The special force of federal police and national defense force of Ethiopia today captured Sibhat Nega, known as the godfather of Tigray Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF). He is seized in a cave along with his wife and other military officers who defected from the Ethiopian Army and launched the military attack on the northern command […]
National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) chosen June 5, 2021 and June 12, 2021 to be voting dates for the sixth general election of the country. The voting date for the two city administrations – Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa will take place on June 12, 2021, while Ethiopians in the rest of Ethiopia excluding […]
The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) has cancelled licenses of 26 political parties which failed to fulfil the requirement of the Board to participate in the next election. Even though the Board has sent out letters to the political parties to fulfill all the requirements, the 26 political parties haven’t been able to do […]
A delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Demeke Mekonnen, has visited Sudan this week to peacefully discuss border related disputes between the two countries. “The principle of solidarity and fraternity has been one of the defining characteristics of our Ethiopia and Sudan bilateral relations. The strong and longstanding ties between our […]
To effectively undertake the upcoming general election of Ethiopia protecting citizens from the global pandemic, COVID-19, National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) says it is planning to deploy additional 50,000 election facilitators. Birtukan Mideksa, head of NEBE told the state broadcaster – ETV that deployment and training of additional 50,000 election facilitators as well as […]
As the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) announced concluding its major operation in Tigray region by liberating almost all towns in three weeks, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Sunday met with high-ranking military commanders and members of the interim administration in the capital of the region Mekele. “Went to Mekelle and met with commanders of […]
Ethiopia has a fully functional government with history of thousands of years of statehood and is ‘not a no-man’s land’, government official said. Commenting on the complaints of UN humanitarian workers who were shot at and detained for breaking checkpoints in Tigray, Ambassador Redwan Hussein, spokesperson of the Command post, which is charge of the […]
Ethiopia has a fully functional government with history of thousands of years of statehood and is not a nomads land, government official said. Commenting on the complaints of UN humanitarian workers who were shot at and detained for breaking checkpoints in Tigray, Ambassador Redwan Hussein, spokesperson of the Command post, which is charge of the […]
The Government of Ethiopia with the assistance of UN humanitarian agencies has distributed food and non-food items to some 250,000 people in Tigray region, government official said. By deploying eight coordination teams the National Disaster Commission of Ethiopia has dispatched food and non-food assistance to 250,000 people in Tigray region, according to Mitiku Kassa, Commissioner […]
The Prime Minister Office of Ethiopia issued the following statement today on the current phase of rule of law operations in Tigray region in the northern part of the country. “After the capture of Mekelle—the regional capital of Tigray- without civilian causalities and destruction of property that the criminal clique warned and so many in […]