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Ethiopia: Two Ethnic Amhara Agents Killed During a Fight at EPRDF Security Meeting

July 27, 2014July 27, 2014TesfaNews7 Comments

By Elias Kifle, THIS week late on Monday, Ethiopia’s ruling Tigray People Liberation Front (TPLF) summoned all intelligence officers from different regions of the country for a meeting in Addis Ababa. On the second day of the meeting, deputy security chief Isayas Woldegiorgis started berating agents who came from the Amhara region, accusing them of being […]

Ethiopia: Price Controls Cause Chaos in Ethiopian Markets

January 27, 2011August 5, 2013TesfaNewsLeave a Comment

By Peter Heinlein Price controls on many staple food items ordered by Ethiopia’s government early this month have reduced grocery bills for many low-income families. But now shopkeepers are upset and some basic items are disappearing from store shelves. Economists are concerned about the long-term effect of the government’s price-fixing strategy.