Tag: Ethiopia
COVID-19: Ethiopia records 2,140 new cases, 11 deaths
Ethiopia, Africa’s second-most populous nation, has so far reported the largest number of COVID-19 cases in the East Africa region.
Biden slams sanctions on Mali, Guinea for coups, Ethiopia also hit
The suspension of benefits threatens Ethiopia's textile industry, which supplies global fashion brands, and the country's nascent hopes of becoming…
Ethiopia: Tigrayan forces quit Afar, Amhara
The 13-month-old war in Africa's second-most-populous nation has destabilised an already fragile region
Ethiopia shuts secondary schools to mobilise for war
The latest move came as the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) supported by regional allies and the popular movement intensified…
Tigrayan youth falling like leaves, says Ethiopian PM Abiy
State media reported over the weekend that the army recaptured the town of Chifra in Afar region and other areas,…
Blinken calls for urgent truce in Ethiopia after military escalation
The comments came hours after Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed appeared on the frontline with the national army, further escalating…
Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed joins combat against Tigray forces
Abiy called on "all patriotic Ethiopians" to join him in frontline combat against forces loyal to the Tigray People's Liberation…
Ethiopia says airspace safe for civilian planes
Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority dismissed the US warning as "baseless and quite contradictory to the reality".
Obasanjo, U.S. envoy arrive Addis to broker Ethiopian ceasefire
Obasanjo is the African Union's High Representative for the Horn of Africa, while Feltman is the U.S. Special Envoy for…
U.S. warns pilots off Ethiopian air space as war nears Addis Ababa
The Federal Aviation Administration advisory issued Wednesday cites the "ongoing clashes" between Ethiopian forces and fighters from the northern Tigray…
WHO chief Tedros says his kinsmen dying in Tigray
Tedros did not say who he thought was stopping aid getting through to Tigray, where rebellious forces have been fighting…
Mass arrests of Tigrayans in Ethiopia
Ethiopia declared a state of emergency last week as Tigrayan forces pushed south towards the capital Addis Ababa.
U.S. backs Obasanjo’s peace moves in Ethiopia
According to State Department spokesperson Ned Price, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke with Obasanjo on Wednesday.
Leave Ethiopia now, German government advises nationals
Fight between the government and the rebel Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) had spread to more and more parts of…
UN confirms many drivers’ detention in Ethiopia
The conflict had led to tensions between the UN and the government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who was awarded…