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…
A rally that took place in Tigray regional state’s capital, Mekelle a week ago was staged by anti-reformist faction, the opposition leader and head of Tigray Democratic Coalition Party (TAND), Aregawi Berhe told Voice of America’s Tigrigna service. “The situation…
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…
“Ill-gotten gains” affairs: watchdog accuses the entourage of the president of Djibouti A French monitoring group and the Collectif européen de la diaspora djiboutienne (European Collective of the Djiboutian Diaspora) had filed a complaint against the entourage of Djiboutian president…
Council might halt operations due to resources shortages The Ethiopian Human Rights Council (EHRCO) wrote in a letter to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, asking the Ethiopian government lift a freeze on around 9 million birr that it froze from the…
Organized groups armed with guns and knives killed several civilians based on their ethnicity in Yaso district of Benishangul-Gumuz region on Thursday night, November 23 , Voice of America’s Mukitar Jemal reported. Oromo and Amhara ethnic groups living in a…
Abiy heaps praise on ‘a woman of unwavering conviction” A critic points out a flowed political process in the appointment Ethiopia’s former opposition leader Birtucan Mideksa has been appointed as National Electoral Board’s new chairperson. Birtucan replaces Samia Zekaria who…
Tibor Nagy to improve trade and commercial ties with Ethiopia during trip Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of African Affairs Tibor Nagy will travel to Addis Ababa next week to meet with the Ethiopian government and African Union leaders. The…
