positive Role

July 13 , 2020 . By Atsebaha Abay

There are currently a number of initiatives that are mobilising large sums of money to add...


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For Grave Rights Concerns, Truth Should not be Casualty of Conflict

November 29 , 2020

May-Kadra is the latest in a spat of violence committed against civilians across many...

Conflict Threatens Economic Outcomes; Claims to the Contrary Make It Worse

November 21 , 2020

Armed conflict is raging on Ethiopia’s northern front. On the economic front, busin...

Hard to Justify Armed Conflict, Dangerous to Rationalise Civilian Profiling

November 14 , 2020

The American civil rights movement leader Martin Luther King, Jr. was known for his p...

War Is the Romance of History; the Outcome, only Horror

November 7 , 2020

History is a bath of blood, writes William James, the American philosopher known to b...

Sunday With Eden

Political Apology, the Act of Courage that Can Heal Society

When war and transgressions of a political nature are still ongoing, apologising ofte...

Armed Conflict: Each Generation's Tribulation

It is our sad reality that every generation in Ethiopia sees armed conflict, however...

Life Matters

The Bitter Pill of Saving

There is a debilitating habit that most of us have and that is spending money. On multiple occasions, I have sworn I would start saving more...

Only Human to Worry

Sometimes, it is possible to wonder what a life free of worries would be like – aday where we go about our business, enjoy each moment, ta...

Agenda

Running on Fumes: Ethiopian Tourism in 2020

November 28 , 2020 . By MAYA MISIKIR 

It has been over a decade since the auspicious day when Tariku Mulugeta met a French...

Instability Casts Shadow on Sesame Market

November 21 , 2020 . By HAGOS GEBREAMLAK

He was a farmer who came to the city looking for international buyers for his crops....

The Tide of Turnover: Occupational Hazards of an Industrial Worker

November 14 , 2020 . By MAYA MISIKIR 

Million Mekonnen was fired over a piece of cloth. The size of the cloth is in content...

Inconsolable Present, Uncertain Future for Restive Nation

November 7 , 2020 . By MAYA MISIKIR 

The cold-blooded slaughter of dozens of community members in Gawa Qanga Kebele took p...

Gallery

TIGRAY VOTES DESPITE "NULL & VOID" THREAT

September 9 , 2020

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IN-PICTURE: LAUREATE'S RECEPTION  

December 14 , 2019

PM Abiy Ahmed (PhD) at a Gala Dinner Called for the Awarding of the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize

May 6 , 2019

Faces, Voices of Addis Abeba

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Mourning Nation, Grieving World

March 17 , 2019

THE FINISH LINE

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Commentaries

In the Scramble for Vaccines, the Have-nots Lose Out

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage in many parts of the world, the African re...

The Political Economy of Nile, GERD

The advent of major climatic crisis across the vast Sahara region, about seven millennia ago, made the region inhospitab...

Fineline

Leaders of the National . . .

Leaders of the National Election Board are in a charm offensive mood, of a sort. Last week, they organised a rare tour for members of the me...

When the country’s most. . .

When the country’s most senior diplomats and envoys return back to their posts after two-week debriefings, they leave behind a point or tw...

Fortune news

DEFENCE FORCES CAPTURE, CONTROL MEQELLE

November 28 , 2020 . By FASIKA TADESSE

In a dramatic turn of events on Saturday, units of the Federal Armed Forces entered a...

Ethiopia Closes Telecom to Fourth Operator for 10 Years

November 29 , 2020 . By FASIKA TADESSE

The Ethiopian Communications Authority (ECA) has decided not to let a fourth operator...

Gov't Presses on with Sugar Estates Privatisation

November 29 , 2020 . By FASIKA TADESSE

The government has pushed the privatisation of sugar factories one step forward, kick...

Abyssinia Bank Marks Prudent Growth

November 29 , 2020 . By FASIKA TADESSE

Bank of Abyssinia, one of the three most profitable banks in the country, registered moderate growth during the past fis...

In-Picture

PEACOCK GATES

April 4 , 2020

GOOD SAMARITAN

April 4 , 2020

PART RECREATION

March 14 , 2020

BUS STOPS

March 7 , 2020

To the Brim

February 22 , 2020

Sanctioned Graffiti

June 20 , 2020

Yonas Berehe and Andualem Moges, artists of Ya Studio, are painting street art for the city in Megenagna, after getting the green light from Yeka District. They are painting portraits of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD), Lia Tadesse (MD) and Deputy Ma...

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