A woreda administrator has been shot dead in the Amhara region. The incident happened in the North Shewa zone of the region. Albis Adefrash, the General Administrator of Efratana Gedim Woreda in Amhara region North Shewa zone has been killed. The woreda Communication office confirmed the incident. He was killed on Saturday night. Unknown attackers…
Eritrean President today departed for Seoul South Korea. He is accompanied by the the Foreign Minister Osman Saleh. South Korea is hosting 2-day South Korea-Africa summit from the 4th of June. Delegations from African countries and related international organizations, key figures from Korean and international communities, including heads of state, heads of organizations, and President…
Ethiopian army will leave Somalia by the end of this year. The announcement came on Friday by Somalia’s national security advisor. Hussein Sheikh, Somalia’s National Security Advisory, said yesterday that by December 2024, all Ethiopian troops would withdraw from Somalia. Thousands of Ethiopian troops are operating in Somalia. The troops are part of ATMIS (…
Jawar Mohammed, an Ethiopian politician from Oromia region, published a social media message to criticize the government yesterday. He demanded action by government on two issues. Jawar Mohammed is Deputy Chairman of a political party named OFC (Oromo Federalist Congress). He was arrested on the 30th June, 2020. He was arrested after Oromo singer Hacalu’s…
Is the Ethiopian National Dialogue Commission a right solution at wrong time? Since Abiy Ahmed assumed power, Ethiopia has witnessed a decline in both its political stability and economic prosperity. The devastating two-year conflict with Tigray has resulted in significant casualties and economic setbacks. Moreover, internal conflicts in regions like Oromia and Amhara have further…
Amhara Fano militia today announced a complete transport ban in Gondar. The ban on vehicle movement will be implemented from Saturday June 1. Since last year, Amhara Fano militias have been fighting the Ethiopian security forces across the Amhara region. The armed resistance movement in the Amhara region emerged when the Ethiopian security forces tried…
According to an NGO, Evangelical Christians have been arrested in Eritrea. It is said that the security authorities of the Eritrean government are taking evangelicals from their homes and arresting them. Eritrea formally became independent in 1993. Since then Isaias Afwerki has been the president of Eritrea, It has been more then three decades since…
The Ethiopian Council of Ministers is paving the way for the restoration of the political status of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). After war broke out between TPLF and the Federal government in November 2020, TPLF and Oromo Liberation Army OLA were declared, through a parliament vote, terrorist entities in 2021. The terrorist designation…
Ethiopian Immigration Director will be given immense powers if a draft amendment is approved by the Ethiopian parliament. The draft amendment is being introduced to make changes to the law governing restrictions on individuals about leaving the country. Current law about banning people from leaving the country states, “Anyone can be banned from leaving Ethiopia…
The name Fano invokes different feelings for different groups in contemporary Ethiopia. For the the Amharans it represents a type of militia that guards their interests in their region and Ethiopia as general. For the radicalized Oromos it is seen as force that wants to impose a Unitarian order and expansionist force that is ready…