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Ethiopia
Demeke Mekonnen pushed aside

The deputy prime minister and vice president of the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), Demeke Mekonnen, who nonetheless [...]

Published on 21/07/2017 at 03:30 GMT

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ANDM
Azeb Mesfin
Bereket Simon
Debretsion Gebremichael
Demeke Mekonnen
EPRDF
Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front
Ethiopian Revenues & Customs Authority
Kebede Chane
Meles Zenawi
Mengistu Haile Mariam

Ethiopia
The motivations behind Bereket Simon's arrest

Bereket Simon, who until 2017 was the chairman of the Amhara Endowment Fund (better known by its Amharic name Tiret), [...]

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Ethiopia
Purge under way among the Amhara

Addis Ababa's new political stance is leading to far-reaching reforms of parties belonging to the EPRDF coalition.

Subscribers only Politics 31.08.2018

Ethiopia
The new PM Abiy Ahmed Ali: an ethnic and religious compromise?

Portrayed as an Oromo of the Muslim faith, the new strongman of Addis in fact has a Christian heritage, making him an acceptable candidate to the Orthodox Church.

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Ethiopia
No real consensus over Hailemariam Desalegn's successor

The surprise resignation on 15 February of Hailemariam Desalegn, the Ethiopian prime minister and chairman of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary [...]

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Ethiopia
TPLF grandees move into the hotel business

The Ethiopian ambassador to Sudan and former CEO of the [...]

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Ethiopia
The first Tigrayan company to come unstuck for corruption?

The current anti-corruption drive, which has until now spared the Tigrayans, claims its first major Tigrayan victim…

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Ethiopia
The EPRDF appoints Amharas to reduce the influence of the TPLF

The ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) coalition is currently manoeuvring to reduce the influence of the Tigray People's [...]

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Ethiopia
Bereket Simon in Getachew Assefa's line of sight

Getachew Assefa, the head of the National Intelligence and Security [...]

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Ethiopia
HMD wants to control his rivals

Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn (HMD) has eliminated two leaders of the Amhara National Democratic Movement (ANDM) in the ministerial reshuffle on 4 July.

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Spotlight | Ethiopia
EPRDF rejuvenation going at a snail's pace

The plan devised and instigated by the late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, to rejuvenate the executive of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) and the different political parties making up this government coalition, made little progress during these organisations' [.

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Ethiopia
Who will really run the country?

Now that the posts of Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister have been distributed, the organisation of post-Meles Zenawi power is beginning to take shape.

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Ethiopia
Meles Zenawi, will he, won't he go?

The Prime Minister is blowing hot and cold about his possible departure after the 2010 election. The EPRDF will have its work cut out to find a successor for him.

Free access Politics 03.07.2009

Spotlight | Ethiopia
The political bigwigs in Addis Ababa

While some Western embassies had been expecting Prime Minister Meles Zenawi to make a substantial changes in the teams leading the various factions of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF in power in Addis Ababa), the outcome of the [.

Subscribers only Politics 29.09.2006

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Demeke Mekonnen
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Ethiopian Revenues & Customs Authority
Kebede Chane
Meles Zenawi
Mengistu Haile Mariam

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Cameroon, Central African Republic
Between business and politics, the secrets of Antoine Ndzengue's rise

Senegal
Paris and Dakar mull defence relations

Ethiopia
Demeke Mekonnen pushed aside

Ethiopia
The motivations behind Bereket Simon's arrest

Ethiopia
Purge under way among the Amhara

Ethiopia
The new PM Abiy Ahmed Ali: an ethnic and religious compromise?

Ethiopia
No real consensus over Hailemariam Desalegn's successor

Ethiopia
TPLF grandees move into the hotel business

Ethiopia
The first Tigrayan company to come unstuck for corruption?

Ethiopia
The EPRDF appoints Amharas to reduce the influence of the TPLF

Ethiopia
Bereket Simon in Getachew Assefa's line of sight

Ethiopia
HMD wants to control his rivals

Spotlight | Ethiopia
EPRDF rejuvenation going at a snail's pace

Ethiopia
Who will really run the country?

Ethiopia
Meles Zenawi, will he, won't he go?

Spotlight | Ethiopia
The political bigwigs in Addis Ababa