It is safe to say citizens who follow the current affairs of the country understand that Ethiopia, in trying to ascertain its benefits, is surrounded by plenty of challenges.

Trying to go into detail about the sacrifices Ethiopia has made for the realization of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) or its successor, the African Union (AU), is akin to preaching to the choir thus will not be delved into further.

Amidst pockets of unrest, civil disobedience, criminal offences, and constant fear towards the upcoming elections; Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) faced questions raised by the House of People’s Representative’s (HPR) on February 4, 2020.

The groundswell of public outrage over the abduction of scores of students enrolled in Dembi Dolo University in the Oromia regional state has reached fever pitch.

The intolerance that has long animated Ethiopian politics is once again rearing its ugly head. Incapable of standing on their own two feet, infantile political actors are peddling poisonous rhetoric to stoke internecine strife with the aim of fomenting instability and thereby garner the public’s vote.

Over fifty million voters are eligible to cast their ballot in the upcoming elections featuring various political parties and coalitions that are expected to be more robust than those which took part in previous editions.

Tensions between the United States and Iran have always had the potential to boil over into a full-blown war.

As is customary on the eve of New Year major media houses, non-governmental organizations and respected analysts reflected on the key events and challenges which unfolded in 2019 and what 2020 has in store.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that one of the iniquities Ethiopians abhor most is attacking places of worship. Ethiopians must condemn this vilest of acts in the strongest possible term.

While presenting to Parliament the federal government’s draft budget for the current fiscal year at the end of the previous fiscal year, the Minister of Finance warned that the downward trajectory the Ethiopian economy was on since 2015 required urgent solutions.