Category: Politics
There is a secret plot to force the resignation of Ethiopia’s Somali region president, Mustafa Omer, and his cabinet, amidst the infighting that split the regional party, it was said. Legal and human rights advisor to the President, Jamal Diriye…
Five companies under the umbrella of Tiret are in trouble The officials were responsible for many of the decisions that led to Tiret’s bankruptcy: Anti-corruption commission head Bereket Simon and Tadesse Kassa have been arrested in their residences in Addis…
Major Dawit Wolde Giorgis, currently head of the Namibia-based the Africa Institute for Strategic and Security Studies, called into question the Ethiopian constitution that redefined citizenship, politics on ethnic grounds from 1991 onwards. Speaking on January 6th in Addis Ababa’s…
More than 100 African migrants, including two toddlers and a pregnant woman, were killed after setting off from the coast of Libya “in a rickety, inflatable dinghy” that sank, the New York Times reports. According to Times, the scale of…
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…