Ethiopia

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi pledged on Thursday not to let differences over a dam Ethiopia is building on the Nile river ruin relations with Addis Ababa. Ethiopia hopes the hydroelectric Grand Renaissance Dam will make it Africa’s largest power exporter. Egypt says...

By Ambassador Adam Jibril Muse All autocratic politicians share one basic belief that they own the absolute truth on life, the rulers of Somalia today continue to behave accordingly, both Al-Itisam of Hasan Sheik Mohamoud and Al-Shabab...

An Ethiopian military court has sentenced 66 of the soldiers who had marched on the Prime Minister’s office last October for up to 14 years rigorous imprisonment. A total of 200 armed soldiers went to the Prime Minister office on October 10, 2018. Speaking to the...

By: Associated Press An Ethiopian official has revealed his country has finalized preparations to extradite a double-murder suspect to the U.S. either on Monday or Tuesday. The move to extradite 25-year-old Yohannes Nesibu, an Ethiopia- born U.S national, came after the country’s Attorney General made the...

By:Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban Ethiopia has disclosed that it will back the candidature of Kenya’s foreign affairs chief in the race to elect the new chairperson of the African Union (AU). Kenya’s topmost diplomat Ambassador Dr. Amina C. Mohamed is one of five candidates hoping to...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed arrived in Seoul, Korea for a two-day state visit and meeting with President Moon Jae. Prime Minister Abiy was welcomed in an official ceremony by the Government of South Korea. Members of the Ethiopian community in Seoul also warmly welcomed...

By:AP Authorities in Ethiopia’s Amhara region on Thursday asked the federal government for help, as a local ethnic militia clashed with federal security forces, halting some flights to key cities and leading the deputy prime minister, in...

  The 38th Extraordinary Assembly of IGAD Heads of State and Government was held on 20th December 2020 in Djibouti, the Republic of Djibouti, chaired by H.E. Dr. Abdalla Hamdok, Prime Minister of the Republic of Sudan. The Assembly was attended by H.E. Ismail Omar...

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have renewed calls for the release of Ethiopia’s leading opposition figure, Dr. Merera Gudina. The latest call was made in a parliamentary resolution dated Thursday 18 May, 2017. Key among their demands, the MEPs called for the immediate release and...

By:Hassan Jama, Horndiplomat Contributor Washington, DC – The Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Water Resources of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan and their delegations met with the Secretary of the Treasury and the President of the World Bank, participating as observers, in Washington, D.C. on January...