Africa News

Why Israel needs peace in Ethiopia

There has been growing concern over the past year that a military conflagration could engulf the Horn of Africa, including Eritrea and Sudan. The Egyptian army has already begun making preparations, and Cairo has even warned that if Ethiopia follows through with its plans to open the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (the al-Nahda Dam), which

November 23, 2021 • By Addis Insight

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The US Embassy is urging citizens to leave Ethiopia

The Bureau of Consular Affairs stated again today to reiterate that the government urging U.S. citizens to leave Ethiopia now while commercial flight options are available. Department of State personnel goes to great lengths to assist U.S. citizens in crisis as long as it is safe to do so.  The U.S. embassy is unlikely to

November 23, 2021 • By Addis Insight

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PM Abiy Ahmed Set to Join The Battlefield as of Tomorrow

The ruling party’s executive committee has discussed the current situation in the country, the party said in a statement released on its social media page.  The party added that the executive committee has set direction on various national issues, but did not elaborate on what issues the committee discussed in detail and what decisions it

November 22, 2021 • By Addis Insight

Africa News

CNN moderates a panel dismissing voices from Ethiopia

On Tuesday, Yale’s Macmillan Center hosted a panel on the situation in Northern Ethiopia, where Tigray People’s Liberation Front forces have taken over the Ethiopian government’s control of the Tigrayan region. The event has generated backlash on social media amid the revelation that Ann Fitz-Gerald, a professor and expert on Ethiopian affairs from the Balsillie

November 22, 2021 • By Addis Insight

Entertainment & Arts

Alewya Releases Debut EP Attributing Ethiopia

London-based Ethiopian-Egyptian artist Alewya has unveiled her debut project ‘Panther In Mode’, a 6-track odyssey distilling club rhythms and the spiritual essence of her ancestors; coming through in amped-up afro-percussion and sensuous spoken-word. Accompanying the EP release is a visualizer for the single ‘Ethiopia’: “Ethiopia is a song that represents what Ethiopia is as land and at

November 22, 2021 • By Addis Insight

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Conflict in Ethiopia stresses International Relation and Media

Since 4 November 2020, a devastating armed conflict has been raging in northern Ethiopia. The war was expanded by the TPLF into areas outside Tigray, where major abuses on local inhabitants were perpetrated. Notably, the Western ‘donor country’ policymakers and the UN were selective and incomplete in their appraisal of the conflict and in diplomatic

November 22, 2021 • By Addis Insight

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Thousands rally all over the world in support of a movement “no more” to unite a nation 

International protests against foreign interference in the current conflict in Ethiopia took part in 27 countries from South Africa to the Washington DC White House. Rallies are exceeding throughout US and EU with proficiency to support the Ethiopian nation to solve its current outbreaks without the interference of the international communities and media. “The Ethiopian

November 22, 2021 • By Addis Insight

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Will the US send troops to Ethiopia?

The Joe Biden administration recently announced on various social media that it was sending troops to Ethiopia in light of the situation in northern Ethiopia. There were rumors circulating that he was recruiting soldiers. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Dina Mufti, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media,

November 22, 2021 • By Addis Insight

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Ethiopia Airlines Makes Historic Landing at Berbera International Airport

Opening a superbly upgraded and renovated Berbera International Airport, today, His Excellency the President of the Republic of Somaliland, Musa Bihi Abdi, prophesied that BIA will become a passenger and cargo hub in league with older and long-established African air gateways. “BIA now boasts of having – perhaps – the longest runway in Africa. Along

November 21, 2021 • By Addis Insight

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TPLF claims drone attack in residential areas in Mekelle

“The federal government conducted a drone attack in residential areas in Mekelle around 1 am-midnight” tweeted Getachew Reda, advisor to the president of Tigray.  “Its become unmistakable pattern for Abiy to target residential quarters in Tigray whenever his forces are dealt a harsh blow in the battlefield” he stated The ruling party still has not

November 21, 2021 • By Addis Insight