Law & Justice
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News: Barely a week after legislating controversial emergency decree, defense minister says public push back looking like “color revolution”
Burayu, 23 km west of Addis Abeba, was deserted for the third day today Liyat Fekade Addis Abeba,…
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News: Opposition party OFC rejects state of emergency, says it will sue the federal government
Etenesh Abera Addis Abeba March 06/2018 – Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC), the largest opposition party in Ethiopia led by…
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News: House speaker Abadula Gemeda apologizes for erring vote counting on state of emergency as decision sparks fresh protests
Etenesh Abera Addis Abeba, March 04/2018 – In a televised interview with the state run EBC, Abadula Gemeda, speaker…
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Video: Did Ethiopian Parliament Rig the State of Emergency vote?
Addis Abeba, March 03/2018 – According to Art. 93 (2) of the Ethiopian constitution the emergency decree…
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News: PM Haimeariam’s resignation opens period of uncertainty, State of Emergency undermines smooth transition : EU
Addis Abeba, February 19/2018 – The office of Federica Mogherini, head of the European Union external action service, released a…
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News: The US says it strongly disagrees with Ethiopia’s state of emergency declaration
Etenesh Abera Addis Abeba, February 17/2018 – The US Embassy in Addis Abeba has issued a statement saying the US…
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Breaking: Ethiopia rules out transitional government as trail of chaotic events prior to State of emergency announcement leaves many anxious
Liyat Fekade Addis Abeba, February 17/2018 – A senior government official told Addis Standard that there will be no need for…
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Special Edition: How the “Special Interest” of Oromia over Addis Abeba became a vacuous exercise in legal rhetoric. What is Next?
Click here to download this Special Edition (11 pages) The “Special Interest” of Oromia over Addis Abeba Hollow Constitutional Promise,…
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Commentary: OPDO’s silence on Bekele Gerba, others still in jail, detrimental to its reformist image
By: Awol Allo, Hassan Hussein, Mohammed Ademo and Tsedale Lemma Addis Abeba, February 07/2018 — Ethiopia’s much-touted pledge to release…
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News: Federal court hands six more months in contempt of court against high profile opposition party defendants
Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba, February 05/2018 – The federal high court fourth criminal bench has today sentenced four defendants in…
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