Politics
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News: US Senator accuses ‘leaders at the top’ of aid organizations after Ethiopia food aid theft revelations
Senator Jim Risch. Photo:Jim Risch Press team Addis Abeba – In a strongly worded statement issued last night, U.S. Senate…
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News: Blinken, Demeke meet as USAID suspends food aid to Ethiopia after widespread, coordinated diversion
DPM/FM Demeke Mekonnen with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in March. Photo: Antony Blinken Addis Abeba – US Secretary…
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News: Ethiopia ceasefire monitoring experts’ term extended until December
Members of the African Union Monitoring, Verification and Compliance Mechanism (AU-MVCM) team during the launching ceremony in Mekelle. Addis Abeba…
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News: Ethiopia says HRW report on Ethnic cleansing in western Tigray ‘distorted and misleading’, seeks to achieve ‘political agenda’
Photo: IDP families and children at Primary School in Mekelle IDP center, April 15, 2021. © UNICEF Ethiopia/2021/Mulugeta Ayene Addis…
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News: Court acquits Fano militia leader Zemene Kase as federal security taskforce claims to squash new insurgency in Amhara region
Addis Abeba – A court in Bahir Dar, capital of the Amhara region has exonerated Zemene Kase, leader of the…
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News: House Committee finds illicit fertilizer trade in Amhara region, calls for swift measures in wake of farmers’ protests
Members of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Affairs of the House of People’s Representatives (HoPR) inspecting fertilizer stockpile in Amhara…
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News: Islamic Council expresses discontent with Oromia region statement on demolition of Mosques, engaged in discussion with federal gov’t
Officials of the Ethiopian Islamic Affairs Supreme Council during press briefing (Photo: Ethiopian Islamic Affairs Supreme Council/Facebook) Addis Abeba –…
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In-depth Analysis: Why resolving war in Oromia through peace talks is long overdue
Addis Abeba on the day of the welcome gathering for OLF’s leadership return from exile in September 2018. (Photo Credit:…
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News: HRW says ethnic cleansing persists in Western Tigray despite peace deal, urges federal gov’t to enforce accountability
Amhra Police patrol in Western Tigray (Photo: Archive/Screenshot) Addis Abeba – Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said ethnic cleansing, human…
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News: Amhara Prosperity Party hits back at internal disputes, threatens armed groups as ruling party wraps up executive meeting
The ruling Prosperity Party is led by PM Abiy Ahmed as president, Adem Farah, right, as vice president, and Demeke…
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