Diplomacy in Melody, Silence in Memory: The Meloni-Abiy Encounter and the Unfinished Business of Italy-Ethiopia Relations
By E Frashie Ethiopian Tribune Columnist Introduction: A Song, A Summit, and Structural Amnesia In February 2026, at a state...
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Letter from Ethiopia, Diplomatic Capital, Displaced Citizens: The Contradictions of Addis Ababa
On the curious disjunction between a capital that hosts the continent and a nation that cannot quite hold itself together...
The cost of Endless Contributions: How Ethiopia Is Squeezing Growth Out Of Its Economy
Ethiopia’s economic debate is increasingly shaped not by what appears in the national budget, but by what happens outside it....
The Epstein Files and Ethiopia: When a Paedophile’s Shadow Falls on the Horn of Africa
An investigation into how Jeffrey Epstein’s tentacles reached Ethiopia, and what it reveals about power, complicity, and the global reckoning...
Targeting the Amhara Intelligentsia: Killings, Detentions, and the Legal Threshold of Genocide Under International Law
By Professor Girma Berhanu Introduction Reports of targeted violence against Amhara academics and professionals have raised growing concern about the...
Ethiopia’s Statistical Smokescreen: How Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Spun Numbers to Hide Economic Reality
Our columnist Sewasew Teklemariam exposes systematic distortion of growth figures and cost-of-living data in parliamentary address Addis Ababa — When...
When Global Scandals Reach Addis Ababa: Ethiopia and the Epstein Files
By Sewasew Tekelemariam Ethiopian Tribune Columnist There is a particular kind of silence that settles over a political class when...
Ethiopia’s Debt Restructuring Dilemma: When Creditors Collide and a Nation Waits
An analysis of how geopolitical rivalry, institutional rigidity, and post-conflict fragility are prolonging Ethiopia’s path to economic recovery as fears...
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በጋሻው አደመ ኢትዮጵያ ልዕልናዋን፣ ክብሯን፣ ህልው ምግባሯን በጀግኖቿ ተጋድሎና በመስዋዕትነት ያጸናች ሀገር ናት። ኢትዮጵያ ከታሪካዊ ጠላቶቿ መንጋጋ የወጣችባቸው የዘመን ሽራፊ...
The Long Taxi to Take‑Off: Ethiopia’s Reform Agenda Meets American Caution
By E Frashie Ethiopian Tribune Columnist The spectacle unfolded with predictable diplomatic grace. Ahmed Shide, flanked by technocrats bearing reform...