Political News

(ENA) With only a week left to conclude their election campaign, political parties competing in the 6th General Election said they are doing their level best to make use of the campaign the remaining days. Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice Communication Affairs Head, Zelalem Work-Agegnehu told ENA that the final days of the election campaign are very […]

WASHINGTON – In September 2019, Simon Marks moved to Ethiopia, drawn by the rapid changes following its shift in leadership and declaration of peace with neighboring Eritrea after a war and decades of tensions. Since then, he has reported on the widespread optimism after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed came to power and won the Nobel […]

Young people have been key drivers of social and political change in Ethiopia going back to the closing decades of the imperial era. Back in the 1960s and 1970s, university students played a crucial role in the massive protests that led to the overthrow of Emperor Haile Selassie’s regime. A military regime was installed in its place. Subsequently, an armed […]

The African Union (AU) deployed its long-term observers for Ethiopia’s general elections, scheduled to take place on Jun 21.Following an invitation from Ethiopia, the Chairperson of the AU Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, approved the deployment of bot…

Moyale is a sparsely populated area in Ethiopia, which, like many other regions in the country, is facing a significant water shortage. This is caused by a changing climate in the area, which has seen long, dry drought seasons and a lack of rainfall, i…

(ENA) Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has inaugurated the 231 million USD worth Beles Sugar Factory today.In his inaugural speech the Premier pointed out that the sugar factory was incepted 60 years ago.Premier Abiy noted that sugar factory’s inauguration wa…