Monday, December 29, 2025

Editorial

Transparency Critical To Ensuring Elections Legitimacy

With about only five months to go before Ethiopia heads to 7th general elections, which are scheduled to be conducted on June 1, 2026,...

Addressing the Systemic Roots of Gambella’s Conflict

The latest violence racking the Gambella region of Ethiopia in which scores were killed and injured has once again laid bare the political fractures...

The Fading Promise: Ethiopia’s Reversed Course on Human Rights

As the world commemorated the annual Human Rights Day on December 10 under the theme ”Human Rights, Our Everyday Essentials”, Ethiopia faces a profound...

Re-emerging as an anchor state in the Horn

The improvement of bilateral relations between Ethiopia and Somalia gained further momentum with the state visit of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) to...

Seeing through anti-corruption efforts to the end

Corruption remains one of the most significant obstacles to Ethiopia's socio-economic and political development. It is a phenomenon that undermines good governance, economic development,...

Empowering the AUC: a prerequisite for Africa’s progress

As African leaders flock to Addis Ababa this weekend for their ritual gathering to take part in the 38th Ordinary Session of the Assembly...
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Pivoting from self-congratulation to concrete solutions

staThe propensity of the ruling Prosperity Party (PP) to bask in its “achievements” was at full display during its recently held second congress. Akin...

Instituting an independence human rights framework

Parliament’s recent installment of a new leadership for two of the constitutionally created institutions of democracy in Ethiopia—the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and...

The imperative to forge national consensus

Ethiopia stands at a crossroads, grappling with a myriad of challenges that threaten its unity and stability. With a rich tapestry of ethnic and...
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A taxing tax burden

The administration of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) seems to be intent on ingraining in the public’s psyche the perception that “comprehensive macroeconomic policy...

Refraining from engaging in legislative frenzy

Akin to many nations Ethiopia is confronted with a raft of challenges in balancing the legal reforms brought about by the slew of controversial...

Creating a disaster-resilient future for Ethiopians

The seismic swarm that has been rattling Ethiopia’s northeastern region of Afar since September 2024 has once again brought to the fore the country’s...
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Engaging constructively human rights defenders

The suspension of some four prominent human rights organizations operating in Ethiopia over the past month has set the alarm bells ringing among the...

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