Armed conflict in Tigray threatens break up of Ethiopia
By Jean Shaoul Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has ordered repeated air strikes against military targets in Tigray, one of Ethiopia’s semi-autonomous, ethnically defined provinces,
Ethiopian Airlines partners with USAID on in-flight meals
Harry S. Johnson October 16, 2020 Today, Ethiopian Airlines and the United States announced a new partnership agreement that will enable the nation’s flagship carrier to
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and the failure of a transactional foreign policy
By Isaac Kfir Independent consultant, Advisory Board, International Institute for Justice On August 27, Foreign Policy reported that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was considering suspending $130 million
A disputed regional election plan has ratcheted up tensions between Ethiopia’s federal government and its rivals in Tigray
International Crises Group To avert a confrontation, Tigrayan officials should press pause on election preparations and both sides should embrace dialogue to address the
Two OMN Journalists Freed on Bail but Colleagues Remain in Ethiopian Jail
By Sora Halake/VOA September 01, 2020 After over 45 days in prison, Ethiopian journalist Guyo Wario was finally released on bail Tuesday. But at least three of his Oromia Media Network (OMN) colleagues remain in custody. “I
Central Bank of Ethiopia Introduces Deposit Protection Fund
By Gelila Samuel The federal government is set to establish an agency that will amass funds to be used as insurance payouts for depositors
Bole Lemi Industrial Park Sees Increases in Covid-19 Cases
By Maya Misikir Bole Lemi Industrial Park, the first park developed by the Industrial Parks Development Corporation, has seen a spike in confirmed Novel
Marshall Plan for Africa?
FRI, JULY 10, 2020 • ONLINE EVENT – As African states face the coronavirus pandemic and the first pan-African recession in twenty-five years, has
Coronavirus Live Updates: Boris Johnson Moved to Intensive Care and the U.S. Death Toll Surpasses 10,000
New York Times A U.S. government report found medical facilities stretched to capacity and in need of everything from ventilators to thermometers. Iran moved
US should adopt a Marshall Plan for Ethiopia
BY AUBREY HRUBY, OPINION CONTRIBUTORTHE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL Over the last decade Ethiopia
‘Time for Machetes’-Dawit Giorgis
by Dawit Giorgis February 4, 2020 – In a brilliant book titled ‘A Time for Machetes,’ Jean Herzfeld discusses the Rwandan genocide with the
African Countries’ Complex Problems: Rethinking the Efficacy of Duty-Free or Free Trade
Fekadu Bekele (Ph D) 08. 2019 Human dignity is offended when persons are denied the opportunity to participate in their own development, when development
Brother of Sudan’s Bashir escaped with Ethiopian support: report
May 16, 2019 (KHARTOUM) – Ethiopian intelligence service facilitated the escape of the brother of former President Omer al-Bashir to Turkey where he arrived
CONCERNNING ALL THE PROJECTS IN THE ETHIOPIAN INVESTMENT COMISSION
by Mohammed Saido The Ethiopian investment commission abiding by the rules and regulations of the Ethiopian government, has its own constitutional autonomy to perform
Dr. Abiy Ahmed, Council of Ministers, Regional Presidents – Low income Ethiopians are saying "Show us the Money!"
Dr. Abiy Ahmed, Council of Ministers, Regional Presidents Low income Ethiopians are saying “Show us the Money!” BY BISRAT ALEMAYEHU (BISRAT.ALEMAYEHU@GMAIL.COM) MINNESOTA US Regardless