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…
[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…
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…
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…
It was within a few months of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD)’s administration coming into office that a radical economic reform program was launched. The government announced their decision to privatize key public enterprises, including Ethio telecom, Ethiopian Airlines and other public utilities. The urgency with which the authorities got Read more…
In December 2019 alone, Ethiopia’s external debt stock has increased by about US$ 9 billion. The multilateral agencies, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, each approved about US$ 3 billion. The VOA has quoted PM Abiy’s tweet referring to unnamed source pledging yet another US$ 3 billion. Read more…
This piece is the second of a two part series. The first part, Ethiopia’s Rapidly Inflating Debt Mountain, has set the background by presenting and discussing facts and figures on Ethiopia external debt and also providing a highlight of domestic debt. This part of the series will build on part Read more…
የአዲስ አበባ ከተማን 133ኛ ዓመት የምስረታ መታሰቢያ በዓልን ምክንያት በማድረግ ህዳር 19 ቀን 2012 ዓ.ም በተሰናዳው ዝግጅት ላይ ፕሮፌሰር ብርሃኑ ነጋ ንግግር አድርጎ ነበር። የኦሮሞ ወጣቶችን በመወረፍ ነበር የጀመረው! ምስጋና ብጤም አከለበት፣ “ይህንን ትግል ስላገዙ አለ”! ትግሉን እሱ እየመራው፣ ቄሮ/ቀሬ እያገዙት መሆኑ ነው እንግዴህ! በኦሮሞ ወጣቶች መስዋእትነት ነጻ ወጥቶ ሀገሩ Read more…
In the middle of one night Miss Clavel turned on the light And said, “Something is not right!” – “Madeline,” by Ludwig Bemelmans, 1939 (As quoted by Ruth Marcus, Deputy editorial page editor, Washington Post, May 26, 2017) I listened to Obboo Lemma Megarsa’s interview with VOA and felt exactly Read more…