Former Chief of Staff of the Ethiopian Army, Lieutenant General Tsadkan Gebretensae, said despite some positive developments and reforms being instituted by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, the country is still in transition defined by no clear direction at all. “Ethiopia…
Ethiopian opposition leader Merera Gudina says despite the democratic opening ushered following Abiy Ahmed’s appointment as the country’s Prime Minister nine months ago, lack of cohesion and division in leadership of the ruling party is undermining the efficacy of reform…
The Amhara Democratic Party (ADP), a member of the ruling coalition has been rebranded from the Amhara National Democratic Movement (ANDM). As part of its attempt to reflect a change in the nature of the party and appeal to a…
Commissioner of Ethiopian Investment Commission, Fitsum Arega is likely to be nominated as Ethiopian ambassador to US. If confirmed, Fitsum would assume one of the government’s most prominent diplomatic posts. Reports of Fitsum’s nomination emerged a week ago in the…
The U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa on Tuesday rejected allegations by a founding member of the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) that the United States was involved in the appointment of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed who took the helm of…
One of the founders of the Tigray People Liberation Front (TPLF), Abay Tsehaye has made a desperate plea to Eritrean leader Isaias Afwerki to transcend what he called old enmities and join in an alliance with the rank and file…
Peter Gill, in his book, Ethiopia and Foreigners: Ethiopia since the Live Aid (Oxford University Press, 2010), discussing the political chaos that followed in the wake of the 2005 election, which, among other things, led to the fragmentation of a…
Council might halt operations due to resources shortages The Ethiopian Human Rights Council (EHRCO) wrote in a letter to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, asking the Ethiopian government lift a freeze on around 9 million birr that it froze from the…
Organized groups armed with guns and knives killed several civilians based on their ethnicity in Yaso district of Benishangul-Gumuz region on Thursday night, November 23 , Voice of America’s Mukitar Jemal reported. Oromo and Amhara ethnic groups living in a…
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s anti-corruption campaign kicked into high gear this week with the arrest of senior officials of the military-linked Metals and Engineering Corporation (MetEC), including the former head Kinfe Dagnew. In this brief interview with Arefaynie Fantahun below,…
