Category: Politics
Federal Police describes the activist’s claim as wrong Chaos in several towns as police disperse protesters Clashes reported between opponents and supporters of Jawar Angry protests have broken out in Addis Ababa and several Oromia towns after influential journalist and…
The fate of the Ethiopian ruling party, the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) has been a subject of discussion. Established by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front in the late ’80s, the party, comprising of four ethnicity-based affiliates, has controlled…
Berhanu Jula downplays reports of clashes between govt forces & OLF combatants The former eastern Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) commander Hundee Deressa, known as Diinaraas who was wounded during an attack at Bishoftu town on September 24 has died, the…
Getachew Reda, a senior official of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) on Wednesday reinforced his support for the cause of Kimant people for self-administration after rejecting claims by the Amhara region officials that TPLF orchestrated violence this week. “The…
Ethiopian police arrested about 55 people in Addis Ababa on Friday during the Meskel celebration, one of the Ethiopian Orthodox (Tewahido) Church’s colourful festivals. BBC Amharic cites the church’s Addis Ababa Diocese’s public relations head, Melake Hiwot Aba Woldeyesus as…
Ethiopian prime minister says no turning back on democratic path Facing deepening anxieties at home, Ethiopia’s leader, Abiy Ahmed, delivered an unabashed defence of the state of the country’s economy on Thursday, arguing that his recipe of reform agenda would…
Global conglomerates of farm inputs, seeds, fertilizer, GMO crops providers, are coming to Ethiopia. Are they bringing a miraculous solution to the country’s food security problem, as they claim or delayed toxicity, as detractors argue? Twenty-five large French companies and…
The new president of the Amhara regional state, Temesgen Tiruneh, said he has no higher calling than restoring safety and peace in the region. “The regional government is ready to deal with the threat to peace existing in the region…
The death toll has risen to 34 following unrest and violent protests in the southern region of Sidama Zone, residents and the Sidama Liberation Movement (SLM) representative told Deutsche Welle’s Amharic service. A witness told DW 14 persons have been…
The weekly French magazine, Le Point published a lengthy article on the relations between Ethiopia and South Korea, that goes back to the end of World War II, when Ethiopia fought side-by-side with South Korea against North Koreans and Chinese…