Opinion
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Opinion: The Qilinto Massacre: the truth shall be revealed
By Zecharias Zelalem, special to Addis Standard On Saturday, September 3rd 2016, something sinister, ghastly, premeditated and honestly speaking somewhat…
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Opinion: Human rights, development and American credibility in Ethiopia
By David Thompson Olympic silver medalist Feyisa Lilesa took complete control of the conversation surrounding his outstanding performance in…
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Opinion: Mapmaking and warmongering in Africa
Stelios Michalopoulos and Elias Papaioannou Providence/London – Why are some regions plagued by seemingly endless instability? In the Middle East,…
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An Oromo dilemma: The national question and democratic transition
Ezekiel Gebissa, Special to Addis Standard In his ground breaking study, An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy,…
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Opinion: Welcome to the Ethiopian Wide Web
Tess Conner Last week, the government in Ethiopia approved, much to the outcry of the rights activists, a new Computer…
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Opinion: ‘Did Menelik II really say he is Caucasian?’
A call for caution-Lest we rewrite history in the name of contextual interpretation By Tsegaye R. Ararssa There is…
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Opinion- Exam-Leaks: Disorientating and Overpowering a Leviathan
Yasin Muhe The Oromo activists achieved yet another spectacular victory by catching the Ethiopian regime off-guard and disturbing the “order”…
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Opinion- Questions on the morality and (im?)morality of leaking a national exam
Alemayehu Tesfa First, there was the #OromoProtest. It began (for the convenience of this short reflection, which intends to…
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Opinion – Who is in control in Ethiopia?
By Leenco Lata Who is presently in control in Ethiopia? This is a strange question coming from a person who…
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Ethiopia: The dawn of another ‘structural opening’
Ezekiel Gebissa, Special to Addis Standard Since the creation of the modern Ethiopian state a little more than a century…
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