AU: stuck between institutional vacuum, relevance
African leaders convened in Addis Ababa for the African Union Summit amid escalating tensions throughout the continent, global division, and optimism about recovery from...
The fine line between religion and...
Ethiopia finds itself in the midst of another dispute, this time involving religion, just months after ending a deadly conflict in North Ethiopia and...
Battling to the death for resources
In the past two weeks, Ataye, a small town in the Oromo special administration zone of Wollo in Amhara regional state, has been burned...
Humanitarian vs. development expenditure
IDPs left in limbo
It is a high time for humanitarian agencies, civil society organizations, donors, and international development partners since the operating environment in...
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Budget squeeze, unchecked expenditure causing tax...
It looks like the officials in charge of tax policy directorate at the Ministry of Finance have had a pretty tough time over the...
Striking a balance between ethnic diversity,...
For the past three decades, the topic of ethnicity and land in Ethiopia has gone unaddressed under both the unitarist Derg and the federalist...
Inflation emptying pockets, no end in...
The festivities look to be bright and colorful in Merkato, which is Ethiopia's largest outdoor market. The storefronts and their interiors were decked out...
Hopeful but worried, North Ethiopia war...
The events that took place in Tigray this week not only made those who had been longing for peace joyful, while also shocked everyone...
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Kidnapping for ransom: the new normal
Over the phone, a distressed sister pleading to save her younger brother bargains with kidnappers (suspected to be members of the Oromia Liberation Army—Shene)...
Forgotten, south Ethiopian migrants’ endless suffering
Abera Mishawo, who recently moved back to Ethiopia a year ago, will never forget the agony that he went through in South Africa a...
Ethiopia’s latest anti-corruption campaign: genuine or...
It turned out that a crackdown on corruption from the top down was the most compelling political story of the week among high-ranking government...
Oromia in dire straits
Oromia, Ethiopia's most populous zone, is reeling. People are losing their lives in broad daylight. Abduction is now the norm. The social bonds between...
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