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...

Addressing the plight of healthcare workers

Ethiopia’s healthcare system stands at a breaking point. Health professionals—doctors, nurses, and allied medical staff—have issued a 10-day ultimatum to the government, demanding fair...

Mitigating downsides of foreign property ownership reform

The Council of Ministers this week gave the nod to a draft proclamation rescinding the ban on the ownership of immovable property in Ethiopian...

Eschewing the curtailment of press freedom

Parliament’s recent enactment of a contentious draft proclamation amending the 2021 mass media law has not sit well with stakeholders of the media industry...
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Restoring confidence in public procurement processes

In yet another alarming report it presented to Parliament this week the Office of the Federal Auditor General revealed a troubling finding that requires...

Tackling systemic failures key to safeguarding national security

The little-known Ethiopian National Security Council (ENSC) extolled the achievements of the government in an anodyne statement in issued this week following one of...

Undertaking strategic measures to navigate Trump’s new tariffs

The specter of a trade war is looming large following President Donald Trump’s imposition of sweeping tariffs on April 2 against virtually all nations....
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Upholding transparency, accountability, civilian protection

Ethiopia has endured years of devastating conflict, with humanitarian crises, mass displacement, and severe human rights violations plaguing multiple regions over the last several...

Moving beyond lip service

The question-and-answer session Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) held this week with lawmaker to deliberate on the performance report of the federal government for...

No time for silence!

In the wake of the Pretoria Agreement, which brought brutal two-year civil war in northern Ethiopia to an end, there was a glimmer of...
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Forging a CSOs-friendly environment

U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order late January freezing funding for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for 90 days has had...

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