Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed condemns extremism, warns of dangers of inflaming ethnic animosity
Abiy hailed the successful conduct of the general election as he highlighted that 50,188 of the 52,000 polling stations across the country opened on time and processed voters throughout the election day on June 1, with over 10,438 candidates from 42 political parties contesting for seats in the House of Peoples’ Representatives, the lower chamber of the parliament, as well as for various regional councils
Ethiopian versus Tigrayan, Eritrean tensions are a powder keg that could inflame Horn of Africa
The current domestic friction reflects a dramatic re-jigging of the political and military alliances of the 2020-22 Tigray war, when federal forces and Eritrean troops – backed by Amhara paramilitaries – marched against the TPLF-led regional administration.
Ethiopia’s Abiy assures neighbours of unstinted access to Nile waters as he inaugurates Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam
A 20-year-old university student, Yabsira Misganw, who was advertising a new online shopping mobile app, said the new dam “will provide stable electricity and improve online services.”
