By Worku Aberra January 21, 2021 Last December, in an article titled “Mind over matter: Abiy Ahmed’s aim to “Pentecostalize Ethiopian politics”, Rene Lefort engages in gratuitous ad hominem attacks against Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. He throws the kitchen sink at the Prime Minister with the hope that some of his smears would stick. Based on reports from anonymous interviewees, he accuses the Prime Minister of being a delusional theocrat with a shallow understanding of Ethiopia’s history and politics. I will address his most egregious slights about the Prime Minister. Since the individuals who expressed their views about the Prime…
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has expressed readiness to mediate between Sudan and Ethiopia to end their border conflict, said Sudan’s Sovereign Council on Thursday. Chairman of Sudan’s Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah…
MoreAddis Ababa, January 15/2021(ENA) Regional and city administrations have held discussion about their election plans, security concerns and solutions at the Office of the Prime Minister today. The task force established at…
MoreEthiopia’s Federal Integrated Task-Force, which is in charge of ending attacks against civilians in different districts of Metekel Zone in Benshangul-Gumuz Region, said it has killed a large number of attackers who…
MoreBy Nima Elbagir, CNN January 14, 2021 (CNN)Sudan says at least five women were killed in border attacks by Ethiopian government-backed militias and it will use all “available means” to respond. Tensions…
MoreTeshome Debalke January 10, 2021 TPLF and its apologists have two distinct commonality – a disdain for the unity of Ethiopians and the sovereignty of the nation. The potent weapon in their…
MoreYOSEPH TILAHUN January 14, 2021 It is a daunting task to cure the disease spread by Weyane for the last thirty years. The diaspora can play a leading role to drive and…
MoreBy Simon Marks and Declan Walsh January 13, 2021- Updated Jan. 14, 2021, 4:20 a.m. ET New York Times It was the latest of several bloody outbursts over the past year in the western…
MoreThe Queen of Sheba The Sudanese army has made major incursions in the Ethiopian territory, as deep as 40 kms. It has killed several farmers, displaced over two hundred, and burnt crops,…
MoreThe ambassador said that Ethiopia rejected the 1902 border agreement DUBAI: The Ethiopian Ambassador to Sudan said Wednesday that the border issue must be resolved “amicably and urgently,” Al Arabiya TV reported.…
MoreEthiopia said on Wednesday its military had killed three members of the Tigray region’s former ruling party, including former Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin. The three Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) officials…
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