March 28, 2019 (Ezega.com) -- Ethiopian opposition party Ethiopian Social Democratic Party (ESDP) has come out to express its discontentment with the government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed over the lack of the rule of law and gross human rights violations.

When Abiy assumed office, he was quick to institute an array of reforms meant to transform the country. Key among them was to improve the human rights situation.

Presently, that’s not the case. Many citizens are starting to doubt whether the prime minister is really committed to improving the country’s fortunes. For others, the reluctance to ensure law and order prevails is rather odd

March 22, 2019 (Ezega.com) -- The state-owned Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) got new board members, according to the Ethiopian News Agency.

The House of People’s Representatives (HPR) of Ethiopia just approved the appointment of six board members yesterday.

The board members were nominated by the Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed.

The new board was approved by majority vote, but with 10 voting against and 28 abstentions.

This is the second time in less than a year that the corporation got new board members. In July 2018, the Prime Minister had nominated personalities such as

March 20, 2019 (Ezega.com) -- Ethiopia’s problem lie in its governance structure and the ethnic-federal system, which divided the nation into linguistic and ethnic factions in which exclusion has been normalized. Consequently, as things stand right now, it will be impossible to realize a democratic Ethiopia devoid of ethnic identity and ethnic-federalism. Once again, it appears to be a failed experiment in democracy.

The ethnic polarization concocted and perfected by the EPRDF (Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front) in the past decades ignored the divine, cultural, social and economic fabric that glued Ethiopians together for centu

March 18, 2019 (Ezega.com) -- The Fourth National Housing and Population Census of Ethiopia has once again been postponed due to security issues, among other things, according to the reporter.

The census was scheduled to start the first week of April 2019.

Following a heated debate between members of Census Commission, the commission decided to postpone the planned national population census until the concerns are addressed.

The commission was being chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen when talks broke down.

The Commission had an urgent meeting on Saturday,

March 8, 2019 (Ezega.com) - The Amhara regional council accepted the resignation letter submitted by Gedu Andargachew early this morning, according to FBC news.

In his place, the Amhara regional council elected Dr. Ambachew Mekonnen as Chief Administrator of the Amhara Regional State.

Prior to his newappointment, the new Chief Administrator Dr. Ambachew Mekonnen had served as Infrastructure and Urban Development Advisor to the Prime Minister.

The news emerged in the last day of Amhara Regional Council’s congress on Friday.

No reason was given for Gedu Andargachew's resignation or whether this is re

March 7, 2019 (Ezega.com) - The Amhara Regional Council gave a sobering assessment of the security situation in Ethiopia, and in and around the Amhara region, in particular.

The 12th regular council conference was held yesterday in Bahir Dar city, the capital of Amhara region.

The council saw the developing situation in Ethiopia as grave and urged all Ethiopians to work towards peace and dialogue.

Speaking during the conference, regional parliament speaker Worksemu Mamo said regional leaders of Ethiopia need to observe tolerance.

Peace is absent in many areas, millions of our people are being dislo

February 17, 2019 (Ezega.com) - The Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF) celebrated the 44th anniversary of its foundation today in Mekelle, Tigray, and other cities around the world.

Marking the occasion, the organization released one of the strongest statements it issued to date criticizing the way the country is going under the leadership of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.

The Organization all but condemned what it called the erosion of constitutional order in broad day light and vowed that it will not sit idly while the country is going into anarchy.

The statement, which came at the end of the Central Committe meeting of the TPLF