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It is typical of incumbents to doggedly defend their economic policies and strategies in the face of observable shortfalls. Ethiopia is past that point. Tabling the federal budget to parliament…
The Revolutionary Democrats have finally mustered the courage to swallow the inevitable bitter pill under the leadership of a young man, Abiy Ahmed (PhD). Last week, the highest decision-making body…
The effectiveness of a system of checks and balances put in place to ensure against any one branch of the government getting too powerful has been debated. Naysayers rarely go…
It was a remarkable scene to see Lencho Letta, and his comrades, greeted at the VIP Lounge of Bole International Airport by Abadulla Gemeda, chief national security advisor for Prime…
Factory workers inside the Bole Lemi Industrial Park have been on strike this week, protesting what they say are harsh working conditions and low wages. It is the latest manifestation…
Last week, an international delegation led by Kairat Umarov, chair of the Somalia & Eritrea Sanctions Committee, visited officials at the Foreign Ministry to discuss one of the Horn of…
Think of it this way. Ethiopia`s politics is on a dance of some sort. The choreographer is a young politician with a unique background in the military and cyber-intelligence. As…
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) has been making the rounds in a charm offensive to regions of the country since his swearing-in by the parliament. Many a time, he has…
Abiy Ahmed`s meeting with leaders and members of the private sector earlier last week showed where his priorities lay. The fourth public appearance since parliament confirmed him as a Prime…
Economists, as well as multilateral institutions, have urged the need to take stringent measures to address the weaknesses of the financial sector – itself a contributor to the worsening macroeconomic…
Inaugural speeches are just that – a declaration of faith or pronouncement of vision. They are meant to rekindle hope among leaders` support base and reassurance to the camp that…
Hailemariam Desalegn occupies a rare spot in Ethiopia`s political history. He marks one of the few instances of a person that entered leadership as peacefully as he will exit it…
Under normal circumstances, headline inflation as high as 15.6pc, as was recorded last month, would have been fodder for discussion. It is not a macroeconomic component as abstract as a…
The sad affair of law enforcement in Ethiopia found itself back in the spotlight, more intensely than usual, after an incident on March 10, 2018, in the town of Moyale,…
There was little doubt that the Minister of Defense Siraj Fegessa’s briefing to members of the media last Wednesday would not be a running list of the successes of the…
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The shortage of forex can be felt more severely than before, and even t...
The speed at which Abiy Ahmed (PhD), chairman of th...
A forex crunch has once again afflicted Ethiopia. Given the increase in...
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With the Executive Committee of the EPRDF’s decision to implement the...
