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Ethiopia appoints 35 Generals (full list)

(Daniel Berhane) Ethiopia promoted 35 Generals today, according to the news from the Ethiopian state media. The military promotions announced…

CNN awards Ethiopian journo Wubshet Taye

The 'CNN African Journalist of the Year Competition' awarded Woubshet Taye last Saturday. Wubshet Taye was deputy editor of the Awramba Times.…

Profile| Ethiopia’s new President Mulatu Teshome

On October 7, 2013, the joint session of the House of Federations and the House of Representatives elected Ambassador Mulatu…

Egyptians Condemn Ethiopia’s Nile Dam Project

(Peter Schwartzstein) “Ethiopia is killing us,” taxi driver Ahmed Hossam said, as he picked his way through Cairo’s notoriously traffic-clogged…

Ethiopia rents luxurious mansion for President

(By Muluken Yewondwossen) The Office of the President has finally concluded a deal to rent a 400,000 birr per month…

Brief: Ethiopian police briefly held UDJ/Andinet party officials

(Daniel Berhane) At-least seven senior officials of UDJ/Andinet, one of the main opposition parties, were in police custody a few hours ago,…

Ethiopia and the ‘Meles Doctrine’ of National Security

[Remarks by Alex de Waal on the occasion of the first anniversary commemoration of the death of Meles Zenawi, Prime…

Opposition rallies: Demands, frustrations and strategies

(Magertu Regassa) During the very recent past, Ethiopia had witnessed several demonstrations that were carried out by opposition political parties…

Reality-check: Meskel Sqaure, the ‘million people’ myth

(Daniel Berhane) It is not clear who started it. But it has long been assumed that Meskel Square can accommodate about…

Photos| Ethiopians march denouncing extremism

***** [gallery type="slideshow" columns="1" ids="10937,10930,10932,10931,10934,10933,10935,10939,10940,10941"] ***** Ethiopian Radio and Television Agency's journalist Zeryhun Kassa reported as follows: Addis Ababa residents…

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