Ethiopia faces a dangerous cycle of intensifying internal political dissent, ethnic unrest and security crackdowns, observers have warned, after a series of…
Oromia
Ethiopia is treading a political tightrope as its unresolved ethnic tensions erupt in violence again
By Yohannes Gedamu Oromia, one of the regions in Ethiopia’s ethnically constituted federation and the country’s most populated one, also happens to be…
Abiy Ahmed’s Reforms Have Unleashed Forces He Can No Longer Control
Ethiopia’s prime minister oversaw the chaotic release of thousands of prisoners, including many ethnonationalist militants. His amnesty may now be coming back…
Ethiopian Olympic protest runner Feyisa Lilesa finally rewarded
BBC – An Ethiopian runner who brought the world’s attention to a wave of protests in Ethiopia at the Rio Olympics has…
Ethiopian Prime Minister forms committee to resolve boundary dispute between Addis and Oromia regional state
Addis Abeba, March 09/2019 – Office of PrimeMinister Abiy Ahmed released statement announcing the formation of acommittee of eight individuals to work…
Ethiopian Prime Minister forms committee to resolve boundary dispute between Addis and Oromia regional state
Addis Abeba, March 09/2019 – Office of PrimeMinister Abiy Ahmed released statement announcing the formation of acommittee of eight individuals to work…
Ethiopia regional govt ‘knocks’ city admin for Oromia protests
The Oromia regional government in Ethiopia has slammed the Addis Ababa city administration over its handling of allocation of condominium houses. The…
Anger in Ethiopia as officials demolish hundreds of houses
By Elias Meseret | AP ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The Ethiopian government has begun demolishing thousands of houses they say are illegal in the…
Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed: The leader promising to heal a nation
BBC – Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been widely praised for introducing sweeping reforms aimed at ending political repression, writes BBC…
Ethiopia police find mass grave of 200 people
Police in Ethiopia say they have discovered a mass grave with 200 bodies near the border between the Somali and Oromia regions…