Since 1949, the Commonwealth's 53 states have led the world in addressing some of the most important human-development challenges.

Among the most discussed climate-change remedies are those that would use market forces to make fossil fuels more expensive.

GERD information dissemination initiative should bring all actors of the education sector to a self-replicating systematic team-based work capable of addressing an ever increasing larger community, writes Hussien Adal Mohammed.

As the essence of education is behavioural change, the personnel in the educational institutions are expected to demonstrate behavioural change and take the lead in bringing about cultural development and contribute to innovative thinking.

Almost a century ago, Eglantyne Jebb, who founded Save the Children, said that the only language everybody could understand was the cry of a child.

At the same time that poorer countries have been catching up to wealthier countries, income and wealth disparities within countries have been rising to alarming levels.

We often boast of the democratic constitution we have. But we know that we do not have an independent judiciary, or a vibrant civil society or a free press in Ethiopia.

When a government organ is empowered to register, issue permit, control and supervise, it is also responsible to ensure that all entities registered by it are properly and lawfully carry out their activities and on the other hand provide appropriate safeguard or protection in times of difficulty, unauthorised interference or unwarranted action perpetrated on such bodies, by any individual, governmental or private organizations, writes Yohannes Woldegebriel.

Despite the prohibition and criminalization of polygamous marriage under the Ethiopian law, the practice is deep rooted in religious and customary practices.

New obstacles to free trade not only make the world less secure. Protectionism also undermines the best opportunity to transform the lives of billions of the world’s poorest people and realize benefits worth trillions of dollars every year, writes Bjørn Lomborg.