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Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister of Ethiopia, is dead at 57

The BBC reports: Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has died at the age of 57, state media say, after weeks of illness. A government spokesman said Mr Meles had died in a hospital abroad – but did...

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Who’s interested in democracy?

According to Google Trends the answer is Ethiopians. Between 2004 and now they score the highest in the search index for the word “democracy,” at least among the English speaking countries of the...

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Is Africa Rising or Reeling?

This is from Amadou Sy, director of the Africa Growth Initiative at Brookings. Whether described as “Hopeless,” “Rising,” or “Reeling,” no one can deny that African countries have made substantial...

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A theory of Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed

Since getting into office, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has moved swiftly to implement both political and economic reforms. On the political front, he has released political prisoners, unbanned...

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