Rationality is an essential attribute that should inform the decisions and actions of any individual or organization.

Transparency is a value instrumental in facilitating the free flow of information as well as ensuring accountability, efficiency and effectiveness.

Love of country is a notion that Ethiopians need to deeply examine and truly grasp. Love of country elicits a particularly emotional response when it is expressed in songs, theatres or moviesand other art forms.

Viewing national security and the national interest solely in terms of beefing up state power, territorial expansion, flexing muscle, control natural resources, suppressing individuals’ rights and other egregious actions is of no real value to a nation and its people.

There is no denying that as the International Workers’ Day and World Press Freedom Day are celebrated freedom of association and the press, integral components of fundamental rights, are in great danger in Ethiopia.

A country claiming to be democratic must uphold the axiom that it is a nation of laws, not of men. Accountability and transparency are the hallmarks of a society that abides by this maxim.

The notion that the public is the ultimate repository of sovereign power and as such the government’s boss is yet to gain traction in Ethiopia.

The rule of law can be genuinely upheld if and when the principle that each and every person, regardless of his station in life, is equal before the law and is entitled without any discrimination to the equal protection of the law is respected.

Governing a nation is both an art and a science guided by a road map.

The government frequent protestations that Ethiopia is a country which registering a double-digit growth,