Ethiopia to Charge Dozens Over Killings of Top State Officials

BY ADDIS STANDARD Ethiopia’s Attorney General, Berhanu Tsegaye, said that the June 22 assassination of the senior leadership in Amhara regional state and army chief as well as a retired general’s assassination in Addis Abeba are connected and were led by Bir. Gen. Asaminew Tsige, former security head of Amhara regional state.

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TPLF Threatens to Distance Itself From EPRDF’s Amhara Democratic Party (ADP)

BY ADDIS STANDARD In a strong statement it released late yesterday the Central Committee (CC) of Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), one of the four major parties that make up Ethiopia’s ruling party, EPRDF, said that it would be hard pressed to continue to work or to struggle alongside the Amhara Democratic Party (ADP), the […]

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Abiy Ahmed’s Reforms Have Unleashed Forces He Can No Longer Control

BY NIZAR MANEK | FOREIGN POLICY Former comrades in arms described retired Brig. Gen. Asaminew Tsige, who was shot dead on June 24, as a mediocre soldier and a poor administrator. Asaminew was gunned down by government forces two days after allegedly masterminding the assassination of three senior officials of Ethiopia’s Amhara state, including its […]

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