Un Boeing d’Ethiopian Airlines s’écrase avec 157 personnes à son bord

Dakar — Aucun survivant n’a été enregistré dans le crash d’un avion d’Ethiopian Airlines survenu dimanche matin à Addis Abeba, ont rapporté plusieurs médias. L’avion devant assurer la liaison Addis Abeba-Nairobi, s’est écrasé quelques minutes après son décollage, causant la mort des 157 passagers et membres d’équipage, selon des informations de la compagnie aérienne. Source: […]

Ethiopian Opposition Leader Mideksa to Head Electoral Body

The House of Peoples` Representatives appointed Birtukan Mideksa as the new Chairperson of the National Electoral Board today. Addis Ababa — The newly appointed Chairperson of the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE), Birtukan Mideksa, brushed off suggestions of political partisanship and stressed that her exposure as a former member of the opposition is a […]

Ethiopian President Joins Her Prime Minister in Change-Maker Role

Photo: Nation   Sahle-Work Zewde, president of Ethiopia   Ethiopia’s new head of state, Sahle-Work Zewde, is Africa’s only current woman president. She has signaled that she will use the largely ceremonial position in the government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, an ambitious reformer, to lead by example and by expressing strong opinions.  »If the reforms […]

Ethiopia Appoints First Woman President

Photo: @addisstandard/Twitter Ambassador Shale-Work Zewde is sworn in as President of Ethiopia. President Mulatu Teshome speaking at a special joint session of the House of People’s Representatives (HPR) & House of Federation (HoF). He is expected to tender his resignation 5 years after assuming the role. He is resigning a year short of his constitutional […]

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister on Democracy & Development – Interview

In an interview with Greg Mills of the Brenthurst Foundation, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali says democracy is not an abstract, imported concept for Ethiopia, but one that is important because historic differences make inclusiveness and co-existence critical in the country. He also calls for direct elections for Ethiopia’s leadership and says that without the […]