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Oct 3 , 2020

Leaders of the National . . .

Leaders of the National Election Board are in a charm offensive mood, of a sort. Last week, they organised a rare tour for members of the media, showcasing what polling stations will look like during the upcoming national elections; and they took the...

Sep 19 , 2020

When the country’s most. . .

When the country's most senior diplomats and envoys return back to their posts after two-week debriefings, they leave behind a point or two by way of emphasis, claims gossip. Ethiopia's dealings with other countries and powers needs to rediscover its age old mantra in non-alliance, and accords entered should have a degree of transparency, says goss...


May 2 , 2020

In the absence of a hegemonic political force...

In the absence of a hegemonic political force on the horizon, Ethiopia has entered into its most consequential phase, gossip observes. The fate of a country rests on a constitutional understanding and interpretations by legal scholars and practitioners. They will likely determine what the supreme document in the country says or omits if national el...


Apr 25 , 2020

For countries like Ethiopia where scarcity of resources...

For many countries in the developed world, the Coronavirus pandemic is first a public health crisis, and then it is followed by woes in their national economies. For countries like Ethiopia where scarcity of resources, dilapidated public service and deeply entrenched poverty defines their economies, the progression is the other way around. Measures...




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Getachew Reda . . .

Jun 20 , 2020      |           |      26905 Views

Getachew Reda, the increasingly combative spin doctor of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), says he...

There were a series of meetings by almost all the chiefs of the regional states in...

Jun 14 , 2020      |           |      16821 Views

After they made a portentous decision last week in passing a resolution at the House of Federation where they are all members, there were a series of meetings by almost all the chiefs of the regional states in...

There appears to be . . .

There appears to be a new operational model in motion for the regulators and industry leaders in the financial sector, gossip observed. Unlike in the past where policymakers came up with regulations and directives to enforce the shock doctrine model, the guys in charge now are tr...

Jun 7 , 2020      |           |      21757 Views

Old habits die hard, so they say. The TPLF's leadership community...

Old habits die hard, so they say. The TPLF`s leadership community - the existing alike the former - is back to its old self, bickering and infighting. This time the squabbling is over the broadcast of an interview the Regional State's media house has conducted with Seyee Abraha ...

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Yinager Dessie (PhD), governor of the central bank...

Yinager Dessie (PhD), governor of the central bank, convened bank presidents and board directors in his office two weeks ago. His purpose was to persuade or put pressure on them - depending on one's vantage point - to cut interest rates on lending, gossip disclosed. It was weird...

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World Health Organization (WHO), and its embattled chief, Tedros Adhanom (PhD)...

If there is any organisation in the world today that is at the centre of attention, none could outbid the World Health Organization (WHO), and its embattled chief, Tedros Adhanom (PhD). A soft-spoken man with an amiable personality, Tedros remains one of the few Ethiopians to hav...

Apr 12 , 2020      |           |      9667 Views

There appears to be . . .

There appears to be a new operational model in motion for the regulators and industry leaders in the financial sector, gossip observed. Unlike in the past where policymakers came up with regulations and directives to enforce the shock doctrine model, the guys in charge now are tr...

Jun 7 , 2020      |           |      21757 Views

Old habits die hard, so they say. The TPLF's leadership community...

Old habits die hard, so they say. The TPLF`s leadership community - the existing alike the former - is back to its old self, bickering and infighting. This time the squabbling is over the broadcast of an interview the Regional State's media house has conducted with Seyee Abraha ...

     |           |      34702 Views

Yinager Dessie (PhD), governor of the central bank...

Yinager Dessie (PhD), governor of the central bank, convened bank presidents and board directors in his office two weeks ago. His purpose was to persuade or put pressure on them - depending on one's vantage point - to cut interest rates on lending, gossip disclosed. It was weird...

     |           |      39124 Views

World Health Organization (WHO), and its embattled chief, Tedros Adhanom (PhD)...

If there is any organisation in the world today that is at the centre of attention, none could outbid the World Health Organization (WHO), and its embattled chief, Tedros Adhanom (PhD). A soft-spoken man with an amiable personality, Tedros remains one of the few Ethiopians to hav...

Apr 12 , 2020      |           |      9667 Views

Ethiopia is bracing for a potential constitutional crisis...

Ethiopia is bracing for a potential constitutional crisis. Birtukan Mideksa, chief of the National Electoral Board, announced earlier in the week that her agency will find it challenging to stick to the already delayed schedule of conducting national elections in August 2020. ...

Apr 4 , 2020      |           |      18222 Views

Touted by the Americans, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been...

Touted by the Americans, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been the darling of the West. Never mind that the Middle Eastern emirs are behind his off the budget indulgence in paying for the passionate projects of his immediate surroundings. It is very hard to say as much about the...

Mar 28 , 2020      |           |      15188 Views

A farewell party for Bacha Gina

Senior executives of the state-owned Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) were asked to contribute 5,000 Br each to pay for a farewell party for Bacha Gina, gossip disclosed. Perhaps one of the very few presidents having the shortest debut in the bank's history, Bacha's time with CB...

Mar 14 , 2020      |           |      12935 Views

Barely two years in office, the administration of PM Abiy Ahmed...

Barely two years in office, the administration of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has changed guard at the state-owned Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE). The administration has brought back Abie Sano, a bold and courageous man who had challenged the might of the most feared cadres unde...

Mar 7 , 2020      |           |      11231 Views

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) frequents...

Lately, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD), chairman of the incumbent Prosperity Party (PP), frequents several towns in the Southern Regional State during his visits more often than any others. A few months ahead of the national election, his campaign strategists appear to be worrie...

Feb 29 , 2020      |           |      11909 Views

The squabbling within the negotiating team comes primarily from lack of clarity on who is in charge in providing leadership, claims gossip...

There has hardly been any issue that has galvanized Ethiopians - despite their many differences and sources of polarisation - as much as the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) does. For many, the Dam is not a mere public project. It is a symbol of pride; and, a monument under...

Feb 15 , 2020      |           |      9489 Views


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Leaders of the National . . .

Leaders of the National Election Board are in a charm offensive mood, of a sort. Last week, they organised a rare tour for members of the me...

When the country’s most. . .

When the country's most senior diplomats and envoys return back to their posts after two-week debriefings, they leave behind a point or two...

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