Adem Mohammed, the departing Military’s Chief of Staff, is to become Ethiopia’s Ambassador to Turkey, according to sources. Adem would replace Girma Temesgen, who was appointed in October 2018. General Adem Mohammed had served as Chief of General Staff of…
Six of the ten charges brought against Jawar Mohammed, Bekele Gerba, and 22 other individuals arrested in a relation to a wave of ethnic unrest that followed the murder in June 2020 of popular musician Hachalu Hundessa were dropped on…
Former Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin, one of the officials targeted by arrest warrants alongside other leaders of the Tigray region’s ruling party following the military operation there was reportedly killed by security forces on Wednesday. Seyoum Mesfin had served…
Three senior members of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), including former foreign minister, Seyoum Mesfin had been killed, the Ethiopian Defense Forces (EDF) announced on Wednesday. Seyoum Mesfin alongside Asmelash Woldeselassie, ex-parliamentary chief whip, Abay Tsehaye, former federal affairs…
Tesfaye Gessesse, hailed as one of the important Ethiopian stage actors of his time, died on December 16, 2020. The performer was remembered for the great theatre roles staged during the pre and post-1974 revolution. Late in his career, he…
A senior official of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), Addisalem Balema appeared in court on Thursday a few days after being detained amid a month of conflict in the northern Tigray region. Addisalem Balema, who has served in a…
Al Shabab, an East African terrorist group affiliated with Al Qaeda, plotted to kill former President Barack Obama during a visit to Ethiopia in July 2015, according to a memoir by Susan E. Rice, who served as a national security…
Mickaël Bethe-Selassié, a painter and sculptor whose colorful portraits of whimsical statue-like sculptures in papier mâché brought him international renown, has died at the age of 69. The artist has exposed his works in some prestigious museums at the group…
The Ethiopian government has reiterated that it will not sit for dialogue with the outlawed Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). Ambassador Dina Mufti, spokesman for Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told reporters on Friday there was no room for dialogue…
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed told parliament on Monday that a general in Ethiopia’s federal military’s Northern Command could have been poisoned. Two weeks before the launch of a military operation against Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), General Diriba, the commander…