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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…
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…
The Ethiopian government is to release political prisoners and detainees and close down notorious prison, Maekelawi (“central” in Amharic), Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said in press briefing this morning. The announcement was made by Hailemariam after a seventeenth-day meeting of…
Prominent Ethiopian opposition leader Bekele Gerba is seriously ill in notorious high security prison, his daughter says, and not receiving the treatment he needs.
There is intense focus on the ongoing executive committee meeting of the Ethiopian ruling party, EPRDF, which includes Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn and reginal leaders, Lemma Megersa, Gedu Andargachew, and Abdi Mohammed.
Former Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s widow and a high-profile member of the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) is said to be facing an uncertain future after her party forced her out of her executive and central Committee membership roles,…
Ethiopia is succumbing to an unprecedented political turmoil and pervasive graft in the government is undermining its integrity and fuelling insurgency across the country, says the former president of Tigray Regional State and founder of the opposition political party, Arena…
Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn’s policy study and research advisor, Bereket Simon resigns from his post, according to multiple sources. Bereket’s exit comes just days after his board chairmanship at the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) was terminated.
The prosecutor of the Federal Attorney General has decided not to proceed against owner of Satcon construction firm, Samuel Teklay, a suspect in the much touted anti-corruption campaign launched few months ago. With the decision to drop the case, the…
A senior Ethiopian diplomat has come under scrutiny following allegations that he used his connections within the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to secure employment for his daughter. Berhane Gebre-Christos, special envoy to foreign missions for Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn,…