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Aksumite Congress Party
The Aksumite Congress Party (ACP) () is an opposition party in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. Creation The Aksumite Congress Party was established in May 2023 and officially registered with the National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE). Dr. Solomon Barnabas (PhD) is one of the founding members and the party's coordinator. Name Dimtsi Weyane insights that ACP aims to address the region's challenges through a new approach to governance. Its name, invoking the historical Aksumite Empire, a major power in the region from the 1st to 7th centuries AD, signifies a connection to Tigray's glorious past, evoking national pride and identity while suggesting aspirations for a strong and prosperous future, echoing Aksum's historical prominence. Led by Dr. Solomon Barnabas, and political affairs head Mr. Abreha Woldemariam, the Aksumite Congress seeks to be a new political force bringing positive change to Tigray. Policies At its creation in May 2023, the party leaders stated that the laws ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tigray Region
The Tigray Region (or simply Tigray; officially the Tigray National Regional State) is the northernmost Regions of Ethiopia, regional state in Ethiopia. The Tigray Region is the homeland of the Tigrayan, Irob people, Irob and Kunama people. Its capital and largest city is Mekelle. Tigray is the fifth-largest by area, the fourth-most populous, and the fifth-most densely populated of the 11 regional states. Tigray is bordered by Eritrea to the north, the Amhara Region to the south, the Afar Region to the east, and Sudan to the west. Tigray's official language is Tigrinya language, Tigrinya, similar to that of southern Eritrea. The Tigray region had an estimated pre-war population of 7,070,260. The majority of the population (c. 80%) are farmers, contributing 46% to the regional gross domestic product (2009). The highlands have the highest population density, especially in Misraqawi Zone, eastern and Maekelay Zone, central Tigray. The much less densely populated lowlands comprise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Kenya to the south, South Sudan to the west, and Sudan to the northwest. Ethiopia covers a land area of . , it has around 128 million inhabitants, making it the List of countries and dependencies by population, thirteenth-most populous country in the world, the List of African countries by population, second-most populous in Africa after Nigeria, and the most populous landlocked country on Earth. The national capital and largest city, Addis Ababa, lies several kilometres west of the East African Rift that splits the country into the African Plate, African and Somali Plate, Somali tectonic plates. Early modern human, Anatomically modern humans emerged from modern-day Ethiopia and set out for the Near East and elsewhere in the Middle Paleolithi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Election Board Of Ethiopia
The National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) () is an autonomous federal government agency which supervises the national elections of Ethiopia. The NEBE was established by Proclamation number 64/1992, and answers to the House of Peoples' Representatives. Melatework Hailu has been the current chairperson of NEBE since 19 December 2023. History NEBE was established in 1991 subsequently appointing Kemal Bedri as its founding chairman. The agency would preside over the 1992 local elections as well as the 1994 Ethiopian Constituent Assembly election. The election board was however made official by Article 102 of the 1995 Constitution of Ethiopia. Article 102Election Board 1. There shall be established a National Election Board independent of any influence, to conduct in an impartial manner free and fair election in Federal and State constituencies. 2. Members of the Board shall be appointed by the House of Peoples' Representatives upon recommendation of the Prime Minister. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimtsi Weyane
Dimtsi Weyane (DW or DW TV, also spelled Dimtsi Woyane; ) is an Ethiopian news-based television and radio network headquartered in Mekelle, Tigray, Ethiopia. Owned by Dimtsi Weyane Tigray P.L.C., it first launched as a radio station in 1980 and in 2018 launched a satellite television channel. The channel broadcasts programming mainly in Tigrinya with some programming in Amharic, Oromo and English. History Dimtsi Weyane was founded as a radio station in 1980 by the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front during its struggle against the Derg regime. Dimtsi Weyane started broadcasting in 2018 on Eutelsat and on an Ethiopian state-owned free-to-air (FTA) TV platform frequency hosted on SES's NSS-12 satellite at 57 degrees East called Ethiosat. Controversy , Dimtsi Weyane as well as Tigray Regional State Television were no longer broadcasting, according to a report by Deutsche Welle Amharic service which cited its Addis Ababa reporter. The Federal Attorney-General launched an inv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aksumite Empire
