A worker of the Ethiopian Public Health Institute measures a man's temperature in Addis Ababa, on March 17, 2020. Ethiopian police are holding journalist Yayesew Shimelis pending a terrorism investigation. (AFP/Eduardo Soteras) Nairobi, April 16, 2020 -- In response to...
The Ethiopian government has officially closed its border with Somaliland on Wednesday. The Ethiopian authority in Togwajale, the border township which links SL with Ethiopia has enforced a directive barring people to cross into Ethiopian soil. Basic food commodities such as...
Asha Khalif Ali, 35, an internally displaced Ethiopian, carries her son in her wheat field that was damaged by heavy rains and desert locusts Some 1 million people in Ethiopia require emergency food aid after swarms of desert locusts...
All of the confirmed cases are Ethiopians ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, April 9, 2020/ -- The total laboratory tests conducted within twenty-four hours are 225; of this three (3) of them are confirmed positive for COVID-19. All of the confirmed cases...
Mr. President, after warm Greetings from the suburbs in Nairobi, where you have spent most of your time in your struggle to fight against the ugly regime in the Region, I would like to bring to your attention on...
Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) is expanding its capacity in the Horn of Africa, building on its success to curb cheetah trafficking through Somaliland by engaging the authorities and working with local conservation groups. This week the Namibia-based conservation group...
Ethiopia on Monday shut its land borders to nearly all human traffic as part of efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Africa’s second-most populous country has so far recorded just 11 infections and no deaths, but officials have...
Ethiopia stands to lose close to USD 1 Billion should the country move ahead and halt its new development and partnership with Somaliland over the Port of Berbera. There have been unconfirmed reports in the Ethiopian and Somaliland media that...
Cross-border swarm movements with Kenya and breeding continues in Southern Ethiopia ROME, Italy, February 25, 2020/ -- The Government of Ethiopia is racing against time to control Desert Locusts as the February – May Belg season starts. With support from the Food and Agriculture Organization...
Sowing tensions in Somalia with the help of Ankara and Doha may benefit Addis Ababa temporarily, but threatens to strike stability in the entire Horn of Africa. LONDON – Qatar and Turkey found in Ethiopia a willingness to rebel against...