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Special Edition: Ethio-Lebanese corpse disposal inc: A bilateral effort to cover-up Ethiopian deaths in Lebanon
The body of Woinshet Arage, an Ethiopian domestic worker who died in Iraq after she was taken there by her…
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Analysis: Electoral Board to hold Sidama referendum within five months, deadlock hits SEPDM
Muferiat Kamil, chairwoman of SEPDM, is fighting to keep her party to remain a vanguard party governing the southern region…
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Opinion: The unbelievable has happened, let us make it count
Merhatsidk Mekonnen Abayneh, For Addis Standard Addis Abeba, July 09/2019 – Dr. Ambachew Mekonnen, the recently slain President of the…
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Commentary: After a bloody Saturday of 22 June Ethiopia needs a new national consensus, urgently
From left: General Seare Mekonnen, Chief of staff of the National defense force of Ethiopia, Migbaru Kebede, the Attorney General…
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Op:Ed: The virtues of true decentralization
Belachew Mekuria, PhD, For Addis Standard Addis Abeba, June 18/2019 – In an earlier piece for AS, I highlighted the need…
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Commentary: The stalled transition in Sudan: Misunderstandings and exclusionist Politics
Mukerrem Miftah (Ph.D.), For Addis Standard Addis Abeba, June 12/2019 – April 2019 represents something significant in the modern political history…
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Analysis: Press freedom in Ethiopia: From vice to hot property
Real Press Freedom in Ethiopia depends on liberating the commercial shackles on a stunted media system Elshadai Negash , For…
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Economic Analysis: Ethiopia’s Developmental State: Dead or Alive?
In the heart of Addis Abeba, a lineup of new buildings planned to serve as the headquarters of three private…
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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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The Interview: Displacement crisis not a precursor for a very bad future but residue of a very bad past: Mustefa Omer
Born in 1973 in Degehabur zone of Somali regional state, Mustefa Muhumed Omer became the deputy president of the Somali…
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