Tag: federalism

  • Ethiopia Huge Supporter of the UN

    Ethiopia Huge Supporter of the UN

    ADDIS ABABA (HAN) September 22. 2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed said Ethiopia will remain committed to the ideals of the United Nations (UN). He made the remark at the High-level meeting to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the UN held under the theme, ‘The…

  • Ethiopia: Political Violence Could Derail Democratic Transition

    Ethiopia: Political Violence Could Derail Democratic Transition

    ADDIS ABABA (HAN) September 20. 2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues.  BY TOM GARDNER, LULE ESTIFANOS According to his wife, the late Gen. Seare Mekonnen, Ethiopia’s former army chief of staff, was assassinated by a bodyguard shortly after 9 p.m. on June 22, 2019. The general was rushed to a hospital, where…

  • Ethiopia: Genuine Dialogue Creates Ground to Reconcile Polarized Views

    Ethiopia: Genuine Dialogue Creates Ground to Reconcile Polarized Views

    Ethiopia- ADDIS ABABA (HAN) September 19. 2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. Ethiopia needs an all-inclusive national dialogue to navigate through fundamental issues as a ‘tragedy of the commons’ complicate the reform process, Scholars argued adding, for the proper deployment of successful dialogue, lessons should be taken from the experiences…

  • Ethiopia: The Ethiopian constitution as a suicide pact

    Ethiopia: The Ethiopian constitution as a suicide pact

    ADDIS ABABA (HAN) September 18. 2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. BY: Adeno Addis .A constitution is the basic or fundamental law of a state. It performs several functions. It sets up a system of government—a parliamentary system, a presidential republic, or a monarchy. It then allocates power within the…

  • Ethiopia: Least Developed Countries need to Recommit for the 2030 Development Agenda

    Ethiopia: Least Developed Countries need to Recommit for the 2030 Development Agenda

    ADDIS ABABA (HAN) September 17. 2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. Minister of the Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia in a virtually held annual ministerial meeting of the group of least Developed Countries (LDCs). The meeting aims to provide strategic guidance for the last year of implementation of the Istanbul Programme…

  • Ethiopia: 120 Killed in Ethiopian Ethnic Clashes

    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

    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: Nostalgic Ethiopianists threaten national unity

    ETHIOPIA: Nostalgic Ethiopianists threaten national unity

    ADDIS ABABA (HAN) September 7. 2020. Monitoring Regional Issues. On 29 June, activist musician Hachalu Hundessa was murdered, triggering protests and unrest that killed at least 239 people, and a heavy crackdown by security forces that has since seen more than 9,000 people detained and internet services shutdown for almost three weeks. Hachalu’s place within the collective Oromo consciousness was as…

  • Ethiopia: Revolutionary Rollback Creates a Aggressive Changes

    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.…

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