The Novel Corona Virus dubbed COVID-19 by the World Health Organization, caused a delay in the delivery of some equipment shipped for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), it was disclosed.
Speaking of the current status of the construction of the GERD as well as the ongoing negotiation regarding the filling and operation of the largest hydroelectric dam Ethiopia is building on the Nile river, Seleshi Bekele (PhD), Minister of Water and Energy, said that the construction of the dam is progressing well and previous problems relating to project management have been resolved, resulting in the quickened construction of the dam…

New Education Roadmap: Salvation for Ethiopia’s Deficient Education?

Although the history of modern education in Ethiopia can be traced back to the 1940s, the concept of formal and organized education is not new to the country on account of widespread church education offered to religious scholars and leaders which spans over many centuries in Ethiopia. Mainly dominated by the teachings of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and Islamic Madrasas, where privileged Ethiopians used to go to a schooling program, structured in a manner that is comparative to the modern education system, encompassing primary to tertiary education levels. …

Understanding the UNDP: Silent, yet influential development partner

Louise Chamberlain is the departing resident representative for United Nation Development Program (UNDP) in Ethiopia, a position she has held since 2018. She also served as UNDP Ethiopia since 2017. She has witnessed a lot going on in the country during her time in Addis Ababa and she believes the current reforms in Ethiopia are “mind boggling” and “impressive”. As her time in Addis comes to its end, Chamberlain sat down with Brook Abdu of The Reporter to discuss development and reform challenges of Ethiopia: achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to…

If someone said, a couple of years ago, that the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is holding its annual Press Freedom Day celebration in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, it would perhaps pass as a joke or fake news among the global journalism fraternity.

This, however, is not without a reason since Ethiopia is known for its track record of being one of the top jailers of journalists in the world and the worst when it comes to freedom of the Press. Now, the country has no journalist behind bars according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. …

The euphoria that engulfed the country one year ago when Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) assumed the hot seat at Arat kilo seems to be receding slowly. Another round of protests is visiting the country and they are erupting here and there. In fact, protests are even happening in places that have been relatively peaceful during the three years of protests which resulted in the ongoing reform led by the PM and his team.

New protests resulted in the death of many people, the displacement of others and deployment of the military force to manage the security crisis in the…

Ethiopia never seems to catch a break when it comes to land and land-related problems throughout its political and economic history. Land has been the maker and breaker of Ethiopian politics beginning from the time of Emperor Haileselassie I to the toppling of the Derg, from the protests across the country for consecutive three years since 2016 leading to the division within EPRDF to the resignation of PM Hailemariam Dessalegn and the coming to power of Abiy Ahmed (PhD). But, not at once has the nation been devoid of protests and upraises related to land to this point in time…

የምሥራቅ አፍሪካ ቀጣናዊ ትብብርና ውጥረት ውስጥ ያለችው የኢትዮጵያ ሚና

የአፍሪካ ኅብረት ከተቋቋመበት ጊዜ ቀደም ብለው በነበሩ ዓመታት ከቅኝ ግዛት ነፃ የወጡ የአፍሪካ አገሮች ዋነኛ ትኩረት የነበረው፣ አኅጉራዊ ውህደትን ማምጣት ነበር፡፡ ይሁን እንጂ በወቅቱ ከኢኮኖሚያዊ ውህደትና ከፖለቲካ ውህደት የትኛው ይቅደም በሚለው አታካራ ወደ አንድ መምጣት አቅቷቸው፣ በጎራ በመከፋፈል ወደ ፉክክርና ክርክር ገብተው ነበር፡፡

ሆኖም በወቅቱ የኢትዮጵያ ንጉሠ ነገሥት የነበሩት ቀዳማዊ ኃይለ ሥላሴ ባመጡት አስታራቂ ሐሳብ፣ የአፍሪካ አንድነት ድርጅት የዛሬው የአፍሪካ ኅብረት ሊመሠረት ችሏል፡፡ ነገር ግን የዚህ አኅጉራዊ ድርጅት መቋቋምና ከ50 በላይ የአፍሪካ አገሮችን በአባልነት ማቀፍ ለ56 ዓመታት ቢዘልቅም፣ ይኼ ዓላማ ከግብ አኳያ ጠብ ያለ ነገር አላመጣም፡፡

ይኼ የኅብረት ፕሮጀክት በግዝፈቱ ሊገፋ ባለመቻሉም ቀጣናዊ ውህደት ላይ ወደ ማተኮር የተዞረ ሲሆን፣ ይኼም…

The issue of national consensus and reconciliation is not a new subject to Ethiopian politics particularly given its history of recurrence since the coming to power of the incumbent Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF). Many especially in the opposition camp have been pushing for some sort of national reconciliation and the establishment of a government reflecting this national reconciliation and consensus. These voices started to become more prominent especially after the establishment of a transitional government under EPRDF’s stewardship in the early 1990s.

One thing that was clear was that many political groups, especially in the post-transitional period, were…