Ethiopia

It has been more than 24 hours since the Ethiopian government launched an offensive against the province of Tigray, 700 kilometers north of the capital Addis Ababa. Tensions had been rising for several weeks between Tigray and the federal government following the province's attempted secession in early September. The government qualifies the provincial authorities as criminals and intends to regain…

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has introduced an offensive by federal troops towards provincial authorities in Tigray, 700 kilometers north of the capital Addis Ababa. The escalation had been occurring for a number of weeks now with the area threatening to face out. Since that evening, the combating has taken place within the province, however solely somewhat data is filtered out as a result of lower of all…

Inter-ethnic violence reaches a new level in Ethiopia. On Sunday, November 1, a massacre claimed the lives of at least 54 people in the western part of the country.

While suspended two months ago after Cairo slammed the door, negotiations between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia on the renaissance dam could resume on Tuesday, October 27, at the initiative of the African Union (AU). The three countries are in a tense climate just five days after the inflammatory remarks of Donald Trump. as…

Donald Trump introduced with nice fanfare the normalization of ties between Israel and Sudan. The US president took the chance to deal with one other challenge that Sudan and Egypt cherished, the massive dam on the Nile that Ethiopia has begun to fill with out the prior consent of its neighbors and regardless of threats from Cairo. Donald Trump went additional by guaranteeing that Egypt needed to blow…

Ethiopia on Saturday condemned "war-threatening threats" over the massive dam it has nearly accomplished on the Blue Nile River, a day after US President Donald Trump stated downstream Egypt would "blow up" the challenge it has known as an existential menace. With out naming Trump or america, the assertion from Prime Minister…

Eritrean President Issayas Afewerki ended a high-profile three-day official visit to Ethiopia on Wednesday, October 15, accompanied by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. This visit, the second this year, was an opportunity for the two men to confirm their friendship. And suddenly to send a signal to the authorities of the Ethiopian province of Tigray in a state of de facto rebellion against the federal authorities. Every meeting between the leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea is an opportunity to take beautiful pictures. This time…

At least 12 people were killed on Monday, October 12, by unidentified gunmen in the western Benishangul-Gumuz region of the country. A new drama like several massacres with sometimes ethnic overtones has bled this area in recent months. as reported from Nairobi, Local authorities insist: the killing has no ethnic roots. However, the versions differ. Melese Beyene, a spokeswoman for the regional state, spoke of an "act of revenge after the murder of an official's brother". Gashu Dugaz, head of the peace and security…

Deputies passed the bill on the return of works of art in Benin and Senegal. But will there be other projects of this type in the coming months? Six countries on the continent have so far made requests. The government can rub hands. The text was not only voted on by deputies, it was adopted almost unanimously after 2 hours of peaceful debate. Almost everyone praised the initiative. Senators, in turn, were to follow suit in early November. The Director wants this text to be finally adopted before the end of the year.…

In Ethiopia, members of the federal parliament have begun announcing the modalities of the gap between the authorities in Addis Ababa and the regional state of Tigray in a state of de facto insurgency. The latter, for his part, no longer considers the government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed "legitimate", given that his term expired on Monday. The Ethiopian federal government will no longer have any interaction with the exercise of the state of Tigray and its various bodies. From now on, he will only have to deal with the…