Columnists
How a Nobel Laureate lost his reputation and disgraced Ethiopia
I was driving home from work while listening to National Public Radio when I heard the announcement: “The Nobel Peace Prize committee has ...
Columnists
The escalating carnage in Oromia is not letting up
In Ethiopia, 2020 witnessed more than a decade’s ration of abuses. Until November, when Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed launched a military campaign in ...
Columnists
How did Abiy Ahmed lose the Oromo street that propelled him to power?
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed came to power in April 2018, representing the now-defunct Oromo Peoples’ Democratic Organization (OPDO), a member of the four-party ...
Columnists
Mounting violence in Ethiopia exposes deepening fault lines and leadership crisis
Another month. Another bloody massacre in Ethiopia. The unexplained and unexplainable killing of civilians has become so common. On 27 December, scores were ...
Columnists
Ethiopia’s diversity challenge and the politicization of identity
The civil war in Tigray has ignited an ideological cold war among Ethiopian political elites. Some right-wing activists and politicians are proclaiming that ...
Columnists
The other civil war in Ethiopia: Bungled deal and escalating attacks in Oromia
The war on Tigray has eclipsed a dragging civil war in the Oromia regional state. At least eight extrajudicial killings were reported this ...
Analysis
Ethiopia: Seven Frequently Asked Questions about the war on Tigray
International media and regional analysts are referring to the conflict in the Tigray state as a civil war. The Ethiopian government insists it ...
Columnists
The devastating impacts of Orwellian misinformation on Oromos
Ethiopia is gripped by a renewed wave of state repression and a pervasive Orwellian type of misinformation campaign. In recent months, the Oromo ...
Analysis
Change and continuity in Ethiopian politics: A spotlight on the Somali Region
More than a week into the war in Tigray, hundreds, including civilians, have been killed. Ethiopia continues to descend further into the abyss. ...
Analysis
Ethiopia: Four factors complicating the war in Tigray
Hundreds killed and many more wounded in the raging fight between the Ethiopian military and regional forces in the northern state of Tigray. ...