The former president of Tigray Regional State and founder of the opposition political party, Arena Tigray for Democracy and Sovereignty, Gebru Asrat said that officials of the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front were holding Tigray people “hostage” while employing “extreme rhetoric”…
17 banks were robbed in Oromia region over the weekend, in one of the largest cash robberies in Ethiopia history, reports say. The first incident was on Saturday when eleven banks were raided and robbed and their properties damaged in…
7 were reportedly killed and 15 injured NAMA wants answer about fatal shooting Deputy Chief of Staff of the ENDF denied the involvement of the defence forces Towns on West Gondar Zone on border with Sudan are on edge after…
Former Chief of Staff of the Ethiopian Army, Lieutenant General Tsadkan Gebretensae, said despite some positive developments and reforms being instituted by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, the country is still in transition defined by no clear direction at all. “Ethiopia…
Ethiopian opposition leader Merera Gudina says despite the democratic opening ushered following Abiy Ahmed’s appointment as the country’s Prime Minister nine months ago, lack of cohesion and division in leadership of the ruling party is undermining the efficacy of reform…
The Amhara Democratic Party (ADP), a member of the ruling coalition has been rebranded from the Amhara National Democratic Movement (ANDM). As part of its attempt to reflect a change in the nature of the party and appeal to a…
Commissioner of Ethiopian Investment Commission, Fitsum Arega is likely to be nominated as Ethiopian ambassador to US. If confirmed, Fitsum would assume one of the government’s most prominent diplomatic posts. Reports of Fitsum’s nomination emerged a week ago in the…
The U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa on Tuesday rejected allegations by a founding member of the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) that the United States was involved in the appointment of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed who took the helm of…
One of the founders of the Tigray People Liberation Front (TPLF), Abay Tsehaye has made a desperate plea to Eritrean leader Isaias Afwerki to transcend what he called old enmities and join in an alliance with the rank and file…
Peter Gill, in his book, Ethiopia and Foreigners: Ethiopia since the Live Aid (Oxford University Press, 2010), discussing the political chaos that followed in the wake of the 2005 election, which, among other things, led to the fragmentation of a…
