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I was about to write an analysis on the obstacles that Abiy Ahmed’s reformism is increasingly facing and the possible choices that he has to overcome them when I came across René Lefort’s latest article on the situation in Ethiopia,…
Squeezed student accommodation, crowded classrooms, shabby buildings are common features of Ethiopian higher institutions. However, the messages and pictures Ethiopia Observer received from students of the main campus of Hawassa University, a public university established in 1999 and located in…
This is the second installment of a book review of Dr. Aklilu Habte’s book The History of Haile Selassie I University: Development and Expansion of Higher Education in Ethiopia. Part I could be found here. As an educationalist with an…
At least seven people have been killed and twenty others wounded during protests Sunday in the town of Alamata, in southern Tigray region, after the Tigray region special forces fired on the demonstrators, according to hospital sources and witnesses. Thousands…
The U.S. military says 60 al-Shabab militants were killed in Friday’s airstrike near the town of Harardhere in central Somalia. A statement Tuesday from the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) says the strike was conducted in coordination with the government of…
Big increase in number of female ministers Ethiopia’s premier Abiy Ahmed named new ministers to the key posts of finance, agriculture, defence, peace, trade industry on Tuesday as part of a reshuffle to help implement reforms and make the government…
A large collection of paintings by artist Mulugeta Tafesse will be on show in Addis Ababa this Saturday at LeLa Art gallery. The exhibition titled “Frivolous Marks” runs from October 20, 3pm onwards until 18 November. LeLa is honored to…
When Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed visited Gambella by the end of May 2018, he noticed how far the region was lagging behind in its overall development compared to most regions of the country. He later brought these concerns before the parliament,…
• An American national among those arrested • Youth group looking to oust the president Two weeks after security forces in Gambella State on the border of Sudan fired on protesters demanding reform, killing 9, residents say people suspected of…
Coming to Armenia is a homecoming, a return to my ancestral homeland. As a fourth-generation descendant, I belong to the minority Armenian community in Ethiopia. I’m an Ethiopian national of Armenian origin. I speak Amharic and some of my favourite…