Building sustainable and stable democratic governance including its growth and development goes hand in hand with growth and development of civic institutions. Ever since the enlightenment period of the 18th century Europe, civil society has risen as independent entity between family and the feudal state.
Read Moreእኛ የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ቤተ ክርስቲያን ምእመናን የትልቅ ታሪክ ችቦ ተሸካሞች ነን። ችቦውን መሸከም መስቀለ ሞቱን የመሸከም ያህል ይከብዳል፤ ግን የኩሩው ማንነት መታወቂያችን ስለሆነ ከባዱን ሸክም በደስታና በጸጋ እንሸከመዋለን። ስለችቦውና ስለ አቀጣጣዮቹ ተናገር ስላሉኝ ተደስቻለሁ።
Read MoreThe Vatican took a somewhat equivocal attitude throughout the Italo-Ethiopian conflict. The pope, Pius XI, tried to display a kind of neutrality in all his official political positions regarding the Italo-Ethiopian dispute.
Read Moreይህን ጥያቄ ባጥጋቢ ለመመለስ መጀመሪያ ያገሪቱን ተጨባጭ ሁኔታ በመመርመር የችግሩን መንስዔ መረዳት ያስፈልጋል። ኢትዮጵያ አራት አይነት የፖለቲካና የኢኮኖሚ ትሥሥራዊ ችግሮች ያሏት ይመስለኛል።
Read Moreበዛሬው ጉባኤያችን ላይ በአካል ለመገኘት ብችል ምንኛ በተደሰትኩ ነበር። ብገኝ ኖሮ የማቀርበውን ሐሳብ በሩቁ ሆኜ በጽሑፍ እንዳቀርብ ከተፈቀደልኝ፥ ከአሁን በፊት በስብስቦችና በብትን ያቀረብኩትን እንዳዲስ ላቅርብ።
Read Moreለዛሬው ድርሰቴ የሰጠሁት ርእስ ሐሳቤን ትንሽ ለወጥ ባለ መንገድ ላቀርብ መነሣቴን ያመለክታል።
Read MoreSlightly more than two decades have passed since the TPLF enshrined ethnicity in the laws and constitution of the country as the foundation as well as the guiding principle of statecraft and inter- ethnic relations. The experience gained during this period of our political history is more than adequate for assessing the wisdom of structuring government on such an emotionally charged, divisive and unstable basis.
Read Moreመንግሥትና ሕግ አንዱ ያለሌላው የማይኖር የዓይንና የብርሃን ጋብቻዎች ናቸው። ጋብቻው ሕይወታቸው ስለሆነ፥ ብርሃኑ ቢደበዝዝ፥ ወይም ዓይኑ ቢደክም ብርሃኑ ቦግ የሚልበት፥ ዓይኑ የሚጠነክርበት መንገድ ይፈለግላቸዋል እንጂ አይፋቱም።
Read MoreChina’s determined economic engagement with Africa has raised concerns about human rights being submerged under non-interference, and the tenuous movements toward transparency of public-sector contracts being undermined by secrecy and corruption. A closer look at the involvement of China in Africa so far suggests, however, that the Chinese approach of pursuing narrow geo-economic interests, despite some novelties, hardly differs from that of the “democratic” West, India, or Japan.
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