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Mar 6 , 2021

Prosperitians' Economic Regime Up for Campaign Season Debate

It was somewhat of a surprise when officials at the electoral board came out to announce a new polling date for the year; national elections are slated for June 5, 2021. With a war raging in Tigray Re...

Feb 27 , 2021

Ethio Telecom Could Be Cash Cow, But Needs to Compete Fairly

That Ethio telecom would remain in the hands of the state was never a sure deal. A rarity in much of the world, Ethiopia's government has maintained a statist policy that kept profitable service indus...

Feb 20 , 2021

Economic Policy Orientation Reckons with Dire Political Circumstances

The late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi was in parliament in 2010, taking questions on his administration's performance when MPs brought up the issue of living costs. The government's use of monetary and...

Feb 13 , 2021

As in Politics, Ethiopia Faces Precarious Economic Future

What most spooked buyers owning a billion dollars of Ethiopia's Eurobonds was not a conflict in the north that plunged the nation into (un)civil war, perhaps threatening to take the Horn of Africa wit...

Feb 6 , 2021

The AU Fails Africa and Its People Miserably

The feeling of helplessness; the confusion to understand what is unfolding; and the dilemma to act was evident in Paul Kagame's face, once a stalwart of African Union (AU) reform and Rwanda's presiden...

Jan 30 , 2021

To See Eye to Eye with the Biden Administration

There has been no American envoy serving in Ethiopia who has seen so much within such a short time as Michael Raynor has. To much of it, he gave his full support. A career diplomat and specialist on A...

Jan 23 , 2021

Famine: Terrible Hole in Country's Conscience

Usually, millions facing food insecurity in Ethiopia does not make headline news. Not because it is a small matter – not by a long shot. The social and political consequences of food insecurity coul...

Jan 16 , 2021

How to Counter Rising, Unbridled Nationalism

It was a sunny day on September 12, 1974. A machine gun mounted on top of a tank was standing in front of a fortified Jubilee Palace. There was a strange calm even as people gathered outside of the ga...

Jan 9 , 2021

Not to Undo Abiy Ahmed's Pledge for Credible National Elections

There is something curious about elections that have been conducted in Ethiopia since the mid-1990s. Unlike the previous eras when they were held - the earliest elections being six decades back - they...

Jan 2 , 2021

To Millions Suffering, IGAD Continues to be a Disappointment

One by one, Workneh Gebeyehu (PhD), executive secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), welcomed heads of state and dignitaries from the Horn of African countries on December...

Dec 26 , 2020

Economic Planning Needs to Learn the Cost of Indiscipline

It is refreshing to see a publicised high-level government meeting become somewhat confrontational. A conflict of ideas is not always a bad thing; in many cases, it allows for further deliberation and...

Dec 19 , 2020

When War Is Life, Peace Becomes Death

There is no shortage of ironies in Ethiopia's history. One of the cruellest, perhaps, was when a murderous military regime, the Dergue, rode on the back of a grassroots student movement to grab state...

Dec 11 , 2020

With Feet in Two Models, Economic Policy Squeezes Low-Income Households

Few policies in Ethiopia irked liberal economists and multilateral institutions as the bills private banks had been compelled to purchase. At 27pc of the gross loans and advances they make with the in...

Dec 4 , 2020

Battles May be on the Ground; but War is on the Political Front

To the administration of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD), there is a clear victor in the conflict between the forces of the federal and Tigray regional governments; and, it is the former. He declared...

Nov 29 , 2020

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

May-Kadra is the latest in a spat of violence committed against civilians across many parts of Ethiopia over the past two years. Located close by the junction of a border with Sudan and Eritrea, it is...

Nov 21 , 2020

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

Armed conflict is raging on Ethiopia's northern front. On the economic front, business appears to be as usual. Few instances are as emblematic of the latter as the ongoing liberalisation in the teleco...

Columns

Commentaries | Oct 11,2025

The Human Flight a Failure of Political Imagination, Not a Mere Economic Policy

Ladislas Farago, a roving Associated Press (AP) correspondent, arrived in Ethiopia in 193...

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TRADITION THRIVES AS COSTS CLIMB

As dawn broke over Addis Abeba last week, the city's arteries pulsed not with the usual we...

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TOMATOES TASTE OF INFLATION

Tomato prices in Addis Abeba have surged to unprecedented levels, with retail stands charg...

Agenda | Oct 12 , 2025

Ministry Shifts Gears as Number Plate Change Fuels Debate

A sweeping change in the vehicle licensing system has tilted the scales in favour of elect...

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Editorials

Prosperitians' Economic Regime Up for Campaign Season Debate

Ethio Telecom Could Be Cash Cow, But Needs to Compete Fairly

Economic Policy Orientation Reckons with Dire Political Circumstances

As in Politics, Ethiopia Faces Precarious Economic Future

The AU Fails Africa and Its People Miserably

To See Eye to Eye with the Biden Administration

Famine: Terrible Hole in Country's Conscience

How to Counter Rising, Unbridled Nationalism

Not to Undo Abiy Ahmed's Pledge for Credible National Elections

To Millions Suffering, IGAD Continues to be a Disappointment

Economic Planning Needs to Learn the Cost of Indiscipline