Category: Opinion

The Washington Post By Yohannes Woldemariam and Nic Cheeseman Foreign powers are intervening in Ethiopia. They may only make the…

Medium By Denton Collins (American. Lover of injera and the people in the Horn whom I’ve served) Food Aid as…

Politico BY HIRUT ZEMENE Ethiopia is not Yugoslavia The opinion piece “In Ethiopia, echoes of Yugoslavia” (August 2) by Baroness…

Lawrence Freeman Africa and the World Blog What’s Wrong With U.S. Policy For Ethiopia and Africa? Knowledgeable American analysts of…

Daily Sabah Despite its imperfections, the U.S. boasts one of the oldest and most successful examples of constitutional breakthroughs in…

THE FINANCIAL TIMES By Zeinab Badawi Ethiopians constantly tell me how much they detest being seen as a conflict and famine-ridden country. Parts of…

Tadias Magazine By Ayele Bekerie, PhD Published: June 3rd, 2021 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — Human beings are defined by cultures…

Aljazeera By Yohannes Gedamu The TPLF, not the Abiy government and its allies, is responsible for the ongoing conflict in…

Los Angeles Times By Lucy Kassa I Reported on Ethiopia’s Secretive War. Then Came a Knock at My Door Around…

Project Syndicate BY ABIY AHMED Toward a Peaceful Order in the Horn of Africa The Ethiopian government’s victory over the…

Opinion By Getachew Metaferia, Ph.D. Situations have led the country to oppose the TPLF as an organization, and not the…

By Fiqir Taye Published: November 2nd, 2020 Los Angeles, California — With just hours remaining until the final votes are…

Independent Online Ethiopian Airlines (ET) made another noteworthy headline last week. It opened the world’s first contactless airport terminal, which…

The Economist BY ABIY AHMED Updated: September 17th, 2020 By Invitation This guest commentary is the first in a series…

IDN Updated: September 14th, 2020 NEW YORK (IDN) – Based on guidance from President Trump, the State Department is suspending…

AllAfrica By Ambassador Johnnie Carson Updated: September 10th, 2020 The Trump administration’s decision to suspend and delay development assistance to…

The Washington Post Updated: August 30, 2020 As secretary of state, Mike Pompeo has presided over the collapse of negotiations…

We cannot afford to give our vote away to candidates who are not serving our needs. We must identify candidates who align with and will fight for our values.

MinnPost By Eskender A. Yousuf “I was on a recent conference call helping an organization put a statement together and…

The Ethiopian Herald By Ayele Bekerie (Ph.d.) In 1896, Ethiopia registered one of the most decisive victories in the world…

The Utah Statesman By Trhas Tafere Featured Guest Column: An African Immigrant’s Experiences Learning What It Means to be Black…

TOM CAMPBELL | Orange County Register Susan Rice is being prominently mentioned as a possible vice presidential pick by Joe…

The Washington Post Opinion by Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus July 1, 2020 I’m director-general of the WHO. The U.S. is turning…

LA Review of Books By Elias Wondimu Racial Inequality in Publishing and #BlackPublishingPower Amistad Books’ Black Publishing Power Initiative encourages…

By Dr. Asefa Jejaw Mekonnen As COVID-19 Phase 3 Vaccine Studies Begin, We Must Improve Minority Participation in Clinical Trials…

By Marcus Samuelsson as told to Nikki Vargas Staying put to support those who live and work in the city,…

Quartz Africa By Zecharias Zelalem The Intertwined Histories of the African American Freedom Struggle and Ethiopia’s War Against Fascism The…

Medium By Lydia A. Gorfu Dear Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali, As a leader of an uncolonised African nation, you…

Medium By Barack Obama As millions of people across the country take to the streets and raise their voices in…

The Washington Post By Joe Biden How the White House coronavirus response presents us with a false choice The coronavirus,…

World Economic Forum By Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of Ethiopia How can the world help Africa through covid-19? The world…

“This past week has been the toughest of my career, as I’m sure is true for many of you,” writes Marcus Samuelsson. “My city, New York, is under siege by this cruel and relentless virus.”

Foreign Policy Magazine BY ADDISU LASHITEW Ethiopia and Egypt are at odds over a Nile dam. Washington should be helping…

Brookings By Addisu Lashitew Why Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan should ditch a rushed, Washington-brokered Nile Treaty The ambitious Grand Ethiopian…

Al Jazeera By Yohannes Gedamu Why Abiy Ahmed’s Prosperity Party is Good News for Ethiopia In November, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister…

The Washington Post By Letters to the Editor The Dec. 2 article and photographs “Climbing to the church in the…

Corporate Knights The Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali won the Nobel Peace Prize this year for ending a multi-decade…

The New York Times Some honors come too late; others too early. Others still risk scuttling the efforts they are…

The Washington Post Susan Rice has spent her career fighting off detractors: ‘I inadvertently intimidate some people, especially certain men’…

THE FINANCIAL TIMES Ethiopia’s Abiy should stick to his liberal instincts The country can blaze a developmental path, but only…

The Atlantic Waiting for Obama Barack Obama is literally more popular than Jesus among Democrats. Unfortunately, neither the former president…

HRW Tackling Hate Speech in Ethiopia: Criminalizing Speech Won’t Solve Problem Hate and dangerous speech is a serious and growing…

The Abiy Doctrine: One year of Ethiopia’s new foreign policy BY AWOL ALLO | African Arguments APRIL 5, 20190 It’s…

The Atlantic By Hannah Giorgis On Sunday morning, an Ethiopian Airlines jetliner crashed shortly after leaving Bole International Airport in…

Tadias Magazine By Fesseha Atlaw February 19th, 2019 The History of Ethiopic Computing: The process of Development; The Key Players;…

By Awol K Allo Since November 9, the Ethiopian government has arrested more than 60 leading figures from the National…

Abiy Ahmed’s latest decision to fill 50 percent of his cabinet with female ministers is an integral part of the transformative agenda.

