Eritrean opposition group called Brigade Nhamedu is due to hold a conference in Ethiopia on Monday January 27. The conference was expected to be held last week but it was rescheduled to January 27. Brigade Nhamedu is an anti Eritrean government political groups which came under spotlight in recent years. It wants to bring about…
Tigray military today issued a statement, lashing out at the Tigray Interim Administration led by President Getachew Reda. The statement has been issued amid ongoing hostility between two TPLF groups led by President Getachew Reda and TPLF Chairman Debretsion Gebremichael. The statement is being seen as an announcement by Tigray military to remove President Getachew…
A Fano militia commander in the Gojjam zone of the Amhara region has been killed. Since mid 2023 Fano militias have been fighting the Ethiopian security forces in the Amhara region. Yohannes Alemayehu was killed on Monday night. He was leading second division of Gojjam Fano. He was working as the Gojjam Fano’s spokesperson too….
Ethiopian Security Forces on Friday claimed to have killed over 100 Fano militia fighters in two zones of the Amhara region. Since 2023, Fano militias have been fighting the Ethiopian security forces in the Amhara region. The region is virtually under military control. One after the other several major military operations have been conducted in…
Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) has announced that vehicle movement along the strategic Ethiopia Djibouti Road has been disrupted. OLA, an armed group based in the Oromia region of Ethiopia, has been fighting the Ethiopian security forces for years. “As of yesterday afternoon, the Ethiopia Djibouti highway has been effectively halted. Fighting between OLA and regime…
Price of US dollar has reached 150 birr in the Ethiopian black market. Since May last year, the Ethiopian government has been trying to kill the foreign exchange black market. Today’s official birr-dollar exchange rate announced by the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia is 124.0086 birr per dollar. Last year, when the Ethiopian government introduced macro…
Senior Ethiopian Politician Lidetu Ayalew has decided to return to Ethiopia. Since 2021, he has been staying in the US. Born in 1969 in Lalibela Amhara region, he has been active in Ethiopian politics for three decades. He founded and led Ethiopian Democratic Party (EDP). In a letter released on weekend, the seasoned Ethiopian politician…
Ethio Telecom, Ethiopian state owned telecommunication company, has extended the deadline for sale of its 10% shares. It failed to meet the target of selling the shares till January 3. In October last year, Ethio Telecom offered 100 million shares to Ethiopian investors. One share was priced at 300 birr. One investor must buy a…
Ethiopian Police today opened fire at protesters in Moyale Oromia. At least two protesters were wounded. Demonstrations have been ongoing since yesterday. Moyale is administrative center of two woredas of Oromia and Somali regional states of Ethiopia. It is situated on Ethiopia-Kenya border. On Friday, a 12 year old boy named Boru AlNuur was shot…
President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh is visiting Ethiopia today. Since January last year, Ethiopia and Somalia have been involved in a diplomatic row. The president’s visit is likely to lead to improvement in bilateral relations. Somalia expelled Ethiopian ambassador to Mogadishu and withdrew its ambassador to Addis Ababa at the start of last year. In…