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Oct 10 , 2020

This Desperate Moment Calls for Strategic Dialogue for Ethiopia

Lawmakers from the House of Federation and parliament sat feet apart from one another, gathering not in the famous clock-tower building constructed under Emperor Hailesellasie. The joint session of th...

Oct 3 , 2020

Leaning on Social Justice, Education Policy Requires Balance and Efficiency

Mere days after the first case of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) was reported in Ethiopia, schools across the country were ordered to shut down to contain its potential spread. With that, 26 million...

Sep 27 , 2020

Ethiopia's Bleak Politics Can Use Invigorating Constitutional Renegotiation

In a series of opinion pieces on the state of democracy in Africa The Economist magazine is publishing, the first was by an African leader, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD). No doubt, his rise to power...

Sep 19 , 2020

With New Notes, Few Guarantees Exist

Few have had their work cut out for them as Yinager Dessie (PhD), governor of the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE). As economic policies are refocused from state-led, demand-side economics to market-or...

Sep 11 , 2020

Ethiopia`s State of Affairs Calls for an All-inclusive, Comprehensive Dialogue

It is self-evident. Addis Abeba has once again begun to feel alive. With the expiration of the state of emergency, bars and restaurants are fuller, cinemas have resumed business, and minibuses are onc...

Sep 6 , 2020

Political Engagement in Desperate Need of New Weapons of Choice

A research and polling institute took to the airwaves by storm late last month with a rare survey in which public sentiments over politically controversial issues were measured. With the promise of a...

Aug 29 , 2020

Pragmatic Approach Begs for Dealing with Failed Forex Regime

For some time now, those at the helm of multilateral financial institutions have felt like they have an ideological ally in Ethiopia where economic management is concerned. Ethiopia has been on the ri...

Aug 22 , 2020

Consent to Contend: Essence of Grand Bargain

The political buzz phrase has always been "national dialogue," a process of deliberation over the very soul and meaning of the Ethiopian state. But it is a phrase that finds relevance every time the c...

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...


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