State of Emergency grants Prime Minister Desalegn sweeping powers
Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn By Daniel Berhane for the Horn Affairs Ethiopian government decreed a state of emergency on Sunday....
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Ethiopia Declares State of Emergency
Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn Ethiopia declared a six-month state of emergency on Sunday following months of violent anti-government protests, according...
Statement from Feyisa Lilesa on Ethiopian prime minister’s comments to FP
Washington, DC — I saw what the Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn told Foreign Policy website about my protest in...
Ethiopia, China sign $1.4 billion loan agreement
Ethiopia and China today signed a loan agreement amounting to 1.4 billion USD to support Ethiopia's infrastructure development endeavors. The...
“Ethiopia Rising”: High level event held in Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - A High-level Side Event entitled “Ethiopia Rising: Determined to become a Carbon Neutral Middle Income...
Traders Wary, Uncertain as New State Wholesaler Opens Shop
About 200 consumable items will be sold in the shops of the one billion-Birr enterprise. By Mikias Merhatsidk Addis Ababa,...
Track laying commences on section of Ethio-Djibouti Railway project
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (WIC) - The construction of Mieso-Dire Dawa–Dewanle railway project entered a new phase with the commencement of the...
Ethiopian government expands the mobile-phone network but tightens its grip
ETHIOPIA has Africa’s last big telecoms monopoly. The absence of competition has seen a country of more than 80m lag...
Hailemariam Desalegn sworn in as Ethiopia’s new prime minister
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Ethiopia's new leader, Hailemariam Desalegn, has been sworn in after the death of long-time leader Meles Zenawi...