Ethiopia

Horndiplomat-Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed and President Isaias Afwerki of Eritrea today officially opened the Debay Sima – Burre border point between the two countries for road transport connectivity. in a further step toward warmer ties between two countries that fought a war...

Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban A former head of Ethiopia’s Jail Ogaden and regional prison commissioner has been arrested by authorities, an activist in the country Somali Regional State, SRS, has reported. Shamaahiye Sheikh Farah , a former colonel in the controversial SRS paramilitary unit, Liyu Police, is said to...

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,...

By:JAMES JEFFREY Ethiopian troops previously assisting the internationally funded African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) were suddenly withdrawn to Ethiopia a few days after the Ethiopian government declared a six-month emergency in early October. As al-Shabaab retook a number of towns, many commentators were quick to...

By: AFP Authorities in the Ethiopian region of Somali on Saturday said they had "destroyed" fighters from the Al-Shabab Islamist group, in a rare militant incursion from neighboring Somalia. Somali's state communication bureau in...

By:Hassan Jama, Horndiplomat Contributor U.S. Department of State issued a statement today (February 5) announcing that U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo will travel to Germany, Senegal, Angola, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, and Oman from February 13-22, 2020. According to the statement, the Secretary will travel...

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...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed received a call from the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the evening of November 5, 2018. Prime Minister Trudeau shared his support and admiration for the ongoing reforms in the country, particularly in increasing women’s leadership in key...

Minister of Foreign Affairs, H.E. Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu met High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Vice President of the EU Commission, H.E. Federica Mogherini today(February 9). The two sides discussed on a plethora of issues of regional peace and security,...

By: Nairobi News Dahabshiil Group is calling on the business community in the Horn of Africa region and the international community to come together and help small businesspeople who lost their properties in the fire at Jigjiga New...