Politics

Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has appointed today two of his administration’s stalwarts as special envoys to North America and the Middle East. Seyoum Mesfin, a veteran diplomat who has been ambassador to...

THE HAGUE – Dutch judges jailed a onetime aide to Ethiopia’s former communist ruler Mengistu Haile Mariam for life on Friday for war crimes carried out during Ethiopia’s “Red...

Ethiopia has experienced one of its worst population displacements due to violence in recent times. Now stuck in camps, displaced Ethiopians are trying to come to terms with what...

Improved business relations can play a great role in strengthening the overall relationship between Egypt and Ethiopia, Ethiopia's Ambassador to Egypt Ambassador Taye Aske-Selassie said. Ambassador Taye held a roundtable...

Ethiopia is heading towards a massive crisis. We all know. Everyone from Diaspora politicians to ordinary citizens is taking a stab at how 2018 will advance disunity. Naturally EPRDF, together with other...

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We have no intention to relocate our embassy from Tel Aviv to the occupied Jerusalem, the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry announced yesterday. Speaking at a press conference, the ministry’s spokesperson, Meles...

Ethiopia's prime minister says he has submitted his resignation as both prime minister and the chairman of the ruling coalition. Hailemariam Desalegn's announcement comes amid a political crisis and lingering unrest...

In Ethiopia, people are no more afraid to talk. To be precise, they do talk inside their homes and cars, or in the backrooms of their offices. Few do...

Businessman Mohamed al-Amoudi, the second richest man in Saudi Arabia according to Forbes magazine, was among the elite players recently arrested by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s new anti-corruption...