Tag: ethiopia

  • Ethiopia’s democratic transition is in peril

    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…

  • GRAND ETHIOPIAN RENAISSANCE DAM AS SEEN FROM HUMAN RIGHTS CONTEXT

    GRAND ETHIOPIAN RENAISSANCE DAM AS SEEN FROM HUMAN RIGHTS CONTEXT

    ADDIS ABABA (HAN) September 16. 2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. It has been almost a decade since Ethiopia has launched the construction of the GERD in 2011. The project is fully funded by Ethiopians and it is considered as a flagship of transformation for the economy of the country.…

  • Djibouti: Why foreign countries are scrambling to set up bases in Africa

    Djibouti: Why foreign countries are scrambling to set up bases in Africa

    ADDIS ABABA (HAN) September 16. 2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. BY:Theo Neethling. Recent media reports claim that a covert Kenyan paramilitary team is responsible for the unconstitutional killing of terror suspects in nighttime raids. The reports are based on interviews with US and Kenyan diplomatic and intelligence officials. The…

  • Ethiopia: Dangerously Close to a Genocide “Facebook Hate Speech”

    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

    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: 720 Ethiopian Migrants in Beirut

    Ethiopia: 720 Ethiopian Migrants in Beirut

    Addis Ababa (HAN) September 15. 2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia would like to announce that among the 720 Ethiopian migrants registered at the Ethiopian consulate in Lebanon, 650 of them who volunteered to return are repatriated, quarantined, and started the reintegration process…

  • Ethiopia: bid farewell to outgoing Chinese Ambassador

    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: Jawar Mohammed’s trial could begin

    Ethiopia: Jawar Mohammed’s trial could begin

    Addis Ababa (HAN) September 14. 2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. On 4 September, federal prosecutors said they want to proceed to trial after presenting 10 out of 15 witnesses, two of whom had their identities concealed, in the case of Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC) politicians Jawar Mohammed and Bekele…

  • Ethiopia unveils new currency notes

    Ethiopia unveils new currency notes

    Addis Ababa (HAN) September 14. 2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. The Ethiopian government on Monday revealed new currency notes in an effort to curb financing of illicit activities. The announcement was made by the Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Monday as he noted that the East African country’s…

  • Ethiopia: Civil War Could Be Just Around the Corner?

    Ethiopia: Civil War Could Be Just Around the Corner?

    Addis Ababa (HAN) September 14. 2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. The deadly violence that rocked Ethiopia this summer following the death of artist Hachalu Hundessa has been a subject of much speculation and contention. The facts as we know them are that immediately following the assassination close to 250 people died…

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