Ethiopia has reportedly rejected an offer made by Somalia to co-manage a port. The proposal by Somalia was shared in February this year. Last year, mediated by Turkiye, Ethiopia and Somalia entered into talks. The talks were held in the backdrop of a controversial MoU signed by Ethiopia with Somaliland to gain sea access. Somalia…
Tigray Peace Force (TPF) fighters exchanged gunfire with Tigray military on Wednesday. TPF, a group of Tigray opposition fighters, have been organizing themselves in the neighboring Afar region recently. On Wednesday, dozens of armed TPF fighters entered Wajerat district from Afar. Wajerat is situated in southern Tigray. The entry of TPF fighters led to an…
Lt. Gen. Tadesse Worede, President of the Tigray Interim Administration, has officially appointed Alem Gebrewahid as Vice President and Advisor to the President in charge of Zonal, Urban, and Leadership Affairs. Alem Gebrewahid, a senior figure within the TPLF (Tigray People’s Liberation Front), previously held influential roles within the party’s executive leadership and its secretariat…
Eritrea today reacted to a letter written by the Ethiopian govt. The letter accuses Eritrea of being in occupation of Ethiopian territories. Eritrean Ministry of Information today issued a statement in this regard. It reacted to Ethiopian government’s accusations that Eritrea is supplying weapons to Ethiopian opposition groups to topple the Ethiopian government. The Ethiopian…
Amhara Fano National Force (AFNF) today issued a statement announcing key organizational decisions. However, one major faction in AFNF immediately distanced itself from the statement. Around 2 years ago, Fano militias launched an armed resistance movement against security forces in the Amhara region. The militias were loosely organized on district and kebele level. The difficult…
Eritrean government has ordered the suspension of fundraising for Go Green Eritrea Project. Eritrean diaspora community members based in Canada have been raising money to plant Coconut trees in Eritrea. The Go Green Eritrea team announced this week that they have been told by Mr. Berhane G. Solomon, Chargé d’Affaires at the Embassy of the…
Ethiopian minister yesterday called Eritrean President a woman. The minister Lagesse Tulu called Eritrean President “Mama Esuye”. “Is it said that if the displaced people don’t return before the winter comes, we will be dead? Who hates that? Didn’t we work hard to make more than ten plans for the displaced people to return to…
Ethiopian Birr has fallen to a new low against US Dollar in black market. The USD/ETB black-market rate has climbed sharply to 160.75 Br/USD, up 0.37% . This marks a significant rise from around 157 Br just two days ago. In late May, the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) expanded FX access—raising personal travel limits…
Eritrea, on Saturday, responded to accusations recently levelled by the Ethiopian military chief. General Birhanu Jula, the Ethiopian military chief, this week said that Ethiopia had tried to engage Eritrea to solve bilateral issues and use sea together, but the Ethiopian efforts remained unsuccessful. However he reiterated the Ethiopian government position that landlocked Ethiopia will…
Additional fees will be charged on cash transactions exceeding 10,000 birr. Both the payer and recipient will have to pay the fees. Ethiopian government wants to discourage cash transactions. The recently approved new income tax proclamation stipulates that additional fees should be charged on cash transactions exceeding 10,000 birr. It remains to be seen how…