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…
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…

(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…
Ethiopians in Wuhan await rescue

As the death toll from the deadly coronavirus has jumped to 81, hundreds of Ethiopian nationals stranded in the Chinese city of Wuhan are demanding to be repatriated. Several countries have promised to repatriate their nationals blocked in China. The…