Ethiopia

By: UNHCR More than 60,000 Somalis, mainly women and children, have fled to Ethiopia’s Somali region in the past few weeks to escape clashes and insecurity in the city of Laascaanood, in Sool region. More than half of...

Accusations come as Ethiopia continues to be under a state of emergency since its former prime minister resigned. Ethiopia has accused neighbouring Eritrea of attempting to destabilise its security by supporting "destructive" groups while the country continues to be under a state of emergency. According to Ethiopian state television,...

Ethiopian police have arrested a blogger who criticised the government, especially its handling of the ongoing protests in the Oromia and Amhara regions. Seyoum Teshome, an outspoken university lecturer who has been quoted frequently by foreign media outlets about the anti-government protests, was detained on...

 The United Kingdom (UK) has expressed its readiness to support Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s broad reforms, especially on the economic and facilitating economic cooperation between Ethiopia and Eritrea. In an exclusive interview with ENA, UK Ambassador to Ethiopia, Susanna Moorehead said Ethiopia is UK’s largest...

( Horn Diplomat News Desk) The Paris-based Indian Ocean Newsletter reports the European Union and Britain are on the same page as to who will fill the vacuum to emerge when Amisom mandate ends in Somalia. With no Somali Army to take over from Amisom, Ethiopia...

At least 200 million women alive today in 30 countries have been subjected to the painful procedure known as female genital mutilation, a practice the U.N. says is deeply rooted in tradition in some cultures. About half of those women come from Egypt, Somalia...

Ethiopia has officially overtaken neighbouring Kenya as East Africa’s economic giant. According to International Monetary Fund (IMF) figures, Ethiopia’s annual economic output (i.e. Gross Domestic Product (GDP)) for this year was expected to hit $78 billion from $72 billion recorded last year. Their economic growth since...

By: WFP ADDIS ABABA – The first United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) passenger flight, which is managed by the United Nations World Food Programme, has touched down at Tigray’s Alula Aba Nega International Airport in Mekelle today. It is the first passenger flight into the...

A delegation from Eritrea will arrive in Addis Ababa this week as Ethiopia's prime minister appears ready to resolve one of Africa's most intractable military stand-offs. Eritrea fought a border war with its larger neighbour in 1998-2000 that killed about 70,000 people, and disputes still...

An Eritrean Public and Cultural Diplomacy delegation drawn from all walks of life is due to visit Ethiopia today, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nebiat Getachew, told journalists today that the visit aims to strengthen the...