Ethiopia in transition
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News: Wolayta zone council emergency meeting passes seven resolutions, including establishing a secretariat to prep for statehood
Addis Abeba, June 22/2020 – Following a day-long emergency meeting by the Council of Wolayta zone of the Southern Nations,…
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News: Debretsion calls for a national dialogue involving all political parties, nations & nationalities
Participants of today’s meeting in Mekelle By Bileh Jelan @BilehJelan Addis Abeba, June 16/2020 – In a statement released late…
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News Alert: SNNPRS Council called for emergency meeting; expected to transfer power to effect Sidama regional state
Signboards declaring Sidama statehood are placed in various places in Sidama zone were placed as far back as July 2019…
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News Alert: HoF approves CCI’s recommendation to extend both Houses, state councils term limit; constitutional expert raises concern
Image: The 5th year, 1st regular session of the HoF held in October 2019. Deputy Speaker of the House of…
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Op-ed: Ethiopia must end culture of impunity to heal from decades of human rights violations
In what could betaken as a promising start, Federal Attorney General Adanech Abiebie said yesterday that her office has started…
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Commentary: The trinity of ‘patient Ethiopia’
A man wearing protective mask sits in a bus near Merkato, the busiest open market in Addis Abeba By Belete…
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Commentary: How would the unelected assume state power constitutionally? The hard question the CCI/HOF need to address
Partial view of members of the House of Federation (HoF). Image: HoF archive By Wondwossen Demissie Kassa Addis Abeba, June…
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News: OLF,OFC urge gov’t to take report by Amnesty seriously; heed recommendations to reverse troubling human rights abuse record
In a report released today, Amnesty International said “Ethiopian security forces committed horrendous human rights violations including burning homes to…
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Op-Ed: To heal, Ethiopia needs to confront its violent past
“Abiy continues to focus on reconciliation as his preferred approach for dealing with the country’s past.” By Laetitia Bader @LaetitiaBader…
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