It has been a while since I started contemplating to write a book whose title may run something like “Structure and Performances of Waliso Tela Bets”. One way or another, you all may have heard about oligopolistic market. This is an economics jargon, a complicated way of saying a very Read more…
As a background to the upcoming election, the National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) has announced a revised version of the allocation of parliamentary seats to regional states. Details of this announcement was reported in today’s issue of the Reporter News Paper. In the past, I have made repeated pleas Read more…
By Eebbisaa Baayisaa (article posted on his facebook page) Hospitaala beekamaa tokko keessatti ture. Kutaa waldhaanamtoota dhibee tasaati. Dhukkubsatoonni kutaa kana keessatti du’uun amaleeffatamaadha. Maaliif? Namoota balaa tasaa adda addaan miidhamantu dhufu. Balaa konkolaataa, balaa ibiddaa, namaan wal lolanii…baay’eetu dhufu. Hojjetoota hospitaalichaa hundatti gaaffii kan ta’e garuu dhimma tokkotu jira. Read more…
[originally published by Reporter Amharic, Ethiopian Weekly Newspaper, 23 September 2020] ኢዜማዎች በቅርቡ የአዲስ አበባ መሬት ወረራን በተመለከተ አደረግን ያሉትን ባለ 13 ገጽ የጥናት ጽሑፍ ይፋ ማድረጋቸው ይታወሳል። ከሁሉ በፊት በጥናት ላይ ለተመሠረተው የውሳኔ ሐሳብም ሆነ ትችት ለማቅረብ ጥረት በማድረጋቸው፣ ኢዜማዎች ምሥጋና ይገባቸዋል። ሊበረታታ የሚገባ ባህል ነው። እንኳንስ በተቃዋሚ ፓርቲ ደረጃ መንግሥትም ቢሆን በመረጃ ላይ የተመሠረተ ውሳኔ Read more…
The Ethiopian government has announced today that the country’s currency notes are demonetized. The public is given a three months window to exchange old currency notes from the banks. The birr notes affected through this change were 100, 50, and 10 denominations. The change includes introduction of a new 200 Read more…
In a speech in 1959, J. F. Kennedy has famously said “When written in Chinese, the word ‘crisis’ is composed of two characters – one represents danger and one represents opportunity.” Langan-Riekhof and others have gone so far as saying “Sometimes the world needs a crisis” to turn challenges into Read more…
(Yaadannoo Sabboontota Qabsoo Bilisumaa Oromo tiif wareegaman, This poem is adapted from Martyred Poems: I Feel, I Feel – Martyred Soldiers Pain – Poem by Seema Jayaraman) Hirribni dur du’eeImimaan ni gu’ee Yeroo giittii sana, Tasa yoon gadooduu, Kufee gangaladhu! Caala natti ulfaatee, Waarroon gabruma, Tokkumaan Read more…
Krugman, Nobel Laureate and New York Times Columnist, observed that “the economic contraction we’re experiencing is the fastest on record, by a large margin; we’ve probably lost as many jobs over the past two weeks as we did in the whole of the Great Recession. The policy response is also Read more…
የዛሬ 6 አመት ገደማ፣ አልጃዚራ ስትሪም (Aljazeera Stream) በተባለ ቲቪ ፕሮግራም ላይ፣ ጃዋር መሃመድ ተጋብዞ ውይይት ላይ እያለ፣ አወያይ ጋዜጠኛዋ እንዲህ ብላ ጠየቀችው፡ “ከኢትዮጵያነትህና ከኦሮሞነትህ የቱ ይበልጥልሃል?” ጃዋርም ሳያመነታ እንዲህ ብሎ መለሰ፡ “ኦሮሞነቴ ይበልጥልኛል! (I am Oromo First!)” ቀጠለናም “ኢትዮጵያዊነቴን በሚመለከት ገና ብዙ መስተካከልና መታረም ያለባቸው ጉዳዮች አሉ” የኢትዮጵያን ጉዳይ Read more…
(First published in English on Dinagddee.com blog as Ethiopia’s Rapidly Inflating Debt Mountain, January 3, 2020) Qaasim Amaanoo (Gullallee Postiif Afaan Oromootii akka hiikeetti) *** Mudde 2019 ALA qofa keessa liqiin Itoophiyaa hanga doolara Ameerikaa Biliyoona 9 tiin dabalee jira. Dhaabbileen liqii garagaraa, dhaabbanii maallaqa Addunyaa (International Monetary Fund, IMF) Read more…