Ethiopia PM - The African Mirror

Jan

2023

Ethiopia appoints Mamo Mihretu new central bank governor

ETHIOPIA'S Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has appointed Mamo Mihretu as the country's new central bank governor, Abiy's office said in a statement posted on Twitter. The statement did not give any more details. Mamo has worked as chief executive officer of state-run Ethiopia Investment Holdings and a senior policy advisor to Abiy. He is replacing Yinager Dessie, who served as central bank governor since 2018. Thomson Reuters Foundation

Aug

2021

By The African Mirror

Africa can prevent Ethiopia from going down Rwanda’s path: here’s how

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

WHEN Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was awarded the Nobel peace prize in 2019, I congratulated him in a public US and Africa dialogue forum. I thought he deserved the prize, given what he had done. In particular, he showed a calm and responsible interest in listening to all community grievances to avoid outbursts of war. EDWARD KISSI, Associate Professor, School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies, University of South Florida Today, under Abiy’s watch, Ethiopia has descended into a political and humanitarian crisis that threatens the very survival of the federal state. There are reports of ethnic groups in various regions…

Jul

2021

By The African Mirror

Tigray as no longer ‘centre’ of conflict

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DAWIT ENDESHAW ETHIOPIAN Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed acknowledged government troops had left Tigray's regional capital Mekelle after months of fighting, saying it was because the city was no longer the "centre of gravity for conflicts". Another government figure said the troops could return in weeks if needed - the first statements by federal officials since Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) forces took the city this week in a major turn of events in the conflict. But a spokesman for the TPLF called Abiy's comments a "lie", saying that government troops lost and were forced to leave Mekelle. He also said…

Mar

2021

By The African Mirror

Ethiopia PM concedes to Tigray atrocities

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ETHIOPIA’S Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has for the first time yesterday conceded that atrocities such as rape took place in Tigray, during the war. In a parliamentary address, Ahmed promised that the perpetrators would be punished. He also disclosed that troops from neighbouring Eritrea entered the northern Tigray region during the five-month-old conflict, the first such acknowledgement after months of denials. Fighting erupted in Tigray after forces loyal to the then-governing party there - the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) - attacked army bases across the region overnight and in the early hours of November 4. The attacks initially overwhelmed…