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Interview: Ethiopia sees education crisis due to internal conflict, climate change — UN official

Ethiopia is experiencing one of the largest education crises globally, mainly due to internal conflict and the effects of climate change, a senior UN official has said.
By: Xinhua Agency Ethiopia is experiencing one of the largest education crises globally, mainly due to internal conflict and the effects of climate change, a senior UN official has said. "More than 3.6...

Op-Ed: State Violence:  Systematic Ethnic Cleansing in Sitti Zone, Somali Region

Over a span of four years an apparent campaign of ethnic cleansing has played out in Somali region's western periphery of Sitti zone.
By: Mohamed Moussa Hadi Over a span of four years an apparent campaign of ethnic cleansing has played out in Somali region's western periphery of Sitti zone.  The zone may have suffered simply because of its natural...

Ethiopia Plans to Diversify Import Corridors and Ports

A view of the second container terminal at the port of Mombasa. Operations at the port are currently on full scale /KNA
By Selamawit Mengesha ,The Reporter Ethiopia plans to diversify link port alternatives with domestic economic corridors and global shipment routes based on a new technical study undertaken by the Ethiopian Maritime Authority. The study...

Ethiopia starts exporting electricity to neighboring Kenya

Workers check the water temperature of an outlet at the Aluto-Langano geothermal power station, operated by Ethiopian Electric Power, in Ziway, Ethiopia.Photographer: Amanuel Sileshi/Bloomberg
By: Bloomberg Ethiopia has started exporting electricity to neighboring Kenya following a week of testing of a new transmission line, Ethiopian Electric Power said.The $500 million line has capacity to transmit 2,000 megawatts of electricity, potentially earning...

Ethiopia: Government, Tigrayan forces agree to end two-year war

Redwan Hussien, left, national security adviser to Ethiopia’s federal government, and Getachew Reda of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front sign a peace agreement on Wednesday. (Phill Magakoe/AFP/Getty Images)
By: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES The parties in the conflict in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray have agreed on a “permanent cessation of hostilities”, the African Union mediator said, just more than a week after formal peace talks...

Ethiopia, Djibouti eye strong electricity connectivity

The governments of Ethiopia and Djibouti have expressed the need to augment electricity connectivity to spur socio-economic ties among the two neighboring countries
By: Mohamed Duale The governments of Ethiopia and Djibouti have expressed the need to augment electricity connectivity to spur socio-economic ties among the two neighboring countries. This came as the Ethiopia-Djibouti 230-Kilo Volts...

Somalia PM Hamza Abdi Barre arrives in Ethiopia ahead of Tana Forum

By : Zakeriye ahmed Horndiplomat Correspondent Somalia's Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre lands in Ethiopia's capital of Addis Ababa ahead of the 10th Tana Forum, which takes place in Bahar Dar on 14-16 October.

Air strike in Ethiopia’s Tigray region kills at least 5 people, doctor says

People react following an air strike in Mekelle, the capital of the Tigray region in northern Ethiopia. AP
By: REUTERS At least five people were killed and 37 were wounded during an air strike in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region on Friday, medics said. The drone attack hit the town of Dengolat,...

Kenya’s President William Ruto lands in Ethiopia on his first official visit to the region

By : Zakeriye ahmed Horndiplomat Correspondent Kenya's new President, William Ruto, arrives in Addis Ababa today for his first official visit to the region. Abiy Ahmed Ali, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia and other senior officials received...

More than 50 killed in northern Ethiopia air strike -aid workers and Tigray forces

Medics attend the scene of an air strike in Mekele, capital of the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, on September 14. AP
By: REUTERS More than 50 people were killed in an air strike on Tuesday that hit a school in northern Ethiopia's Tigray region that was sheltering people displaced by conflict between the federal and regional governments, two...