February 2017

  Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban  The European Parliament (EP) has officially written to the Ethiopian government seeking clarification on the arrest of an opposition leader, Dr. Merera Gudina. The EP President, Martin Schulz, in a letter to President Mulatu Teshome said they were disturbed about the arrest of the Chairman of the Oromo Federalist Congress

Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban The Ethiopian Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, has stated that his country was looking to work with the new United States government particularly in the area of trade and investment. He was speaking during a visit by a US delegation led by Republican Senator, Jim Inhofe, to Addis Ababa on Wednesday, the

Location of Ethiopia. Source: CIA World Factbook. BY TRANSCONFLICT FEBRUARY 6, 2017 Ethiopia is 12 months in to a political crisis which has seen at least 1,000 people killed. But unless the government introduces significant reforms, it will get worse. By Andrea Carboni* An unprecedented wave of protests has shaken Ethiopia since November 2015. These

(Part 1) The most Ethiopian corrupt military officer who is called Haile Gabre known by Somalis as “General Gabre” becoming extremely wealthy from the huge sums of money that he is getting from opportunistic Somali politicians who want to buy the sympathy of Addis Ababa, one of his juniors told Waagacusub anonymously. “Atto Gabre was

Lava lake inside Ethiopia’s Etra Ale volcano reaches searing temperatures exceeding 1,100 degrees Celsius New fissures opened up about 7 kilometers (4 miles) from the summit caldera, spilling large amounts of lava At least one of the lava lakes has experienced large changes in the level of its lava   By Annabel Fenwick Elliott and Mark Prigg