Assistant Secretary Carl Risch Travels to Morocco, Nigeria, and Ethiopia
By: Eberechukwu Amadi US Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Carl Risch Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Carl Risch will travel to Morocco, Nigeria, and Ethiopia from...
View ArticleNew Ethiopian leader Abiy Ahmed, youngest in Africa, sparks hope of reform
GEOFFREY YORK JOHANNESBURG TIKSA NEGERI/REUTERS Ethiopia’s newly elected Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed arrives for a rally during his visit to Ambo, Ethiopia, on Wednesday. For more than two years, as his...
View ArticleNew Ethiopian Premier Promises Reforms at Meeting With Opposition
Ethiopia’s newly elected prime minister Abiy Ahmed attends a rally during his visit to Ambo in the Oromiya region, Ethiopia April 11, 2018. REUTERS/Tiksa NegeriREUTERS BY AARON MAASHO ADDIS ABABA...
View ArticleFrom OPDO Sensation to Abiy Mania
BefeQadu Z. Hailu In an inaugural speech, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali turned almost all pessimists in to EPRDF enthusiasts. It is like he has all traits of a leader ‘naturally’. His charisma coupled...
View ArticleTwofold crisis in Ethiopia: the elites and the street
RENÉ LEFORT Ultimately, the only route to its successful end is regulation through institutional mechanisms, which means elections, whether early or within the normal electoral cycle. Abiy Ahmed and...
View ArticleDays After the Passage of HR128, Two Senior Ethiopian Military Heads Accused...
Teklebrhan Wolearegay By De Birhaner Various Ethiopian media sources linked with the government are reporting that two military generals hailing from the Tigrean Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF) have...
View ArticleHopes and Concerns Junedin Sado – Pt 2 / SBS Amharic
Hopes and Concerns Junedin Sado – Pt 2 / SBS Amharic The post Hopes and Concerns Junedin Sado – Pt 2 / SBS Amharic appeared first on Ethiopian News|Breaking News: Your right to know!.
View ArticleThe Observer Ethiopians urge Britain to return bones of ‘stolen’ prince after...
Poet Lemn Sissay adds voice to campaign for repatriation of the boy’s remains with other loot taken after the Battle of Maqdala or 150 years, Ethiopians have been asking when Prince Alemayehu will come...
View ArticleMemorandum No. 1: To PM Abiy Ahmed and Ethiopia’s Cheetahs/Abo Shemanes (Youth)
By Alemayehu G. Mariam Author’s note: In my last “commentary” (My Personal Letter to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed), I promised to focus my future observations on issues and topics that will serve to...
View ArticleEthiopia PM pledges to reform security sector and revisit repressive laws
Daniel Mumbere The Ethiopian prime minister has pledged to reform the security and intelligence forces of the country, saying his government will focus on establishing a system of accountability within...
View ArticlePrime Minister Abiy Ahmed: All Talk No Substance!! “An Existential Danger to...
By Belay Zeleke April 15th 2018 This is an urgent call to all who have been calling for and want real transformational change to happen in Ethiopia. I urge you all to go back to the unity you have had...
View ArticleOn the passage of H.Res. 128 “Supporting respect for human rights and...
April 15, 2018 For Immediate Release Patriotic Ginbot 7 Movement for Unity and Democracy (PG-7) is pleased and encouraged by the passage of H.R 128 “Supporting respect for human rights and encouraging...
View ArticlePM Abiy Ahmed’s Welqait remark in Mekelle draws criticism
Liyat Fekade Addis Abeba, April 16/2018 – Among the flurry of public tours and speeches Ethiopia’s new Prime Minister, Dr. Abiy Ahmed, made last week, his remarks about Welqait made in Mekelle, the...
View ArticleEthiopia ends web blackout, raising hopes of reforms under new PM
Aaron Maasho Ethiopia’s newly elected prime minister Abiy Ahmed attends a rally during his visit to Ambo in the Oromiya region, Ethiopia April 11, 2018. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri/File Photo ADDIS ABABA...
View ArticleEthiopian foreign exchange shortage will last years: new premier
Aaron Maasho Ethiopia’s prime minister Abiy Ahmed arrives for a rally during his visit to Ambo in the Oromiya region, Ethiopia April 11, 2018. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s...
View ArticleTop Ethiopian supermarket to shut down over bottlenecks, forex squeeze
An Ethiopian supermarket reputed for serving expatriate and diplomatic community in the capital Addis Ababa is closing down its operations after close to seven decades. Ethiopia’s The Reporter...
View ArticleFlights grounded at Bole International Airport following strike by air...
Etenesh Abera Addis Abeba, April 17/2018 – All flights departing from Addis Abeba Bole International Airport are halted to a ground due to strike by air traffic controllers, according to state TV....
View ArticleGrenade explosion, gunshot kills three, wounds more than 50 in Moyale town
Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba, April 17/2018 – A grenade explosion at the bus station in Ethiopia’s Moyale town, 790 km south of Addis Abeba, on the border between Ethiopia and Kenya, has killed three and...
View ArticleExclusive: US Lawmaker suggests Magnitsky Act on Ethiopia’s Rights abusers...
US Congressman Mike Coffman In an exclusive interview with the Satenaw and ZeHabesha Media Group, US Congressman By Mike Coffman suggested President Trump Adminstration should consider applying the...
View ArticleWhy I am Hopeful for Ethiopia and Ethiopians (Aklog Birara (Dr.)
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” ― Martin Luther King Jr….A Testament of Hope Part I of II The purpose of this two-part...
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