Two Ethiopians have been named among 50 most influential Africans of 2018 by the prestigious Paris-based Jeune Afrique Magazine. According to April–May 2018 edition of the magazine, Microsoft 4Afrika regional director, Amrote Abdella and a South-Africa based astrophysicist, Yabebal Fantaye…
Many political prisoners are still locked up in Ethiopia in the wake of the appointment of a new prime minister, Abiy Ahmed a month ago. Two members of the Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC) who remain behind bars under dubious circumstances…
Ethiopian-Saudi billionaire Al-Amoudi, currently in detention in the Saudi Arabia anti-corruption purge, has mined Lega Dambi gold mine located in Oromia region’s Guji zone of Shakiso town since 1997, but now there’s an outcry. Al-Amoudi has bought the country’s single…
Djibouti and Ethiopia have brokered a deal to develop and operate a port during Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s visit to Djibouti, state media disclosed. Abiy ended 48-hour stay in Djibouti on Sunday, participating in talks on security, trade and improving…
Girma Birru, former Ethiopia’s ambassador to the United States, has been appointed as the Chairman of the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation’s (EEPCo) Board of Directors, replacing Debretsion Gebremichael who has been named as deputy head of the Tigray region, according…
Gérard Prunier is a writer and researcher on socio-political issues, specialising in the Horn of Africa on which he has published numerous articles and books. Born in Paris and studied both in France and in the US, Prunier received a…
The Ethiopian government has confiscated the passport of the recently released journalist, Eskinder Nega and banned him from leaving the country to address the Amnesty International gathering, his son said. Eskinder Nega, 47, was released on February, 2018 after more…
According to an agenda for the Ethiopia’s lower house’s 19 April parliamentary session, lawmakers in the house are due tomorrow to select a speaker to replace Abadula Gemeda, who made a high-profile resignation on October 2017 but later returned to…
At least two killed and several people injured in bomb attack in Moyale town, after a renewed bout of clashes broke out between the Oromo and Somali ethnic groups. According to residents quoted by the BBC Amharic, squabble broke out…
The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday adopted by voice vote a resolution which calls for respect for human rights and encourages inclusive governance in Ethiopia, representing an irritant for the Ethiopian government. “This non-binding resolution, combined with recent statements…