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,…
Ethiopia’s attorney general accused the former senior member of the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) for ordering the foiled assassination attempt on Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed at rally on June 23. Berhanu Tsegaye said “the senior leadership of the…
Memories of Asnakech Worku by Hailu Mergia The legendary singer Asnaketch Worku’s self-titled album, “Asnakech”, which was released back in 1975, has been remastered and reissued by Awesome Tapes From Africa and will see the light of the day on…
About 63 senior officials of Ethiopia’s Metals and Engineering Corporation (MeTEC) and key intelligence officers were arrested over the weekend on charges of corruption and human-rights abuses, according to Ethiopia’s attorney general. “Twenty-seven officials have been arrested for alleged corrupt practices, while…
(Prensa Latina)- Arms trafficking kills 45,000 people a year in Africa and fuels regional conflicts in the west of the continent, warned a study presented Thursday at the African Union (AU). The AU pointed out that the research carried out…
A fresh outbreak of violence in north-western Ethiopia state has caused hundreds of Tigrayan and Kimant ethnic groups to flee to Sudan. About 300 members of Tigrayan and Kimant ethnic groups have fled to neighbouring Sudan after several people were…
Amid increasing tension and fear of confrontation between the Tigray and Amhara regional governments, an opposition figure has made a call for federal government’s intervention to diffuse tension at the frontier area. The federal government should respond to the Raya…
France’s formerly state-owned telecom company Orange is eyeing opportunities in Ethiopia, the company CEO, Stéphane Richard told La Tribune Afrique, following the Ethiopian government’s announcement of its intention to liberalise the telecommunications sector. The Ethiopian government announced on June it…
Abiy Ahmed heads for Paris & Berlin during first trip to Europe as leader. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who has gained a reputation as a man who has transformed the political landscape of the Horn of Africa nation since…
Squeezed student accommodation, crowded classrooms, shabby buildings are common features of Ethiopian higher institutions. However, the messages and pictures Ethiopia Observer received from students of the main campus of Hawassa University, a public university established in 1999 and located in…