Sosena Kebede, MD, MPH “The physician must … have two special objects in view with regard to disease, namely, to do good or to do no harm” (Adopted from Hippocratic corpus- a collection of medical works associated with Hippocrates and his teaching) Addis Abeba, May 29/2020 – This simple statement that describes …

Addis Abeba, May 29/2020 – In a joint statement released by opposition parties Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) and Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC) on Amnesty International’s Report, the parties urged “the federal and regional authorities to take the report by Amnesty International seriously, heed the recommendations put forth and promptly reverse …

By Laetitia Bader @LaetitiaBader Addis Abeba, May 27/2020 – “I want to move on and feel a part of Abiy’s Ethiopia. I want justice and a chance to get better myself,” a survivor of torture told a colleague of mine last year. “But I don’t know where to get that …

By Arkebe Oqubay Addis Abeba, May 27/2020 –Africa Day this week is remembered at a time when the world faces an unprecedented crisis. Africa is not immune and has seen over 110,000 cases of COVID-19 and 3,300 deaths. To the surprise of many, African governments have taken bold and swift …

By Terje Østebø @tostebo Addis Abeba, May 26/2020 – The Qeerroo movement emerged as a significant political actor in the course of the Oromo protest, and has since then followed a complex trajectory. Starting off as a massive opposition movement, it became instrumental in the transition that brought PM Abiy …

Addis Abeba, May 25/2020 – The Ethiopian constitution drove more interest, analysis and scrutiny in the past month than it had since its promulgation. Politicians and scholars have discussed and debated on what they referred as a constitutional conundrum after the National election board announced that it cannot conduct election …

This report includes interviews with both Ambassadors By Zecharias Zelalem @ZekuZelalem Addis Abeba, May 23, 2020 – Documents handed to Addis Standard by a whistleblower in late 2019 and our investigations that followed revealed that funds belonging to the Ethiopian expat community in Lebanon were misappropriated by the Ethiopian government …

የአርታኢዎች መልእክት– ይህ ጽሁፍ በሕገ መንግስት ትርጉም ጥያቄ ዙርያ ለሕገ መንግስት አጣሪ ጉባዔ የቀረበ ሙያዊ አስተያየት (Amicus Curiae) ሲሆን በጸሃፊዎቹ ፍላጎት በአማርኛ እንዲታተም የተወሰነ ነው።  ፅሑፍ አዘጋጆች  ሙሉ በየነ፥ ምሕረተአብ ገ/መስቀል፥ኣብራሃ መሰለ ገብረሂወት ሓዱሽ ገብረመስቀል ሃይሉ ፥ እና ገብረአበዝጊ ወ/ስላሴ [1] መግብያ አዲስ አበባ ፥ ግንቦት 14/2012 – የሕገ መንግስት አጣሪ …

By Dejen Yemane Messele @MesseleDejen Addis Abeba, May 21/2020 – In its 01 May 2020 dated note verbale submitted to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), Egypt appealed that Ethiopia has an international legal obligation not to impound waters and fill its GERD reservoir without concluding a comprehensive agreement on …

By Etenesh Abera @EteneshAb Addis Abeba, May 20/2020 – In a joint presser given by the Ministry of Health and Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI), Dr. Liya Tadesse and Dr. Eba Abate, minister and director general respectively of the ministry and EPHI revealed that 66 COVID-19 cases were connected to …