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Auditor General exposes rampant financial mismanagement, massive overdue receivables
Addis Standard On Tuesday, 18 June, 2024, Meseret Demisse, the head of the Office of the Federal Auditor General, presented a startling report to the House of Peoples’ Representatives. The audit revealed significant overdue government income, tax revenue arrears, and unaccounted illegal expenses involving 162 […] More
- in All Ethiopia, Politics
Eritrean Soldiers Continue to Control Schools in Tigray’s Erob Woreda
The Erob Woreda Educational Bureau has reported that these 23 schools, previously under its administration, have been controlled by Eritrean soldiers for over three years. The current conditions of the students in these schools are unknown More
Ethiopia to Pursue Transitional Justice Through Independent Justice Process
Ethiopian News Agency Ethiopia’s State Minister of Justice, Belayhun Yirga said the government is committed to a neutral and professional transitional justice process, avoiding any intervention that could compromise its integrity. Ethiopia has made various attempts to resolve human rights violations, conflicts, unwarranted narratives and […] More
- in Opinion, Politics, The Habesha
An Open Letter to The Ethiopian Public, on The Creation of the Transitional Government of Ethiopia
The Habesha By Daniel Kendie (Professor in the History department at Prairie View A&M University) To begin with, in today’s Ethiopia, unemployment, mass hunger, corruption, and social unrest happen to be the fundamental causes of lack of peace and stability in the country. Yet, alienated and marginalized individuals exploit such conditions […] More
Ethiopia, Somalia leaders engage in phone call with Qatar’s Emir on ‘shared regional and International Interests’
Addis Standard In a phone call held on 12 June, 2024, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and the leader of Qatar, Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, discussed ways to support and enhance the existing cooperative relations between the two countries across various fields. Reportedly, […] More
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The Fate Of Ethiopia: Negotiated Or Brokered Peace?
The Habesha An open letter to the international community and to the media From Meskerem Abera, Ethiopia It is now 33 years since Ethiopia adopted and institutionalized ethnicity-elite based politics, culture, constitution, and administrative structure as its model of governance. The political ecology of the […] More
- in Politics, The Habesha
Uncovering the Truth: Abiy Ahmed’s Corridor Development in Addis Ababa
The Habesha By Girma Berhanu Mr. Abiy Ahmed’s project for “corridor development” in Addis Ababa is deceptive, as it conceals poverty instead of tackling it. To begin with, the terminology used is incorrect; the appropriate term should be “development corridor.” This error in naming lays […] More
EPRP says National Dialogue “effective only when there are enabling situations”
Borkena The Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Party (EPRP) last week released a statement in connection with the National Dialogue. The party assessed that there is no enabling environment for national dialogue and called on the ruling party to make “itself ready for all-inclusive national dialogue.” The […] More
Ethiopia Losing Its Way
Eurasia Review By Dr. Suleiman Walhad Ethiopia is, indeed, the largest country in the region of the Horn of Africa States both area-wise (1.1 million sq.km.) and demographically (about 120 million). It has also the largest and fastest growing economy with an average growth rate […] More
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Urging the International Court of Justice (IJJ) to Act on Ethiopia Now
The Habesha Aklog Birara (Dr) I have been trying to draw international attention to ongoing war crimes, crimes against humanity, crimes of genocide, crimes of rape and economic crimes in Ethiopia for months. These state government and non-government led crimes persist because there is no […] More
Ethiopian authorities to relocate Sudanese refugees who fled shelters due to escalating security concerns, inadequate services
Addis Standard The Ethiopian Refugees and Returnees Service (RRS) has announced efforts to relocate Sudanese refugees who have fled their shelters in the Amhara region. Tamirat Demisse, coordinator of the Kumar, Awlala, and Alemwach refugee centers, told Voice of America that the process of relocating […] More
Could constitutional reform end Ethiopia’s political forever war?
Ethiopia Insight By Leul Estifanos This article is part of the Analytical Reporting to Improve the Federation (ARIF) project. For some in a divided political community, ethno-federalism is the source of all ills. For others, it’s the remedy to them. At the root of the […] More