By TESFA-ALEM TEKLE MEKELLE, Tigray Region, Ethiopia — Yonas Teame, a humanitarian worker and human rights documenter who spent years recording alleged abuses against women and children in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, was taken from his home by armed men in Mekelle in June 2025, according to people familiar with his case. His detention, followed by…
By Atwemereireho Alex To understand the cultural phenomenon of Reagan Muhairwe, known across East Africa as Ray-G, one must first examine the historical geography of Uganda’s creative industry. For over three decades following the political and socio-economic stabilization of the late twentieth century, the nation’s popular music economy operated under an unwritten law of linguistic…
By Zayd Tesfay When the Battlefield Entered a Family’s Home The war in Tigray did not end for Asmelash Hadgu when the guns became silent. The battlefield followed him home. Before conflict transformed the lives of millions in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, 43 year old Asmelash was a construction worker in Mekelle, the regional capital. Like…
By TESFA-ALEM TEKLE MEKELLE, Tigray Region, Ethiopia — Yonas Teame, a humanitarian worker and human rights documenter who spent years recording alleged abuses against women and children in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, was taken from his home by armed men in Mekelle in June 2025, according to people familiar with his case. His detention, followed by…
By Atwemereireho Alex To understand the cultural phenomenon of Reagan Muhairwe, known across East Africa as Ray-G, one must first examine the historical geography of Uganda’s creative industry. For over three decades following the political and socio-economic stabilization of the late twentieth century, the nation’s popular music economy operated under an unwritten law of linguistic…
By Zayd Tesfay When the Battlefield Entered a Family’s Home The war in Tigray did not end for Asmelash Hadgu when the guns became silent. The battlefield followed him home. Before conflict transformed the lives of millions in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, 43 year old Asmelash was a construction worker in Mekelle, the regional capital. Like…
By TESFA-ALEM TEKLE MEKELLE, Tigray Region, Ethiopia — Yonas Teame, a humanitarian worker and human rights documenter who spent years…
By Atwemereireho Alex To understand the cultural phenomenon of Reagan Muhairwe, known across East Africa as Ray-G, one must first…
By Zayd Tesfay When the Battlefield Entered a Family’s Home The war in Tigray did not end for Asmelash Hadgu…
By Dr. Yonas Workineh National dialogue is a broad political process designed to help societies address deep-rooted political, social, and…
By Rogers Tulyahabwe Amakwerekwere is the word many black South Africans say when they mean an African migrant. It is…
By BINYAM DANIEL Mekelle, July 13, 2026 — The Tigray Regional government on Monday announced that the Tigray Interim Regional Administration…
By Hana-Mariam Teshome For more than two decades, Ethiopia was presented as one of Africa’s promising destinations for manufacturing investment….
By Atwemereireho Alex For nearly two decades, Uganda’s petroleum narrative has hovered precariously within the liminal space between existential promise…
By Hana-Maryam Teshome Ethiopia’s fractured democratic landscape has entered another period of political confrontation after a major opposition alliance refused…
By TESFA-ALEM TEKLE Regional authorities in Ethiopia’s Tigray region should withdraw a proclamation that purports to grant them sweeping powers…
