What Prime Minister Abiy needs is resolve, not time!
By: Shiferaw Abebe ETHIOPIA’S NEW PRIME MINISTER ABIY AHMED. AFP PHOTO | ZACHARIAS ABUBEKER A month after Prime Minister (PM) Abiy Ahmed took office, Ethiopia’s future remains unclear. On the day of...
View ArticleAbiy’s Ethiopia: Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment – Pt 2
Abiy’s Ethiopia: Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment – Pt 2 The post Abiy’s Ethiopia: Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment – Pt 2 appeared first on Satenaw: Ethiopian News|Breaking News: Your...
View ArticleA proofed wrong strategy: ‘Kill the messenger, when you don’t like the...
By Mulugeta B Teferi The complexity of the Wolkait Amhara Identity Question emerges from multiple of sources. I tried to point out only three for the time being, and suggest solutions under the current...
View ArticleAndualem Aragie arrival speech in Frankfurt, Germany
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View ArticleHealthy Man Lost His Both Legs to Torture in Ethiopian Prison
Mengistu Assefa Bekele Gerba gave an interview to Voice of America Afaan Oromoo service about his experiences in Ethiopian prison. Mr Gerba touched on his unwavering philosophy and commitment to...
View ArticleJournalists, bloggers weigh in on media freedom in Ethiopia
Nathalie Tissot The new Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is said to have increased transparency in governance since his assumption into office. His critics cite his outreach to opposition political...
View ArticleSudan releases 1,400 Ethiopians from jail
Sudan on Friday released 1,400 Ethiopians after serving time in jails Meles Alem, spokesperson of the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry, told journalists that many of the Ethiopians were detained in Sudan for...
View ArticleIn Ethiopia’s bushlands, promised riches of a railway boom turn to dust
Villagers, lured by new jobs and rich rewards for selling their land, now face poverty and heartbreak as claims of corruption engulf £2.5bn transport project by Tom Gardner They promised us we would...
View ArticleFormal talks begin between Ethiopia government and exile based opposition...
Addis Abeba, May 13/2018 – A statement issued by the Oromo Democratic Front (ODF), an exile based opposition party, and was received by Addis Standard says formal talks between “high-level delegation...
View ArticleESAT Daily News DC May 12 2018
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View ArticleMemorandum No. 5: PM Abiy Institutionalizing the Rule of Law and...
By Prof. Alemayehu G. Mariam … Security forces wearing uniforms and caps (inaudible). Their job is to prevent people from fighting (breach of the peace). [The inability of the security forces] to...
View ArticleISRAEL’S ETHIOPIAN COMMUNITY MOURNS THOSE WHO DIED EN ROUTE TO JERUSALEM
Rivlin and Netanyahu both underscored the special attachment that Ethiopian Jews have to the city of Jerusalem. BY GREER FAY CASHMAN Benjamin Netanyahu at a remembrance ceremony for Ethiopian Jews who...
View ArticleExiled Ethiopian opposition group holds talks with government
Aaron Maasho Lencho Leta ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – An exiled Ethiopian opposition party from the country’s restive Oromiya region said it had held talks with the government, a tentative step in its aim...
View ArticleEthiopian coffee now faces threat from khat trade
For generations, farmers planted the lush earth of Awedai and nearby areas in eastern Ethiopia with coffee trees, earning a livelihood from a crop that is now the country’s main export. But the...
View ArticleGovernment rights commission breaks silence on displaced ethnic Amharas, says...
Displaced members of ethnic Amharas currently sheltered in Bahir Dar city Etenesh Abera Addis Abeba, May 15/2018 – Addisu G. Egziabher (PhD), Head of the Ethiopia Human Rights Commission, a government...
View ArticlePM Abiy tells his cabinet the government is investigating foreign bank...
Addis Standard staffs Addis Abeba, May 15/2015 – In a meeting with senior government officials including members of his cabinet, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said the government was...
View ArticleThe danger of ethnic consciousness and tribal division for democracy in Africa
Felix Rugira Democratic transition in Africa has always been under the spotlight. However, the vision of ensuring democratic transition in the continent has been challenged by dictators and lately by...
View ArticleEthiopian-born Swedish doctor freed after charges dropped
By JAN M. OLSEN, ASSOCIATED PRESS A Swedish doctor who had been imprisoned in his native Ethiopia on charges of corruption and terrorism has been freed. Fikru Maru told Swedish broadcaster SVT on...
View ArticleUNREAL VIEWS OF THE TRIPPY COLORS IN ETHIOPIA’S DANAKIL DESERT
Unreal Views of the Trippy Colors in Ethiopia’s Danakil Desert A FEW MONTHS back, German photographer Ulrike Crespo was climbing a small hill in the Afar Triangle of northern Ethiopia when the colors...
View ArticleEthiopia ready to ratify Africa free trade deal after Kenya, Ghana – PM
Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed, has stated that the government is ready to ratify the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) deal and deposit its instruments to...
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