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...
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The Persecution of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church: Forced Conversion, Derision, and Systemic Erasure
By Professor Girma Berhanu Department of Education and Special Education University of Gothenburg Introduction This paper is motivated by a...
The Amhara Question: How Fano’s Unification Exposes Ethiopia’s Intellectual Dishonesty
By Ethiopian Tribune columnist E. Frashie On 17th January, the announcement of the Amhara Fano National Movement (AFNM) did more...
Under the Coffee Smoke: Ethiopia Between Sky and Sea
A Dialogue Between Two Minds By Ms Leeshan Kuratey, Ethiopian Tribune Columnist In an Ethiopian coffee house just off Bole...
A Hotel, a Dynasty, and the Long Afterlife of Ethiopian Property
By Endex, Ethiopian Tribune editor in chief In the Mexico district of central Addis Ababa, where concrete modernity jostles uneasily...
When the Sanctuary Empties Quietly: Ethiopia’s Orthodox Church and the Human Rights Crisis No One Wants to Name
By E Frashie Ethiopian Tribune Columnist There is a particular sound a civilisation makes when it is being hollowed out....
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...
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...
