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Sebhat Nega, a founding member of the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), has stepped down from his position as General Director of a government think tank, according to Fana Broadcasting Corporation. Although the move by the 84-year-old veteran is hardly…
In what could be seen a victory for protestors, suspension order issued for Midroc’s Legadembi gold mining permit until further “in-depth study” is conducted by independent body.The Ethiopian Ministry of Mines, Petroleum and Natural Gas has just announced that the…
Amid increasing anger, the protests in Shakiso and Adola areas of Oromia region in south-eastern Ethiopia are growing, demanding the cancellation of gold mining license owned by Ethiopian- Saudi billionaire Mohammed al-Amoudi. A general strike and widespread protests paralyzed Shakiso…
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…
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…