Justice Minister Berhan Hailu sacked after MPs rebuke
(Daniel Berhane) Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegne dismissed his Justice Minister on Friday. The reason for the dismissal of Justice Minister Berhan Hailu is said to be poor performance, according to unofficial sources. This comes a day after the Minister was severely criticized by Members of Parliament (MPs) last Thursday, when Berhanu Hailu presented the nine … Read more
Melaku Fenta case: List of detained officials, businessmen for corruption
(Daniel Berhane) Director General and Deputy Director of the Ethiopian Revenues and Customs Authority were put in custody on Friday, as reported in the previous news in this blog. The detention is on charges of suspicion of corruption according to the press statement from the Federal Anti-Corruption and Ethics Commission. Though the Commission said the two high … Read more
Ethiopia | Minister Melaku Fenta detained on corruption charges
(Daniel Berhane) Ethiopian police detained twelve individuals today, according to the press statement from the Federal Anti-Corruption Commission. Melaku Fanta, Director General of the Ethiopian Revenues and Customs Authority with the rank of a Minister is among the detainee. His deputy, Gebrewahed Woldegiorgis is also put in custody. The identity of the rest ten detainees was not disclosed. Though it … Read more
ሚኒስተር መላኩ ፈንታ በሙስና ተጠርጥረው ታሠሩ [የመግለጫው ሙሉ ቃል]
ከኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዴሞክራሲያዊ መንግስት የፌዴራል የስነ ምግባር ጸረ ሙስና ኮሚሽን የተሰጠ የዜና መግለጫ በዛሬው እለት የፌዴራል የስነ ምግባር ጸረ ሙስና ኮሚሽን በሙስና ወንጀል የተጠረጠሩ ሁለት የመንግስት ከፍተኛ ባለስልጣናት የሚገኙባቸውን 12 ተጠርጣሪዎች በቁጥጥር ስር አውሏል፡፡ እንደሚታወቀው ሁሉ ኮሚሽኑ በህዝብና በመንግስት ንብረት ላይ የሚፈፀምን የሙስና ወንጀል ተከታትሎ አስፈላጊውን መረጃ በማሰባሰብ ተጠርጣሪዎችን በህግ ፊት አቅርቦ በማስጠየቅ ሙስናን የመከላከልና … Read more
Special Edition | Post-Meles Zenawi 2012
Special edition| Post-Meles 2012 Collection of exclusive interviews, opinion pieces and news digests covering the four moths after Meles. ************************** *PM Hailemariam’s first 100 days ************************** "In this digest, a summary of outstanding developments of economic interest since late August is presented…" *Post-Meles: Economic Digest (Guesh) ************************** "Meles Zenawi, the intellectual leader of Ethiopia, … Read more
Timeline: PM Hailemariam Desalegne’s first 100 days
Ethiopia’s newly elected Prime Minister made 100 days in office on Dec. 28, 2013.
Here is a round up of his public activities.
Exclusive Interview | Getachew Reda on regional, security issues
” Your hypothesis is just a hypothesis – in fact, an outrageous one…..[It presupposes] that the ONLF was so potent militarily that it could even threaten the transition. Even [ONLF chief] Admiral Osman would not go that far. “
Ethiopian PM changes Cabinet to give Ethnic balance
(By: William Davison) Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn appointed two new deputy premiers to share the leadership of the government between the four ethnic-based parties of the Horn of Africa nation’s ruling coalition. The second and third deputies are Muktar Kedir, a former adviser to the prime minister and leading member of the Oromo People’s … Read more
Sendek | የጁነዲን ሳዶ ባለቤትን ጨምሮ 29 ሰዎች በሽበርተኝነት ተከሰሱ
* የጁነዲን ባለቤት በኦሮምያ ክልል አክራሪነት እንዲስፋፋ አድርገዋል – 1.5 ሚሊዮን ብር ከ27ኛ ተከሳሽ ተቀብለዋል (በዘሪሁን ሙሉጌታ) በ1996 ዓ.ም የወጣውን የኢፌድሪ የወንጀል ሕግ አንቀፅ 32(1) (ሀ)(ለ)፣ 38(1) እና የፀረ-ሽብርተኝነት አዋጅ ቁጥር 652/2001 አንቀፅ 3(1) (2) (4) (6) እና 4 ስር የተመለከተውን ተላልፈዋል ያላቸውን 29 ሰዎችና ሁለት ድርጅቶች ላይ ዐቃቤ ሕግ ክስ መስርቷል። ዐቃቤ ሕግ ክሱን … Read more
Acting PM Hailemariam Desalegn speaks to the press [video included]
The Acting Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, spoke briefly to the press on Monday, for the first time about the sudden and untimely death of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, he said, had spent his life struggling for development , progress, equality and justice and had shown wise leadership throughout his time in … Read more
