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.

This week Ethiopia enjoyed a slew of rare moments in the limelight on the international stage on account of two prestigious prizes bestowed on its citizens.

Ethiopia’s backward politics has no place for difference of opinion. Intimidating, jailing and killing anyone subscribing to a different belief has for centuries been and continues to be the norm.

Some six students were killed and scores more were injured in the past few weeks in a spate of clashes that rocked public universities across Ethiopia.

Democracy is not an option for Ethiopia; it’s a necessity. Absent democracy it cannot be a land of peace, equality, justice and freedom.

Ethiopia has been at a crossroads for some time now. It lacks a roadmap charting the path it should tread in the years ahead.

The political dynamics presently playing out in Ethiopia are stark reminders of the dangers of glossing over the existential threats confronting the country.