By Yohannes Gedamu In November, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed established a new pan-Ethiopian political party. It brings together three of the four ethnic-based…
Opinion
Why Abiy Ahmed’s Prosperity Party could be bad news for Ethiopia
By Awol K Allo Last month, three of the four ethnic-based parties that make up Ethiopia‘s ruling coalition, the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic…
Ethiopia Cabinet Approves New Law to Fight False Information
By Samuel Gebre Ethiopia’s cabinet approved a law to combat hate speech and the dissemination of false information. The new proclamation is aimed…
Ethiopia Will Explode if It Doesn’t Move Beyond Ethnic-Based Politics
Oromo nationalism helped bring Abiy Ahmed to power, but it could also be his undoing. To hold the country together, the Nobel-winning…
Will Abiy Ahmed’s Nobel Prize Tilt Ethiopia’s Election?
By BRONWYN BRUTON | FP Abiy Ahmed took up the reins of government in Ethiopia at a time of profound strife, and through a…
Ethiopia’s path to prosperity is opening up under Abiy Ahmed
FT – Countries are built on courage, and the image of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed facing down army mutineers by doing…
The underlying tension behind Ethiopia’s flawed federal system and its risks
By Yohannes Gedamu For almost three decades Ethiopia’s federal structure – enshrined in the country’s 1994 constitution – has been defended by the ruling coalition,…
28 years later, Ethiopia’s ruling party must end impunity for human rights abuses
By Fisseha Tekle A loud explosion shook the ground in the early afternoon of 28 May 1991. It was followed by a…
Reflections on the Rule of Law and Ethiopia’s Transition to Democratic Rule (Part I)
By Al Mariam What a difference a year makes? The rule of law crushed to earth for 27 years rose up in…