ዶ/ር ዳንኤል ተፈራ የኢኮኖሚክስ ኤመረተስ ፕሮፌሰር ከ6/23/19 እስከ 6/30/19 ባለው ጊዜ ውስጥ ለቤተሰብ ጉዳይ ኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ ነበርኩ። ለመጨረሻ ጌዜ ወደ ኢትዮጵያ የሄድከት የዛሬ ሦስት ዓመት ነበር። ያንጊዜ ያላየሁትን በአሁኑ ቆይታዬ ለማየት ችያለሁ። ፍርሀት ተወግዶ፤ ሰው አንገቱን ሳይደፋ መሄድ፤ እንዲሁም መናገር ችሏል። ከዚህ ቀደም በፊቱ ላይ ይታይ የነበረው ጭንቀት ቀርቶ ዛሬ ፈገግታ ይነበብታል። ጉዞዬን የጀመርኩት በ6/22/19...
April 24, 2019
Daniel Teferra* A paper presented at Ethiopia Forum: Challenges and Prospects for a Constitutional Democracy in Ethiopia, Symposium and Panel Discussion, at African Studies Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing Michigan, March 23-24, 2019. In Ethiopia, historically, the disparity in land ownership is a major problem that has kept a vast majority of the population...
December 9, 2018
By Daniel Teferra (Ph.D.)* The Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Dr. Abiy Ahmad, on 27th November 2018, met with representatives of eighty-one political parties to discuss the upcoming election. But it is the Constitution that needs fixing first. Otherwise, the country may unravel. Conducting an election by itself may not prevent that from happening. For example,...
November 5, 2018
By Dr. Daniel Teferra* In reading Mr. Rene Lefort’s recent article, “Ethiopia: Climbing Mount Uncertainty”, (OpenDemocracy, 21 October 2018), I thought I should comment on some of the points in his piece that caught my attention. I will also discuss what I think is the real issue, facing the country, and try to examine possibilities...
