Despite ongoing violence in the northern region of Tigray, persistent attempts to de-rail the process and cries of catastrophe by western powers (most notably the US) and mainstream media, on the 21 June Ethiopia conducted its first ever democratic elections. The mechanics of the election were not perfect, but crucially there were no reports of […]
The election had been delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has won the country’s delayed elections with an overwhelming majority, the election board said on Saturday. The board said Abiy’s Prosperity Party won 410 out of 436 seats, giving him another five-year term in office. However, a fifth of the […]
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed Ethiopia’s commitment to ensuring aid workers can access the war-ravaged Tigray region, his Spokesperson said in a statement on Friday. The development comes a day after Mr. Guterres and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed discussed the extremely concerning humanitarian situation in the northern province. Eight months of brutal fighting […]
United Nations Security Council members on Thursday backed African Union mediation efforts between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan in a dispute over the operation of a giant hydropower dam on the Blue Nile in Ethiopia, urging the parties to resume talks. Egypt and Sudan both called on the U.N. Security Council to help resolve the dispute […]
የአሁኑ የአፍሪካ ህብረት የድሮው የአፍሪካ አንድነት ግንቦት 16 ቀን 1955 ዓ.ም በአዲስ አበባ መመስረቱ ጋር ተያይዞ አብሮ የተከፈተው የኢትዮጵያ ቴሌቭዥን ላይ የመጀመሪያ ሴት ዜና አንባቢ የነበሩት ወይዘሮ እሊኔ መኩሪያ ባደረባቸው ህመም በህክምና ሲረዱ ቆይተው ዛሬ አዲስ አበባ በሚገኘው ቤታቸው ህይወታቸው እንዳለፈ ፊደል ፖስት ዘግቧል። የሶስት ሴት ልጆች እናት የሆኑት ወይዘሮ እሌኒ በብስራተ ወንጌል ራዲዮ (በኋላ […]
Despite ongoing violence in the northern region of Tigray, persistent attempts to de-rail the process and cries of catastrophe by western powers (most notably the US) and mainstream media, on the 21 June Ethiopia conducted its first ever democratic elections. The mechanics of the election were not perfect, but crucially there were no reports of […]
The election had been delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has won the country’s delayed elections with an overwhelming majority, the election board said on Saturday. The board said Abiy’s Prosperity Party won 410 out of 436 seats, giving him another five-year term in office. However, a fifth of the […]
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed Ethiopia’s commitment to ensuring aid workers can access the war-ravaged Tigray region, his Spokesperson said in a statement on Friday. The development comes a day after Mr. Guterres and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed discussed the extremely concerning humanitarian situation in the northern province. Eight months of brutal fighting […]
United Nations Security Council members on Thursday backed African Union mediation efforts between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan in a dispute over the operation of a giant hydropower dam on the Blue Nile in Ethiopia, urging the parties to resume talks. Egypt and Sudan both called on the U.N. Security Council to help resolve the dispute […]
