Middle East Conflict Sends Fuel and Fertilizer Price Shocks Threatening Food Security Across Africa
By TESFA-ALEM TEKLE A US based aid organisation Mercy Corps warns that escalating conflict in the Middle East is sending…
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Allegations of Aid Diversion and Forced Contributions Raise Alarm in Tigray
By TESFA-ALEM TEKLE Fresh allegations of aid diversion and forced financial contributions in parts of Tigray are raising serious concerns…
Exorcising the Ghost of Dependency: The Presential Industrial Hubs as Uganda’s New Frontier of Independence
By RAYMOND KAMUGISHA AKANKWATSA There are seasons in the life of a nation when policy stops being paperwork and becomes…
Hundreds Rally in Downtown Toronto Following Killing Of Iran’s Supreme Leader
By TESFA-ALEM TEKLE Toronto, Canada — Hundreds of Iranians and Iranian-Canadians gathered in downtown Toronto on Saturday to celebrate the killing…
Ethiopia: Protests Sweep Tigray Over Federal Election Ruling Amid War Fears
By RANIA H. Widespread protests were held across several cities in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, from Sheraro to Alamata, in…
Ethiopian troops mobilize on Tigray border amid rising fears of renewed war
By TESFA-ALEM TEKLE Federal and regional military forces in Ethiopia are massing along the northern boundary of the Tigray region…
Report: AU Failed to Prevent Deadliest War on Tigray Since Rwandan Genocide
By TESFA-ALEM TEKLE A newly released analytical report by the Pan-African Agenda has concluded that the African Union failed to…
Will Words Be Enough? Rising Military Tensions Rekindle Fears of Renewed War in Northern Ethiopia
By GEBREWAHID AMHA ABESHA More than three years after the signing of the Pretoria peace agreement, rising tensions and visible…
The Paradox of Plenty: Why Nations Rich in Natural Resources Often End Up Poor in Prosperity, Democracy, and Stability
By Atwemereireho Alex In the annals of political economy, few phenomena are as paradoxical, enduring, and intellectually unsettling as the…
Court Case Against Tigray General Sparks Serious Concerns Over Due Process and Judicial Independence
By RANIA H. The arrest and prosecution of General Guesh Gebre, former commander of Army 15 of the Tigrayan forces,…