Ethiopia

Ambachew Mekonnen(PhD) president of the Amhara region and his senior adviser Ezez Wasie confirmed dead. They were shot while in the office yesterday evening. The federal government says it is a coup attempt. Ambachew Mekonnen and his adviser attacked in their offices by 'mercenaries' in...

BY:BBC AFRICA Tech giant Facebook says that it has removed more than a dozen accounts and pages on Facebook and Instagram "from Egypt that targeted Ethiopia, Sudan and Turkey. "We removed 17 Facebook accounts, six Pages, and three Instagram accounts from Egypt that targeted Ethiopia, Sudan,...

By: Jama Farah, Horndiplomat Contributor Horndiplomat-The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) elects longtime foreign secretary Abdirahman Mahdi as the new chairman following a conference in Godey town as the incumbent Admiral Mohamed Omar Osman retires. Mahdi received 340 votes, his challenger Ahmed Yasin got 247. The...

By : Staff  Writer Ethiopia's confirmed COVID-19 cases reached 26,204 after 1086 new COVID-19 positive cases were confirmed on Thursday, the Ethiopian Ministry of Health said. This is so far the highest daily increase in the Horn of Africa country. The Ethiopian Ministry of Health, in a...

By: Anadolu Agency Ethiopia's prime minister will pay an official visit to Turkey on Wednesday, according to an official statement. Abiy Ahmed is scheduled to arrive in the country upon the invitation of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's Communications Directorate announced on Tuesday. The visit is of...

By: Associated Press The leader of Ethiopia’s rebellious Tigray region has confirmed firing missiles at neighbouring Eritrea’s capital and is threatening more, marking a huge escalation as the deadly fighting in northern Ethiopia between Tigray forces and the federal government spills across an international border. Tigray...

Ethiopia has confirmed its 6th case of coronavirus today, bringing the total to six. A 59-year-old UK diplomat, who had arrived in Addis Ababa from Dubai yesterday, has tested positive for the virus, said the Ministry of Health. She is now in an isolation centre for...

Horndiplomat-Ethiopian members of parliament have elected Sahle-Work Zewde as the country's first female president. Her election to the ceremonial position comes a week after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed appointed a cabinet with half the posts taken up by women. After being sworn in, President Sahle-Work promised...

By: Staff Writer The U.S. State Department’s top diplomat for Africa on Sunday strongly condemned attacks by Ethiopia’s Tigray region on neighboring Eritrea. “The United States strongly condemns the TPLF’s unjustifiable attacks against Eritrea on November 14 and its efforts to internationalize the conflict in Tigray,”...

While South African Airways aims to shrink to profitability, Ethiopian is expanding its UK links “Break the loss-making cycle and transform the airline into a viable and sustainable entity”: how many times has that sentiment been expressed in aviation? Dozens, and that’s just Alitalia. The carrier making all...