COVID-19

Reviving Ethiopia’s press post-pandemic

Ethiopia’s media outlets have been hit hard by COVID-19 and are in dire need of economic life-support from the government.

6 years

Is COVID-19 as infectious and fatal in Ethiopia? Perhaps not

It is hard to explain Ethiopia's low infection rate if it's assumed COVID-19's impact is universal. Alternative theories are needed.

6 years

Pandemic tax-remit scheme does not provide relief for all

Importers, retailers, and regional taxpayers are among those not covered by the government's COVID-19 tax-relief directive.

6 years

Amid lockdown fears, COVID-19 threatens Ethiopia’s urban poor

For many Ethiopians already struggling to make ends meet, the prospect of not being able to work is a bigger…

6 years

A constitutional path towards political normalization

Now is the time for democratic institutions to play their role in the transition, writes Mamo Mihretu, Senior Policy Advisor…

6 years

State must step up during pandemic to support ailing firms

The labor ministry’s COVID-19 protocol abdicates government responsibility for helping companies retain workers during the pandemic.

6 years

COVID-19 and federal supremacy in the constitutional system

As it has no constitutional basis, regional governments can challenge the notion of federal supremacy introduced in the COVID-19 state…

6 years

Is Tigray’s COVID-19 state of emergency constitutional, practical?

Ethiopia needs a unified response to the pandemic, not overlapping emergency decrees.

6 years

COVID-19 state of emergency and the federal balance of power

The federal executive’s approach to the state of emergency to tackle COVID-19 appears to shift power to the center and…

6 years