Formal talks begin between Ethiopia government and exile based opposition...
Addis Abeba, May 13/2018 – A statement issued by the Oromo Democratic Front (ODF), an exile based opposition party, and was received by Addis Standard says formal talks between “high-level delegation...
View ArticleESAT Daily News DC May 12 2018
ESAT Daily News DC May 12 2018 The post ESAT Daily News DC May 12 2018 appeared first on Satenaw: Ethiopian News|Breaking News: Your right to know!.
View ArticleMemorandum No. 5: PM Abiy Institutionalizing the Rule of Law and...
By Prof. Alemayehu G. Mariam … Security forces wearing uniforms and caps (inaudible). Their job is to prevent people from fighting (breach of the peace). [The inability of the security forces] to...
View ArticleISRAEL’S ETHIOPIAN COMMUNITY MOURNS THOSE WHO DIED EN ROUTE TO JERUSALEM
Rivlin and Netanyahu both underscored the special attachment that Ethiopian Jews have to the city of Jerusalem. BY GREER FAY CASHMAN Benjamin Netanyahu at a remembrance ceremony for Ethiopian Jews who...
View ArticleExiled Ethiopian opposition group holds talks with government
Aaron Maasho Lencho Leta ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – An exiled Ethiopian opposition party from the country’s restive Oromiya region said it had held talks with the government, a tentative step in its aim...
View ArticleEthiopian coffee now faces threat from khat trade
For generations, farmers planted the lush earth of Awedai and nearby areas in eastern Ethiopia with coffee trees, earning a livelihood from a crop that is now the country’s main export. But the...
View ArticleGovernment rights commission breaks silence on displaced ethnic Amharas, says...
Displaced members of ethnic Amharas currently sheltered in Bahir Dar city Etenesh Abera Addis Abeba, May 15/2018 – Addisu G. Egziabher (PhD), Head of the Ethiopia Human Rights Commission, a government...
View ArticlePM Abiy tells his cabinet the government is investigating foreign bank...
Addis Standard staffs Addis Abeba, May 15/2015 – In a meeting with senior government officials including members of his cabinet, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said the government was...
View ArticleThe danger of ethnic consciousness and tribal division for democracy in Africa
Felix Rugira Democratic transition in Africa has always been under the spotlight. However, the vision of ensuring democratic transition in the continent has been challenged by dictators and lately by...
View ArticleEthiopian-born Swedish doctor freed after charges dropped
By JAN M. OLSEN, ASSOCIATED PRESS A Swedish doctor who had been imprisoned in his native Ethiopia on charges of corruption and terrorism has been freed. Fikru Maru told Swedish broadcaster SVT on...
View ArticleUNREAL VIEWS OF THE TRIPPY COLORS IN ETHIOPIA’S DANAKIL DESERT
Unreal Views of the Trippy Colors in Ethiopia’s Danakil Desert A FEW MONTHS back, German photographer Ulrike Crespo was climbing a small hill in the Afar Triangle of northern Ethiopia when the colors...
View ArticleEthiopia ready to ratify Africa free trade deal after Kenya, Ghana – PM
Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed, has stated that the government is ready to ratify the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) deal and deposit its instruments to...
View ArticleSudan, Ethiopia accused of agreeing to support armed Eritrean opposition groups
Daniel Mumbere Eritrea has protested a defense protocol signed between Ethiopia and Sudan, which it says is an agreement to support Eritrean armed opposition groups in order to ‘enable them properly...
View ArticleGunmen kill director of Dangote Cement plant in Ethiopia
Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Unidentified gunmen killed the manager of a plant owned by Nigeria’s Dangote Industries Limited in Ethiopia on Wednesday after he was attacked in the restive...
View ArticleEthiopian Airline is building a series of alliances across Africa.
A 45% stake in the new Zambia Airways, 49 % in a new Chad Airlines, 49% in Guinea Airlines and 100% of Ethiopia Mozambique Airlines. Let’s take a look at what these stakes look like. Mr. GebreMariam...
View ArticleEthiopia heightens measures to fight corruption of public officials
ADDIS ABABA, May 16 (Xinhua) — The Ethiopian government on Wednesday disclosed that it will strictly monitor future foreign trips of officials and their destinations in a bid to ensure public...
View ArticleEgypt, Sudan, Ethiopia Sign Joint Document on Renaissance Dam
Cairo – Sawsan Abu Hussein, Mohammed Nabil Helmi Egypt announced on Wednesday the success of a high-level meeting on Ethiopia’s Great Renaissance Dam, while the three countries, which also include...
View ArticleImmediate release: EIC statement on death of Dangote Ethiopia Country Manager
Ethiopian Investment Commission 17 May, 2018 It is with great sadness and dismay that I have learned of the tragic death of Deep Kamara, the General Manager of Dangote Cement Ethiopia, and two other...
View ArticlePatriotic Ginbot 7 Movement for Unity and Democracy, Washington DC Town Hall...
Patriotic Ginbot 7 Movement for Unity and Democracy, Washington Metropolitan area chapter has organized a town hall meeting. Professor Berhanu Nega, Chairman of PG7 and Mr. Neamin Zeleke, Executive...
View ArticleMIDROC’S USE OF CYANIDE AND MERCURY IN ETHIOPIA: HEALTH, SOCIAL &...
Introduction This article presents first a brief overview of cyanide and mercury use in gold extraction processes, impacts of these chemicals on health and the environments. The paper provides a...
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