Category: News
Politicians and activists are reacting to Abiy Ahmed’s appointment of chairman of Ethiopia’s ruling coalition, that would pave the way for him to become the new prime minister. Girma Seifu Maru, former sole opposition politician in a 547-seat parliament, said:…
Following the resignation of Hailemarim Desalegn as Prime Minster and chairperson of the ruling coalition on Mid-February, the 180-Council of Ministers named Abiy Ahmed Ali to head the governing Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), paving the way for him…
Scores of opposition party members and journalists were arrested in Addis Ababa on Sunday, 25 March at a party held to celebrate the recent release of prisoners. Police officers calling themselves security members of the command post established to implement…
Relations between the Ethiopian Orthodox Church (EOC) and the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria are deteriorating over the issue of the monastery of Deir al-Sultan (‘Monastery of the King’), a courtyard with small dwellings and dome of the chapel on…
The Oromia region justice office spokesperson, Taye Dendea is being held in detention for condemning the recent killings in Moyale which caused the deaths of at least ten persons and the displacement of thousands of people. Soldiers in two cars…
The Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) says it is taking care of 8,000 Ethiopians who have fled to Kenya from the border town of Moyale.The majority are children and women, including pregnant and lactating mothers, according to KRCS. The ethnic…
At least nine persons have been killed and dozens others wounded on Saturday at about midday in Moyale town of Oromia region, a border town crossing between Ethiopia and Kenya, after federal security forces fired on civilians, according to the…
Officials of the French business confederation (MEDEF) are in Ethiopia to explore and identify projects they want to invest in, according to the French daily Le Monde. After undertaking similar tasks in Kenya for three days, 40 business executives under…
Ethiopian authorities have arrested an outspoken university lecturer and a blogger Seyoum Teshome in Wolisso town, 114kms west of Addis Ababa today. Seyoum, a teacher at Ambo University in Wolisso campus, was picked up at his house by armed federal…
Ethiopian students benefiting from a Hungarian government scholarship complained about financial hardship and asked their government to support them to cater for their basic needs because their stipends are inadequate. The students, numbering over 30, are beneficiaries of the Stipendium…