Tag: Abiy Ahmed
Ethiopia: 120 Killed in Ethiopian Ethnic Clashes
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) September 17. 2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. Intercommunal fighting in Ethiopia left at least 120 people dead this month and forced hundreds more to flee their homes, according to the opposition National Movement of Amhara. The killings in Ethiopia’s western region of Benishangul-Gumuz started on Sept.…
Abiy Ahmed on the threats to Ethiopia’s democratic transition
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) September 17. 2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. BY:BY ABIY AHMED. A STABLE DEMOCRACY is built on the rule of law; if there is no law there is no freedom. With this core belief, Ethiopia is working tirelessly to realise its constitution’s promise of a democratic and…
Ethiopia’s democratic transition is in peril
Freedom is not a gift doled out to people by a government,” Abiy Ahmed said in his inaugural address as Ethiopia’s prime minister in 2018. “Rather [it is] a gift of nature to everyone that emanates from our human dignity.” His words marked a remarkable turn for a country that over tethhe past five decades had…
Ethiopia: Dangerously Close to a Genocide “Facebook Hate Speech”
Addis Ababa (HAN) September 15. 2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues.Throughout his life, Ethiopian singer Hachalu Hundessa sang about love, unity, and raising the marginalized voices of his Oromo ethnic group. He had always tried to keep his work and politics separate, saying, “Art should not be subject to political…
Eritrea Works for Peaceful Ethiopia
Asmara (HAN) September 15. 2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. Eritrea is playing a major peace role in the region, said Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed. In an interview conducted in Tigrigna language, the Ethiopian leader said to a local media in Addis Ababa that “the Western countries have…
Ethiopia: bid farewell to outgoing Chinese Ambassador
Addis Ababa (HAN) September 15. 2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, H.E. Gedu Andargachew, today (September 15) thanked the outgoing Chinese Ambassador to Ethiopia, H.E. Tan Jian, for his outstanding service during his stay in Ethiopia. Mr. Gedu said the relations between Ethiopia…
Ethiopia:Institutional Strength Over Institutional Strength
Addis Ababa (HAN) September 15. 2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. For the past two years, our country has been embroiled in conflicts that have claimed the lives of thousands and displaced many more.Key institutions such as parliament and the judiciary, which were designed to check the excesses of state…
Ethiopia: Revolutionary Rollback Creates a Aggressive Changes
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) September 7. 2020. Monitoring Regional Issues. by Mebratu Kelecha. Ethiopia is sliding back into turmoil following the assassination of towering musician-activist, Hachalu Hundessa, on 29 June in the capital, Addis Ababa. His death sparked violence that caused fatalities and destroyed property, as well as the detention of prominent politicians, exacerbating already heightened tensions.…
