Ethiopia: Army Issues Stern Warning Against Anyone Planning to Violate Constitution

BY MEDIHANE EKUBAMICHAEL | ADDIS STANDARD General Berhanu Jula, Deputy Chief of Staff and Military Operations Division Head of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF), said the army will be “forced to take actions against anyone who claims to violate the constitution.”

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Ethiopia Rejects TPLF’s Call for Election in Tigray Region

“The board is the sole organ that decides the electoral calendar, electoral process or other related issues. Therefore Tigray regional state has no legal basis to decide to conduct the election.” – National Election Board (NEBE) BY REUTERS Ethiopia rejected a request by its northernmost Tigray region on Wednesday to hold elections in August due […]

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Ethiopia’s Tigray Region to Proceed With Vote, Stoking Tensions

Today’s decision by the Tigray Regional State Council is seen as a push back that could put the country on a different political trajectory. BY PAUL RICHARDSON | BLOOMBERG Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region announced it will proceed with elections, ignoring the electoral board’s postponement of nationwide balloting and placing its administration on a collision course with […]

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TPLF’s Anniversary Celebration for Political Machinations

BY SENNAY ZEMEN There is no debate on the fact that ethnic politics, which still remains a political minefield in Ethiopia, has ‘flourished’ and reached an all time high during the TPLF era. The partition of the country into ethno-linguistic federal system in a highly institutionalized way is, therefore, the thin end of the wedge; […]

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