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Ginbot 7 (Amharic: ግንቦት 7) is an Ethiopian opposition political organization, founded in 2008 by Andargachew Tsige and Berhanu Nega. [3] According to their mission statement , Ginbot 7's goal is "the realization of a national political system in which government power and political authority is assumed through peaceful and democratic ...
Eskinder Nega. Eskinder Nega ( Ge'ez: እስክንድር ነጋ, born 7 November 1969) [ 1][ 2] is an Ethiopian journalist, blogger and politician who has been jailed several times by the Ethiopian government on convictions for treason and terrorism. [ 3] He is currently the leader of the Amhara People's Army faction of the Fano insurgency ...
Elections. Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዜጎች ለማኅበራዊ ፍትህ, romanized : ye-Ïtiyop'iya zēgochi le-mahiberawī fitih; abbreviated ኢዜማ, EZEMA) is a liberal political party in Ethiopia. It was formed in May 2019 from the merger of the Patriotic Ginbot 7, Ethiopian Democratic Party ...
Andargachew Tsege ( Ge'ez: አንዳርጋቸው ጽጌ; born 9 February 1955), [ 1] also known as Andy Tsige[ 3][ 4] or Andy Tsege,[ 5] is an Ethiopian politician. He is the chief executive officer of ESAT, a nonprofit independent media outlet in Ethiopia. He previously served as the secretary-general of Ginbot 7, a political party that was ...
Berhanu Nega. Berhanu Nega ( Amharic: ብርሃኑ ነጋ; born 6 December 1958) is an Ethiopian politician who is serving as the current Minister of Education of Ethiopia. He previously was the mayor elect of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in the 2005 Ethiopian general elections. He is a founding chairman of the Rainbow Ethiopia: Movement for ...
Asaminew Tsige. Brigadier General Asaminew Tsige ( Amharic: አሳምነው ጽጌ; 1958/1959 – 24 June 2019) was an Ethiopian general who served as chief of the Amhara Region security forces during part of 2019. He had previously been serving a life sentence in relation to an alleged coup attempt staged by Ginbot 7. During his imprisonment ...
Ministry of Defense (Ethiopia) The Ministry of Defense ( Amharic: የመከላከያ ሚኒስቴር, romanized : yemekelakeya mīnīsitēri) is a cabinet-level office in charge of defense-related matters of Ethiopia. It oversees the Ethiopian National Defense Force and Ethiopian Defense Industry. The current minister is Aisha Mohammed since 2024.
According to the U.S. Department of State 's human rights report for 2022, there exists "significant human rights issues" in Ethiopia. In addition to extrajudicial killings and instances of "enforced disappearance", other human right issues in Ethiopia include arbitrary arrest, the censorship and unjustified arrests of journalists, the use of ...