BY EZEGA In a defiant move, the Tigray Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF) has decided not to join the Prosperity Party (PP) at the end of its extraordinary conference held over the weekend. According to several videos released, the tone of the just concluded conference was that of anger and defiance directed against central forces.
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Ethiopia rising from the ashes of ethnic apartheid BY Prof. AL MARIAM The political transformation that has taken place in Ethiopia over the past 19 months can best be described as miraculous. I use the word in both its original Latin root meaning “miraculum” (“object of wonder”) and common understanding suggesting divine intervention in human affairs […]
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BY REUTERS Ethiopia’s ruling coalition on Thursday approved the merger of three of its four ethnic-based parties into a single national party ahead of the 2020 elections, part of the prime minister’s efforts to unite the country, but one of the parties [TPLF] boycotted the meeting and vote.
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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.
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“Ethnic politics is Ethiopia’s Primary National Security Threat” – Gov’t BY BROOK ABDU | THE ETHIOPIAN REPORTER The euphoria that engulfed the country one year ago when Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed assumed the hot seat at Arat kilo seems to be receding slowly. Another round of protests is visiting the country and they are erupting […]
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Is the new PM in charge as a leader? Does he have the clout and respect, and not just love from the people, from the various political parties, factions and the military or is he being influenced and manipulated by domestic or international groups? BY DEREJE GIZAW | FORTUNE Having started from within and having […]
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A threat to peace that Washington shouldn’t afford to ignore … BY BRONWYN BRUTON | FOREIGN POLICY Ethiopia’s new prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, made headlines across the world with his surprise move last month to resolve his country’s two-decade-long fight with Eritrea. The nation of Eritrea broke free from Ethiopia through a referendum in 1993, and the two nations then fought […]
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BY TESFANEWS Spokesperson of the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry, Meles Alem, announced that the first Eritrean delegation is expected to arrive in Addis Ababa this week [Tuesday] for the first time in two decades after surprising gestures by both sides aimed at ending one of Africa’s longest-running conflicts.
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