Ethiopian students in Hungary in extreme financial hardship

Ethiopian students benefiting from a Hungarian government scholarship complained about financial hardship and asked their government to support them to cater for their basic needs because their stipends are inadequate. The students, numbering over 30, are beneficiaries of the Stipendium…
Yonatan Tesfaye released

Ethiopian opposition politician Yonatan Tesfaye was released from Ziway prison as part of a presidential pardon. Yonatan had been among journalists and politicians line up to be freed on Mid-February but his release delayed because he refused to sign false…
Awash bank in lawsuit over unpaid bills

Awash International Bank S.C. (AIB), one of the biggest private commercial banks in Ethiopia, found itself on the wrong side of the fence with accusation of unpaid bill. A lawsuit was brought at the Federal Higher Court by Giga Construction…
A council to solve Somalis and Oromos dispute

Effort began to resolve the Somali regional and Oromia dispute and political crisis using traditional problem-solving methods and customary negotiations, Ethiopia Observer has learnt. Led by Getahun Hussein, Chairperson of the Public Consultative Forum of Ethiopia on Peace Development and…