Leul Estifanos

Leul is a freelance court reporter and a law graduate of Addis Ababa University. He previously worked as a case reviewer at the Public Procurement and Property Disposal Service.

Ethiopia’s National Dialogue Seeks to Smooth the Path to Constitutional Reform

This article is part of the Analytical Reporting to Improve the Federation (ARIF) project Changes to the ethnic federal system…

11 months

Ethiopia’s endless constitutional chasm and authoritarian abyss

Both a lack of democracy and a divisive founding document stand resolutely in the way of peace.

2 years

Could constitutional reform end Ethiopia’s political forever war?

For some in a divided political community, ethno-federalism is the source of all ills. For others, it’s the remedy to…

3 years

While welcome, Ethiopia’s national dialogue appears compromised

For the dialogue to be fruitful, TPLF and other banned groups should be included.

4 years

Ethiopia seeks to speed up reforms via new debt vehicle

While a new public corporation to deal with debts is a step in the right direction,  financing it is a…

5 years

የፍትህ ስረአት ማሻሻያ በኢትዮጵያ፡ ወደ ፍትህ ማዝገም

ፍርድ ቤቶች አሁንም ድረስ በአዝጋሚ ለውጥ ላይ ቢሆኑም እንደ ድሮው ለመንግስት ፍላጎት የሚያጎበድዱ ከመሆን ተላቀዋል።

5 years

Judicial reform in Ethiopia: Inching towards justice

The courts may still be sluggish but they are less slavish to the demands of the state.

5 years

መስመሩን በሳተው በዚህ የሽግግር ወቅት አፋኝ የኢትዮጵያ ህጎች ላይ ማሻሻያ እየተደረገ ነው

ህጎችን ማሻሻል ትክክለኛ ጅማሬ ቢሆንም የዲሞክራሲ ስርዓቱ ማሻሻያ ግን ገና ረዥም መንገድ መጓዝ ይጠበቅበታል።

5 years

Reforming Ethiopia’s draconian laws amid a derailing transition

While major amendments in electoral, civil society, anti-terrorism, and media laws are steps in the right direction, Ethiopia still has…

5 years