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Ethiopian Lawyer Wins ‘Alternative Nobel’
Ethiopian lawyer and disabled rights activist Yetnebersh Nigussie has won the Right Livelihood award, also known as the alternative Nobel prize. Awarded by Sweden, it’s awarded to courageous people and…
IMF Staff Completes 2017 Article IV Visit to The Federal Republic of Ethiopia
Real gross domestic product is estimated to have increased by 9 percent in 2016/17. Prudent budget execution led to a lower-than-planned fiscal deficit, estimated at 2.5 percent of GDP. To…
Orthodox Christians observe Meskel, finding of True Cross
Addis Ababa, September 27, 2017 (FBC) – Ethiopian Orthodox Christians across the country today celebrated Meskel festival, which commemorates the discovery of the True Cross by Queen Helena, known in…
Ethiopia Says Somaliland Displaced Thousands of Oromo People
Ethiopia accused a semi-autonomous territory in neighboring Somalia of illegally displacing more than 3,000 long-term Oromo residents in the wake of clashes on the boundary between two of Ethiopia’s regional…
Oromia pardons 6,655 inmates
Addis Ababa, September 25, 2017 (FBC) –Chief Administrator of the Oromia regional state, Lemma Megerssa, today pardoned 6,655 inmates. They were released because they showed remorse and completed serving one-third…
Ethiopia bans weapons at upcoming religious gathering
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Ethiopia has banned weapons at the upcoming Irrecha religious festival in order to avoid the violence that killed several dozen people last year. The statement from…