Iron Rivers and Empty Kitchens: Ethiopia’s Theatre of Progress
By Sewasew Teklemariam Ethiopian Tribune columnist Ethiopia has always been a land of grand announcements, but December 2025 has been...
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The Amhara Question: How Washington’s Calculations Leave Ethiopia’s Forgotten Community in the Shadows
As Ethiopia joins BRICS and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed cultivates closer ties with the UAE and Gulf powers, two Ethiopian...
Democracy Under Construction or Closed for Renovation?
By Sewasew Teklemariam, Ethiopian Tribune columnist London, 11 November 2025. Conway Hall was heavy with anticipation as Mehdi Hasan prepared...
Railways to Redemption, Altars to Ashes
By Thomas Araya Ethiopian Tribune columnist Ethiopia, that ancient land of saints and sovereigns, is once again caught between the...
Ethiopia’s National Dialogue: A Crisis of Legitimacy or a Pathway to Peace?
By E Frashie Ethiopian Tribune columnist ADDIS ABABA—Last week, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed addressed the nation with what government officials...
The Art of Diplomatic “Cooking”: Egypt’s Strategic Containment of Ethiopia
By Sewasew Teklemariam In the intricate theatre of Horn of Africa diplomacy, where ancient civilisations clash with modern statecraft and...
Women’s Bodies as Battlefields: Breast Amputation and Genital Mutilation by The Nobel Peace Laureate Abiy Ahmed Ali’s Soldiers. A tribute to Bealem Wasse
By Girma Berhanu, (Professor) Gothenburg University Department of Education and Special Education girma.berhanu@ped.gu.se Abstract The situation in Ethiopia’s Amhara region...
“Voices Jammed, Truth Suspended”: Ethiopia’s War on Journalism and the Literacy of Power
By Sewasew Teklemariam, Ethiopian Tribune columnist In the long shadow of Ethiopia’s political history, journalism has never been a neutral...
Gold Fever and the Mirage of Recovery: Ethiopia’s Bullion Boom and the Battle for Economic Credibility
By Thomas Araya Ethiopian Tribune columnist In Addis Ababa’s financial district, optimism hums beneath the din of economic anxiety. For...
Land of Hunger The Granaries Are Full, On PowerPoint World Food Day in Ethiopia: A Feast of Rhetoric, a Famine of Truth
By Sewasew Teklemariam Ethiopian Tribune columnist On 16 October, Ethiopia marked World Food Day with the usual fanfare: speeches from...
