Africa
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News: Battered by persistent public protests, Ethiopia forms new government
Nov. 01, 2016, Addis Abeba – Forced by persistence public protests, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has today dismantled the…
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New Report: Agricultural growth not reaching its poverty-reducing potential in East, Southern Africa
Oct. 31, 2016 – The agricultural sector in East and Southern Africa is transforming due to increased productivity as more…
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Amidst growing crackdown USAID Assistant Administrator for Democracy, Conflict, & Humanitarian Assistance visits Ethiopia
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Assistant Administrator for the Bureau of Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, R. David Harden,…
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News: Ethiopia’s State of Emergency Command Post claims sweeping success in just three days
Oct. 20, 2016 – In a statement it released yesterday, the Command Post leading Ethiopia’s recently enacted State of Emergency…
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel due in Ethiopia “to inaugurate German-built AU Peace and Security Building”
Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, is due in Ethiopia tomorrow “to inaugurate the new Julius…
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Breaking: Amidst intensive public protests Ethiopia declares state of emergency
A ministerial cabinet meeting of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) government, chaired by Prime Minister Hailemariam, has…
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Irreecha – The colors, the identity and the pride of Oromo nation
The Oromo nation is East Africa’s largest ethnic group for its cultural, spiritual and social values. In Ethiopia, home to…
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Carlos Lopes Steps Down as Head of UNECA
Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Carlos Lopes, is stepping down after four years at the…
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Ethiopia’s gradual journey to the verge of crisis
Born in Mekelle, the Capital of the Tigray regional state in the north, GebruAsrat became one of the early members…
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Letter to the Editor: Why Dr. Tedros Adhanom should not lead the World Health Organization
Dear Editor, As a matter of historical coincidence, both Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) were…
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