In the shadow of a liberation war
Kenya needs to understand the Oromo cause and what is happening across the border in Ethiopia.
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Eyes on the Prize
Does the peace deal between Ethiopia and Eritrea — now rewarded with a Nobel Prize — bring the kind of cooperation between the two countries that it aspired to do a year ago?
The enemy of my enemy is my friend
The reopening of a border between Eritrea and Tigray masks a deeper realignment. As old foes unite against Ethiopia’s government, the risk of renewed war grows.
Crossing the Red Sea
Salafism is across Ethiopia. While Saudi Arabia has played a role, Ethiopian Muslims themselves are playing a bigger one.
Rastafari and His Imperial Majesty
It's understandable that Rastafari aren’t critical about Haile Selassie, but the idealization of the monarch and Ethiopia in general can prevent critical analysis.
The ghosts of Adwa
The Ethiopia inscribed with anti-colonial meanings after its victory over European colonialism in 1896 was a colonizing state itself.
Testing the fitness of our own instincts
The Nigerian writer Emmanuel Iduma talks to American photographer and teacher, Eric Gottesman, about his work in Ethiopia.
Landscapes of ambition and neglect
While Ethiopia’s leaders chase shiny new projects that are grand monuments to themselves and modernity, they ignore the country’s rich, natural heritage.
Why Blogging is a Threat to the Ethiopian Government
In the past decade, more journalists have fled Ethiopia than any other country in the world.
When Haile Selassie went to Jamaica in 1966
The 21 April 1966 visit by Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie to Jamaica casts a big spell over the appeal of Ethiopia to Rasta and how Ethiopians perceive Rasta in turn.
The African Lion
Labour challenges in Ethiopia's industrialization.
The women at the doorway
The photographer Aida Muluneh's work explores Ethiopia via identity, personal journey, and family nostalgia after a 30-year absence.
The dust, towers and false promises of modern Ethiopia
Successive Ethiopian governments have continued a 'modernizing' project that not only offers people false dreams, but actively dislocates them from the things that gave them purpose in the past.
The point of no return in Ethiopia
Whatever we make of the Ethiopian government’s prevarication, the Irreechaa Massacre was a point of no return for the people.
Encountering the promised land
The story of the Rastafari community who moved to their promised land of Ethiopia on land granted by Haile Selassie in the late 1950s as thanks for diaspora's support during the Italian occupation.
What happened to Ethiopia?
The ongoing displacement and killings of minorities and the ongoing war in Tigray — labeled by the federal government as enforcing law and order — are disturbing. It can't go on.
Running is work
What a documentary film on running can tell us about Ethiopia's development trajectory.
Eight hours in Addis
A reflection by Kenyan writer, Norbert Odero, on a short visa-free visit to Ethiopia.