BY REUTERS Sudan’s parliament voted on Monday to shorten from one year to six months a state of emergency declared by President Omar al-Bashir last month in response to widespread protests. Parliament can, however, renew the measure.
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Head of the National Security and Intelligence Services (NISS) announces that the President will step down as head of the ruling National Congress Party and won’t run in the 2020 presidential election BY BBC NEWS Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir has declared a national state of emergency, dismissed the federal government and sacked all state governors. […]
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BY E. ABRAHAM A relative, albeit confused, calm has set in Ethiopia after the election of the new Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD). Confused because no one seems to tell whether the calm is due to the state of emergency (SoE) that was declared just before his election or due to his hypnotic messages of […]
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BY DANIEL OGBAHARYA | PAMBAZUKA In what seems like a watershed moment, Ethiopia has a new head of state: Abiy Ahmed, who was sworn in amid much fanfare on 2 April 2018. Perhaps owing to his youth, oratory, and meteoric rise, Ahmed has been dubbed Ethiopia’s “Obama”.
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BY ENGIDU WOLDIE | ESAT NEWS The Ethiopian People’s Democratic Front (EPRDF) had elected a new chairman yesterday in the person of Abiy Ahmed, leader of the Oromo party in the four group coalition, the Oromo People’s Democratic Organization (OPDO).
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As Chairman of the EPRDF, Abiy Ahmed is now set to become the first Muslim and the first Oromo leader of Ethiopia. BY AL JAZEERA Ethiopia’s ruling coalition has elected Abiy Ahmed as its new chairman, according to state media. The announcement on Tuesday by state broadcaster FANA means that Ahmed, who hails from the […]
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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 AFRICA NEWS Ethiopia must deal with its home generated security crisis and stop using Eritrea as a smokescreen, this is the view of a former United States Assistant Secretary of State. Herman Cohen on Monday waded into renewed claims by Ethiopia that neighbouring Eritrea was backing groups aimed at destabilizing the country.
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