Category: Politics
Getachew Assefa, the former director of the National Intelligence and Security Services, whose future seemed precarious for some time, has managed to retain his position as member of the political bureau of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), the EPRDF’s executive…
In surprising turn of events, Demeke Mekonnen is step down as chairman of the Amhara National Democratic Movement (ANDM), if the request is approved by the the party congress. At the 12th congress of the ANDM taking place in Bahir…
Ethiopia Could Descend Into Chaos: OFC chairman Ethiopian opposition leader Merera Gudina says despite the political reform initiated by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s administration, the country’s democratic process remain very fragile and there is an urget need for the…
By all accounts, Yalewlet Fanta was a good pilot who enjoyed excellent performance reviews during his four years of employment at the Ethiopian Airlines as a co-pilot. However, bringing politics in a conversation with a fellow employee during a work…
A weekend of violence on the outskirts of Addis Ababa left unspecified numbers dead and hundreds displaced, police and witnesses said. A well-organised and ruthless gang prey on residents with knives, stones or iron bars in Ashewa Meda, Burayu, Anfo,…
MeTEC under fire for causing delays and extra costs Salini’s delay claim adds to GERD crisis Remaining work outsourced to Alstom & Voith The construction of the massive Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) along the Nile, a project treated as…
(Reuters)- Chinese President Xi Jinping offered another $60 billion in financing for Africa on Monday and wrote off some debt for poorer African nations, while warning against funds going towards “vanity projects”. Speaking at the opening of a major summit…
The peace accord agreed between the Ethiopian government and a faction of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) led by Dawud Ibssa some twenty days ago marks the end of the rebel movement that started the armed struggle in eastern Oromia…
The new acting president has long been a vocal critic of Abdi Iley Mustafa Muhumed Omer, 45, has been nominated as acting president of the Somali region until the next party congress in 2020, it was announced. The Ethiopian-Somali People’s…
Though in many ways this article continues my previous article titled, “On Transitional Government and Ethnic Federalism”, logically speaking, it precedes it in that it provides the social dynamics behind Dr. Abiy’s vision of መደመር, which I translate by the…