Africa: Spared of the worst, or bracing for the worst?
BY AREGU B. WONDIMUNEH – Poor healthcare infrastructure and fragile economy, among other things leave Africa in an extremely vulnerable position for the worst form of COVID-19 outbreak.
How coronavirus saves Ethiopians from bloodshed
BY ANDUALEM SISAY GESSESSE – Since Ethiopia announced its first confirmed cornavirus (COVID-19) case in mid-March, the number of patients infected by the pandemic in the country has been growing and reached…
Building resilience to climate change in Addis Ababa
By Mekonnen Teshome Tollera – Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa (Sheger) was born twice: first, as a crowded city; and then again, as a beautiful Sheger with clean rivers, public spaces and parks,…
How to convert COVID-19 to opportunity in Africa
BY ANDUALEM SISAY GESSESSE – They say every challenge brings opportunities. For the past few months we have been listening how COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic can be catastrophic to not only in the…
IGAD Secretary urges member states fight COVID-19 together
The Executive Secretary of Inter-Governmental Authority of Development (IGAD), whose member are in the Horn of Africa namely, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan and Uganda, urges member states fight COVID-19 together. Below…
The floating Sahara, Egypt’s obsession with perpetual dependency
BY TESFU TELAHOUN ABEBE – The current tense state of affairs between Ethiopia and Egypt is a situation which is heightened by the domestic politics of both states, shifting regional rivalries and…
Egypt continues its old win-lose strategy towards Ethiopia
BY AREGU B. WONDIMUNEH – It has done it before, and it is doing it again. When the technical and legal experts and ministers of water and foreign affairs of Egypt, Sudan…
Towards zero female genital mutilation
A joint statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem, UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on the occasion of…
Banking expansion in Ethiopia, inherent shortcomings
BY ABEBE WOLDE GIORGIS – Currently, the banking industry in Ethiopia is growing rapidly in terms of accessibility, asset development, capital accumulation, profitability, provision of loan and saving.
Ethiopia at risk
BY KEBOUR GHENNA – Modern day Ethiopia is characterized by ethnic groups concerned about the protection of their rights and interests. This concern is motivated by an actual or perceived inequality of…
Coffee and Ethiopia
BY ANDUALEM SISAY GESSESSE – Unlike other coffee producing African countries, such as Uganda, and Burundi, more than half of Ethiopia’s coffee production is consumed locally. No matter how poor a family…
Who contains Ethiopia’s change under siege?
By AREGU B. WONDIMUNEH – Change has been a buzzword that reverberated in the ears of most citizens following Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed coming to power.
Can PM Abiy save Ethiopia from turning into failed state?
BY ANDUALEM SISAY GESSESSE – Gebremariam (not his real name) is a former journalist and my old friend now working for a NGO. When I met him on Thursday morning at a…
Treatment-resistant malaria: Are we winning the battle?
By Nathan Mulure – The history of resistance to antimalarials in Africa is not a happy one. At one time chloroquine was the leading recommended treatment against malaria.