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Op-Ed: To heal, Ethiopia needs to confront its violent past
By Laetitia Bader @LaetitiaBader Addis Abeba, May 27/2020 – “I want to move on and feel a part of Abiy’s Ethiopia. I want justice and a chance to get better myself,” a survivor of torture told a colleague of mine last year. “But I don’t know where to get that …
Op-Ed: Constitutional based national dialogue the best way to avert a constitutional crisis triggered by deferred election
Solomon A. Dersso (PhD) @SolomonADersso Addis Abeba, April 30/2020 – Yesterday 29 April, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed held a consultation with representatives of various opposition parties on the question of the much anticipated election initially expected to be held in August 2020 but had to be postponed due to the …
Commentary: Ethiopia’s postponed elections: Governing in the interregnum
Adem Kassie Abebe @AdamAbebe Addis Abeba, April 14/2020 – The COVID-19 Pandemic has its first electoral casualty in Africa after Ethiopia announced the indefinite postponement of preparations for general elections for members of the House of Peoples’ Representatives (parliament) and Regional Legislative Councils, originally slotted for 29 August 2020. Ethiopia’s …
