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He looked no older than 12 years old. He was sitting on the floor of the veranda of the Ethiopian National Theatre with other street kids. He walked over to me and my friend and started following us. He asked…
In the first instalment of a two-part interview held in mid-April, Gérard Prunier graciously shared memories and insights about the circumstances of his first arrival in Ethiopia towards the end of Emperor Haile Selassie’s reign in 1973, travelling overland from Tanzania,…
Amid increasing tension and fear of confrontation between the Tigray and Amhara regional governments, an opposition figure has made a call for federal government’s intervention to diffuse tension at the frontier area. The federal government should respond to the Raya…
France’s formerly state-owned telecom company Orange is eyeing opportunities in Ethiopia, the company CEO, Stéphane Richard told La Tribune Afrique, following the Ethiopian government’s announcement of its intention to liberalise the telecommunications sector. The Ethiopian government announced on June it…
Abiy Ahmed heads for Paris & Berlin during first trip to Europe as leader. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who has gained a reputation as a man who has transformed the political landscape of the Horn of Africa nation since…
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…
• An American national among those arrested • Youth group looking to oust the president Two weeks after security forces in Gambella State on the border of Sudan fired on protesters demanding reform, killing 9, residents say people suspected of…