Al-Shabab fighters march on the outskirts of Mogadishu. Mowliid Ibdi/Reuters. By Harun Maruf Al-Shabab militants who crossed into eastern Ethiopia last week are still active inside the country despite claims by local officials that the force has been “destroyed,” say officials...
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Hon. Dr. Isse Keyd Mohamud together with the Deputy Minister Hon. Rooda Jama Elmi and the Director General of the Ministry Mr. Ahmed Abokor Mohamed held a press conference in his...
The government must encourage demands for the creation of new states to be an outcome of negotiations. Shutterstock November 20, 2019 might go down in history as one of the turning points for federalism in Ethiopia. It was the day...
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...
Author’s Note: For the past two years, I have carefully monitored Al Jazeera news reporting and op-ed publications on Ethiopia. In its news reporting, Al Jazeera has consistently given slanted attention to stories which create and promote the impression Ethiopia...
Ethiopia’s devastating civil war recently entered into its second year. The conflict between the federal government and the Tigray Defence Forces (TDF) has metastasised beyond Tigray, intensified old animosities between Tigray and Amhara, and drawn in armed groups from...
Dahabshiil Group is calling on the business community in the Horn of Africa region and the international community to come together and help small businesspeople who lost their properties in the fire at Jigjiga New Taiwan open air Market...
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has warned Ethiopia against taking steps to implement a controversial port deal it brokered with the breakaway region of Somaliland. Under a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed on January 1, Somaliland leased landlocked Ethiopia 20km...
By almariam The phrase “first responder” refers to a person, often with specialized training, who is the first to arrive and aid at the scene of an emergency or a disaster. On June 3, 2019, there was more than an emergency...
The plane had been carrying humanitarian and medical supplies to help the country fight the spread of coronavirus. Ethiopia on Saturday admitted it was behind the shooting down of a privately owned Kenyan plane in Somalia earlier this week, resulting...