Some members of the newly formed cabinet, including the veteran rival party leader Professor Birhanu Nega, have pledged to give their best and work hard to accelerate the prosperity of Ethiopia. Some 22 cabinet members nominated by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed were sworn in today. Speaking to ENA after the ceremony, Education Minister of Professor Berhanu Nega […]
Month: October 2021
Inclusive Approach in Formation of Cabinet Creates Trust between Competing Parties, Gov’t: TDP
The inclusion of members of competing political parties in the new cabinet formed today would create trust between the opposition and the government, according to Tigray Democratic Party (TDP). TDP Secretary-General Gidena Medihn told ENA that the new cabinet of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has changed the trend that prevailed over the past years and […]
UNFPA Ethiopia Response to the Northern Ethiopia crisis – Situation report (1-15 September 2021)
Background Three months after the official declaration of a unilateral ceasefire by the Federal Government on June 28, the withdrawal of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) and the control of most of the Tigray Region by the Tigray Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF), the situation in Tigray still remains dire while the spiraling of the […]
Secretary-General Sounds Alarm over Obstructed Aid Delivery, Rights Violations, Expulsion of United Nations Staff, Addressing Security Council on Ethiopia
I welcome this opportunity to brief you concerning the situation in Ethiopia. In August, I warned the Council that a humanitarian catastrophe was unfolding before our eyes in Ethiopia. Since then, the crisis has worsened. Up to 7 million people in Tigray, Amhara and Afar are now in need of food assistance and other emergency […]
Secretary-General’s Right of Reply at the Security Council meeting on Ethiopia
If there is anything I have cherished over this period, it is to maintain a very effective and operational relationship with the government of Ethiopia and its Prime Minister, to the effect that there has been criticism in the global media about that, accusing me of being biased in favour of the Ethiopian Government. So, […]
Children bear brunt of Ethiopia pariah status
CHILDREN are set to suffer the most from the recent expulsion of United Nations (UN) from Ethiopia. Officials bemoaned the move by the increasingly hostile government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali as regrettable and alarming. Among organisations whose leaders were expelled from alleged interference in the East African country’s affairs is the UN Children’s […]