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Ethiopia state minister of foreign affairs arrives in Hargeisa for Official Working Visit

By: MoDuale Ethiopia's state minister of foreign affairs Redwan Hussein has arrived in Hargeisa for an official working visit. Upon arrival at the Hargeisa Egal International Airport, he was received by Somaliland Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Liban Yousuf Osman https://twitter.com/RedwanHussien/status/1433397398919864321?s=19 During his visit, The...

Over 7,000 schools damaged by Tigray war: Ethiopia minister

Internally displaced people taking shelter on Hawelti Secondary School in Mekele city Tigray on March 8, 2021. ( Minasse Wondimu Hailu - Anadolu Agency )
By: BBC AFRICA The war in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region has forced more than 1.42 million students out of school and damaged more than 7,000 schools, the country's education minister says. Getahun Mekuria said neighbouring Amhara and Afar regions had also been affected as the fighting...

Ethiopia: Tigray Rebels Accuse AU Of Bias

Abiy promised a swift victory, but the war has instead dragged on for months, triggering a humanitarian crisis in Tigray Yasuyoshi Chiba
By: BBC AFRICA Rebel forces from Ethiopia's conflict-hit Tigray region have accused the African Union of bias, days after the bloc appointed the former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo as a mediator. A spokesman for the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), Getachew Reda, accused the AU of...

U.N. chief says social fabric of Ethiopia being torn apart

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during a news conference before a meeting with Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez at Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Spain, July 2, 2021. REUTERS/Susana Vera
By:REUTERS  U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned the Security Council on Thursday that a conflict in Ethiopia has spread beyond the northern Tigray region and "a humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding before our eyes." Ethiopia has been embroiled in a conflict that flared nine months ago in Tigray...

Ethiopia: Tigray residents wait half a day to make a phone call

AFPCopyright: AFP People in Tigray's capital, Mekelle, have struggled to talk to people outside the region as phone lines have been cut
By:BBC AFRICA It has been two months since electricity, telephone, internet, banking and transport services were cut in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region. Since then, it has become increasingly difficult to get information about the situation in Tigray. But some, who have managed to reach an area close...

Ethnic clashes in Ethiopia’s Oromia region kill 200

Oromia map
By:BBC AFRICA More than 200 people have been killed following fighting in western Ethiopia. The state-appointed Ethiopia Human Rights Commission said the rebel Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) had killed about 150 people. Local officials told the BBC that fighters from the Oromo and Amhara ethnic groups clashed...

South Sudan President Arrives In Addis Ababa For Working Visit

South Sudan President Arrives In AddisAbaba For Working Visit
  South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit arrived in Addis Ababa, for a one-day working visit to Ethiopia. Upon arrival at Bole International Airport, he was received by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and other Ethiopian officials. According to Ethiopian State-run Fana, President Kiir is expected to...

Ethiopia plans home-grown social media

Ethiopia plans home-grown social media
By: Developing Telecoms The Ethiopian government is reportedly planning to build a local rival to Facebook, Twitter and Whatsapp, apparently following a number of disagreements with the social media giants – and Facebook in particular – though this has not been officially confirmed. Nevertheless, according to Reuters,...

Op-Ed: ONLF and Ethiopia: A tug-of-war

Map Created by: Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Commission (DPPC) Information Centre UN OCHA-Ethiopia
 By: Anwar Abdifatah Bashir Somali region is the second-largest in terms of land, and the third most populous in Ethiopia. Throughout history, the region and its inhabitants are the most downtrodden across the country, and Ethiopia treats the region in a subterranean manner. Somalis in the...

Turkish president receives Ethiopian premier in Ankara

By: MoDuale Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan welcomed Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali of Ethiopia, who is in Turkey for an official visit, with an official ceremony at the Presidential Complex. After the national anthems of Turkey and Ethiopia were played, Prime Minister Ahmed Ali of...