FT – Countries are built on courage, and the image of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed facing down army mutineers by doing…
Democracy
How to save Ethiopia’s democratic revolution
ECONOMIST– ETHIOPIANS ARE calling it their third revolution. The first was the fall of Emperor Haile Selassie in 1974. The second was…
Ethiopia: Abiy Ahmed promises liberty but must be careful not to deliver anarchy
Economist – If any single event sums up the confusion, danger and enormous opportunity posed by the change sweeping across Ethiopia it was…
Ethiopia: EPRDF should ditch democratic centralism to avoid a civil war
(OPride)—When Ethiopia’s current rulers deposed the communist dictatorship of Mengistu Hailemariam in 1991, they promised to usher in a new era of…
File By Worku Aberra Extremist ethnic nationalism has harmed the struggle for peace, justice, equality, and democracy in Ethiopia. The reason is…
Dr. Negasso Gidada (R) chats with German First Lady Daniela Schadt during a meeting at the German Embassy in Addis Ababa on…
Ethiopian leader Meles Zenawi shows it is hard to sustain democracy. NAIROBI, Kenya — It has proven notoriously tricky for Africa’s rebel…
Thugtatorship: The Highest Stage of African Dictatorship by Alemayehu G.Mariam
Thugogracy in Africa If democracy is government of the people, by the people and for the people, a thugogracy is a government…
By Jason McLure When human rights Watch criticized the results of Ethiopia’s May elections, in which the ruling coalition “won” an improbable…