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...

Listening to the Nation’s Caregivers

As the government ramps up its crackdown on protesting health workers on a litany of charges—including "organizing an illegal strike", "creating chaos in the...

   Ensuring Tigray peace process remains on track     

The  revocation  of  the  Tigray People’s  Liberation  Front (TPLF)’s legal status as a political party  by  the  National  Electoral Board  of  Ethiopia  (NEBE)  this...

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...
- Advertisement -

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...

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...
- Advertisement -

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....

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...
- Advertisement -

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...

Stay in touch:

- Advertisement -

Hot Topics