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Ethiopia | Minister Melaku Fenta detained on corruption charges

(Daniel Berhane) Ethiopian police detained twelve individuals today, according to the press statement from the Federal Anti-Corruption Commission. Melaku Fanta, Director General of…

Ethiopia threatens to "take measures" against Eritrea

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Eritrea has continued to support anti-peace forces engaged in destabilizing peace and security in…

Hailemariam Desalegne takes a page from Meles Zenawi's playbook

(Daniel Berhane) Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam's visit to France last month came as a surprise. One would assume, his first…

Fmr. PM Tamrat Layne claims "Jesus appeared before him"

A former prime minister of Ethiopia told a crowd of 1,250 today at the Pierce County Prayer Breakfast how he…

Nile | Military option was not considered, Egyptian Minister

(Daniel Berhane) Minister Dr Mohamed Bahaa El Din, Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, dismissed that news report that Egypt…

Nile | Ethiopians raise billions, despite foreign-backed Saboteurs

(Daniel Berhane) The Ethiopian government disclosed that it has collected about 4.4 Billion Birr from citizens for the construction of…

Ethiopia | Gambella state elects ethnic-Nuer President

(Daniel Berhane) Ethiopia's western region, Gambella, changed its long-serving President Umod Ubong, it was learnt. Umod Ubong (also spelled as Omot…

Indigenous peoples’ autonomy: Missing in the land grab debate

In 2007, in his annual conference with representatives of the Ethiopian youth, drawn from all over the country, the late…

Ethiopia| EPRDF vs Opportunism: A half-hearted battle?

“Opportunism” is the new enemy. It was declared a “threat” since mid-March, first in a prime space column on the state-owned…

US-backed Egypt military "to control Nile" | Israeli media

Egypt's military, financed by the United States, has been preparing for what could be a war for control of the…

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