ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Tuesday replaced the defence minister, his former ally Lemma Megersa, as part of a reshuffle ahead of elections in the heavily divided nation next ...

A branch of Ethiopia's ruling party on Monday suspended three high-profile officials from its central committee for alleged graft, failing to keep party secrets and absenteeism. Defense Minister Lemma ...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's office announced Tuesday that he was replacing his defence minister, a fellow ethnic Oromo and former close ally who has recently been openly critical of Abiy's ...

Until recently, few people outside of Oromia, Ethiopia’s largest and most populous region, had heard of Lemma Megersa. But by the beginning of 2018, the clamour around the 47-year-old had turned him ...

The ousting of Lemma Megersa was announced on Twitter as part of a cabinet reshuffle. Megersa criticised Ethopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in an interview last November. He also publicly rejected ...

FILE PHOTO: Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed poses for a photograph during the opening of the 33rd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Heads of State and the Government of the African Union ...