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...

Parliament Must Step Up Beyond Acting as Rubber Stamp

The 2024/2025 fiscal year in Ethiopia has been marked by a series of legislative actions that have stirred controversy across the political landscape and...

Security and Accountability Are Not Mutually Exclusive!

The ink has barely dried on a three-week old controversial legislation amending the 2013 Prevention and  Suppression of Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism...

Protecting CSOs From Legislative Onslaught

For the past few years, Ethiopia has seen a vibrant and diverse civil society sector serve as a vital force for development, democracy, and...
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According Auditor General the Respect it Deserve

The theme of this editorial is a subject we perennially address around this time of the year. The Federal Auditor General (FAG’s) recent report...

No Place for State-Sanctioned Impunity

The furore over the enactment this week of a law by Ethiopia’s House of Peoples’ Representatives granting broad immunity to individuals engaged in undercover...

Restoring the media space

In recent years, Ethiopia has experienced a troubling contraction of its media landscape—a phenomenon that poses serious threats to democracy, transparency, and societal cohesion....
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Engaging in genuine soul searching

The theme of this editorial is a topic we are compelled to address even though we have opined about it on several occasions. As...

Time for honest reckoning

Ethiopia’s government frequently touts its achievements in ensuring the prevalence of peace and security in the country. In what has become par for the...

Listening to the Nation’s Caregivers

As the government ramps up its crackdown on protesting health workers on a litany of charges—including "organizing an illegal strike", "creating chaos in the...
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   Ensuring Tigray peace process remains on track     

The  revocation  of  the  Tigray People’s  Liberation  Front (TPLF)’s legal status as a political party  by  the  National  Electoral Board  of  Ethiopia  (NEBE)  this...

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