Egypt on Sunday wrote a letter to the UN about the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) which has been a disputed issue between Ethiopia and Egypt. The letter from Egyptian Foreign Minister Abdelatty is addressed to the UN Security Council. It addresses Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s recent remarks on the fifth phase of filling…
Djibouti has offered Tadjoura port to Ethiopia to resolve the deadlock between Ethiopia and Somalia. Foreign Minister of Djibouti disclosed this offer in an interview. Mohammed Ali Yusuf, the Foreign Minister of Djibouti, in an interview said that Djibouti is on the verge of making an offer to Ethiopia. He said Ethiopia can have full…
The executive directors of Purpose Black Ethiopia Trading Company have been arrested. They were arrested on Friday on suspicion of abuse of power and fraud. Purpose Black Ethiopia was launched in May 2020. An investigation was initiated on the basis of a complaint submitted to the police by the shareholders who claimed they had been…
Ethiopia, on Wednesday, warned against transition to new peacekeeping mission in Somalia. The Ethiopian foreign ministry issued a statement in this regard. “Ethiopia is concerned that the transition from the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) to a new peace support mission is fraught with dangers to the region. While the African Union and…
US ambassador to Ethiopia, Ervin Massinga, is mediating between rival groups of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). The ambassador arrived in Mekelle on a 3-day visit on Sunday. He is visiting Tigray at a crucial time when TPLF is faced with the worst internal divisions. The party has split in two. One group led…
by Yohannes Aberra (PhD) The metaphor is strikingly revealing. It is a story of uninformed choice in Aesop’s Fables: “A Stag was chased by the hounds, and took refuge in a cave, where he hoped to be safe from his pursuers. Unfortunately the cave contained a Lion, to whom he fell an easy prey. ‘Unhappy…
At least 2 Eritrean migrants have been killed and several injured in the resumption of communal clashes in Eritrean diaspora community in Israel. The clash between Eritrean pro govt and opposition groups erupted on Saturday in Tel Aviv. The two groups hurled stones at each other and used sticks to attack each other. Before the…
Eritrean government has resumed granting and renewing business licenses and permits. Eritrean Ministry of Trade and Industry has confirmed that the process of issuing new business permits and licenses has begun. The Eritrean government imposed a ban on issuing these permits for business community in March 2020. It was said back then that the ban…
Ethiopian Airlines and UAE based FlyDubai made changes on their websites on Friday to avoid a possible suspension of flights by the civil aviation authority of Somalia. On Wednesday, Mogadishu based Civil Aviation Authority termed the actions of the two airlines as violations of Somalia’s sovereignty. The authority warned the airlines to make corrections by…
Fano militias, on Thursday, announced lifting of restrictions on travel and transport in the Amhara region. On Tuesday, Fano groups in Wollo and Shewa imposed a complete 2-day ban on transport. A ban was already in place in Gojjam. Earlier this month, Gojjam Fano placed a ban on the movement of all types of vehicles….