Daniel Hailu

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

Everyday Authoritarianism Threatens Ethiopia’s Democratic Ambitions

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

1 week

Diagnosing Delusion in Ethiopia’s Political Discourse

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

9 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.

10 months

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

12 months

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

Ethiopia’s COVID-19 response is not local enough: A reply to Dawd S. Siraj

The government's response to the pandemic has not been grounded in the Ethiopian reality.

6 years

The irrelevance of containment as an Ethiopian COVID-19 response

With community transmission now widespread, Ethiopia needs to spend scarce resources on treatment to most effectively combat COVID-19.

6 years