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

Electoral Best of Bad Situation. Time Is the Essence

Electoral Best of Bad Situation. Time Is the Essence

June 5 , 2021

In retrospect, it is nothing less than astounding that the 2015 national elections went pretty much under the radar. There was not much drama, and it seemed more like one m...

Sun Shines Brightly on Telco Market. Beware Misgoverning It

Sun Shines Brightly on Telco Market. Beware Misgoverning It

May 29 , 2021

Those entrusted with public office may love throwing events; but, no one is doing it as enthusiastically and glamorously as the Ethio telecom. Its first-ever female Chief E...

Sovereignty Claims Bear the Responsibility to Protect. Where's the UN?

Sovereignty Claims Bear the Responsibility to Protect. Where's the UN?

May 23 , 2021

It was something of a milestone for the United Nations last week. Rhetorically, so to say; and, for lack of words to describe the 76-year old international organisation whose...

Compromise Necessary to Avoid Regional Implosion

Compromise Necessary to Avoid Regional Implosion

May 8 , 2021

Diplomacy is not the forte of Ethiopia’s officials. They are often too absorbed in internal crisis or are mainly responding, instead of actively engaging, to threats, perceived or otherwise. Unfortu...

Diplomacy is not the forte of Ethiopia’s officials. They are often t...

Plus ça Change, Plus C'est la Même Chose. Or Do They?

Plus ça Change, Plus C'est la Même Chose. Or Do They?

April 30 , 2021

Nothing can better describe Ethiopia's state of affairs today than the French idiom: "Plus ça Change, Plus C'est la Même Chose". Indeed, the more things appear to change, the more they stay the same...

Nothing can better describe Ethiopia's state of affairs today than the...

With Evolving Financial Sector, Central Bank Needs to Step Up its Game

With Evolving Financial Sector, Central Bank Needs to Step Up its Game

April 24 , 2021

There were no surprises when the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) decided two weeks ago to raise commercial banks' minimum paid-up capital requirement. For a few years now, the central bank has been si...

There were no surprises when the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) decid...

Spiritual Leaders Can Be Exception. If They Will It

Spiritual Leaders Can Be Exception. If They Will It

April 17 , 2021

There is not a facet of life in Ethiopia today that is not convulsed by the moral crisis brought on by a bleak political situation. Rare are conversations that are not overwhelmed by discussion of con...

There is not a facet of life in Ethiopia today that is not convulsed b...

Regional Fiscal Perfidy Stems from an Indulgent Fed. Alarming!

Regional Fiscal Perfidy Stems from an Indulgent Fed. Alarming!

April 10 , 2021

It is not often the case for regional states' leaders to swallow their vanity and declare near-bankruptcy way before the fiscal year comes to an end. Quite a few of them have in the past. The latest e...

It is not often the case for regional states' leaders to swallow their...