Category: Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Bomb kills three in Addis Ababa
Three people have been killed and five others wounded after an abandoned bomb exploded in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, police say. The blast happened in the city’s Lideta neighbourhood on Sunday. The people who died were homeless and living on the streets, senior police officer commander Alemayehu Ayalke told state broadcaster EBC. There is no…
Ethiopia: Social Media Professionals Panel Alert in English, French and Arabic languages
Addis Ababa (HAN) December 21, 2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Social media initiatives- Professionals Panel Alert in English, French and Arabic languages. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs , Social Media activists discussed agendas that matter to the public media. The State Ministers and State of Emergency Spokesperson, Ambassador Redwan Hussein and Spokesperson of the Ministry…
Ethiopia Needs to Heal to Confront its Violent Past
Addis Ababa (HAN) December 21, 2020. Regional Rule of law, Human rights and security partnership initiatives. By. Laetitia Bader, Director, Horn of Africa, Originally published Addis Standard and HR.org, “To Heal, Ethiopia Needs to Confront its Violent Past,” for Human Rights Watch. “I want to move on and feel a part of Abiy’s Ethiopia. I…
Ethiopia: Fake Silver Cattle Arrested by Police in Amhara Region
Amhara (HAN) December 21, 2020. Regional Cattle market and Exchange market. Buyers who bought cattle with fake Ethiopian currency (Bir) are arrested by police in Amhara region. Oromo people zone in Jile Tumuga district, Senbete market, 200 Birr 37,800 (thirty seven thousand eight hundred thousand) false notes. The police have given a suggestion to the…
Update: The Death Sentence of Derg Colonel Berhanu Bayeh
Addis Ababa (HAN) 20 December, 2020. Regional Rule of Law and Ethiopian Justice. The death sentence of Derg officials that were hacked in Addis Ababa for the past 30 years (1991-2020) has been changed to the death sentence of Derg Colonel Berhanu Bayeh and Leten General Addis Tedla. President Sahle Work Zewde has approved the…
Ethiopia: The 38th Extraordinary Summit Of IGAD
Addis Ababa, December 20, 2020 – Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is participating in the 38th Extraordinary Summit of the Assembly of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Heads of State and Government that is currently underway in Djibouti. “The strength of stability in our region is based on cooperation for growth and development,” he tweeted…
Ethiopia: Zenawi is Ruling from the Grave
Academic Analysis paper By. Prof. Nour Kaafi, The founder/chair of the Somali Institute of Security, Strategy and Diplomacy known as “The SIRAD Institute.” October 14th, 2016. IGAD2020 Regional Security Watch Briefing: In May 2010, Ethiopia announced the provisional result of a national election led by TPLF leaders which was designed the general expectation, the return…
Ethiopia: Beyond the Politics of Hate led by Meles, Seyoum and Tedros
Addis Ababa (HAN) August 22, 2016. After waves of public protests that denounced long-time ruling party the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front, Ethiopia has experienced a political transformation. analyzing data primarily generated from interviews with government officials, members of civil society organizations, journalists, human rights advocates, and freedom of speech activists. Ethiopia: Beyond the Politics…
Ethiopia Opens a Pandora’s Box of Ethnic Tensions
Academic Opinion By. Aleksandra W. Gadzala April 2nd, 2016 is an independent political-risk consultant based out of Boca Raton, FL and an Africa contributor with Oxford Analytica. Since November 2015, Ethiopia has been beset by an unprecedented wave of protests. They began as a rebuke to a government plan to expand the municipal boundaries…
Burhan inspects Sudanese troops deployed on Ethiopian border
December 17, 2020 (GARAREF/KHARTOUM) – The head of the Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan Thursday inspected the Sudanese troops deployed on the eastern border, following an attack by the Ethiopian forces and its Amhara militiamen on Tuesday. The Sudanese government and political groups voiced their support to the national army and condemned a coordinated attack…
