Ethiopia

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2019 to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea....

With political instability in Ethiopia, will there be enough trade to keep Somaliland and Djibouti's ports busy?  BY SIMON ALLISON   When Djibouti makes international headlines, it is usually in connection with the many superpowers that have built military bases on its shore. France, the United States, China, Italy and...

Horndiplomat-Ethiopian Ambassador to Turkey Ambassador Girma Temesgen met with Mr. Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey. ( January 10) They discussed on a myriad of bilateral and multilateral issues of mutual interest as well as regional matters of mutual concern. Turkey...

  Nine months into a state-of-emergency imposed to quell popular unrest, Ethiopia’s ruling party, the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), has unveiled its first significant political concession. But the furor surrounding the draft bill presented to parliament last week reveals just how deep tensions...

Seventeen military officers arrested for “treason” and helping TPLF, an armed group in northern Tigray region, to attack the national army, local media report. Ethiopia has arrested 17 army officers for treason, accusing them of colluding with authorities in the northern region of Tigray, where...

Eritrea has appointed its first ambassador to neighboring Ethiopia in two decades, the government said on Saturday, as the two countries pushed on with a surprise rapprochement. The development was part of a head-snapping series of diplomatic moves between the two nations, after they formally...

Horndiplomat-The Somaliland President HE. Musa Bihi Abdi has arrived in Addis Ababa today for a two-day official visit. The Ethiopian Foreign Minister, Workneh Gebeyehu has welcomed Abdi who won the election in November 2017, upon his arrival at the Bole International Airport. The president said that...

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia’s prime minister-elect Abiye Ahmed will be sworn in on Monday, its parliament said, after the ruling coalition chose him to succeed Hailemariam Desalegn as its chairperson. The ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front coalition on Tuesday voted in the 42-year-old,...

The national flag carrier airline of Turkey, Turkish Airlines should be wary of Africa’s largest airline by revenue and profit comeback as it seeks to grow its influence and dominance in the continent. Ethiopia Airlines, Ethiopia’s flag carrier resumed its Addis – Ababa flight...

The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) has disarmed 1,740 of its armed members. After receiving rehabilitation training, the soldiers will be reintegrated into the Somali regional state either as security forces or as civil servants, it was noted. Mustafa Muhumed Omer, Deputy Chief Administrator of the...