The Kingdom of Aksum, or the Aksumite Empire, was a kingdom in East Africa and South Arabia from classical antiquity to the Middle Ages, based in what is now northern Ethiopia and Eritrea, and spanning present-day Djibouti and Sudan. Emerging from the earlier Dʿmt civilization, the kingdom was founded in the first century. The city of Axum served as the kingdom's capital for many centuries until it relocated to Kubar in the ninth century due to declining trade connections and recurring invasions. The Kingdom of Aksum was considered one of the four great powers of the third century by the Persian prophet Mani, alongside Persia, Rome, and China. Aksum continued to expand under the reign of Gedara (), who was the first king to be involved in South Arabian affairs. His reign resulted in the control of much of western Yemen, such as the Tihama, Najran, al-Ma'afir, Zafar (until ), and parts of Hashid territory around Hamir in the northern highlands until a joint Himyarit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tigray Interim Council
The Tigray Interim Council (TIC) (formerly established as the Tigray Advisory Council) is a body established in Tigray Region, Ethiopia, as part of the implementation of the Pretoria Agreement signed in November 2022 between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). Its formation faced significant delays, primarily due to internal disputes within the TPLF. The council's first emergency meeting took place from 14–16 February 2025. Background and establishment The council was intended to replace the disbanded Tigray Regional State Council. TIRA President Getachew Reda signed a 25-page regulation on 2 April 2024, outlining the council's mandate and operational procedures. However, its formal establishment was delayed by 306 days due to opposition from a TPLF faction led by Debretsion Gebremichael and Fetlework Gebregziabher. They reportedly instructed local TPLF offices not to send representatives to the council. Negotiations between TIRA leader ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interim Regional Administration Of Tigray
The Interim Regional Administration (IRA) of Tigray Region (; ) is an interim regional administration announced by the Office of the Prime Minister of Ethiopia on 23 March 2023. This appointment was based on Article 10(1) of the Permanent Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (CoHA) signed in Pretoria between the Federal Government and the TPLF to end the conflict on 2 November 2022, which called for the establishment of an inclusive Interim Regional Administration, and a decision by the House of Federation (HoF) to establish the interim administration of the Tigray regional state, as per Article 62 (9) of the Constitution proclamation 359/1995, article 14/2/B. On the same day, Ato Getachew Reda Kahsay was appointed as IRA head for undisclosed terms. Interim Council On February 2, 2025, the Tigray Interim Administration established the Tigray Interim Council to provide guidance and oversight. Moges Tafere was appointed chairperson, and Dejene Mezgebu (PhD), president of the Ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethnic Political Parties In Ethiopia
An ethnicity or ethnic group is a group of people with shared attributes, which they Collective consciousness, collectively believe to have, and long-term endogamy. Ethnicities share attributes like language, culture, common sets of ancestry, traditions, society, religion, history or social treatment. Ethnicities may also have a narrow or broad spectrum of genetic ancestry, with some groups having mixed genetic ancestry. ''Ethnicity'' is sometimes used interchangeably with nation, ''nation'', particularly in cases of ethnic nationalism. It is also used interchangeably with ''Race (human categorization), race'' although not all ethnicities identify as racial groups. By way of cultural assimilation, assimilation, acculturation, Cultural amalgamation, amalgamation, language shift, Heterogamy#Social science, intermarriage, adoption and religious conversion, individuals or groups may over time shift from one ethnic group to another. Ethnic groups may be divided into subgroups or tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Political Parties Established In 2023
Politics () is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of status or resources. The branch of social science that studies politics and government is referred to as political science. Politics may be used positively in the context of a "political solution" which is compromising and non-violent, or descriptively as "the art or science of government", but the word often also carries a negative connotation.. The concept has been defined in various ways, and different approaches have fundamentally differing views on whether it should be used extensively or in a limited way, empirically or normatively, and on whether conflict or co-operation is more essential to it. A variety of methods are deployed in politics, which include promoting one's own political views among people, negotiation with other political subjects, making laws, and exercising internal and external for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
