Ethiopia

Smugglers have twice forced African migrants off their boats near Yemen this month, leaving dozens to drown. Fatima Mohie-Eldin from Muftah explains the two deadly episodes and looks at why young Ethiopians and Somalis are still trying to sail to war-torn Yemen. On August 10,...

By Addis Getachew Horndiplomat-Under the project, Ethiopia could export 10M cubic meters of LNG to China each year Ethiopia says physical work on a massive $4 billion cooperative natural gas project between Ethiopia, Djibouti, and China will soon be launched. The announcement was made Thursday by Ethiopian...

 The African Union will be holding a virtual meeting today to deliberate on the progress made in the resolution of a dispute between Egypt and Ethiopia regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). The virtual meeting of the AU Bureau of the Assembly of Heads...

Dozens of anti-government protesters have been killed and arrested by government authorities amid ongoing unrest in Ethiopia. For months, hundreds of thousands of protestors from Ethiopia’s largest ethnic groups have rallied to protest political marginalization and systematic persecution by the government. In June, a 61-page...

Ethiopia's Tigray region wants a full withdrawal of troops from Eritrea and the neighbouring state of Amhara before it can engage in any talks with the federal government about a ceasefire, it said in a statement on Sunday. The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), the...

Fifty-two people were killed and many more injured in Ethiopia's Oromia region during a protest at a religious festival, the government says. Some died in a stampede after police employed tear gas, rubber bullets and baton charges, witnesses said. Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said rioters had...

  Five candidates competing to succeed the outgoing African Union Commission (AUC) chairperson, Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, will today engage in a historic town hall debate to present their plans if elected to the continent’s topmost diplomatic post. The debate is scheduled for 19:30 EAT (16:30 GMT)...

The President of Somaliland, Muse Bihi Abdi, today paid a visit to the Lake Wonchi Eco-tourism site, situated in the Oromia region. according to the Ethiopia state media Fanabc, Accompanying the Somaliland President on his excursion...

Ethiopia and Djibouti on Friday vow to further bolster cooperation security and defence areas between the two countries. The state-owned Ethiopia Broadcast Corporation reported that the joint defence committee of the two nations commenced in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Ethiopia and Djibouti established a joint defence committee...

By:ANADOLU AGENCY Ethiopia and the European Union signed a €650 million ($680 million) financial support agreement for the Multi-Annual Indicative Program on Tuesday. The agreement was signed by Ethiopia’s Finance Minister Ahmed Shide and...