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Jan 7 , 2022

It`s Not Too Late to Thwart Economic Calamity

There has not been much research to put a number on high costs wars inflict on African economies. But a report by Oxfam in the late 2000s changed this. In the quarter of a century since 1990, 284 bill...

Jan 1 , 2022

Ethiopia: May the New Year Usher Security, Opportunities!

It is a norm to emphasise grand structural changes to address the myriad political processes in deeply polarised societies and fractured systems such as in Ethiopia. Criticisms on any issue are often...

Dec 25 , 2021

Older Folks May Be Looking to Negotiate. They Need All Help They Can Get!

In the words of Herbert Hoover, the 31st president of the United States, it is older men that declare wars and the young that has to fight them and die. Indeed, far too many young lives were cut short...

Dec 19 , 2021

The ‘Uncivil’ Outcomes in Ethiopia’s Civil War!

The American journalist and poet Ambrose G. Bierce, also a veteran of the American Civil War, authored the Devil`s Dictionary. He defines peace - rather sardonically - as "a period of cheating between...

Dec 11 , 2021

Rhetorics Against Transatlantic Alliance Unwise, Unhelpful!

There are few wiser words than the one attributed to Vladimir E. Lenin: "There are decades where nothing happens; and, there are weeks where decades happen." Except for Ethiopia, it has not been a...

Dec 4 , 2021

A Tale of Two Political Cultures Evolving, with Consequences

There is no shortage of literature on why peaceful and non-violent political transition eludes Ethiopia. However, it should be no mystery to look at the political culture that informs leaders of the o...

Nov 27 , 2021

Financial Sector-sourced Glucose Drips No Remedy to Save Economy

Against my will, I have witnessed the most terrible defeat of reason and the most savage triumph of brutality in the chronicle of time. Never - and I say so not with pride but with shame - has a gene...

Nov 20 , 2021

Truce - Desirable, Useful and Attainable!

Leaders of the warring parties in Ethiopia`s year-old militarised conflict may think they have irreconcilable differences that led to a destructive war. Ironically, and whether they acknowledge it or...

Nov 13 , 2021

Contingency Economic Plan Necessary to Reconcile with Political Storm

Plans and reality do not always gel. They rarely do in a fast-moving world. Every action taken must be a constant re-adjustment and re-alignment with circumstances on the ground. In the end, the plan...

Nov 6 , 2021

A Year in the War, Time for Sober Reflections

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) stood to attention last week and saluted the high military brass during an event to remember the fallen soldiers of the Defence Force's Northern Command. It was the fir...

Oct 30 , 2021

Central Bank`s Dillemma Under Governor Yinager Dessie

Central banks are prone to conspiracy theories. It should be no surprise, for they are notorious for secrecy. The complexity of monetary policymaking makes decisions made incomprehensible for the gene...

Oct 23 , 2021

Delisting Ethiopia from AGOA Unwise Move by the US

Ethiopia`s civil war continues to rage, with no sign of respite or a prospect for a negotiated settlement. It is sad, depressing and regrettable. Thousands continue to perish, hundreds of thousands st...

Oct 16 , 2021

Political Settlement the Way Forward to Overcome the Deadly Impass

For many, the past rainy season was a critical moment in the life of the nation. One was the second and most crucial filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), likely to detrimentally affe...

Oct 9 , 2021

Governance Nitty-Gritty Requires Effort Beyond the Aesthetic

Public offices have been having a field day in the past few years. From the Prime Minister's Office to regional administrations, much emphasis has been put on aesthetics. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (Ph...

Oct 2 , 2021

Ethiopianism: What Does It Demand, Endure, and Tolerate?

Ethiopia`s Parliament will pick up a Prime Minister on Monday, October 4, 2021. The incumbent Prosperity Party (PP) holds hegemonic control over the federal legislative houses as its predecessor, the...

Sep 26 , 2021

Past Current Turmoil, What Ails Next Generations?

There are two editions of The Economist on Africa influenced by the narrative on the continent over the past two decades. Published at the turn of the century, one and rather infamous, was an all-bla...


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