Category: Politics

Abiy Ahmed on the role of the media

This is a translation of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s speech on the role of media while responding to questions of lawmakers at parliament on Friday. In Ethiopia, the media find it hard to play the role it should be playing.…
Ethiopia needs a new constitution: Dawit Wolde Giorgis

Major Dawit Wolde Giorgis, currently head of the Namibia-based the Africa Institute for Strategic and Security Studies, called into question the Ethiopian constitution that redefined citizenship, politics on ethnic grounds from 1991 onwards. Speaking on January 6th in Addis Ababa’s…