Ethiopia

by Jillian Kestler-D'Amours Some describe it as a "transformational moment"; others the result of an "unprecedented" wave of protests. But whatever it is labelled, Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn's surprise resignation is setting the stage for a crucial succession race, that is likely to shape the future course of a...

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said on Thursday he had submitted his resignation as both premier and the chairman of the ruling coalition in an effort to facilitate reforms following a period of mass unrest. Hundreds of people have died in...

Mr. Wordofa previously served as Regional Director for Africa at the American Friends Service Committee NEW YORK, United States of America, February 8, 2018/ -- United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Dereje Wordofa of Ethiopia as Deputy Executive Director (Programme) of...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The United Nations migration agency says 25 Ethiopian migrants are missing off Yemen after being forced into the sea. Director of operations and emergencies Mohammed Abdiker says in a Twitter post that people in the last of four boats carrying migrants were...

The workshop brings together twenty two alumni of U.S.-government sponsored exchange programs from Ethiopia, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, and Tanzania ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, February 7, 2018/ -- U.S. Ambassador Michael Raynor officially opened a three-day regional U.S. Alumni Global Health workshop on February 6, 2018 at...

By: MICHAEL ATSBEHA BEKARREDAR, Ethiopia (AP) - The 25-year-old Kedija had her external genitalia removed and her vagina sewn up when she was just seven days old. She has faced a lifetime of pain. "I was unable to hold my urine for long," she told The...

Students strongly support Turkey's Operation Olive Branch By Sadik Kedir Abdu and Munira Abdulmenan Awel ANKARA Ethiopian students are expected to serve as a bridge for strengthening Ethio-Turkish relations, Turkey’s Deputy Education Minister said Saturday. Orhan Erdem made the remarks during the 13th annual congress of the Association...

The project will invest a total of $500,000 dollars (about 13.7 million Birr) with an additional $119,500 dollars in matching funds from the World Monuments Fund   ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, February 5, 2018/ -- U.S. Ambassador Michael Raynor and Minister for Culture and Tourism, Dr. Hirut Woldemariam,...

ADDIS ABABA, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopian and China on Monday announced their commitment to strengthen partnership in areas of strategic interest. The two countries affirmed this during a meeting of the Ethiopian Foreign Affairs Minister, Workneh Gebeyehu, and China's Assistant Foreign Minister Chen Xiaodong,...

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - The leaders of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan will meet on Monday in a bid to break a deadlock in negotiations over a hydroelectric dam Addis Ababa is building along its share of the Nile river, two official sources said on...