Amhara Coup Archives

Ethiopia to Charge Dozens Over Killings of Top State Officials

November 13, 2019November 13, 2019TesfaNewsLeave a Comment

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.

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

July 11, 2019July 11, 2019TesfaNewsLeave a Comment

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 […]

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

July 4, 2019TesfaNewsLeave a Comment

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 […]

Ethiopia: Chaos, TPLF’s Last Hurrah?

June 27, 2019TesfaNewsLeave a Comment

BY YENENEH MESFIN The tragic events in Bahir Dar and Addis Abeba on Saturday (22) were supposed to be the trigger that would plunge Ethiopia into ethnic chaos if the criminal TPLF gang had its way. The TPLF now cornered in Tigray, unable to fulfill its promises to the people of Tigray, is seeking a […]

Five Questions on the Crisis in Ethiopia

June 25, 2019TesfaNewsLeave a Comment

BY AFP Ethiopia’s army chief, the president of Amhara state and three other top officials have been killed in two separate attacks. While the government has said the attacks took place within the context of an attempted coup in Amhara and are possibly linked, the overall motives remain murky.

Amhara Region Coup Leader Shot and Killed

June 24, 2019June 24, 2019TesfaNewsLeave a Comment

BY VOA NEWS The alleged leader of Saturday’s coup attempt in Ethiopia’s northern Amhara state has been shot and killed. A reporter in the state capital, Bahir Dar, told VOA’s Horn of Africa service that General Asamnew Tsige was killed in the capital Monday while trying to escape from security forces.

Amhara Region Coup Failed, Army Chief Killed

June 22, 2019June 23, 2019TesfaNewsLeave a Comment

BY TESFANEWS An organized coup attempt in the Amhara regional state led by a former military general and Amhara region security head, Asaminew Tsige, has failed, according to Niguse Tilahun, Press Secretary at the Prime Minister Office.