What is the most democratic way to sustain the rule of law and counter the dissemination of unverified news via social media?

Joel Makonnen lives in Washington, DC and works as an attorney.

In just three months as prime minister, Abiy has cut a radical swath through Ethiopian politics.

Press Release Statement on the Current Situation in Our Country By Prince Ermias Sahle-Selassie Haile-Selassie Washington, DC — Our beloved…

The Guardian By Tadesse Amera These organic cotton farmers would still use pesticides if it weren’t for UK donations. We…

Ohio.com By William Hershey COLUMBUS: President Donald Trump’s outspoken support for the protesters in Iran brought back memories of half…

Addis Standard By Abadir Ibrahim QUESTIONS, CONCERNS AND A CRITIQUE ON THE DECOLONIZATION OF ETHIOPIAN KNOWLEDGE Addis Abeba – In…

What Is Cyberbullying [According to stopbullying.gov:] Cyberbullying is bullying that takes place over digital devices like cell phones, computers, and…

The Times A tyrant and a bungler but Robert Mugabe falls short of Africa’s worst Among older Africans Robert Mugabe…

HRW US Congress: Support Respect for Human Rights in Ethiopia Vote on H.Res 128 The Honorable Paul Ryan Speaker of…

“The fellowship is a game changer,” says Abinet Tasew, one of the 2017 Mandela Washington Fellows from Ethiopia, in the following article.

US Embassy Addis By Gersam Abera — Assistant Professor of Surgery at Jimma University Jimma, Ethiopia — I learned about…

The Washington Post Can these Obama-era national security officials win in Congress? In the first national election of the Trump…

Quoting Mandela, Obama’s tweet after charlottesville Is the most-liked ever with over 4 million likes.

The New York Times Trump’s Obama Obsession Donald Trump has a thing about Barack Obama. Trump is obsessed with Obama.…

The Hill The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board on Tuesday harshly criticized President Trump for damaging his own credibility and…

ADAM SMITH INSTITUTE – LONDON FAILING TO SPOT THAT THE PROBLEM WITH ETHIOPIA IS…[LAND] Things are not going well in…

The Washington Post ‘America first’ shouldn’t mean cutting foreign aid We have entered the era of “America first” with only…

The New York Times Updated: FEB. 25, 2017 Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference Friday, President Trump took his…

EURASIA REVIEW What began as a regional protest movement in November 2015, is in danger of becoming a fully-fledged armed…

The New York Times By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Americans have been watching the Trump administration unfold for almost a month…

On social networks and talk radio, in classrooms and at kitchen tables, the America’s past is suddenly inescapable.

Following Trumps ban on immigrants former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright says the Statue of Liberty today she is weeping”

The New York Times The Opinion Pages President Trump signed an executive order on Friday that purports to bar for…

The Washington Post January 20, 2017 Trump’s dark promise to return to a mythical past A green lawn, a white…

Barack Obama is leaving the White House with polls showing him to be one of the most popular presidents in recent decades.

Newsweek DON’T DISMISS THE DONALD TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ON AFRICA POLICY The United States under President Donald Trump will still have…

Aida Muluneh returned to Ethiopia nine years ago and set herself the task of changing perceptions of the continent.

Quartz Africa African journalists have tips for their US counterparts on dealing with a president that hates the press Last…

Amnesty International After a year of protests, time to address grave human rights concerns Nearly one year on from the…

Foreign Affairs Magazine November 7, 2016 Is Twitter Hurting Ethiopia? Rumor and Unrest in a Fragile Federation On October 2,…

Global Voices By Endalk Chala Ethiopia’s Regime Faces Precarious Times As Diaspora Plans for the Future In November 2015, residents…

The New York Times By THE EDITORIAL BOARD It should come as no surprise that Donald Trump, the Republican nominee…

Ethiopia’s rulers have redoubled a repressive policy that is failing. Instead of looking for ways to alleviate the pent-up frustrations of its populations.

Foreign Affairs Magazine Will Ethiopia’s Experiment With Ethnic Federalism Work? When U.S. President Barack Obama visited Africa a year ago,…

Newsweek PRESIDENT OBAMA’S LEGACY IN AFRICA IS A STATE OF MIND As President Barack Obama winds down his time in…

In an editorial The Washington Post asks: Ethiopia’s regime has killed hundreds. Why is the West still giving it aid?

Newsweek BY JOHN CAMPBELL AND NATHAN BIRHANU WHAT’S BEHIND ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA’S BORDER CLASH? International attention is focused on Brexit,…

Tadias Magazine By Berhane Tadese | Edited by Tadias Staff Published: Wednesday, March 30th, 2016 New York — In his…

The Washington Post By Editorial Board IN THE latest chapter of Ethiopia’s escalating authoritarianism, young people, journalists and musicians have…

Global Voices This post was collectively written by Zone9 and translated from Amharic to English by Endalk Chala. Our release…

The New York Times By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Ethiopia is suffering its worst drought in more than a decade, a…

The Huffington Post By Dawit Ayele Haylemariam If you ask “Is Ethiopia rising?” the answer will most likely depend on…

U.S. Department of State By Daniel Yohannes Daniel Yohannes is the United States Ambassador to the Organization for Economic Cooperation…

We look forward to witnessing history as President Obama takes the AU stage and stands by the words he spoke in Ghana in 2009.