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The ongoing Ethiopian National Dialogue in Addis Ababa marks a historic juncture as delegates grapple with foundational questions surrounding the nation's identity, governance, and institutional framework. ...
The launch of the National Dialogue Commission’s final conference in Addis Ababa marks a highly anticipated moment in Ethiopia’s modern political history. For more than four years, the Commission has gathered agendas and selected representatives across a deeply fractured nation. Now, as four thousand delegates gather at the Addis Convention Center, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has used the opening stage to signal a profound shift: the potential dismantling or heavy modification of the country’s thirty-year-old constitution....
The atmosphere inside the House of Peoples' Representatives in Addis Ababa this week was far from the choreographed rubber-stamping that often characterizes state reviews. Instead, the chamber became a political fault line, witnessing a bruising collision between official triumphalism and the lived reality of a population pushed to its absolute limits....
On June 1st, 2026, polling stations across the capital city of Addis Ababa and various regions of the country were bustling with long, orderly lines of voters. Under calm skies, blue ballot boxes, digital fingerprint scanners, and millions of citizens holding their voter cards stood as symbols of hope and democratic decorum. Rather than being defined by the multifaceted security and political challenges facing the nation, this historic day went down in the books as a triumph of democratic enthusiasm and institutional resilience....
At the recent Horn of Africa Peace Conference, aptly titled “Tsimdi” (Solidarity) and hosted in Sudan, prominent political figure Andargachew Tsige delivered a virtual keynote address that was quickly swallowed by his supporters as a masterclass in regional statesmanship. ...
The recent decision by Ethiopia’s Ministry of Finance to grant income tax exemptions to investors operating within free trade zones marks a significant policy shift—one that is as ambitious as it is consequential. At its core, this reform seeks to alleviate financial pressures on investors while catalysing industrial growth. Yet, beyond the optimism that accompanies such fiscal incentives lies a deeper question: does this policy represent a sustainable pathway to economic transformation, or merely a temporary reprieve from structural constraints?...
