Tag: Ethiopia
Ethiopia declares state of emergency
Ethiopia on Friday announced state of emergency after Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn announced his intention to step down amid unrest…
Ethiopia debunks martial law speculations
Ethiopia has no plans to impose martial law in the wake of the resignation of Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, an…
Ethiopian opposition leader sentenced to 6-months in prison for contempt of court
An Ethiopian court on Monday sentenced a senior opposition leader to six months in jail for contempt of court for…
Buhari departs for Ethiopia tomorrow
President Muhammadu Buhari will Friday depart for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to participate in the 30th Ordinary Session of the Assembly…
Ethiopia rejects call for World Bank arbitration in dam dispute
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has rejected a call by Egypt for World Bank arbitration in a dispute over a…
Ethiopian security council says security situation improving
Ethiopian National Security Council (ENSC) on Wednesday said security situation in the East African country has improved in the past…
Ethiopia govt. arrests 107 in connection with regional conflicts
The Ethiopian government has arrested 107 people in connection with the Nov. 26 regional conflict along the border of Somali…
Private investors to build 1,000 MW geothermal power plants in Ethiopia
Ethiopia has signed an agreement to build two geothermal power plants at a combined cost of four billion dollars to…
Ethiopia repatriates 10,000 citizens from Saudi Arabia
Ethiopia has repatriated around 10,000 undocumented citizens residing in Saudi Arabia between Nov. 15 to Dec. 5, an Ethiopian official…
Ethiopian herders, farmers fight extreme climate with weather forecasts
Prolonged drought and erratic rainfall across Ethiopia have hit harvests and livestock, eating into farmers’ and herders’ income and meals,…
HIV/AIDS: Ethiopia to assess 15 years of control
Ethiopia plans to conduct a study on HIV/AIDS prevention and control activities that have been carried out during the past…
Ethiopian President Set To End Maternal, Child Deaths
President Mulatu Teshome of Ethiopia on Thursday underlined the need to employ joint efforts, commitment, clear directions and effective investment…
Ethiopia to lift 7.9m people from poverty
Ethiopia’s Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mr. Damene Darota, on Friday, said the ministry planned to lift close to…
Ethiopia loses 2 million animals to drought – FAO
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has said that two million animals have been lost to a “devastating” drought in…
U.S. embassy warns Ethiopian students of visa fraud
The U.S. Embassy in Ethiopia on Tuesday warned Ethiopian students wanting to travel to the U.S. of the dangers of…
Death toll in Ethiopia dump landslide hits 113
The death toll from a landslide at a dump in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa has reached 113, officials said…
48 killed in Ethiopia rubbish landslide
At least 48 people have been killed in a landslide at a vast rubbish dump on the outskirts of Ethiopia's…
Bomb kills one, injures 19 at Ethiopian hotel
A bomb thrown into a hotel in Ethiopia’s restive northern Amhara region has killed a government employee and injured 19…
Fire kills 23 prisoners in Ethiopia
At least 23 inmates have died after a fire at an Ethiopian prison where anti-government protesters are reportedly being held,…
67 killed in Ethiopia protests
At least 67 people were killed and hundreds more injured when Ethiopian security forces fired live bullets at peaceful protesters…
Dozens killed in Ethiopia protests
Protests against the Ethiopian government have left dozens of people dead, activists and witnesses said on Monday following a wave…
Flood kills 100 in Ethiopia
Ethiopian Government said on Thursday that flooding caused by heavy rains had killed no fewer than 100 people in the…
Congo DR defeat Ethiopia
Congo Democratic Republic on Sunday defeated Ethiopia 3-0 in the Group B encounter in the ongoing African Nations Championship, CHAN,…
Italy sees Ghana, Ethiopia priority in its Africa trade partnership plan
Italian Export Credit Agency (SACE) and other Italian companies are viewing Ghana and Ethiopia as a priority in its plans…
Ethiopia’s ruling party wins 546 of 547 parliament seat
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s ruling party has swept all but one seat in the election to the 547-seat parliament…
Dangote Cement expands to Ethiopia with $500 million plant
Ethiopia, (Reuters) – Nigeria’s Dangote Group on Thursday opened a $500 million cement plant in Ethiopia, one of Africa’s fastest-growing…
Ethiopia, Uganda, Nigeria top countries for US adoptive parents
LONDON, May 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Families in Uganda have been bribed, tricked or coerced into giving up their…
My wife is from Cape Verde, not Ethiopia, Philippine – Oshiomhole
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo has stated that his wife is from Cape Verde not from Ethiopia or Philippine as…
Briton killed in Ethiopian shooting ‘accident’
A 47-year-old British tourist was killed in a church in a northwestern Ethiopia after a man accidentally fired a gun,…
70 Ethiopian migrants drown off Yemeni coast
Seventy Ethiopian migrants were drowned after their boat sank off the coast of Yemen, local media and authorities said on…