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Aug 16 , 2020

Mishmash of Economic Priorities Complicate 'Beacon of Prosperity' Ambitions

It is not uncommon for economic policies to go under the radar. Still, neither is it normal for a policy agenda as critical as the Homegrown Economic Reform to have disappeared from discussions. Wh...

Aug 8 , 2020

Green Legacy Too Green for Its Ambitions

A familiar sight these days is high government officials - the very important people - hunched over muddy ground. Parliamentarians, ministers and diplomats have followed the end of meetings with visit...

Aug 1 , 2020

In the Absence of Fair Play, Radicalism Crowds Out Moderation

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) had an audience with leaders of the opposition bloc - if there is one to be described as such - in the middle of last week. Straight away, the weight of things was self...

Jul 25 , 2020

Hunger Spectre Casts Long, Ominous Shadow. Time to Get Ready

The economic indicators for Ethiopia this fiscal year are less than encouraging, even if economic advisors around Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) foresee strong growth and less macroeconomic instabili...

Jul 18 , 2020

In Fight to Win Narrative, State Needs to Remain Impartial

In the past two years, it was perhaps the events of the first week of this month that are most fundamental in re-ordering Ethiopia's political landscape. If the state of affairs shortly after the rise...

Jul 13 , 2020

A Federal Budget Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Last week might have appeared an ordinary moment for an annual event in parliament. Legislators voted - unanimously - over a bill for the next fiscal year's budget for the federal government. They rea...

Jul 10 , 2020

Where Did it all Go Wrong? Lessons from History

When the situation was manageable, it was neglected, and now that it is thoroughly out of hand, we apply too late the remedies which then might have effected the cure. There is nothing new in the sto...

Jun 27 , 2020

With Cat out of Bag, Better to Double Down on Statehood

In the popular imagination, Ethiopia's current federal organisation was the brainchild of leaders of an assortment of highly ideological liberation movements whose prime objective it was to reject the...

Jun 20 , 2020

Egypt Changes Water Security Strategy, the Answer to Nile Dispute

The messages from Washington, DC are unambiguous. They urge Ethiopia to relent to Egypt's demand for a deal before it starts filling the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) next month. Glossed over...

Jun 17 , 2020

History May Look Back on this Time as Needless Moment

It is characteristic of the general climate of confusion the year 2020 has set in Ethiopia and the global stage in general. There is an air of melancholy. In just a few months, the spirit of the Co...

Jun 7 , 2020

Ethiopia's Giant Leap for Digital Economy: the Next Normal

It is hard to tell just by looking at its website, but the Ministry of Innovation & Technology is a federal agency tasked with leading the country's transition into the next frontier of technologi...

May 31 , 2020

Bereft of Popular Mandate, Hard to Keep the State Viable

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) has come a long way since his spectacular arrival at the top of Ethiopia's political scene. In 2018, few would have predicted a state of political uncertainty would, in...

May 23 , 2020

Speed, Agility Lacking in Administration's Stimulus Package

Countries in Africa are the least prepared to deal with the health and social consequences of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). There are only 20,000 ICU beds available in the entire continent, a r...

May 16 , 2020

Public Space, Even on 'Mind-blowing' Projects, Means No Private Realm

In November 2019, the Mayor of Washington, DC, Muriel Bowser, visited Addis Abeba for five days. She was honoured with the naming of a roundabout in her honor where the City Administration erected a r...

May 9 , 2020

Amendment, the Less Travelled, Least Unpleasant Way Forward than Interpretation

The unsavoury position Ethiopia finds itself in today was best described by Moussa Adem, a political scholar and politician. In a recent consultative meeting called to discuss the four options the adm...

May 8 , 2020

In the Face of Constitutional Crisis, House of Federation Can't Appear Lame Duck

Over the past two years, as conflicts and the breakdown of the rule of law rose and ebbed, the possibility of holding the national elections on time was never a foregone conclusion. If anything, the n...


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