Category: Politics
The death toll from floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains in three woredas of the Gamo Zone in southern Ethiopia has risen to at least 102. The official death toll, initially reported at just over 30, has steadily risen…
The Tigray Peace and Security Bureau accused armed groups of attacking TPLF forces stationed in the Milazat area. In a post last night, it reported that one of its members was killed in the assault and identified the Tigray fighter…
Following a series of attacks in which twenty people were killed, many investors and farmers are leaving Benishangul-Gumuz, abandoning their commercial farms, according to reports. The region’s industry and investment bureau announced that it had been informed of the departure…
In the spring of 1925, a group of academics, researchers and writers in Italy published an open letter in multiple newspapers, hoping to ring alarm bells over the creeping authoritarianism of Benito Mussolini and his Fascist party. It called for “intrinsic goodness”…
The Ethiopian government has distanced itself from an opinion piece penned by the country’s former president Mulatu Teshome, which provoked a strongly worded response from Asmara. A spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nebiat Getachew, said during a press…
Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki denied allegations that the recent trilateral meeting between Eritrea, Egypt, and Somalia was part of an “axis” designed to undermine Ethiopia. During a national television interview on Saturday evening, Afwerki addressed growing speculation about the October…
Fifty people, including children and pregnant women, have been killed and dozens more injured in a series of drone attacks on Achefer Woreda in North Gojam Zone, Amhara region. Witnesses told the BBC that the strikes hit Arge (Zebst), a…
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s Prosperity Party has been accused of misappropriating state funds for the training of its cadres and leaders. The opposition party, Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice (EZEMA), alleges that the ruling party has diverted public resources for…
Four residents of the town of Alamata were taken hostage by “Tigray militants,” their families and a witness who was released after his arrest told the BBC. According to family members and an eyewitness, four young people from Alamata, a…
Over 100 university students traveling by bus from the Amhara region to the capital, Addis Ababa, were abducted by gunmen in the Oromia region, BBC reported. Most of the students, reportedly from Debark University, were abducted by gunmen in the…