Ethiopia

By:Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban   Somalia’s parliament, the House of the People, says the government’s formal handover of a Somali national to neighbouring Ethiopia was illegal. The parliamentary body set up to probe the circumstances surrounding the transfer of Mr. Abdikarin Sheikh Muse of the Ogaden National...

CAIRO — Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, for the second time in as many days, has delivered a stern warning to Ethiopia over a dam it is building after the two countries along with Sudan failed to approve a study on its potential effects. Ethiopia is...

Egypt, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Ethiopia are the three top African countries who will be affected by a move by the United States to cancel a visa lottery regime. Figures from the Department of State indicates that the three countries had over...

Somalia is preparing a large-scale offensive against al-Shabaab. In recent weeks the militants have carried out some of the most deadliest attacks in the history of their insurgency in Somalia. CGTN's Abdulaziz Billow reports from Mogadishu where one thousand Ethiopian troops have entered the...

The United Kingdom has updated its Foreign travel advice in respect of Ethiopia. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in its latest release of Thursday November 2, 2017 cited visa requirements as basis for the update. “Entry requirements section (Visas) – to obtain a business...

Abbay Media News Girma Alemu The Somali Government allegedly requested the help of neighboring countries following the terrorist act that ensued on 14 October 2017. The American government is helping the war effort against Al-Shabaab in Somalia with logistics and bombing the enemy positions with drones but...

What is the government in Ethiopia doing to ensure it's boom in investment and building trickles down to protestors who say there is not enough inclusivity in the country? The Oromos and the Amharis say they are marginalized and have little or no share...

Bekele Gerba, a leading opposition chief in Ethiopia, has been granted bail by a Federal Supreme Court after months of being held in detention. Gerba who is facing criminal charges is a secretary general of the opposition Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC) whose main leader Merera...

Ethiopia’s economy is booming, and despite the country’s current political turmoil, the IMF thinks the good times will last. In 2000, Ethiopia, the second-most populous country in Africa, was the third-poorest country in the world. Its annual GDP per capita was only about $650. More than...

Addis Ababa, October 20, 2017 (FBC) –Ethiopia has provided medical supplies for victims of the recent terrorist attack occurred in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. A plan carrying the medical supplies reached at Mogadishu airport early today. The international communities, including Djibouti, Kenya, Qatar and Turkey,...