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Apr 25 , 2020

State of Emergency Should Not Inspire Worst Instincts of Gov't

There is a sense of irony to how the decision by the administration of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) to invoke state of emergency powers has come to be viewed across Ethiopia's political landscape....

Apr 17 , 2020

Timely Reminder: Regional States are Sovereign, So Says the Constitution

Regional states in Ethiopia are created to serve the mere purpose of administration, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) recently argued. Addressing members of parliament during the ratification of the fi...

Apr 11 , 2020

The 'Cure' to the Pandemic Can be Fatal to Ethiopia's Politics

On Friday, Ethiopia's legislators passed a decree on state of emergency, the fourth in four years. Considering how scared the public gets of the potential spread of a deadly virus, there was no resist...

Apr 4 , 2020

Where in the World are Ethiopia's Legislators?

In Addis Abeba, as in the rest of the world, there is less pollution in the air, less congestion on the roads and a reduced volume of noise on the streets. The concept of smart cities and smart econom...

Mar 28 , 2020

Economic Disaster Looms Large, Fiscal Response Plan Can't Come Earlier

In September 2005, the World Bank commissioned a futuristic study to see the loss in human life and cost to the global economy should there be a global outbreak of a virus. The finding was too terrify...

Mar 21 , 2020

With Coronavirus, Overreact and Be Wrong

It was with a sense of despondency that the brand new minister of Health, Lia Tadesse (MD), gave a press briefing on the first confirmed case of the Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Ethiop...

Mar 14 , 2020

As the World Economy Coughs, Ethiopia should Work to Bolster Resilience

The first case of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Ethiopia was reported on Friday by Lia Tadesse (MD), a day after parliament confirmed her as the new Minister of Health, involving a Japanese citi...

An Impatient Administration Lacks Profundity in Policy Decisions

When Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) appeared before parliament a month ago, a member questioned the legitimacy of his administration in light of its economic policy divergence from the status quo. Th...

Feb 29 , 2020

Land to the Tillers, If They Choose It

Few issues in Ethiopia command as much controversy as does land; if any other contestant is in this league, it can only be the question of nationalities, an obsession of the student movement since the...

Feb 22 , 2020

Whatever Happened to Political Parties` Code of Conduct?

By the day, Ethiopians are inching closer to national elections on federal and regional levels that are scheduled for August this year. It embodies both hope and promise as well as fear and uncertaint...

Feb 15 , 2020

Politics Dominates National Discourse, to the Detriment of the Economy

Senior government officials of African countries recently descended on Addis Abeba to attend the annual African Union (AU) Summit of Heads of State and Government. As was usual with these meetings, th...

Feb 8 , 2020

History Will Judge Negotiators on GERD

Belatedly, negotiators over the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (DERD) took the rare gesture in explaining to the public the positions they have taken during tough talks with their counterparts from S...

Feb 1 , 2020

Does Ethiopia Welcome the Political Marketplace?

If there is anyone in the pundit circles who understands the political phenomenon that is evolving in Ethiopia today, Alex de Waal (PhD) can hardly be matched in his foresight. A long time observer of...

Jan 25 , 2020

With Great Power, Comes Greater Responsibilities for MPs

The last assembly of legislators under the Dergue, the Shengoas it was known then, was nothing less than an admirable show of courage by representatives in standing up against a totalitarian power tha...

Jan 18 , 2020

Transparency Bakes the Cake Even Better

Addressing questions from members of parliament a few months after ascending to the Office of the Prime Minister - confident and impassioned as he was - Abiy Ahmed (PhD) declared that the “politics...

Jan 11 , 2020

Fractured Political Environment Tests Bureaucracy's Loyalty

If there is anything about the current development in the political arena, it is not dull. Political forces are evolving so fast and so much, formations and re-formations of alliances are keeping pund...

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The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) issued a statement two weeks ago that appeared to be a...

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