The Ritual Before the Storm: Ethiopia’s 2026 Election and the Impossible Choice
By The Editorial Team, The Ethiopian Tribune June 1st, 2026 the date every observer of Ethiopian politics has circled on...
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The Geography of Delusion: Why Abiy Ahmed’s Imperial Vision Threatens Ethiopia, Not Saves It
By Sewasew Teklemariam When The Economist warns that a prime minister's "ambitions threaten both his country and the Horn of...
The New Addis: How Vanity Meets Vulnerability
Abiy Ahmed's corridor megaprojects seduce the global influencer class while 43 per cent of Ethiopians sink below the poverty line—a...
National Unity and Red Sea Sovereignty: Legislation as the Price of the Nation
By Professor Mefkereseb Goytom Hailu EDITORIAL FOREWORD The fortnight of 11–16 May reshuffled the diplomatic surface of the Ethiopian moment...
Hunger in Addis Ababa: The Work of an Ethnic Apartheid System
By Professor GIRMA BERHANU For more than half a century, Ethiopians have endured cycles of drought, famine, and mass starvation....
The Red Sea Calculus: Macron’s Statecraft, IMF Confidence, and the Resurgent Horn
How a U.S.-mediated Ethiopia–Eritrea rapprochement is reshaping geopolitics, diplomatic leverage, and regional order An International Observer Analysis Editorial Foreword In...
The Ghosts in the War Room: Institutional Betrayal, Military Collapse, and the Silenced History of Ethiopia’s 16 May 1989 Coup
On the thirty-sixth anniversary of the coup d'état that almost toppled Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam, the Ethiopian Tribune examines the...
The Red Sea Roulette
How Great Powers Play Kingmakers While Pretending to Promote Democracy By Sewasew Teklemariam Ethiopian Tribune Columnist Last week, the United...
The Architecture of Collapse: Ethiopia’s Convergent Crises and the Question of Civilisational Survival
How regional war, electoral consolidation, diaspora uprising, and conflicting visions of national identity threaten to unravel the Horn of Africa’s...
From Mandela’s Ethiopian Trainer to Today’s Xenophobic Violence
How South Africa Forgot Those Who Fought for Its Freedom By E. Frashie Ethiopian Tribune columnist I. Introduction: A Nation...
