Ethiopian security forces killed seven people and wounded several others Saturday in the town of Woldia, 500km north of Addis Ababa along the main road to Mekele, according to various reports. Nigussu Tilahun, the head of the Amahra region’s communications…
Ethiopia’s pop star Tewodros Kassahun will perform his first concert in the lakeshore town Bahir Dar, the administrative capital of Amhara Region on Sunday. Teddy was granted permit to perform there, though several permit applications for concerts in Addis Ababa…
Ethiopia’s government is holding secret negotiations with the Ogaden National Liberation Front, an outlawed separatist group, Ethiopia Observer learnt. As the ruling party’s internal vulnerabilities has increased due to home grown protests, the regime has made the secret approach for…
The recently dismissed Tigray People’s Liberation Front chairman (TPLF) and president of the region, Abay Woldu is assigned to diplomatic post, in an appointment that is causing a stir.
Leader of the Ethiopia’s opposition party has been released along with 22 other political prisoners. Merera Gudina, the chair of the Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC) walked free this morning, more than a week after Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn made the…
By Asafa Tafarra Dibaba so true, Truth is the daughter of time! tell me yours, I tell you mine, Jews or Philistines, the reason for your exile to ancient Kemet/Egypt or Aethiopia was it not to escape persecution?
BGI Ethiopia, Ethiopia’s largest brewing company and unit of the French Castel Group, is set to take over full ownership of Zebidar Brewery, a relatively young player in the industry whose majority share is owned by Unibra, the Belgian-based company,…
Foreign academics at state universities in Ethiopia are responding with frustration and anger to a decision by the Ethiopian government to reduce their pay. According to the decision, which was issued without prior notice to state universities on December 2017,…
Ethiopia’s prominent human rights organization, the Human Rights Council (HRCO) has urged the government to turn the rhetoric into tangible action in its commitment to upholding human rights, supporting democratic values. While welcoming the ruling coalition’s announcement to release political…
While Ethiopian Airlines began commercial operations in 1946 with American aircrews, the first four Ethiopian pilots commenced their training with the airline on May 23, 1951. Despite having no prior exposure to mechanical vehicles, these trainee pilots displayed outstanding performance,…