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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed vowed further air strikes after jets bombed the northern Tigray region amid reports that Tigrayan forces had seized control of federal military sites and weapons.…
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has ordered a military offensive, after an army base was taken over by forces loyal to the regional government of Tigray. Mr Abiy accused the…
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ordered the military to deploy to the Tigray region on Wednesday after accusing the government there of attacking federal troops, a major escalation of a…
What’s new? A clash over budget transfers is the latest flashpoint in a bitter dispute between Ethiopian federal authorities and Tigray region’s government. Addis Ababa sees a September regional election Tigray…
Washington (AFP) US President Donald Trump on Friday expressed his anger with Ethiopia over the construction of a massive dam on the Nile and appeared to suggest that Egypt could…
(CNN)Ethiopia can jail people for up to two years if they deliberately violate restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of Covid-19, the attorney general’s office said, amid concern that citizens…
Not so long ago, Oromos in Ethiopia, despite making up the country’s largest ethnic group, were reluctant to openly express their cultural and ethnic identity. This could go as far…
Ethiopia Eritrea and Somalia intelligence chiefs meet in Addis Ababa Report reaching us indicates that the leaders of Somalia, Ethiopia, and Eritrea are meeting in Addis Ababa, the capital of…
Needless to say, the rapid thawing of relations between Ethiopia and Eritrea in the last couple of years has triggered a landslide of speculation as to how this improved relationship…
Ethiopia has suspended plans to privatize the country’s national carrier, the country’s finance minister told a press conference on Tuesday October 12th. The privatization of Ethiopian Airlines, the continent’s most…
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Ethiopia has raised its health budget by 46% this year after the coronavirus crisis exposed the need for more equipment, facilities and personnel, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed…
Promoting English would depoliticize the fraught language issue, bring Ethiopians together, and provide practical benefits.Ethiopia is a diverse country without an official national language, where Amharic has been the country’s…
Thousands of people from Ethiopia have made dangerous journey through Yemen to Saudi Arabia (AFP/File photo) The European Parliament condemned Saudi Arabia for holding tens of thousands of Ethiopian migrants…
Members of the Ethiopian diaspora, the largest outside of Ethiopia, respond to Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, calling on them to return, invest in and support their native land in…
South Africa should act to preserve its insolvent national airline and seek to partner the carrier with Ethiopian Airlines Group, according to a study commissioned for ruling-party lawmakers. The assessment,…