Opinion

Beyond the Map: Reimagining African Cities through Art

A map is usually something we use to find our way. It tells us...

Addis Gessesse, Visionary Who Elevated Ethiopian Music to the World Stage, Passes Away

The global music industry and the Ethiopian diaspora are in deep mourning following the sudden passing of visionary...

How Abel Tesfaye Became the World’s Highest-Paid Musician

For the global music industry, 2025 was a year of historic financial shifting. But for Ethiopians everywhere, it...

Disconnected by Design: Why Christopher Nolan and Haile Gerima Reject the Smartphone

In an era where the smartphone is treated as an extension of the human hand, choosing to step...

Federal High Court Grants Bail to Teddy Afro’s Assistant Manager and Co-Defendants

ADDIS ABABA — The Federal High Court issued its final ruling this afternoon regarding the bail requests of...
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Ethiopia: A Country on the Brinks

By Dawit Woldegiorgis, Visiting Scholar at Boston University, African Studies Center ‘Absolutely Oversold As instability and violence spread across much of Ethiopia, with most recent incidents...

Why is Mustafa Omer striving to hold the Top Leadership of the ESPDP?

April 2, 2019 By: Abdiaziz Ali Following the removal of Abdi Illey the federal government organized a big forum in Addis Ababa by inviting all kinds...

Jawar’s Anti Abiy/Lemma and Pro Ethiopia Politics: Brilliant and Juvenile

Jawar is pro-Ethiopia to undermine Abiy and Lemma. And he is anti Abiy and Lemma because he sees them as a threat to his...

Hope, Change, and What Henry David Thoreau Might Have Gotten Wrong

by Becky Tsadik “Things do not change; we change.” —American writer Henry David Thoreau Yes, and: “Nothing changes if nothing changes.” —Courtney C. Stevens, The Lies About Truth Above,...

An Open Letter to Ethiopian Prime Minister, Dr. Abiy Ahmed

By: Abdiaziz Ali Dear Honorable Prime minister, It is well known that there are large IDPs in Oromia and Somali Region. These IDPs are displaced by the...

Isaias and Abiy: Flashy Smiles or Lasting Peace?

By: Kassim Haji-Hussein Noor Dr. Abiy Ahmed’s bold move to extend an olive branch to Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki has earned him international...
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