Category: Politics

Ethiopian Intelligence Network: Who is behind the growth?

By New Delhi Times Bureau Ethiopia is a low income country with a population of just under 92 million people. The country has since 1991 been under one party rule of the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF). Dissidents who use the internet to criticise the one party rule have been accused of promoting terrorism

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Egypt: Time for turning to Russian arms?

By Ahmed Eleiba The warm reception Russian President Vladimir Putin received in Egypt, where he signed several agreements for joint cooperation, is symptomatic of the newfound friendship between Cairo and Moscow.   Presidents Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and Putin discussed a wide range of regional security matters during their bilateral discussions. The talks, focused on the threat

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Egypt: Time for turning to Russian arms?

By Ahmed Eleiba The warm reception Russian President Vladimir Putin received in Egypt, where he signed several agreements for joint cooperation, is symptomatic of the newfound friendship between Cairo and Moscow.   Presidents Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and Putin discussed a wide range of regional security matters during their bilateral discussions. The talks, focused on the threat

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Djibouti, Ethiopia Accuse Eritrea of Sabotaging Stability

By Paul Richardson    (Bloomberg) — Ethiopia and Djibouti accused Eritrea of sabotaging regional stability, a charge denied by the Horn of Africa nation which has fought with both neighbors. Eritrea’s government has a “continuous destabilization policy” and the international community should tighten sanctions, the leaders of Ethiopia and Djibouti said in a statement following

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Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt to meet in March over Renaissance Dam Renaissance Dam

CAIRO: Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan will meet March 1 in Khartoum to evaluate bids offered by consultation companies for conducting studies on the impact of the Ethiopian Grand Renaissance Dam on the Nile downstream countries, announced Egyptian Minister of Irrigation Houssam el-Moughazi Tuesday. Moughazi  told Youm7 Tuesday the deadline for the five companies to submit

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Aba Dula Has Degrees to His Credit – Even Though They Are Fake

By Abebe Gellaw The ‘Honorable Abadula Gemeda, owner of academic degrees, though they are fake Addis Voice can reveal that the 4th term speaker of the House of People’s Representatives has bought and used two fake degrees from a bogus university selling non-accredited diplomas online. “Honorable” Abadula Gemeda, who is the chief “lawmaker” in Ethiopia

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Ethiopia’s stifled press: The Washington Post’s View

The Washington Post’s View WHILE ENJOYING its status as an international development darling, Ethiopia has been chipping away at its citizens’ freedom of expression. The country now holds the shameful distinction of having the second-most journalists in exile in the world, after Iran. That combination of Western subsidies and political persecution should not be sustainable.

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Andy Tsege case: Ethiopia refuses allow access to imprisoned British citizen

Andy Tsege is accused of being part of a ‘terrorist organisation’ that wants to overthrow the Ethiopian government Dissident was kidnapped in Yemen last June and now is facing the death penalty By JONATHAN OWEN, The Independent Ethiopia has refused to allow a delegation of parliamentarians to visit a British dissident facing the death penalty

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Ethiopia to deploy more troops in Somalia & South Sudan

By Tesfa-Alem Tekle ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopia on Thursday announced it will send more peacekeepers to Somalia, South Sudan and to Abyei, a disputed region claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan. According to the Ethiopian International Peace-keeping Training Centre, the horn of Africa’s nation will deploy 600 additional peace keepers in the stated countries

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