Opinion
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Opinion: Sidama’s Quest for Statehood and the Question of Hawassa
Photo: Hawassa city A Sidama Nationalist’s View Hailegabriel G Feyissa (PhD), For Addis Standard Addis Abeba, June 19/2019 – The…
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Opinion: From Hige Mengist to Hige Hager
From Hige Mengist to Hige Hager. ከህገ መንሥት ወደ ህገ ሀገር/ስርኣት PM Abiy and former PM Hailemariam Desalegn holding a…
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Opinion: Ethiopia: Fragile new-found press freedom must be buttressed in law and practice
Fisseha Tekle, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Addis Abeba, May 02/2019– Ahead of this year’s World Press Freedom Day, the Ethiopian authorities must…
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Opinion: Putting Humpty Dumpty together again: The restoration of EPRDF?
As of yet, EPRDF remained a coalition of four major parties led by (in order of appearance): Abiy Ahmed, ODP;…
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Opinion: One more question, Dr. Abiy
One of the unanswered questions in the current euphoric discourse about Ethiopia’s democratic transformation is who gave PM Abiy (as…
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Opinion: Daunting challenges meet Ethiopia’s promising reforms
Mebratu D Kelecha, For Addis Standard Addis Abeba, January 15/2019 – There are diverse experiences of “democratic transition” around the…
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Opinion: Where to be, on the right or left of Abiy? That is the question
Close to one million civilians were displaced due to the recent violence in West Guji and Gedeo zones of the…
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Opinion: The Ethio-Eritrea Rapprochement: A Model for Regional Reconciliation?
PM Abiy Ahmed and President Isaias Afwerki exchanging pleasantries with Debretsion Gebremichael, deputy president of Tigray regional state yesterday during…
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