Editorial

Beginning last week, lecturers at institutions of higher learning have been holding meetings with government representatives.

The new Ethiopian year of 2009 has inherited the baggage of unresolved issues that rolled over from the previous year.

The constitution of Ethiopia under Article 21 provides that all persons held in custody and persons imprisoned upon conviction and sentencing have the right to treatments respecting their human dignity.

The rule of law is a system on which any civilized society stands. It is when the rule of law is respected that each and every individual can peacefully enjoy such fundamental freedoms as the right to life, liberty, work, free expression of thought and acquire property, among others.

The athletes who put Ethiopia on the medal table in the just-concluded Rio Olympics deserve our admiration and gratitude.

Defending a nation from any and all forms of aggression and threat is a shared obligation that the citizenry owe.

There is no guarantee that the recent protests sweeping the Amhara and Oromia regions of Ethiopia will not spread to other regions.

Governing a nation is a grave responsibility which requires of leaders to personify wisdom, far-sightedness, integrity, leadership skills and an unswerving commitment to peace, democracy and development.

Addis Ababa is wallowing in urban dirt that has been uncollected for some time now.

Nature has blessed the world with a kaleidoscope of diversity. Diversity of views has been a feature of human existence throughout history.