Author’s Note: In this commentary, I argue that Ethiopia did not enter BRICS merely to ask what BRICS could do for Ethiopia. Ethiopia entered BRICS to show the world what Ethiopia can do for BRICS—and what BRICS and Ethiopia can do together for Africa and the Global South. PM Abiy Ahmed’s message at the 2026…
MEMORANDUM TO HISTORY AND POSTERITY: Why I Am Setting the Record Straight I have written this rather lengthy commentary because I believe I have a moral obligation to stand up and speak out against the lies, distortions and disinformation that have been circulating on social media and elsewhere about the work of the Federal Cities…
The fact that 4 thousand Ethiopians shall sit together for over four weeks beginning on July 15, 2026, and dialogue over the fate and destiny of their country is a powerful testament to our shared commitment to peace, progress and prosperity — a hopeful and historic chance to listen, reconcile, and shape a future that…
By Professor Al Mariam (Emeritus & Attorney at Law) July 14, 2026 (ENA) Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty for the umpteenth time declared Egypt reserves its full right to defend its Nile water security should it be harmed by Ethiopia and that the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is an illegal unilateral…
𝐌𝐮𝐝𝐨 𝐀𝐤𝐨, 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐇𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐙𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚, 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 “𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐞𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫” 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞…
𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐛𝐢𝐲 𝐀𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐝: 𝐇𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲, 𝐠𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲, 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤, 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐬 𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝟐𝟒/𝟕/𝟑𝟔𝟓! 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞:…
“Oh, when the saints go marching in,” is a world famous traditional African American spiritual and gospel song that expresses communal joy, hope and eternal anticipation. “Oh, when the saints go marching in… Oh, Lord I want to be in that number… Oh, when the drums begin to bang Oh, I want to be in…
Chief Commissioner of the Ethiopian National Dialogue Commission (ENDC), Prof. Mesfin Araya, says all logistical preparations for National Dialogue Conference participants are ready. After 4 years of hard and challenging work of agenda-gathering and conferring with hundreds of thousands of participants in over 1,234 weredas (districts) throughout Ethiopia, the ENDC will hold the National Dialogue…
Ethiopian National Dialogue Commission/የኢትዮጵያ ሀገራዊ ምክክር ኮሚሽን በጋራ ሮጠናል፤ በጋራ እንመክራለን- የኢትዮጵያ ሀገራዊ ምክክር ኮሚሽን ሀምሌ 5/2018 ዓ.ም “ኢትዮጵያ እየመከረች ነው” በሚል መሪ ሃሳብ የተከናወነው የ5 ኪሎ ሜትር የጎዳና ላይ ሩጫ በስኬት ተጠናቋል። በጎዳና ላይ ሩጫው ህጻናት፣ ወጣቶች፣ አዛውንቶች፣ ሴቶች፣ የግልና የመንግሥት ሠራተኞች፣ የኤምባሲዎች ተወካዮች፣ ታዋቂ አትሌቶች እና ግለሰቦች እንዲሁም የኢትዮጵያ ሀገራዊ ምክክር ኮሚሽን ኮሚሽነሮች፣…
𝐎𝐧 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟏𝟓, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐂) 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞. Over the past four years, the ENDC has focused on nationwide agenda collection, broad stakeholder consultations and civic engagement, and laying the institutional groundwork for a consensus-based national dialogue. It conducted preparatory…
