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Don’t trifle with Ethiopia!
Politicians do promote the interests of their country and people as well as other nations when they play their role properly.
The waters of the Nile have been exploited extensively over the eons by two riparian countries — Egypt and Sudan.
There is a broad consensus among Ethiopians that the endemic corruption gripping their country needs to be fought with resoluteness in order to avert the grave threat it poses to the national and public interest, to the constitutional order and the rule of law.
Making Africa, Ethiopia mutually proud
Ethiopia, the seat of the African Union (AU) — the erstwhile Organization of African Unity (OAU) — is hosting this week celebrations marking 50 years since the founding of the continental organization.
Seeing through the anti-corruption drive
The ruling Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) and the Ethiopian government had pledged time and again that they are committed to bringing about good governance in Ethiopia.
Bringing courts to heel
Courts duly exercise the powers vested in them and properly discharge the obligations entrusted to them as well as safeguard the rights of citizens and the guarantors of the rule of law If they fail to carry out what they have been mandated to do, however, the public will lose confidence in the constitutional order in place and the national and public interest will be endangered.
Towards an unfettered press freedom
The World Press Freedom Day was marked yesterday internationally and here in Ethiopia pursuant to a decision the UN General Assembly passed in 1993.
Reversing regressive tendencies
In view of the steady progress Ethiopia is registering on all fronts, it is only fitting that the country’s institutions, both public and private, become stronger and make meaningful strides forward.
Combating corruption ruthlessly
Combating rent-seeking has been a recurring theme that featured prior to and during the biennial congress of the ruling Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF)
Acknowledging the supremacy of the people
The Constitution of Ethiopia states in no uncertain terms that it is by garnering the majority of the electoral vote that governmental power can be assumed.
