The End of TPLF Era in Ethiopia
Ethiopia rising from the ashes of ethnic apartheid On November 20, 2019, TPLF’s day of reckoning comes unexpectedly, ending their 27-year rule of oppression with a whimper. R.I.P. (Rest in Pain) TPLF!...
View ArticleKenya-Djibouti Row Delays Choice of New IGAD Leader
With the usual swap between Kenya and Ethiopia for the chairmanship role is no longer acceptable, differences, however, between Kenya and Djibouti have prevented the bloc from deciding the next country...
View ArticleEPRDF Merged, Prosperity Party Officially Formed
NO MORE EPRDF. With the exception of the moping TPLF, all members of Ethiopia’s ruling EPRDF coalition today signed a unification document to become one ‘Prosperity Party.’ BY BORKENA Three former...
View ArticleKenya Fears Eritrea, Djibouti Threat to Lamu Port, Lapsset Corridor
Banked on political and economic wars between Eritrea/Ethiopia and Sudan/South-South, Kenya launched the Lamu port mega project in 2012 with pomp and fanfare. Eight years later, the political crisis in...
View ArticlePresident Isaias Receives Credentials of 29 Ambassadors
Broad range of Issues of bilateral cooperation discussed during submission of credentials BY SHABAIT President Isaias Afwerki received at the Denden Guest House the credentials of 29 Ambassadors. The...
View Article‘Highly Problematic’ that Nobel Peace Winner Won’t be Interviewed
‘Highly problematic’ that Abiy Ahmed, winner of the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize won’t attend any event where he could be asked questions publicly – Nobel body Why do he bother himself to give interviews for...
View ArticlePrime Minister Abiy Ahmed Receives the Nobel Peace Prize
“I accept this award on behalf of my partner and comrade in peace Isaias Afwerki whose good will, trust and commitment were vital in ending the two decade deadlock between our countries.” BY BLOOMBERG...
View ArticleIMF to Approve $3 Billion Loan for Ethiopia
The IMF has reached a staff-level agreement with Ethiopia on a three-year program to support the country’s Homegrown Economic Reform Program. BY FINANCIAL TIMES The IMF is poised to approve a loan of...
View ArticleEthiopian Ambassador to Eritrea Promoted to a State Minister
A month after Redwan Hussien presented his credentials as Ethiopia’s ambassador to Eritrea, he has been recalled to take over the position of a State Minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs....
View ArticleTPLF Decides to Formally Separate from EPRDF (now Prosperity Party)
Disgraced Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) officially announced the death of EPRDF coalition, called its successor, Prosperity Party, ‘Illegitimate’. BY EZEGA In a defiant move, the Tigray...
View Article‘A Battle is More Like an Art than Science’- Gen. Filipos Weldeyohanes
Did Col. Kassa Gerbremariam actually killed himself? MYSTERY RESOLVED. The last piece of the puzzle that intrigued Col. Mengistu Hailemariam and his Generals for several decades has now got an answer....
View ArticleDonald Trump says He Deserve the Nobel Peace Prize, Not Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed
Trump says someone else got his Nobel peace prize Trump implied that he saved Ethiopia from war but Ethiopia’s leader received the Nobel peace prize instead. BY TESFANEWS * Days after ordering the...
View ArticleEthiopia and Egypt’s Stalemate: What’s the Dam Problem?
President Trump met with Foreign Ministers and Water Resources Ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan in the White House on the sideline of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam meeting. BY YOHANNES...
View ArticleDesert Locust Situation in Eritrea
According to FAO, the latest Desert Locust outbreak is the worst in 25 years A serious and widespread Desert Locust outbreak is destroying crops and pasture across eastern Ethiopia and neighboring...
View ArticleTen Killed in Seating Collapse at Ethiopian Festival
Ten people are confirmed dead at Ethiopian Orthodox Christian festival in Gondar city when seating collapses, leaving scores more injured. BY AFP At least ten people were killed Monday and scores...
View ArticleTPLF Member Fetlework (Monjorino) Removed from Cabinet
The last woman standing. Fetlework (a.k.a Monjorino) Gebregziabher (L), Deputy Chair of TPLF and Minister of Trade and Industry, was one of the two remaining TPLF members within PM Abiy Ahmed’s...
View ArticleEthiopia, Somalia Leaders in Eritrea for Tripartite Summit
The three Heads of States are due to hold talks on a “wide range of issues”. BY TESFANEWS The Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Dr. Abiy Ahmed, and President of Somalia, Mohamed A. Mohamed have arrived in...
View ArticleTPLF: To Be or Not to Be
The two undesirable options for the TPLF right now are choosing between an Independent Tigray and to remain part of Ethiopia. BY SENNAY ZEMEN When the TPLF launched an armed struggle in Tigray in...
View ArticleNew Ethiopia-Eritrea Trade Deal Awaiting Final Approval
Proposed cross border trade between Ethiopia and Eritrea will occur within a radius of 10 km from their shared borders. The new Ethiopia-Eritrea border trade legal framework is ready for final approval...
View ArticleEU Ambassadors Inspect Eritrea Road Project
BY TESFANEWS Ambassadors of the EU member states and that of the UK have conducted a joint site visit yesterday at the first part of the road construction project that is underway between Nefasit and...
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