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...
Ethiopian Tribune
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, the World’s Oldest Ally and Its Newest Convenience: From Korea to Gaza, and the Perils of Selective Internationalism
By Sewasew Teklemariam There is something almost tragicomic about watching great powers rediscover Ethiopia every few decades, dusting off the...
‘The world stayed quiet, so we came to London’: Amhara protesters name the supply chain of violence
On a crisp December evening outside the UAE embassy, Britain’s Ethiopian diaspora confronted not just a foreign power, but the...
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 Split Screen: Ethiopia’s Diplomatic Schizophrenia and the Magnitsky Shadow
How a government courting Tehran and BRICS finds itself branded a persecutor in Washington By E Frashie Ethiopian Tribune columnist...
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....
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...