A small earthquake hit Addis Ababa and other parts of Ethiopia today. At around 8:10 pm today, the earthquake shook buildings in several areas in Addis Ababa including Meskel Square, Kazanchis, Ayat Condominium Tafo, Tekleheman Condominium, Arabsa,, Gelan, Bole, Jemo etc. Shewarobit, Debre Berhan (North Showa), Dessie, Kombolcha (South Wolo) residents also felt tremors of…
The Ethiopian Military Chief, General Berhanu Jula, on Saturday, in an interview, ridiculed the President of Somalia and Somalia’s military. He said that Hassan Sheikh cannot control Mogadishu let alone entire Somalia. “People are dying in Mogadishu. Hassan Sheikh should protect Mogadishu first,” he said. He said Somalia’s military is less than the police of…
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…
The President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh, has accused Ethiopia of causing floods in Somalia. Somalia and Ethiopia have been in dispute since the start of this year. The President, in an interview with the Economist, said that Ethiopia had released water from its water reservoirs causing flooding in Somalia. Somalia’s Shabelle, South West and other…
Somalia has claimed that it intercepted 3 illegal Ethiopian arms shipments. Ahmed Moallim Fiqi, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Somalia, levelled these allegation addressing the UN Security Council. The FM said that within the last 3 months, Somalia intercepted 3 Ethiopian arms shipments meant to be delivered to Somalia’s regional states in northern, central…
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…
Eritrea today responded to allegations leveled by the Ethiopian military chief. The Eritrean Information Ministry issued a statement in this regard. General Berhanu Jula, the Ethiopian military chief, in an interview this week said that Eritrean military looted factories, abducted and killed people in Tigray, which pushedthe people of Tigray to support Tigray fighters in…
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…