By Yohannes Gedamu In November, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed established a new pan-Ethiopian political party. It brings together three of the four ethnic-based…
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Ethiopia’s surveillance network crumbles, meaning less fear and less control
Reuters -DEBARK, Ethiopia – Rahmat Hussein once inspired fear and respect for the watchful eye she cast over her Ethiopian neighborhood, keeping…
Ethiopia: Lemma Megersa Opposes Premier’s Party Merger Plan
Date: December 01, 2019 in: Abiy Ahmed, Addis News, AddisZena, Election, EPRDF, Featured, Front Page, Lemma Megerssa, News, Politics, Prosperity Bloomberg –…
Ethiopia’s ruling coalition to form a single party, TPLF boycotts
The Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), a coalition that ruled Ethiopia since 1991 is officially dead. In a unanimous decision ,…
Ethiopian opposition parties threaten election boycott
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – A coalition of Ethiopian opposition parties on Tuesday threatened to boycott a national vote next year without changes…
Ethiopia’s opposition parties criticize election law changes
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopian lawmakers on Saturday revised election laws to pave the way for polls next year, but some opposition…
The underlying tension behind Ethiopia’s flawed federal system and its risks
By Yohannes Gedamu For almost three decades Ethiopia’s federal structure – enshrined in the country’s 1994 constitution – has been defended by the ruling coalition,…
28 years later, Ethiopia’s ruling party must end impunity for human rights abuses
By Fisseha Tekle A loud explosion shook the ground in the early afternoon of 28 May 1991. It was followed by a…
Longtime independent Ethiopia researcher Rene Lefort compared Abiy’s reforms to 1991, when the EPRDF, then a rebel army, stormed the capital Addis…
NAIROBI, Kenya—Ethiopia said it plans to sell stakes in some of the country’s most-prized assets after decades of state control, including telecommunications…