Ethiopia

By: BBC AFRICA US President Joe Biden has signed an executive order to allow targeted sanctions to be imposed against individuals and groups perpetrating violence and impeding humanitarian aid in Ethiopia. No individuals or entities were named. But it is the strongest warning yet from the US...

HornDiplomat-In his address at the Extraordinary Summit of the African Union, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed highlighted that Union wide reforms were necessary not for the sake of initiating reforms, but because it is a must. Drawing on the Pan-African vision, he asks leaders...

Ethiopian Olympic swimmer Robel Kiros Habte finished last in the Preliminary Men’s 100m Freestyle heats at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. The 24 year old was the only one of the 59 entrants in the heats not to complete the distance in under a minute. He...

Horndiplomat-Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's push for his country to be granted "observer status" at the African Union gained the backing of continental heavyweight Ethiopia on Thursday. "Israel is working very hard in many African countries. There is no reason to deny this observer position...

By: Associated Press An Ethiopian official has revealed his country has finalized preparations to extradite a double-murder suspect to the U.S. either on Monday or Tuesday. The move to extradite 25-year-old Yohannes Nesibu, an Ethiopia- born U.S national, came after the country’s Attorney General made the...

BY: DAILY NATION Addis Ababa. Ethiopia on Monday warned Egypt to refrain from establishing any military base that would pose a security threat to the East African region. The reaction comes days after an Egyptian delegation met Somaliland President Musa Bihi Abdi in Hargeisa where the two...

By Isaack Omulo KAMPALA (Reuters) - Kenya and their east African middle and long-distance running rivals, Ethiopia, will come face-to-face again at the 42nd World Cross Country Championships in the Ugandan capital Kampala on Sunday. The two countries who have dominated the global event more than...

By:Jama Farah Horndiplomat Contributor Horndiplomat-Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed met this afternoon with the outgoing Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Amb. (Eng) Mahboub Maalim, as well as the incoming Executive Secretary Dr. Workineh Gebeyu. According to Ethiopian PM Office, Ethiopian Prime Minister...

By: BBC WORLD The Republic of Somaliland defense minister Abdiqani Mohamoud Ateye has resigned in protest against a deal granting Ethiopia access to a seaport in the breakaway region of Somalia.Abdiqani Mohamoud Ateye criticized Somaliland President Muse Bihi...

The 4th round of Ethio-Eritrea ministerial consultation took place at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia on Thursday (February 21) in Addis Ababa. The consultation was led by Foreign Minister  Dr. Workneh Gebeyeu and Foreign Minister  Osman Saleh of Eritrea. The two sides deliberated...