At least 5 people have been killed in an attack on a public bus on Ethiopia South Sudan border. The incident happened in the Gambela regional state of Ethiopia, which shares border with South Sudan. According to Gambela regional government officials, armed men from South Sudan entered the Gambela region on Sunday and opened fire…
National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) has registered a new regional political party formed by former President of Tigray Getachew Reda. Getachew Reda, who remained a senior leader of Tigray People’s Liberation Front, parted his ways with TPLF recently. The new party namely “Tigray Democratic Solidarity” has been registered provisionally. NEBE has given 90 days…
Ethiopian PM has arrived in Rome Italy. This is the second leg of his Europe tour. The Prime Minister concluded his visit of France before landing in Italy. During this visit, President Macron expressed full support for Ethiopia’s debt restructuring initiatives, emphasizing the urgency of a swift resolution to promote economic stability and growth. No…
Three Ethiopian armed groups have differently responded to a statement issued by US embassy in Ethiopia. Ervin Massinga, the US ambassador to Ethiopia, in the message posted on May 23, urged Amhara Fano and OLA to negotiate with the Ethiopian government to find a peaceful solution to the ongoing armed conflicts in Amhara and Oromia…
An IGAD official survived an assassination attempt in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, this week. IGAD special envoy Dr. Guray Fidar was injured in this attack. IGAD is an 8-country bloc in Africa. It includes Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, South Sudan, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya and Uganda. No statement has been issued by Addis Ababa police or IGAD…
Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed has arrived in France. He is expected to visit three other European countries to press the case for sea access. No official statement has been issued by the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the agenda of this visit. According to informed sources, the Prime Minister will be accompanied by his…
Dozens of Ethiopian doctors, on strike, have been arrested in the ongoing crackdown by the government on the Ethiopian health professionals. Today is day 3 of the full strike announced by health professionals in Ethiopia. They have gone on strike to force the government to consider their 12 demands about increase in salaries and other…
Tigray Forces on Tuesday stopped people from protesting in south eastern Tigray. Since Monday, preparations were ongoing for demonstrations in Hintalo Wajerat woreda of south eastern Tigray. In southern and southeastern Tigray, several public demonstrations have been held in the last one week. The protests have been led by anti TPLF elements which are leading…
Judges and prosecutors have gone on strike in the Mekelle city of Tigray. Court services have been suspended temporarily. The strike was announced after a security incident which happened last week. A courtroom was stormed last week by armed men during the trial of Zewdu Haftu’s murder. Zewdu Haftu, a 32 year old girl, was…