Ethiopian women raped in Mekelle, says soldier. Here is an unabridged translation of the soldier’s speech. Why are women being raped at this time in the city of Mekelle? This is not a war time. If it were war-time it may be expected as it is not manageable. But we are here reclaiming peace and […]
Ethiopia features on the International Rescue Committee’s annual Emergency Watchlist for the third year in a row but rises into the top five for the first time due to escalating conflict. Here are four reasons Ethiopia is one of the countries most at risk of humanitarian catastrophe in 2021, for the third year in a […]
Tigray war ● Ethiopian army Major-General Belay Seyoum confirms the presence of Eritrean troops in Tigray. Here is an unabridged translation from a YouTube Video. “Our door, our sovereignty must be guarded by the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF). It is true. The main mission of the ENDF is to safeguard our sovereignty. But we […]
Source: Council of Foreign Affairs | by James M. Lindsay Ethiopian Parliamentary Elections, 2021. Ethiopians were supposed to go to the polls this past August. That vote was postponed, however, ostensibly because of COVID-19. If the vote is held in 2021, it will take place amid considerable turmoil. In late 2019, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed merged the ruling government […]
According to a report by Robert Malley, President and CEO of International Crisis Group, published on Foreign Policy, the War on Tigray is one of the 10 conflicts the world should watch in 2021: Afghanistan Ethiopia The Sahel Yemen Venezuela Somalia Libya Iran – United States Russia – Turkey Climate Change
The premier believes the power of positive thinking can help him save Ethiopia. By René Lefort | Ethiopia Insight Who is Abiy Ahmed, the man who has been Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018? In Addis Ababa, the question is often met with awkward silence. Yet the answer is vital to any deeper understanding of […]
An Emboldened Horn of Africa Axis and an Unfolding Humanitarian Crisis Await the Biden Administration By Guled Ahmed | Middle East Institute Summary The Biden Administration is set to face a series of challenges in the Horn of Africa. Given growing Russian and Chinese involvement in this strategically important region, U.S. policymakers should be attuned to […]
እዚ ጽሑፍ’ዚ፡ ፕረዚደንት ኢሳይያስ ኣፍወርቂ፡ ብ11 ሓምለ 2018 ድሕሪ ቐትሪ፡ ኣብ ሳዋ፡ ንተሳተፍቲ 8ይ ሃገራዊ ፈስቲቫል መንእሰያት ንህልዊ ኵነታትን ምዕባለታትን ቀርኒ-አፍሪቃ ኣመልኪቱ ካብ ዘካየዶ ሰሚናር ተጸሚቚ ዝቐረበ እዩ። መበገሲ ናይቲ ሕጂ አብ ትግራይን አብ ቀርኒ-አፍሪቃን ዝረአይ ዘሎ ቅልውላው እንታይ ክኸውን ከምዝኽእል ዝሕብር ጽሑፍ ኮይኑ ስለዝረኸብናዬ ክተንብብዎ አብዚ አቅሪብናዬ አለና።
አብይ አሕመድ (መሽሬ) ስልጣን እንደያዘ በጥቂት ሳምንታት የህወሓት ባለስልጣናትን ከ4ኪሎ ሲያጸዳ፣ የፓርቲ ፖለቲካ ነበር። ያኔ እኔን ጨምሮ ብዙ ትግራዋይ ግድ አልሰጠንም ነበር። እንዲያውም አብዛኛው ትግራዋይ እንደማንኛውም የተቀረው ህዝብ በደስታ የሰከረበት ግዜ ነበር። መሽሬ ኢህአዴግን አፍርሶ ህወሓት የሌለበት ብልጽግናን ሲመሰርትም የፓርቲ ፖለቲካ ነበር። የፌደራል ስርዓቱ ሲምቦል ተደርጎ የሚወሰደው የድርቶች ስብስብ/ግንባር፣ ተጨፍልቆ ወጥ መሆኑ ፌደራላዊውን ስርዓት አፍርሶ […]
The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) | Ann M. Fitz-Gerald The northern region of Tigray is challenging Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s reform agenda. The prospects for peace are dim. Distortions and misinformation have added further complexities to an already fraught confrontation between the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and the federal government of Ethiopia’s […]