Gold Mining in Ethiopia ‘Breeds Rights Violations’
BY TESFA-ALEM TEKLE Ethiopia’s nascent gold mining sector may be breeding rights violations after a lobby found workers were unprotected…
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Ethiopia Gov’t, Oromo Rebels in Tanzania for Peace Talks
BY: TESFA-ALEM TEKLE What you need to know: OLA was declared by Addis Ababa as a terrorist entity in May…
Amnesty, CPJ Urge Ethiopia to Release Arrested Journalists
BY TESFA-ALEM TEKLE Summary Latest wave of detentions come amid political unrest in Amhara state, as protesters oppose the country’s…
Ethiopia’s Post-War Challenge: Disarming Regional Militias
BY: TESFA-ALEM TEKLE Summary The Ethiopian National Defence Forces is already somewhat professional, with an established chain of command and…
Egypt Says Ethiopia Delaying Talks So As to ‘Buy Time’ to Fill Nile Dam
BY: TESFA-ALEM TEKLE Summary The fresh row between Ethiopia and Egypt has repeatedly received mixed reactions in Egyptian local media….
Plagiarism in Abiy Ahmed’s PhD Thesis: How will Addis Ababa University handle this?
BY: Alex de Waal, Jan Nyssen, Gebrekirstos Gebreselassie, Boud Roukema and Rundassa Eshete Ever since Abiy Ahmed was awarded his…
Ethiopia Releasing Tigrayan ENDF Members Without Conditions
By SUMUR TESHAYE & TESFA-ALEM TEKLE The Ethiopian government has began releasing thousands of ethnic-Tigrayan members of the Ethiopian National…
Ethiopia Threatens Tigrayan Federal Forces to Sign “Guilty Plea” or “remain rot in prison”
By GEBREHIWOT HAILESLASE The Ethiopian government has asked the over 17,000 ethnic-Tigrayan members of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF)…
Tigray Leader Getachew Names New Cabinet as Ethiopia Peace Holds
BY TESFA-ALEM TEKLE Summary Tigray government sources confirmed that the new cabinet comprises of 27 members. Two weeks ago Ethiopian…
Ethiopia drops charges against TPLF leaders after peace deal
The Ethiopian government on Thursday announced it is scrapping criminal charges against leaders of the rebel Tigray People’s Liberation Front…