Ethiopia

By:Horndiplomat Staff writer The President of the Republic of Somaliland Musa Bihi Abdi, and his delegation arrived in Addis Ababa, the Capital City of Ethiopia. On his arrival at Bole International Airport, the president was warmly welcomed by Ethiopian Finance minister Ahmed Shide and State Minister...

By: Mohamed Duale Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi will pay an official visit to Ethiopia on Tuesday, according to an official statement. President bihi is scheduled to arrive upon the invitation of Ethiopia Prime minister Abiy Ahmed Ali, the Somaliland government announced on Monday. Somaliland information ministry...

By: Staff writer Somaliland Police Force Commander Brigadier General Mohamed Aden Saqadhi met with Ethiopia's Somali regional state Police Commander Brigadier General Mohamed Ali Hassan in the border town wajale. The two commanders discussed strengthening the cooperation between the two forces and security cooperation between the...

By:Reuters The U.N. human rights office (OHCHR) on Friday expressed alarm at "multiple, deeply disturbing reports" of air strikes in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, saying at least 108 civilians had been killed since the start of January. Liz Throssell, an OHCHR spokesperson, described numerous attacks,...

By: AFP Ethiopia on Friday freed high-profile opposition leader Eskinder Nega, one of several leading government opponents rounded up after deadly protests in 2020, his party announced. News of the release came after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed issued a statement marking Orthodox Christmas and stressing the...

By:Reuters The Ethiopian military is again in control of the town of Lalibela, famed for its rock churches, state media reported on Sunday, showing pictures of the deputy prime minister visiting the site. It was unclear when government forces recaptured the town, which has spiritual significance...

By: Hurriyet daily news, Horndiplomat Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with several African leaders on Dec. 17 on the sidelines of the 3rd Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit, which is being held under the theme “Enhanced Partnership for Common Development and Prosperity.” Erdoğan meets separately with Nigerian President Mohammed...

By Muthoki Mumo/CPJ Sub-Saharan Africa Representative In a Facebook post at the end of October, Awlo Media Center, an Ethiopian online news outlet critical of  Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s administration, announced that the government’s “pressure and obstruction” had forced it to shut down and lay off all of...

By : AFP Ethiopia's government announced late Monday that it had recaptured the strategic towns of Dessie and Kombolcha, more than a month after Tigrayan rebels claimed control of the two cities located on a key highway to the capital. "The historic Dessie city and the...

By:The Reporter Ethiopia 85 per cent of the construction of the cross-boundary road project which links Somaliland's port city of Berbera with Ethiopia's border town of Togochale has been completed. The road is expected to make Somaliland an emerging competitor, along with Djibouti and Kenya, in...