It has been two weeks since Abiy Ahmed (PhD) was confirmed by parliament as Ethiopia`s Prime Minister and he has been busy chairing the cabinet meetings ever since. However, his…
Abiy Ahmed (PhD) may not be the youngest politician to rise to power in Ethiopia. But gossip observed that he is probably the first to have won such a popular…
It is not an easy task to decipher what just happened in the world of the Revolutionary Democrats` last week. It is too early to pass the verdict on whether…
On Monday comes a day of reckoning for the Revolutionary Democrats, gossip says. They may have had a couple of such moments in their history of nearly 30 years. But…
There is sometimes a bright side to severe crises, even the kind which the Revolutionary Democrats are confronted with, gossip observed. They can draw a sense of pride in their…
It is a rarity for a developing country like Ethiopia to host foreign ministers from three countries within a week, unless they gather for a state conference of sorts. When…
The delicate state of affairs in the Revolutionary Democratic camp is becoming more obvious in the leadership`s indecisiveness to hold the series of meetings of the Front according to their…
In the nearly 30-year history of the Revolutionary Democrats, they have been through the thick and thin. Theirs have been a history of mostly triumph and few periods of tribulations.…
Last week would pass as the most consequential time in Ethiopia`s political history since the mid-1970s right before the deposition of Emperor Hailesellasie`s government. So much happened within a few…
For a change, a component body of the ruling EPRDF concluded its top leadership meeting last week, issuing a communiqué whose content shows a significant departure from tradition, gossip noted.…
No doubt this year will pass as a time of endless marathon meetings by the ruling party’s rank and file, while the public discontent will have no reason to subside,…
In all these years of the EPRDF rule, there are a few controversial subjects as much as the history and role of the endowment companies that are active in the…
The TPLFites have congregated, once again, up in Meqelle, a town many of its residents fondly call the Northern Star. It is a meeting of the mid-level and senior cadres…
Coming out of longer than two weeks of ordeal by the Executive Committee members of the EPRDF, the Revolutionary Democrats have begun the struggle to meet the tall order of…
It is an understatement to describe the expectation as tremendous but held by many across the capital on the ongoing Executive Committee meeting of the EPRDF. The longing is that…
It would be expected of the heads of multilateral finance organisations to be concerned of macroeconomic stability in member countries. They have to ensure the money they lend in generous…
Economists, as well as multilateral institutions, have urged the need t...
For a country accommodating more than a hundred million peoples, provid...
It has been two weeks since Abiy Ahmed (PhD) was co...
Refreshingly original, both in form and substance, the emphatic inaugur...
Ethiopia is at a turning point. With the new Prime Minister in place, t...
One of the macroeconomic headaches of Ethiopia is a low domestic revenu...
Development projects are scarce measured on the damage they cause to th...
