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Ethiopia is a multi-ethnic state with over 80 different ethnic groups. Christianity is the most widely professed faith in the country, with significant minorities of the adherents of Islam and a small percentage to traditional faiths. This sovereign state is a founding member of the UN, the Group of 24, the Non-Aligned Movement, the Group of 77, and the Organisation of African Unity. Addis ...
The 2021 Ethiopian general election to elect members of the House of Peoples' Representatives was held on 21 June 2021 and 30 September 2021. Regional elections were also held on those dates. The election was initially scheduled for 29 August 2020, [2] but it was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [3]
Addis Ababa. 1980. Commission for Organizing the Party. of the Working People of Ethiopia. Sun [1] Addis Ababa. 1996. G.D Pub.
After two-years long unrests and protests and a state of emergency, Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn resigned from office on 15 February 2018 as prime minister and EPRDF chairman, hoping to end the decade longstanding conflict and political upheaval in the country. [41] In March 2018, the EPRDF nominated Abiy Ahmed to succeed him as prime minister and was elected by the Ethiopian parliament ...
A six-month state of emergency was declared on 4 August 2023 by the Ethiopian government in response to severe conflict and instabilities in Amhara Region after the Amhara militia Fano and the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) clashed in several locations in the region on 1 August. [1] On 3 August, the Amhara Region government requested additional help to the federal troops. The fighting ...
1942. Headquarters. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Official languages. Amharic, Arabic and Oromo. Website. ena.et. The Ethiopian News Agency ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዜና አገልግሎት Ye-Ityopya Zéna Agelgelot ( IZA) or ENA) is the official news agency of the government of Ethiopia. It is the oldest news organisation in Ethiopia ...
The Ethiopian Orthodox Church accused Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed for meddling the church affairs. Violence were erupted in the southern region which killed at least 30 people. On 4 February, a clash occurred in Shashamane that killed three Orthodox youths. The Ethiopian government blocked access of social media sites such as Facebook, Messenger, Telegram, YouTube and TikTok for five months from ...
On 13 August 2023, the Ethiopian National Defense Force launched a drone strike on the town of Finote Selam, in the West Gojjam Zone of Amhara Region in Ethiopia which killed 30 people while injuring more than 55 people who underwent emergency treatment. The strike was occurred after the ENDF recaptured several towns in the Amhara Region during its clashes with Fano militia in early August.