Daniel Hailu

Daniel (PhD) is a multidisciplinary researcher specializing in social protection and social inclusion. He can be reached at danihailu@gmail.com

Ethiopia’s Intellectual Crisis Begins With a Culture of Conformity

A rejoinder to Mengistu Weldemariam and Girma Berhanu

2 days

#ትሰማ Unmasks a Power Struggle Over Culture in Ethiopia

A campaign against gender violence ignites a wider cultural debate.

2 months

Everyday Authoritarianism Threatens Ethiopia’s Democratic Ambitions

The country’s democratic crisis begins in everyday relationships with power.

3 months

Diagnosing Delusion in Ethiopia’s Political Discourse

A diagnosis of the rigid thinking and distorted perceptions driving political conflict.

11 months

The Grammar of Aggression: Ethiopia’s Culture of Confrontation

From family dynamics to national politics, confrontation saturates Ethiopian life, shaping how people argue, resist, and survive.

1 year

Time’s Hostage: How Ethiopia’s Past is Strangling its Present and Future

In a nation haunted by its history, memory binds the present and blinds the future

1 year

Othering in Disguise: Nationalism, Regionalism, and the Search for Civic Belonging in Ethiopia

How exclusionary politics unravel Ethiopia’s fragile civic unity

1 year

Africa’s Costly Gender Gap

Africa’s gender equality policies remain unfulfilled—costing the continent billions in lost growth

1 year

A message to foreign commentators on Ethiopian politics

Foreign commentators should contribute to the emergence of a culture of rational dialogue in Ethiopia while taking care not to…

4 years