Category: Ethiopia

(Source: Reuters, By Orhan Coskun and Jonathan Spicer, Ece Toksabay) –    A Bayraktar drone is seen during a rehearsal for Ukraine’s Independence Day military parade in central Kyiv, Ukraine August 18, 2021. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich/File Photo Summary Demand for weapons grows after Turkish military successes Exports rose to Ethiopia, Morocco in recent months Drone shipments […]

(Source: Gov.uk) –  The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) advise says there is greater risk of terror attacks and arbitrary arrest and scrutiny of Ethnic Tigrayans including at the air port. Download map (PDF) The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) advise against all travel to: the whole of Tigray regional state and within […]

(Source: Atlantic Council, By Cameron Hudson) – After being sworn in this week in front of tens of thousands of jubilant supporters, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed promised “a new beginning” for Ethiopia as he begins a new five-year term. That’s precisely what Ethiopia needs after his first three years in office. Inflation stands at […]

(Source: Reuters,  By Michelle Nichols) –  Ethiopian porters unload food aid bound for victims of war after a checkpoint leading to Tigray in Mai Tsebri town, Ethiopia June 26, 2021. Picture taken June 26, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo UNITED NATIONS, Oct 6 (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres hit back at Ethiopia on Wednesday over the government’s […]

(Source: Center for Global Development, by Mark Lowcock) –  Mark Lowcock Distinguished Non-Resident Fellow   Here’s an easy five-point plan for the leadership of a country which has emerged from civil war and dire poverty over recent decades and now wants to destroy itself. First, pick a fight with a corner of your territory run […]

(Source: CNN, Exclusive by Nima Elbagir, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Katie Polglaseand Barbara Arvanitidis, Updated 0403 GMT (1203 HKT) October 6, 2021) –  Ethiopia’s government has used the country’s flagship commercial airline to shuttle weapons to and from neighboring Eritrea during the civil war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, a CNN investigation has found. Cargo documents and manifests seen […]

(Source: Oryx, By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans, October 05, 2021) –  The deployment of Emirati unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) on behalf of the Ethiopian government has been speculated on ever since the beginning of hostilities with the rebellious Tigray Region in November 2020. The oft-repeated claims that several Chinese-made Wing Loong UCAVs operate out of […]

(Source: World Peace Foundation, by ALEX DEWAAL, 04 October 2021)  Feast and Famine in Ethiopia Today, Ethiopia is a land marked by the starkest contrast: feast and famine. In Addis Ababa, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is holding a lavish celebration to inaugurate his new government, on a scale not seen since the coronation of Emperor Haile […]

Press Statement for immediate release From the United Front of Ethiopian Federalist Forces (Confederalist force in the case of Benishangul People’s Liberation Movement) Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front, Agaw Democratic Movement, Benishangul People’s Liberation Movement, Global Kimant People Right and Justice Movement/ Kimant Democratic Party, Sidama National Liberation Front, Somali State Resistance, and Tigray Regional […]

(Source: Ethiopia Insight,  BY NAOL BEFKADU, 04 October 2021) –    You have prioritized your own power over our country’s peace. It is time to step down.   Dear Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali (PhD), I would like to commence my letter with a salutation in the name of Jesus Christ. I am Naol Befkadu, a lecturer at one […]

(Source: Gov.uk) – UK Ambassador to the UN and WTO in Geneva Simon Manley gave this joint statement on behalf of over 40 countries. From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and Simon Manley CMG Published: 4 October 2021 Delivered on: 4 October 2021 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered) Thank you Madam […]

(Source:  Washington Examiner, By Michael Rubin, October 3, 2021 – 7:00 AM) –  When Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019, he was the toast of the town. Today, he is among the world’s most dangerous men. Almost a year ago, he sent his army into Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region […]

(By Tesfaye Meles) The enemy of my enemy The entente between the two former enemies, Ethiopia and Eritrea, against Tigryans in November 4th 2020 has raised the height of genocide through a new war limbo. The war that was lit on November 4th 2020 has been in the works for as long as TPLF dominated […]

(Source: AP, ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia) –   Members of Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group, the Oromo, protested Saturday against the government and called for the release of jailed opposition figures as they gathered in the capital for their annual Thanksgiving festival of Irreecha. Scores of people in the center of Addis Ababa chanted slogans such as […]