Ethiopia

By Salem Solomon; Dan Joseph Ethiopian runner, silver medalist in Rio Olympics Feyisa Lilesa (L), his translator, and VOA reporter Dan Joseph at the Voice of America in Washington, Sept 15, 2016. (Photo: Rudan Balay / VOA) Ethiopian runner Feyisa Lelisa, the silver medalist in last...

The United Kingdom has officially addressed reports that it had at a point supported Ethiopia’s notorious paramilitary unit, the Liyu Police. The head of the British Department for International Development, DFID, Christian Rogg met with Somali Regional State, SRS, leader Mustafa Omer earlier this week. The...

By:Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)  Fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region has uprooted hundreds of thousands of people. Inside Tigray, most of the displaced people stay with the host community, while tens of thousands live in informal sites or are still hiding in the bush or the...

Ethiopia has emerged as the most profitable market for Dangote Cement, which sold 1.7 million tonnes there, pushing its sales volume across Africa by 7.5 per cent to seven million tonnes. And now, the firm has entered into an agreement with the Industrial and Commercial...

Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban The United States Department of State on Saturday announced that a top official on African Affairs was due to tour three East African countries between April 22 – April 26. Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Ambassador Donald Y. Yamamoto will...

Press-Release Ethiopia Minister of Agriculture, Oumer Hussein underscored the huge benefit the new Dorale Multi-Purpose Port livestock terminal will have on propping up Ethiopia's livestock export during the inauguration ceremony of the terminal. Djiboutian Minister of Transport  Moussa Mohamed Ahmed, Ethiopian Ambassador to Djibouti, Berhanu Tsegaye,...

Will the appointment of a new Ethiopian prime minister only act to save the ruling party, or usher in deeper reform? by Jillian Kestler-D'Amours Hailemariam Desalegn's snap resignation as Ethiopia's prime minister last week set off a dramatic chain of events in a country that has seen mass,...

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,...

Mohamed Olad HassanWASHINGTON —At least 32 people have been killed in clashes across Ethiopia's Oromia and Somali regions following clashes between rival ethnic Somali and Oromo forces, a former Ethiopian lawmaker said. Speaking to VOA Somali Service, Boqor Ali Omar Allale said at least 32...

The first phase covers 75ha of the total 150 hectar land. Ethiopia joined by Eastern and Western neighbours as it inaugurates Jimma Industrial Park this afternoon. The construction included nine factory shades taken...