House decides to establish an interim administration in Tigray Kirakir, a village town in Tsegedie Woreda of Central Gondar Zone of Amhara region, where fighting took place on Wednesday, appeared calm on Friday morning, residents told Deutsche Welle Amharic. On…
Debretsion Gebremichael, Tigray’s regional president, said there are clashes on the southwestern part of Tigray along with the Amhara region border. Speaking on Tigray region’s television Thursday morning two days after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ordered military operations there in…
By Steven Uanna My Childhood in Addis Ababa 1958 – 1961 The year was 1958. I was four years old and living outside of Washington DC in Springfield Forest, Virginia. That’s across Franconia Road from Robert E. Lee High School.…
Peter Gill, in his book, Ethiopia and Foreigners: Ethiopia since the Live Aid (Oxford University Press, 2010), describes Professor Mesfin Wolde-Mariam as “a formidable fighter in every cause he has adopted.” Excerpts: At the outset of his career it was…
ፕሮፌሰር መስፍን ወልደማርም በተወለዱ በ91 ዓመታቸው አርፈዋል፡፡ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ዐቢይ አህመድ በፕሮፌሰር መስፍን ወልደማርያም ሞት የተሰማቸውን ሀዘን ገልጸዋል፡፡ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ዐቢይ አህመድ “የሐሳብ ልዕልና ምልክት፤ የሰላማዊ ትግል አርአያ፣ ላመኑበት ነገር እስከ መጨረሻቸው ሞጋች፣ ላመኑበት እውነት ብቻ የሚቆሙት ፕሮፌሰር መስፍን ወልደ ማርያም በማረፋቸው…
Prominent activist and opposition figure Jawar Mohammed has said that he and other opposition party figures are being locked up by the government in an attempt to prevent them from running for the upcoming election. “I am proud to be…
Sultan Hanfareh Ali Mirah, who was enthroned as the spiritual chief of the Afar people on November 2011, died at the age of 74. The Sultan was a member of the most powerful family group in Afar, and the son…
Opposition figures, Jawar Mohammed, Bekele Gerba, Hamza Adnan, and 21 others were charged with terrorism-related offenses and other crimes, the attorney general’s office said Saturday. The attorney general stated that the suspects have also been charged under telecom fraud and…
Health minister tells lawmakers country can hold election provided all necessary precautions are taken Ethiopian Health Minister Lia Tadesse told an emergency session of the House of Peoples’ Representatives on Friday that the country could hold the sixth round of…
A prominent journalist and politician, Eskinder Nega has been transferred to Kaliti Prison, on the outskirts of Addis Ababa, where he was previously detained, his attorney Henok Aklilu told BBC Amharic. Eskinder Nega, who is now the Chairman of the…