Commentary
Addis Ababa’s Smoke Economy: The Hidden Cost of the City’s Raw-Meat Boom
Addis Ababa’s kitchens burn quietly through the city’s future. Behind the glow of its booming siga bets—the raw-meat restaurants that have come to define...
Reshaping the Ethiopian Media: The Centre of Excellence as a Bridge from Polarisation to Dialogue
For those of us who care deeply about Ethiopia’s future, the state of our national media presents a profound dilemma. It is simultaneously a...
Mexico and the African Union: Two decades of shared commitment
In October 2025, Mexico proudly commemorates 20 years of its status as a Permanent Observer to the African Union (AU). This milestone reflects not...
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The Smoke Beneath the Promise: Inside Addis Ababa’s School Feeding Program
Smoke and the Morning Ritual 05:30AM, Three Weeks Ago. Tuesday. The promise of free school meals begins here—in a long, corrugated metal box held together by...
Beyond the Colonial Line: Ethiopia, the Afar People, and the Quest for a Just Peace on the Red Sea
A Flawed Foundation Ethiopia's quest for sovereign access to the Red Sea is a defining issue for the Horn of Africa. It is not a...
Getting It Right, No Second Chances: The Somali Region Oil and Gas Production, Investment
By Sheikh Raage Said Haji Mohamed Zayli’iye I feel a profound sense of obligation and a clear call of duty to speak frankly about the...
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Africa’s Best Energy Choice Is Geothermal
Africa is on a quest to deliver universal energy access and advance green industrialization, but it is still struggling to deliver reliable baseload electricity....
From Chaos to Compact: A Blueprint for Reclaiming Addis Ababa’s Roads
In Part I of this series, we traced how Addis Ababa lost control of its streets—how cultural norms, institutional decay, and physical bottlenecks combined...
A Sense of Déjà Vu: Africa’s Climate Ambitions and the Imperative of Strategic Finance
Watching the Addis Ababa Declaration on Climate Change and Call for Action unfold at ACS2, I was struck by a palpable sense of déjà...
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From Trade to Knowledge: What WTO Means for Ethiopia
Ethiopia stands at a critical juncture in its economic and developmental trajectory. Accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) is often discussed in terms...