Squeezed student accommodation, crowded classrooms, shabby buildings are common features of Ethiopian higher institutions. However, the messages and pictures Ethiopia Observer received from students of the main campus of Hawassa University, a public university established in 1999 and located in…
At least seven people have been killed and twenty others wounded during protests Sunday in the town of Alamata, in southern Tigray region, after the Tigray region special forces fired on the demonstrators, according to hospital sources and witnesses. Thousands…
The U.S. military says 60 al-Shabab militants were killed in Friday’s airstrike near the town of Harardhere in central Somalia. A statement Tuesday from the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) says the strike was conducted in coordination with the government of…
Big increase in number of female ministers Ethiopia’s premier Abiy Ahmed named new ministers to the key posts of finance, agriculture, defence, peace, trade industry on Tuesday as part of a reshuffle to help implement reforms and make the government…
A large collection of paintings by artist Mulugeta Tafesse will be on show in Addis Ababa this Saturday at LeLa Art gallery. The exhibition titled “Frivolous Marks” runs from October 20, 3pm onwards until 18 November. LeLa is honored to…
The Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) concluded its 11th congress October 5, having re-elected Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as its chairman.As well as re-electing Abiy as chairman, the congress elected Demeke Mekonnen as EPRDF vice-chairman. The result will surprise…
Former military general also made a surprising entrant Melaku Fenta, the former director general of the Ethiopian Revenues and Custom Authority, who has been imprisoned for five years in what was widely seen as political manipulation coming from rival leadership…
Getachew Assefa, the former director of the National Intelligence and Security Services, whose future seemed precarious for some time, has managed to retain his position as member of the political bureau of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), the EPRDF’s executive…
Ethiopia Could Descend Into Chaos: OFC chairman Ethiopian opposition leader Merera Gudina says despite the political reform initiated by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s administration, the country’s democratic process remain very fragile and there is an urget need for the…
A weekend of violence on the outskirts of Addis Ababa left unspecified numbers dead and hundreds displaced, police and witnesses said. A well-organised and ruthless gang prey on residents with knives, stones or iron bars in Ashewa Meda, Burayu, Anfo,…