Intellectual Freedom and the Weight of History: AAU’s 75th Anniversary Dialogue
By Sewasew Teklemariam At Addis Ababa University’s 75th anniversary celebration, a remarkable exchange unfolded, one that crystallised decades of tension...
Sustainability
Crisis as Currency: Ethiopia in the Crosshairs of 2026
The first week of 2026 arrives with the usual rituals of forced optimism. Governments issue their polished greetings, citizens make...
Ethiopia’s Bishoftu Airport: Building a $12.5bn Hub on Fractured Ground
Can Infrastructure Forge Stability Where Politics Has Failed? By E Frashie, Ethiopian Tribune Columnist About an hour south of Addis...
Ethiopia’s Debt Crisis Exposes a Rigged Global Financial System
When “Debt Relief” Means Bondholder Profits By E FrashieEthiopian Tribune Commentary Ethiopia’s struggle to restructure its sovereign debt has become...
The Hugger and the Dictator: Abiy Ahmed in Satirical Light
A Conversation in Three Acts By Ms. Leeshan KurateyInvestigative Journalist, Writer, and Poet Prologue: The Satirist as Scholar Before we...
Asmara’s Gambit: Eritrea’s IGAD Exit and the Dangerous Theatre of Red Sea Politics
By Teklay Assefa, Senior Columnist The recent withdrawal of Eritrea from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development marks yet another chapter...
Ethiopia’s Digital Gamble: When Bitcoin Mines While Citizens Sit in Darkness
A nation trades its humanitarian soul for cryptocurrency’s fleeting promise By Thomas Araya, Ethiopian Tribune columnist In the dim glow...
When the Digital Megaphone Becomes a Battleground: Ethiopia’s Uneasy Dance with Online Freedom
By Sewasew Teklemariam There was a moment, not so long ago, when Ethiopia’s digital awakening felt like an unambiguous triumph....
Bearing the Weight of Conscience: Alienation and Moral Dissonance in Humanitarian–Political Activism in Ethiopia and its Diaspora
By Girma Berhanu (PHD) Gothenburg University, Department of Education and Special Education "Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when...
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...
