Friday, November 7, 2025

Editorial

Creating Enabling Conditions for Upcoming Elections

As Ethiopia gears up to hold the 7th general elections, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s (PhD) offer of reassurance to lawmakers that the elections, tentatively...

Growth Without Peace Is a Mirage

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s (PhD) recent declaration that Ethiopia will become Africa’s largest economy within the next decade captured headlines and stirred both optimism...

Safeguarding the Right to Movement

In its latest monitoring between April and September 2025, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) sounded an alarm: widespread road closures, abductions, curfews, and...

Navigating the Complexities of the Birr’s Floating

Exactly one year ago, Ethiopia took a significant step in its economic reform journey by allowing the Ethiopian Birr to float freely against foreign...

Prioritizing Real Economy Transformation

The recently held Ethiopian Finance Forum provided yet another opportunity for Ethiopian authorities to argue that the sweeping macroeconomic policy reform the government has...

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...
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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...

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...
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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....

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...
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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...

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