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...
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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...
Ethiopia’s Morality Police Target Hemlines Whilst Addis Ababa’s Sex Trade Thrives Unchecked
Authorities fine women for ‘immodest’ dress as capital’s red-light districts operate openly, serving burgeoning middle-class demand By Alemitu Regassa researcher...
Geʽez and the Politics of Cultural Erasure in Contemporary Ethiopia
Girma Berhanu (Professor) Abstract In recent public discourse, a prominent Ethiopian figure dismissed the ancient Semitic language Geʽez as "dead" and irrelevant...
Fairness Deferred: Ethiopia’s Reform Rhetoric Meets the Bondholder Barricade
By Sewasew Teklemariam Ethiopian Tribune columnist As Minister Ahmed Shide pleads for multilateral solidarity, Ethiopia’s debt diplomacy unravels under creditor...
A Dialogue of the Deaf: How London Became the Stage for Ethiopia’s National Farce
By Ethiopian Tribune chief editor. It was a crisp October morning in London, one of those days where democracy feels...
Ethiopia’s Diplomatic Crossroads: U.S. Estrangement, Three Influential Figures, and the Crisis of Mediation
ByCaleb Ta (Dr.) Independent Researcher in African Political Affairs; Human Rights Advocate Abstract This article examines Ethiopia’s deepening diplomatic isolation...
Revolutionary Comrades, Ponzi Schemes, and 119 Million Missing Cars: An Ethiopian Tragicomedy
Ethiopia’s Theatre of Governance: A Satirical Chronicle By Sewasew Teklemariam Ethiopian Tribune columnist Ethiopia’s Ministry of Transport has unveiled plans...
Sovereignty Under Siege: Reading the Fracture Lines Between Asmara and Addis
A Correspondent’s Dispatch ADDIS ABABA — The Economist’s stark assessment landed like a stone in still water. “Africa’s most secretive...
Ethiopia’s Green Leap or Policy Overreach? The Politics, Perils and Promises of the Fuel Ban
By E Frashie Ethiopian Tribune correspondent When Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced that Ethiopia would no longer import fuel-powered trucks,...
