Tag: Prime Minister

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said that it is demanding the Government of Ethiopia to grant it access to the Oromia and Amhara Regional States.

People both inside and outside of Ethiopia listened to the acceptance speech of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) delivered to the House of Peoples’ Representatives (HPR) on April 2, 2018 during which he was sworn-in as Prime Minister to fill the position left vacant since the resignation of his predecessor Hailemariam Dessalegn on February 15.

Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn has appointed Mandefro Nigussie (PhD) as head of the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR) as of last week. He assumes the director general’s role as of early this month, The Reporter has learnt.

The historical significance of the political developments in the country in the past two weeks is no less than the revolution of 1974 and the subsequent coup d’états and government overthrows.

In an unprecedented turn of events, the Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Hailemariam Dessalegn has tendered his resignation from his post and the chairmanship of EPRDF.