Not since World War II have more human beings been at risk from disease and starvation than at this very moment.
Ethiopian migrant domestic workers who give birth to children in Lebanon are caught in a trap between the struggle to bring up a child with no legal status, and the difficulty of exiting the country.
I am blessed, in this western country, to cast my vote.
Things fall apart: will the centre hold?
The answer to famine is not increased levels of food aid, but strategic planning to enable communities to survive the impact of extreme weather, made more acute by climate change.
The usual scapegoat returns, with fears that the land tenure system is the main culprit for low production and thus food shortages in a crisis, when it is not.
The increased call on countries to maximise local revenue in order to finance their own development agenda adds to the urgency of making sure that domestic resources are tailored towards achieving gender equality.
The history of this country is one of eternal recurrence. The ‘national question” re-emerges where it has always been, with varying degrees of visibility: at the heart of Ethiopian political life.
In Memoriam for the great Oromo artist, Haacaaluu Hundeessaa, assassinated on June 30, 2020. Oromo music has played a central role in providing alternative spaces for enunciating ‘the Oromo question’.
The May 24 election, contrary to US Under Secretary of State Wendy Sherman’s misjudged and widely criticized comments, is a hollow piece of democratic theatre.
Those fleeing violent conflict or brutal repressive regimes, facing darkness and terror as they journey from home to Europe, deserve compassion—not intolerance, paranoia and hate.
A UK citizen who was a refugee from the one-party state that is Ethiopia has been spirited back into its clutches. Why is the Foreign and Commonwealth Office doing so little?
