Category: News
Former Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s widow and a high-profile member of the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) is said to be facing an uncertain future after her party forced her out of her executive and central Committee membership roles,…
Ethiopia is succumbing to an unprecedented political turmoil and pervasive graft in the government is undermining its integrity and fuelling insurgency across the country, says the former president of Tigray Regional State and founder of the opposition political party, Arena…
Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn’s policy study and research advisor, Bereket Simon resigns from his post, according to multiple sources. Bereket’s exit comes just days after his board chairmanship at the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) was terminated.
The prosecutor of the Federal Attorney General has decided not to proceed against owner of Satcon construction firm, Samuel Teklay, a suspect in the much touted anti-corruption campaign launched few months ago. With the decision to drop the case, the…
Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn’s special envoy to foreign missions, Berhane Gebre-Christos is in the news for the wrong reasons. He is accused of using connections to pave way for his daughter’s career. In a report published by InnerCityPress.com, a website…
The head of the immense state-owned holding company Tiret (Endeavours), Tadesse Kassa ketema (a.k.a Tinkishu), is at the centre of an action to acquire a controlling stake in two national textile companies, Bahir Dar Textile S.C, and Kombolcha Textile S.C.…
Netsanet Demeke, 47, warmly remembers Fidel Castro, the revolutionary hero and the man who ruled Cuba for five decades. She says she had a wonderful time in Fidel Castro’s Cuba when she went to study there and keeps a memory…