The Ethiopian PM has sent a special message to the Emir of Qatar. The Ethiopian state media today reported about this special message. Ahmed Shide, the Ethiopian Finance Minister, delivered this special message from the Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to Tamim Ibn Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar on Monday. The Ethiopian and…
Protest rallies were taken out on Saturday and Sunday in Alamata Ethiopia. The rallies were taken out by Amhara ethnic groups residents of the city. Alamata city is situated in Southern Zone which is disputed between the Tigray and Amhara regions. Both have their claims to the zone. Before the start of war in Northern…
Tigray Fighters on Friday night crossed Tekeze river to move towards Welkait and Tselemti. Locals of the area confirmed large scale movement of Tigray fighters along Tekeze river. Welkait Humera Tsegede and Tselemti and contested by the Tigray and Amhara regions of Ethiopia. Before the start of war in northern Ethiopia in November 2020, Western…
Fano fighters have assassinated another government official in the Amhara region. Mrs. Milishu Bekele has been killed. Mrs. Milishu was working as the head of Kewet district administration. Kewet is situated in North Shewa zone of the Amhara region. She was shot dead while being on the move in a vehicle in Bekele town. Attackers…
The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church today issued a statement in which it expressed disappointment about its exclusion from National Dialogue. The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church held a meeting in which all the synod members participated and Patriarch Abune Matias also participated. The meeting went on for around a week, and after EOTC issued a statement…
10-month long state of emergency (SoE) expired in Ethiopia today. The State of Emergency was imposed last year in August to control the law and order situation in the Amhara region. At the time of imposition of the SoE, Amhara Fano militias had taken control of major cities like Gondar, Lalibela, Debre Markos, Shewa Robit…
Nineteen prisoners were released from Awash Arba military camp on Saturday. The prisoner release came at a time when Ethiopia has formally launched national dialogue. The released prisoners include members of political parties, activists, journalists etc. Authorities say that they were released after receiving “reformation training”. 20 other prisoners were transferred from Awash Arba to…
Ethiopia today reiterated its position about gaining access to sea through Somaliland. Ethiopian Minister of Transport Alamu Sime spoked about that submitting his ministry’s nine-month performance report to the Ethiopian House of People’s Representatives today. He said that Ethiopia will realize the dream of gaining access to sea through the MoU which it signed with…
Full Gospel Church worshippers and priests were beaten up by the local police in Ethiopia. This incident happened on Sunday in Metu town Iluababora zone Oromia region. Believers of the Full Gospel Church went out for a religious sermon and were attacked by the local police. According to the priests and worshipers, more than 20…