Ethiopian President Sahle Work Zewde is reportedly set to quit. The President, in a tweet a few hours ago, hinted at her likely departure. She tweeted that she had to remain silent in the last one year. Sahle Work Zewde was elected as the President of Ethiopia on October 25, 2018. The term of the…
Ethiopian President Sahle-Work Zewde today published a tweet on her personal twitter account. Her tweet is stirring different speculations about what she is going through. She wrote in Amharic: “እነ ጥላሁን ገሠሠ: ቴዲ አፍሮ: አሊ ቢራ:ማህሙድ አህመድ..ድንቅ ድምጻውያን መካከል ናቸው::”የሰው ልጅ ሆዱ ሲከፋው ጊዜም እንደ ሰው ሲገፋው:መሄጃ መውጫ ሲጠፋው ዝምታ ብቻ ነው ተስፋው”ይላል ማህሙድ “ዝምታ…
Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) is set to intensify efforts to remove Getachew Reda from the position of Tigray interim president. Getachew Reda, once a key TPLF leader and member of TPLF’s central and executive committees, has been expelled from the party along with 16 other CC members. Getachew Reda claims to be leading the…
Amhara Fano militias are blocking all main roads in the Amhara region starting from today. Three days ago, several Fano groups issued a joint statement announcing road closures starting from Thursday. Since last year, the Ethiopian military has been conducting a security operation to disarm and disband Amhara Fano militias. The militias have managed to…
Ethiopian military and Amhara regional government spokespersons today declared war on Fano groups in the Amhara region of Ethiopia. “The defense and the regional government are working together to enforce the law, ” Mengesha Fentaw the Amhara regional government spokesperson said. The head of the Amhara regional government communication bureau Mengesha Fentaw and the director…
Dozens of security officials have been arrested in the Amhara region of Ethiopia in a massive crackdown. The crackdown, launched last week, is aimed at uncovering and stopping the support Amhara Fano militias receive from the regional government officials. Since last year, the Ethiopian military has been conducting an operation against Fano militias across the…
A major commander of the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) has split with the main group led by Kumsa Dirriba, popularly known as Jal Marroo, Sanyi Negasa has announced that he has separated himself from Jal Marroo led OLA. “We are ready to resolve the conflict in Oromia peacefully; we have separated ourselves from the Oromo…
Tigray President Getachew Reda on Thursday extended an olive branch to his rival TPLF faction. Getachew Reda, the interim President of Tigray, is heading a splinter group of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), Tigray’s strongest and largest political party. The other TPLF group is led by chairman Debretsion Gebremichael. On Thursday, Getachew Reda attended…
Ethiopian military chief General Berhanu Jula is under fire for his controversial remarks about ethnic groups in Ethiopia. A video of the General was uploaded on You Tube channel Fayida two days ago. The General was seen talking to the the channel host. He passed some remarks about the contribution of Oromo ethnic group in…