Unless both the general users and the online opinion leaders become responsible for their actions, the political altercations on social media can cause mayhem and halt the development of a strong democratic system in our country, writes Kibrom Berhane.

Our rationality will work effectively only as long as we rehearse to choose and think of a better way to respect humanity parallel with our communal identity. People will have common passions, feelings, and sentiments. But it is individual intelligence that can help us understand things differently, writes Kibrom Berhane.

The practices of ‘leading’ broadcasters in our country reflect that journalism in Ethiopia is a dependent entity to the interest of different leaders as well as some influential groups; and it is without its own norms as an independent profession, writes Kibrom Berhane.