Abiy’s apology and Ethiopian political culture

Reacting to PM Abiy’s recent harsh and indiscriminate detraction of African and, specifically, of Ethiopian intellectuals, comments were quick to flow that, not only contested the criticisms, but more seriously exposed their dangerous implications, the most glaring of them being…
Coronavirus in Ethiopia: Ticking time bomb?

Ethiopia has fewer confirmed Coronavirus cases, but fears grow about what happens if the country starts to experience a broader outbreak and how the health system would cope with it. Almaz Shiferaw, 45, wins her livelihood as a retailer of…
Ethiopia announces three new cases of coronavirus

Ethiopia has announced three new confirmed cases of coronavirus, taking the total number of people infected by the virus in the country to nine. According to Ethiopia’s Health Minister Lia Tadesse, the cases involved a 44-year-old Japanese national, an 85-year-old…
Andargachew Tsige: A History of Addis Ababa (II)

(This is the second installment in a three-part series looking at the memoir written by the Ethiopian intellectual, freedom fighter and opposition politician, Andargachew Tsige. Find the first part here.) Andargachew Tsigie’s narrative tells the emergence of Addis Ababa as…
Andargachew Tsige: Remembrance and the Revolution

(This is the first installment in a three-part series looking at the memoir written by the Ethiopian intellectual, freedom fighter and opposition politician, Andargachew Tsige.) Andargachew Tsigie and Meles Zenawi became friends- or more precisely, card-playing partners – one Christmas break…