In 2019, youth protests over land challenged the TPLF inside Tigray itself
Ethiopia suspended electricity sales to Sudan and cut supply to Djibouti during the power crunch
Mereja TV Press Digest – 18 May 2019
East Africa Metals said Ethiopia awarded mining licenses for Mato Bula and Da Tambuk
A French widow sued Boeing for at least $276 million after her husband died on ET302
WSJ: a Boeing official played down a bird-strike scenario linked to the doomed Ethiopian Max
EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini began a Horn tour through Somalia, Kenya, Djibouti, and Ethiopia
Refugees International said Ethiopia’s forced IDP returns were making the displacement crisis worse
BBC Travel visited church forests near Debre Tabor that still shelter highland trees and stories
Ethiopian Diaspora Trust Fund named an 11-member board with five seats for the diaspora
Christian Science Monitor profiled Meaza Ashenafi as Ethiopia’s first woman Supreme Court chief
BBC: Abiy Ahmed hosted a $173,000-a-seat dinner to fund Addis Ababa river and park works
Commentary asked if Ethiopia had left the TPLF pan only to fall into ethno-anarchy
Daniel Kibret at Bahir Dar Ge’ez conference
Ethiopian Army said it helped return 1,500 people who had fled to Sudan from Gondar areas
Ethiopia’s Council of Ministers approved a new anti-terrorism draft law
Africa Hall at UNECA in Addis Ababa was lined up for a $56.9 million renovation
British Museum said it may discuss a long-term loan of sacred Ethiopian tabots
Ethiopian Electric Power restarted two turbines at the Tekezé hydro plant
Global Burden of Disease research counted 17,181 HIV/AIDS deaths in Ethiopia in 2017
Health reports said Ethiopian children remained at high risk in a long measles fight
Somali regional officials accused Ethiopia’s London embassy of colonial-style diaspora tactics
Observer: a Ugandan visitor described Ethiopia’s reverence for the dead at Holy Trinity Cathedral
BBC: a rumour that researchers came to poison children led a mob to kill two scientists
Borkena: a political scientist said federal system design sat at the root of Ethiopia’s crisis
Wektawi Gudayoch on Mereja TV – 17 May 2019
The Hindu warned that power shortages could stop a Chinese-funded rail link for a full day
The Atlantic profiled Aïda Muluneh’s fight against visual clichés of Africa
UNESCO released emergency assistance money for Simien Mountains National Park
Reporter profile: Birtukan Mideksa faced a divided timetable for Ethiopia’s national election
National Bank directive told foreign oil firms to keep foreign-currency accounts inside Ethiopia
A new sugar company opened talks to buy Wonji-Shoa and Metehara plants
Parliament approved a mining bill that gave regional states more power over the sector
Radio X aired Samuel Schlaefli’s reportage on Chinese money and daily life in Ethiopia
Parliament reviewed a bill to amend commercial registration and business licensing rules
The Reporter: Sky Way Investment Group pitched a cable-train system for Ethiopian cities
Washington Post: Ethiopian Airlines rejected claims that ET302 pilots failed emergency procedures
India’s KPR Mill said it would open a garment plant in Ethiopia with about $5 million to start
Ethiopia began rationing electricity for homes and factories after hydropower reservoirs fell
Low water at Melka Wakena, Gibe III, and Koka helped create a hundreds-of-megawatts power gap
Prof. Mesfin Woldemariam calls on Ethiopians to support PM Abiy
EPRDF leadership evaluates the national security situation
Wektawi Gudayoch on Mereja TV – May 17, 2019
Historians Professor Fikre Tolossa and Lij Tedla Melaku debate Ethiopian history
Benishangul-Gumuz officials said April ethnic clashes in Dangur left 31 people dead
Addis Standard opinion: Hige Mengist is not the same as a democratic constitution
A government study said Ethiopia’s research spending was only 0.27 percent of GDP
MDS: Ethiopia’s $26 monthly garment wage made it a low-cost fashion hub facing a hard model choice
Wolaita protesters rallied in Soddo for self-rule, equality, and rights
Amhara Democratic Party official Yohannes Buayalew gave a recorded interview on Walta
Concordia named Vanier Scholars whose research included Ethiopian city life and vulnerable adolescents
Local authorities condemn the attack against a journalist in Konso, southern Ethiopia
Rights groups used World Press Freedom Day in Addis Ababa to call for a UN envoy on journalist safety
Wektawi Gudayoch on Mereja TV – 15 May 2019
Tamagne Beyene’s speech delivering funds for displaced citizens in Gedio
Deutsche Welle: Europe’s textile buyers looked at Ethiopia as the next low-cost stop
Tadias: an Ethiopia–Eritrea filmmaker refugee described detention and war noise near Tripoli
VOA hosts a discussion with scholars on the current situation in the Tigray region of Ethiopia
