Ethio Telecom Amasses 25.6b Br in First Half

Ethio Telecom Amasses 25.6b Br in First Half

January 21 , 2021

The sole telecom operator in Ethiopia, Ethio telecom has generated 25.6 billion Br in revenues during the first half of this fiscal year. The value showed a 12.3pc growth compared with the same period last year. The 126-year-old firm also managed to bring in 80.2 million dollars in foreign currency and serviced 126.1 million dollars of its debt...

== The sole telecom operator in Ethiopia, Ethio...

Board Announces June 5 as Polling Day

Board Announces June 5 as Polling Day

December 25 , 2020

The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NBE) has proposed June 5, 2021, as the sixth national election's polling date. However, the election was initially planned to be held a year ago and only postponed due to the onset of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). The new schedule was announced today at Radisson Blu Hotel during a consultative meetin...

== The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NBE...

President Sahle-worq Commutes Death Penalty of Ex-Dergue Officials to Life Imprisonment

President Sahle-worq Commutes Death Penalty of Ex-Dergue Officials to Life Imprisonment

December 19 , 2020

President Sahle-worq Zewde has approved a motion to commute the death penalty of two former Dergue officials who have been sheltered inside the Italian Embassy in the capital to sentences of life imprisonment. The commutation may allow the officials to be released on parole, according to people who follow the case. The President has approved the...

President Sahle-worq Zewde has approved a mot...

Former Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Fikre Selassie Wogderess, Passes Away

Former Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Fikre Selassie Wogderess, Passes Away

December 12 , 2020

Fikre Selassie Wogderess, the first Prime Minister of Ethiopia during the Dergue regime, passed away this morning after receiving medical treatment for diabetes and kidney complications. The former Captain, who had also served as Secretary-General of the Provisional Military Administrative Council of Ethiopia, was also the second-ranking member...

Fikre Selassie Wogderess, the first Prime Min...

Ethio Telecom Claims Regional Operations in Meqelle Tampered With

Ethio Telecom Claims Regional Operations in Meqelle Tampered With

December 10 , 2020

Footage has been released by Ethio telecom today depicting what looks like armed forces pushing themselves into the compound of the company’s core office in Meqelle, the seat of Tigray Regional State, on November 4, 2020. In the footage, personnel of Ethio telecom are forced out, and it further shows armed militia turning off the power distributi...

Footage has been released by Ethio telecom to...

Ethiopian Authorities Reject Outside, Independent Investigation on Massacres

Ethiopian Authorities Reject Outside, Independent Investigation on Massacres

December 8 , 2020

Ethiopian authorities have resisted giving in to growing international pressure to allow outside independent investigations of the massacres that have taken place in Mai-Kadra in Tigray Regional State and across other parts of the country. They insist that outside investigations can only take place in the event that Ethiopia's government fails to d...

Ethiopian authorities have resisted giving in...

Food Rations Run Out in Tigray’s Refugee Camps

Food Rations Run Out in Tigray’s Refugee Camps

December 3 , 2020

Over 96,000 people in refugee camps in Tigray Regional State are in dire need of food aid, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA). The agency also called for immediate and unhindered access for humanitarian relief as food rations have neared depletion. The last distribution made in the month...

Over 96,000 people in refugee camps in Tigray...