Columnists
Abiy Ahmed must step aside to avert Ethiopia’s violent disintegration
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Monday announced he would deploy to the war front in northern Ethiopia to take the fight to his ...
Columnists
Ethiopian Muslims demand an end to their second-class status after Iftar snub
Police on Sunday used tear gas and deployed tanks to disperse Ethiopian Muslims gathered at a public square for a long-planned Street Iftar ...
Columnists
Ethiopia should reschedule the June election. Here is why.
Ethiopia is set to hold general elections on June 5, 2021. It would be the sixth election since the establishment of the current ...
Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Referendum as a lasting political solution in Oromia and beyond
In a 24 March speech in parliament, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed acknowledged that his security forces have been fighting rebels in parts ...
Ethiopia
Ethiopia: A vulnerable state at risk of collapse
Ethiopia is in political turmoil. A convergence of internal and external factors is destabilizing the country to a degree rarely seen in its ...
Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s 2021 elections: To hold or not to hold?
Amid a range of political crises, the June 2021 elections in Ethiopia could not have come at a worse time. The COVID-19 pandemic, ...
Ethiopia
The Eritrean Factor: Isaias Afwerki’s meddling is complicating the civil war in Ethiopia
On November 28, Ethiopian authorities announced the fall of Mekele, the Tigray region’s capital, and declared that the war against the Tigray People’s ...
Ethiopia
Jawar Mohammed: The war in Tigray is a result of Ethiopia’s mismanaged transition
Ethiopia is back in the global spotlight once again with the outbreak of the war in Tigray. I am saddened but not surprised. ...
