“Ill-gotten gains” affairs: watchdog accuses the entourage of the president of Djibouti A French monitoring group and the Collectif européen de la diaspora djiboutienne (European Collective of the Djiboutian Diaspora) had filed a complaint against the entourage of Djiboutian president…
• Seven Indian employees of IL&FS Transportation Network Ltd have been held hostage by unpaid workers • The Ethiopian Roads Authority says it is trying to negotiate with the company to resolve the crisis Indian road construction workers are allegedly…
Council might halt operations due to resources shortages The Ethiopian Human Rights Council (EHRCO) wrote in a letter to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, asking the Ethiopian government lift a freeze on around 9 million birr that it froze from the…
Organized groups armed with guns and knives killed several civilians based on their ethnicity in Yaso district of Benishangul-Gumuz region on Thursday night, November 23 , Voice of America’s Mukitar Jemal reported. Oromo and Amhara ethnic groups living in a…
The anti-corruption campaign and the saga of Metal & Engineering Corporation (MetEC) has ensnared several people who had once been prominent figures in government and the ruling party. The documentary, entitled Minabawi (Illusion) uncovering web of corruption about the corporation…
Abiy heaps praise on ‘a woman of unwavering conviction” A critic points out a flowed political process in the appointment Ethiopia’s former opposition leader Birtucan Mideksa has been appointed as National Electoral Board’s new chairperson. Birtucan replaces Samia Zekaria who…
Tibor Nagy to improve trade and commercial ties with Ethiopia during trip Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of African Affairs Tibor Nagy will travel to Addis Ababa next week to meet with the Ethiopian government and African Union leaders. The…
An inaugural ceremony would be held on November 21 for the completion of a preservation project at the rock-hewn church of Bete Golgotha Mickael in Lalibela, Ethiopia’s Authority for Research and Conservation of Cultural Heritage (ARCCH) disclosed. The renovation work,…
Ethiopia’s Metal & Engineering Corporation (MetEC) has been the subject of an investigation into allegation of corrupt conduct and embezzlement of public funds. Another report alludes it might also have been engaged in an illicit arms trade, in a blatant…
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s anti-corruption campaign kicked into high gear this week with the arrest of senior officials of the military-linked Metals and Engineering Corporation (MetEC), including the former head Kinfe Dagnew. In this brief interview with Arefaynie Fantahun below,…