Ethiopian court jails 8 Somalis over failed attack in 2013
An Ethiopian court has sentenced eight Somali nationals to jail terms ranging from two to nine years after they were convicted for planning a failed...
Category : Ethiopia
Will Ethiopia’s Year-Long Crackdown End?
Need for Meaningful Reforms, Accountability Felix Horne, Senior Researcher, Horn of Africa @felixhorne1 When I met 15-year-old “Meti” (not her real name), she felt her dream of...
Dozens of protesting South Sudanese students arrested in Ethiopia
About 42 South Sudanese university students on government scholarships were arrested by Ethiopian police after they occupied their embassy in protests against delayed living stipend...
Gebrselassie elected president of Ethiopian track federation
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Distance running great Haile Gebrselassie was elected president of the Ethiopian Athletics Federation on Saturday after saying the sport in his...
Investors shy away from Ethiopia in the wake of violent protests
ALAGA DORE, Ethiopia — The smell of rotting mango and passion fruit still hung in the air over the blackened shell of a juice factory...
Ethiopia unrest worries foreign investors
The violence prompted the declaration of a state of emergency last month. But one foreign company managed to stave off an attack with the help...
Ethiopia names technocrats, new ministers in reform government
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn swore in a group of technocrats and new finance and foreign ministers on Tuesday in a reshuffle meant to respond...
Ethiopia Appoints 21 New Ministers Amid State of Emergency
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn is seen in his office in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 17, 2016. Announcing the reshuffle, Desalegn said the...
Without reform Ethiopia risks a deepening crisis
ADDIS ABABA Faced with its most serious challenge yet, the Ethiopian regime, a crucial Western ally in the fight against terrorism, risks a deepening crisis...
Ethiopia’s political crisis: Norway worried, calls for participatory politics
Norway says it is concerned about the restive situation in the horn of Africa region in general but more so about Ethiopia. A “partner” suffering...
