Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | The Ethiopian government on Thursday urged the U.S. government and organizations to cease spreading false information regarding the country’s current situation. The Ethiopian government has warned the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa and organizations against their continued practice of spreading false information, state-television Ethiopian …
Read More »UN envoy on genocide prevention warns of risk of commission of atrocity crimes in Ethiopia
Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | The UN secretary-general’s special adviser on genocide prevention, Alice Wairimu Nderitu, on Monday warned of the risk of commission of atrocity crimes in Ethiopia amid an escalation of the military conflict in the north. Nderitu is gravely concerned at the deterioration of the situation in Ethiopia, …
Read More »The war in Ethiopia
America piles pressure on PM Abiy ETHIOPIA | THE INDEPENDENT | On Nov.05, most international news agencies carried one major story about developments in the war in Ethiopia. ‘Nine Ethiopian factions to form alliance against government,’ proclaimed the media agencies. Most listed only the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), a splinter …
Read More »IN THE INDEPENDENT: The war in Ethiopia
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY The war in Ethiopia: America piles pressure on PM Abiy THE LAST WORD Uganda’s self-inflicted wounds: How our country has imposed draconian COVID-19 restrictions in spite of glaring evidence that they are not …
Read More »UN chief says Ethiopia has no right to expel UN staff
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday that Ethiopia has no right to expel UN staff and it is violating the international law in doing this. In his right of reply at the Security Council meeting on Ethiopia, the top UN official said that …
Read More »Museveni: Africa needs new focus to progress
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has urged African political leaders and African people in general to shun the politics of identity that characterized most of the post-independence Africa. He noted that politic of identity that was mostly based on tribes and religions were counterproductive, diversionary …
Read More »Museveni, Buhari attend Ethiopia PM Abiy swearing in
Ethiopia PM Abiy sworn in for new five-year term Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | Ethiopia’s incumbent Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was sworn in on Monday for a new five-year term in office. The swearing-in ceremony was held as part of the first day of the Ethiopian House of Peoples’ …
Read More »Ethiopia’s Abiy and Museveni agree on joint action
Ethiopia’s Abiy visits, holds talks with Museveni Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has today met the Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed Ali as conflict in the Tigray region spreads to other parts of the country. According to a short press release by the Presidential Press Unit, …
Read More »Understanding Ethiopia’s conflict in Tigray
The conflagration between well-armed factions inside of Ethiopia could force Addis Ababa to abandon its role of regional anchor state | THE INDEPENDENT | For the judicious observer of Ethiopia’s ethnic politics, there have been signs of ominous tensions between Tigray and the central government since Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy …
Read More »Sudan welcomes Algerian initiative to hold direct talks on Nile dam
Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | Sudan on Saturday welcomed an Algerian initiative calling for holding a direct meeting between leaders of Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia to reach a solution for the differences over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Chairman of Sudan’s Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan on Saturday met …
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