” After the funds were collected several Easters have come and gone with Dr Birhanu and his friends still roaring from the mountains of US and Europe. As the empty promises of overthrowing the Ethiopian government within six months didn’t materialize Ginbot 7 leaders were facing mounting questions about their operations. Then this month came the announcement that they have formed a Ginbot 7 army. “

” There is no one answer that fits into a description of “independent media.” But the least is a media that doesn’t have to worry about whether or not a certain topic is the right topic to discuss in a professional manner. In other words, a media that, other than issues strictly to do with professional integrity, is not tangled by self-censorship and an imposing environment of fear. “

* In this digest,  a summary of outstanding developments of economic interest since late August.

Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki has asked Qatar to mediate his long-standing feud with “arch-rival” Ethiopia..

While in Qatar, Prime Minister Hailemariam also had an interview with Al Jezeera. It has.

The seventh Ethiopian Nations Nationalities and People’s Day was celebrated on Saturday (December 8th) in.

Dr. Debretsion Gebremichael, Information and Communication Technology Minister with the rank of Deputy Prime Minister,.

A new World Bank report, “Ethiopia Economic Update”, commended Ethiopia’s fiscal performance as “adequate given.

Last week, (November 29th) the U.S. Department of State reissued its warnings to U.S. citizens.

The East Africa Community Heads of State summit, held in Nairobi on Saturday (December 1st).