Category: News
Suspects arrested in connection with the ‘coup’ attempt in which the army chief and a retired general were killed in Addis Ababa and three regional officials were killed in Bahir Dar ten days ago are housed in dark, damp, and…
Ethiopia has buried its top regional officials in Bahir Dar, its chief of the army staff and another general in Mekele and the alleged coup leader in Lalibela. This was the first time the country has lost such large number…
The bodyguard who was reported to have killed himself in Addis Ababa on Saturday after shooting army chief of staff Seare Mekonnen and another retired general Gezai Abera is in the hospital recovering injury, the Ethiopian Federal Police Commission announced.…
The chief of staff of the army, Gen Seare Mekonnen, has been shot dead The Amhara Mass Media reported that president of the Amhara regional state Ambachew Mekonnen and the region’s goverment advisor Ezez Wassie had been killed. Both were…
Government says situation under control Press Secretary at the Prime Minister Office Nigussu Tilahun says there was an attempted coup in Amhara regional state on late Saturday. He says a “well-organized group” has attempted to overthrow the regional government but…
Lake Ziway and Abiyata: Troubled waters Bayush Sisay is not sure how long she will keep on working on. Her income from the small restaurant trade by which she supports her three children has greatly decreased. The 36-year-old-woman earns her…
The Amhara region says 5 civilians have been shot dead by armed men in Benshangul-Gumuz region Armed ethnic Gumuz has killed five ethnic Amhara and injured four others in Benshangul-Gumuz, where ethnic violence cost hundreds of lives this year, a…
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed stirred up hornet’s nest when he challenged agricultural professionals’ patriotism who asked for pay raise. The Prime Minister, speaking in front of the 1,500 agriculture transformation leaders at a forum in Adama town of Oromia region…
SENKELE— In the tall-grass woodland of the Great Rift Valley in southern Ethiopia lies the Senkele Swayne’s Hartebeest Sanctuary. The area has long been home to the Swayne’s Hartebeest, an endemic subspecies of antelope known locally as Qorkey. Named after…
Can the new Mejlis tackle the sectarian division? It was hailed as a watershed moment for Ethiopia’s large Muslim community that has been mired by strife, deep divisions and co-opting attempt from the regime. A call for the establishment of…