Sudan pushes Ethiopia to resume stalled talks over Nile dam
By The Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudan is pushing Ethiopia to resume stalled U.S.-brokered negotiations over its disputed $4.6 billion dam on the Nile that officials say will start filling in July....
View ArticleEthiopia: Over 1,300 held for going out without masks
‘Arbitrary arrests of people for not wearing masks needless,’ says Ethiopian Human Rights Commission Addis Getachew Tadesse |13.05.2020 ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia At least 1,305 people were arrested in...
View ArticleDESPITE DENIAL BY ETHIOPIA’S CONSUL, NUMBER OF CORONAVIRUS CASES AMONG...
BILEH JELAN @BILEHJELAN &ZECHARIAS ZELALEM @ZEKUZELALEM Addis Abeba, May 14/2020 – Despite denial from Ethiopia’s consulate in Beirut, Lebanon that there were no Ethiopians who tested positive for...
View ArticleEthiopian migrants head home after brush with death in Mozambique
Robbie COREY-BOULET AFP Addis Ababa (AFP) – As the truck travelled south, Yosef Moliso and the other Ethiopian migrants trapped inside its sealed cargo container pounded on the walls for help while...
View ArticleFederal gov’t, TPLF at an impasse over elections
By Yonas Abiye In the face of mounting challenges COVID-19 has caused which includes forcing the nation to postpone its upcoming national elections, uncertainty has taken center stage among the public...
View ArticleDesperate Times Call for Extraordinary Constitutional Measures: The Necessity...
By Alemayehu G. Mariam Special Author’s Note: In Part I of this commentary last week, I examined Proclamation No. 3/2020 (“State of Emergency Proclamation Enacted to Counter and Control the Spread of...
View ArticleEthiopia Reports a Record Increase in Positive Coronavirus Cases
ENA Addis Abeba May 18/2020 Ethiopia has reported the highest number of coronavirs positive cases in a single day since the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic. In its daily update on new infections, the...
View ArticleNile: River of discord between Egypt and Ethiopia
Addis Getachew |19.05.2020 Tensions escalate in North Africa, with Egypt seeking the intervention of UNSC against Ethiopia on river water sharing issue ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia Tensions have escalated...
View ArticleEthiopia Moves to Open Phone Industry to Investors
Samuel Gebre, Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) –Ethiopia is pushing ahead with plans to sell two new telecommunications licenses following delays due to the coronavirus outbreak and postponed elections....
View ArticleEthiopia Observes Swell in COVID-19 Cases as 73 Tested Positives — May 25, 2020
Addis Ababa (ENA) — The number of COVID-19 positive cases in Ethiopia has climbed to 655 with 73 new infections identified in the past 24 hours. According to the Ministry of Health, this is the second...
View ArticleUnderstanding, Interpreting and Applying the Ethiopian Constitution During...
Alemayehu G. Mariam Author’s Note: On May 18, 2020, I had an opportunity to make a virtual appearance (in Amharic, begins at minute 36:17- 1:22) before the Ethiopian Constitutional Inquiry Council and...
View ArticleEthiopia setting record straight on grand dam on Nile
Foreign minister briefs resident ambassadors on ongoing construction and plan to fill $5B dam on Nile Addis Getachew Tadesse ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia Ethiopia on Monday briefed resident ambassadors of...
View ArticleSudanese army, Ethiopian militias clash near border
At least two people killed and nine wounded Mohammed Amin |29.05.2020 KHARTOUM, Sudan Clashes between Sudan’s military and Ethiopian militias have taken place near the border with Ethiopia over the...
View ArticleInterpreting and Applying the Ethiopian Constitution During the Covid-19...
By Alemayehu G. <ariam Interpreting and Applying the Ethiopian Constitution During the Covid-19 Pandemic (Part II – (Constitutional Interpretation) A strict observance of the written law is...
View ArticleIf I were the president – an essay on aspiration and hope for Ethiopia
Aklog Birara (Dr.) A few months before I retired from the World Bank, Ethiopian Review, one of my favorite Ethiopian Websites asked me and other Ethiopian scholars and prominent individuals what 10...
View ArticleLetter of complaints to Amnesty International
02 June 2020 Dear ladies and Gentlemen, Our organization, legally registered in the Netherlands under the name ” International Ethiopians Solidarity Forum” would like to draw your attention for the...
View ArticleInterpreting and Applying the Ethiopian Constitution During the COVID-19...
By Alemayehu G. Maroam Author’s Note: On May 18, 2020, I had an opportunity to make a virtual appearance (in Amharic, begins at minute 36:17- 1:22) before the Ethiopian Constitutional Inquiry Council...
View ArticleEgypt’s Voracity and Ethiopia’s National Resolve-It is a “who are we moment”...
By Aklog Birara (Dr) Any rational person in the 21st century will understand the just and reasonable argument that Ethiopian children should no longer starve while Egyptians export food using Nile...
View ArticleEthiopia records highest daily increase as 142 new COVID-19 cases confirmed
ADDIS ABABA, June 3 (Xinhua) — Ethiopia’s confirmed COVID-19 cases reached 1,486 after 142 new COVID-19 positive cases were confirmed on Wednesday, the Ethiopian Ministry of Health said. This is so far...
View ArticleSudan swears in defence minister days after clashes with Ethiopia
By Morris Kiruga Sudan has sworn in a new defence minister, just days after clashes erupted between the country’s forces and a militia group from neighboring Ethiopia. Khartoum’s transitional...
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