Archive: Current Affairs / News Subscribe to Current Affairs / News
Ethiopia anti-tax protests spread (CNBC Africa)
by CNBC Africa
Jared Jeffrey, NKC African Economics – According to ESAT, protests by small business owners, which began last week in Addis Ababa and parts of Oromia, have spread to towns in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’...
EU commend Ethiopia’s initiative to make political reforms (Sudantribune)
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
July 20, 2017 (ADDIS ABABA) – The European Union (EU) on Thursday commended the ruling party, Ethiopia peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) for opening space for dialogue with opposition parties.
Currently,...
Arrested Eritrean Patriarch Makes First Appearence in Decade at Sunday Mass (REUTERS)
(PHOTO: REUTERS/RONEN ZVULU)Eritrean Orthodox Christian pilgrims chant during a ceremony at the baptismal site known as Qasr el-Yahud on the banks of the Jordan River near the West Bank city of Jericho January 19, 2012.
For the first time since...
Why is the UK government refusing to call for his release?
Andy Tsege: the British citizen on Ethiopia’s death row
by John Keenan
The prime minister had a lot on her mind in the early hours of 9th June. She had held her own seat in Maidenhead, but across the nation the results in the snap general...
Dr. Merara Lawsuit against Ethiopia [gofundme]
Dr. Merara Gudina is taking legal action against the Ethiopian regime at the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights!
Represented by the Centre for the Advancement of Human Rights and Democracy in Ethiopia (CAHDE), he is challenging the...
Ethiopia: The T-TPLF Trojan Horse of the Apocalypse Riding in Oromiya [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Author’s Note: The ruling Thugtatorship of the Tigrean People’s Liberation Front (T-TPLF) in Ethiopia is said to be on the verge of passing a “law” protecting “Oromia’s special interest in Addis Ababa” and “giving Oromia extensive...
Twenty-six Ethiopians arrested in Karonga for illegal entry into Malawi
By Maravi Post correspondent
Police in Karonga on Monday, arrested 26 men who are believed to be Ethiopian citizens, for entering into Malawi without travelling documents.
This happened on Monday midnight at Katili. This is the area...
The Cruel Political Jokes of the T-TPLF in Ethiopia [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
“No Political Prisoners in Ethiopia” and “Negotiating With the Opposition”
The political prisoners
The Voice of America (Amharic) last week reported “16 Ethiopian opposition political parties agreed to discuss the anti-terrorism...