Over 500 arrested at Ethiopian festival following political unrest
AP
OCTOBER 13, 2020
503 people were arrested at the annual Thanksgiving festival of Irreecha on Oct. 2 under suspicion they were planning to incite violence during the...
Amhara Association of America Supports Bipartisan House Resolution that Condemns Targeted...
October 9, 2020
Amhara Association of America
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Amhara Association of America (AAA) commends a resolution introduced today in the U.S. House of...
Twelve fold increase in Ethiopia COVID-19 cases, severe weather and locusts...
Crisis Watch
October 7, 2020
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, COVID-19, flooding and the locusts outbreak are creating a humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia with many people unable to...
Anti-Netanyahu protest leader accused of racism after comments to Ethiopian cop
By TOI STAFF
October 6, 2020
Amir Haskel faces criticism from government officials after video surfaces in which he tells policewoman: ‘I brought your parents from Ethiopia,...
Professor Mesfin Woldemariam: Eulogy For a Man Who Spoke Truth to...
October 04, 2020
Prof. Alemayehu G. Mariam
I do not believe this country belongs to a single bully (gulbetegna) . This land was built by my...
Ethiopia tells U.N. ‘no intention’ of using dam to harm Egypt,...
By Michelle Nichols
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed told the United Nations on Friday that his country has “no intention” of harming...
Behind the numbers: How the media covered COVID-19 in an information...
By Yared Tsegaye
Unfamiliarity, limited information, and official obstacles have made reporting on the pandemic an uphill struggle for Ethiopian journalists.
Spending five nights inside a quarantine...
Respecting self-determination could prove good governance model for Ethiopia’s Southern Nations
by Kulle Kursha
The prevailing federal view is that many more regional states in southern Ethiopia will stretch public resources, but it will also move government...
Ethiopia’s COVID-19 is not local enough: A reply to Dawd S....
By Daniel Hailu
The government’s response to the pandemic has not been grounded in the Ethiopian reality.
I am very grateful to Dawd S. Siraj for...
The making of strangers: the Ethiopian constitution as a suicide pact
Constitutions are supposed to bind citizens together, not drive them apart.
A constitution is the basic or fundamental law of a state.
It performs several functions. It...
Mass Murder of Amharas in Benishangul-Gumez Region
Targeted attacks against Amharas have occurred again in Benishangul-Gumez Region of Ethiopia. Amhara Association of America (AAA) has received reports that 89 people mainly...
Proclamation finally decrees equality for Ethiopian Muslims
By Endris Mekonnen
Legislation in June recognizing the Ethiopian Islamic Affairs Supreme Council was a historic progressive move by the State for the Muslim community.
On 11...
Hiber Radio Daily Ethiopian News Sept 15, 2020
Hiber Radio Daily Ethiopian News Sept 15, 2020
https://youtu.be/9Kgm5wJRbKY
For prosperity, Ethiopia needs institutional not individual strength
byFikremariam Molla Gedefaw
If reforms are to succeed, Ethiopian society should focus on building autonomous institutions, rather than expect political elites to stop grappling for...
Ethiopian government unveils new currency notes
By David Ochieng Mbewa
Ethiopians have a three-month window within which they will be able to exchange old currency notes for new ones from the...
Regional Prosperity Party leaders need to regain autonomy—and rescue Ethiopian democracy
by Bekele Erko
Ruling politicians now serve at the whim of the party leadership, in particular the chairman.
Since the diminishment of its status within the federal...
Ethiopia’s reform rollback creates a vicious circle
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed appears unable to oversee a democratic shift, primarily as he has prioritized the consolidation of his and Prosperity Party’s power.
Ethiopia...
Ethiopian lawmakers call region’s vote unconstitutional
By Elias Meseret | AP
September 5, 2020 at 9:30 a.m. PDT
JOHANNESBURG — Ethiopia’s upper house of parliament on Saturday called elections planned next week in the northern...
Letter to Secretary Pompeo by U.S. House of Representatives requesting Foreign...
September 3, 2020
The Honorable Mike Pompeo
Secretary
Department of State
2201 C St. NW
Washington, DC 20520
Dear Secretary Pompeo:
We write to you with grave concerns over the reported...
Federal Police Commission Unveils New Uniform
The Ethiopian Federal Police Commission has revealed on Saturday a new uniform for its members.
During a ceremony held to launch the new uniform in...
Israeli-Ethiopian community divided on bringing 8,000 Falash Mura
Minister of Immigration and Absorption Pnina Tamano-Shata presented last week a plan to bring to Israel 8,000 Falash Mura from Ethiopia by the end...
Nile dam row: Ethiopia’s pop stars hit out
By Kalkidan YibeltalBBC News, Addis Ababa
Pop stars in Ethiopia have been belting out tunes marking a victory in what is seen as a battle...
Protests in Degehabur after the shooting death of a young man...
Addis Abeba, August 17/2020 – Several hundred people took to the street in of Degehabur (Dhagaxbuur) city of Somali regional state today to protest against...
Ethiopia – ESAT Amharic Day Time News August 18, 2020
Ethiopia - ESAT Amharic Day Time News August 18, 2020
https://youtu.be/erK83gr28ns
