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
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During his visit, The...
Over 7,000 schools damaged by Tigray war: Ethiopia minister
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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...