Both hail from western Oromia and participated in the November negotiations with the Oromo Liberation Army in Dar es Salaam Demelash Gebremichael Commissioner General of the Ethiopian Federal Police and former Director General of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) and his deputy Melaku Fenta Sisay Tola a long-time Abiy colleague in technology and intelligence sectors now Deputy Director General of the NISS Worku Gachena Director General the Ethiopian Artificial Intelligence Institute Yilma Merdasa Lieutenant-General in charge of the Ethiopian Air Force Adanech Abebe mayor of Addis Ababa former Attorney General and Minister of Revenue...
Federal Police commissioner Demelash Gebremichael has said all the missing people have joined the Tigray resistance and the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission is welcome to investigate his facilities...
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Nonetheless highlighting the competing priorities the new domestic intelligence chief Demelash Gebremichael was appointed to the Central Committee of Abiy's Oromo Democratic Party (ODP) in September (AC Vol 59 No 19 Rallies shatter fragile peace)...
His party also voted new domestic intelligence chief Demelash Gebremichael onto its Central Committee in defiance of a pledge to separate security and politics and removed party stalwarts in favour of younger firebrands...