BY AFP Ethiopia announced Monday that soldiers and federal police will take over security in a restive southern region following days of violence that has left at least 18 people dead. “The regular security structure has been unable to ensure rule of law and has been stymied by various agendas,” said a statement read on […]
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The military command post re-arrest 12 opposition activists, journalists, and bloggers including previously freed detainees, for displaying Ethiopia’s (not EPRDF) flag BY DANIEL MUMBERE | AFRICA NEWS The Ethiopian government is being blasted by human rights and press freedom activists after it rearrested bloggers and opposition leaders that it had released a few weeks ago. […]
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BY ENGIDU WOLDIE | ESAT NEWS The diplomatic community in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa expressed concern over the political turmoil as well as the crisis within the ruling EPRDF while a TPLF diplomat insists they should not worry about the situation and told them to “just calm down and do their job.”
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BY NETSANET BULTO Ever since the death of the late TPLF chairman and Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi, the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) has lacked a similarly dominant personality able to maintain consensus, either thru charisma, intrigue, or both. This condition has given rise within the TPLF to internal divisions and animosities. Abay Woldu, the […]
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You really cannot imagine what it’s like to live under the state of emergency just by reading about it on newspapers. BY SEIF MAGANGO | DAILY NATION My three days in Addis Ababa recently felt like a step back in time. As part of my day job, I keep abreast of developments in Ethiopia, so […]
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BY Prof. AL MARIAM On October 9, 2016, the puppet prime minister (PPM) of the Thugtatorship of the Tigrean People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) Hailemariam announced a “state of emergency” (SoE) in a 20-minute televised statement. The PPM argued “anti-peace elements”, allied with foreign forces, had incited strife and undermined the peace and stability in the […]
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With the state of emergency declared all over the country, the governing structure is in crisis and what remains intact is a politically connected, heavily armed and economically powerful military. By Addis Standard, To the media’s keen observation, the immediate cause that triggered Ethiopia’s recent nose-dive into the unknown began when, on November 12, 2015, […]
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By Masraway.com*, President Abdel Fattah al- Sisi received on Tuesday at the Federal Palace, Isaias Afwerki, President of Eritrea, who is on a working visit to Egypt. Ambassador Alaa Youssef, spokesman for the presidency, said that President Sisi welcomed the Eritrean counterpart, stressing the importance of developing bilateral relations with Eritrea at all levels in […]
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