Within the past ten months, Ethiopia has witnessed a dramatic transformation after decades of authoritarian rule. The new leadership has pushed through an impressive array of reforms. Yet, the nature of the transition process and the direction of the reform…
Ethiopian-born Saudi billionaire Mohammed Hussein al-Amoudi has been released from Saudi prison. Arega Yirdaw, CEO of MIDROC, a private company that belongs to Al-Amoudi, confirmed the news to the Ethiopian state television. Al-Amoudi, 72, was detained more than 14 months…
Chairperson of the Somali People’s Democratic Party (SPDP), Ahmed Shide on Saturday accused the media of baseless reports of split in the party and denied any role in an alleged plot to oust the Somalia regional state’s interim president. In…
Solomon Deressa (1937-2017) was an Ethiopian writer, poet and art critic. You could find his profile here.
Ethiopia is taking part at the international tourism fair in Madrid, the 2019 Madrid International Tourism Fair (FITUR) which opened on Wednesday. Six Ethiopian tour companies, Green Land Ethiopia, FKLM Ethiopia Tours, Ava Tours, Wondu Tours, Ethio Land Tours Operators…
There is a secret plot to force the resignation of Ethiopia’s Somali region president, Mustafa Omer, and his cabinet, amidst the infighting that split the regional party, it was said. Legal and human rights advisor to the President, Jamal Diriye…
Five companies under the umbrella of Tiret are in trouble The officials were responsible for many of the decisions that led to Tiret’s bankruptcy: Anti-corruption commission head Bereket Simon and Tadesse Kassa have been arrested in their residences in Addis…
Major Dawit Wolde Giorgis, currently head of the Namibia-based the Africa Institute for Strategic and Security Studies, called into question the Ethiopian constitution that redefined citizenship, politics on ethnic grounds from 1991 onwards. Speaking on January 6th in Addis Ababa’s…
More than 100 African migrants, including two toddlers and a pregnant woman, were killed after setting off from the coast of Libya “in a rickety, inflatable dinghy” that sank, the New York Times reports. According to Times, the scale of…
The former president of Tigray Regional State and founder of the opposition political party, Arena Tigray for Democracy and Sovereignty, Gebru Asrat said that officials of the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front were holding Tigray people “hostage” while employing “extreme rhetoric”…