Press Briefing by Dr Gedion Timothewos, Attorney General, and Billene Seyoum, Press Secretary at the Prime Minister's Office, on recent developments in Tigray and the upcoming elections - Full Video and Transcript
3 Jun 2021
Transcript | Prime Minister’s Office Press Briefing – 3 June 2021
The Government of Ethiopia has awarded the first private telecoms licence in the country’s history to an international consortium of telecoms operators under the name, ‘the Global Partnership for Ethiopia’. The consortium submitted winning bid of $850 million for licence to operate telecom services in the country.
27 May 2021
Ethiopia announces awarding of historic telecoms licence to global consortium led by Safaricom
On 25th May, His Excellency Ambassador Teferi Melesse Desta was invited to Buckingham Palace by Her Majesty The Queen to formally presented his credentials confirming his appointment as Ethiopian Ambassador to the Court of St. James’s.
26 May 2021
Ambassador Teferi presents his Letters of Credence to Her Majesty The Queen
A criminal investigation has been underway for the last two months by a team of investigators and prosecutors from the Federal Attorney General and Federal Police for alleged crimes committed in different localities of Tigray Region in relation to the Law Enforcement Mission. During the investigation, until May 3, 2021, testimonies of 95 witnesses and documentary evidence have been taken…
14 May 2021
Press Release Concerning Criminal Investigation on Crimes Committed in Axum City
Ethiopia’s 6th  National Elections are scheduled to take place in June 2021. The highly anticipated elections will arguably be the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia’s first free and fair elections. With a few weeks remaining, citizens are encouraged to timely register to vote in exercising their democratic rights and engage constructively throughout the electoral process to collectively ensure free and…
16 Apr 2021
Ethiopia’s 6th National Elections
Ethiopia's resolve to reach a settlement on the first filling and related operation of the dam failed to bear result due to Egypt and Sudan's rigid stance to make the negotiation and its outcome a tool to affirm their self-claimed water share while foreclosing Ethiopia's share. Ethiopia cannot enter into an agreement that would foreclose its current and future legitimate…
6 Apr 2021
Press Release on the Trilateral Negotiations on the GERD
The Government of Ethiopia has continued intensifying its efforts to address the situation in the Tigray region and has made enormous progress. However, the statement issued by the G7’s Foreign Ministers on 02.04.2021 has failed to capture some of the important steps taken to ensure that the pressing needs of the region are in the process of being fully addressed…
3 Apr 2021
Press Release on G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement on the Situation in Tigray
The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights have agreed to conduct a joint investigation into the alleged human rights violations and abuses, committed by all parties in the context of the Tigray conflict, as part of the much-needed accountability process for the victims.
26 Mar 2021
EHRC and UN to jointly investigate alleged Human Rights Violations in Tigray