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Ethiopia: Tigray Rejects National Dialogue, Calling PM Abiy’s Process “Propaganda” and Questioning Its Legitimacy

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By BINYAM DANIEL Mekelle, July 13, 2026 — The Tigray Regional government on Monday announced that the Tigray Interim Regional Administration will not participate in the proposed Ethiopia’s National Dialogue, describing the process as lacking legitimacy, political inclusiveness, and the basic conditions necessary for meaningful reconciliation. In a strongly worded statement issued from Mekelle on Monday,…

How Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Is Burying Ethiopia’s Industrial Dream

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By Hana-Mariam Teshome For more than two decades, Ethiopia was presented as one of Africa’s promising destinations for manufacturing investment. The country’s industrialization strategy, pursued during the former ruling party, Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) era, was built around a clear economic ambition: move millions of people from low-productivity agriculture into modern manufacturing, increase…

The Oil Paradigm: Will Uganda’s Impending Crude Boom Trickle Down to Citzens?

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By Atwemereireho Alex For nearly two decades, Uganda’s petroleum narrative has hovered precariously within the liminal space between existential promise and perpetual postponement. “First Oil” became a familiar, almost exhausting political refrain invoked during heated campaign seasons, ritualistically repeated in State of the Nation Addresses, and embedded deep within successive National Development Plans (NDPs) yet…

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