Police fire tear gas at protesters during Oromia religious festival, reportedly instigating deadly stampede in Bishoftu.
Thousands of people had gathered for the annual Irreecha festival in Bishoftu
A deadly stampede broke out after Ethiopian police reportedly fired tear gas...
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Since late 18th century, the Ogaden territory has been a source of conflict in the Horn of Africa. Somalia and Ethiopia has fought at least two wars (in 1964 and 1977) over who should rule the Ogaden -a...
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Egypt is threatening Sudan's safety by blocking international loans for Ethiopia's hydro-dam, said Sudan's top official of Eastern Blue Nile State Hussein Ahmad. According to the Sudanese mp, cash-strapped...
A planned Railway network connecting Ethiopia and the Somaliland Berbera Port is set to change the economic spectrum in the horn of Africa.
Ethiopia is considering connecting Berbera Port into the Ethio-Djibouti Railway network under the public-private partnership (PPP) investment...
Ethiopia's ruling Prosperity Party on Saturday was declared the winner of last month's national election in a landslide, assuring a second five-year term for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.
The National Election Board of Ethiopia said the ruling party won 410...
The Permanent Mission of Ethiopia to the United Nations issued a statement yesterday saying that it is “disappointed” by the “unjustified accusations” made by Somalia during a UN Security Council briefing on 19 February, 2024.
In the statement, Ethiopia expressed...
By almariam On September 11, 2016
September 11, 2016 is the beginning of the 2009 Ethiopian New Year (Meskerem 1, Ethiopian Calendar ).
It is painful for me to utter the words, “Happy Ethiopian New Year- 2009” (Melkam Adis Amet) this new year.
2008...
A U.S. financed para-military force known as the Liyu police are terrorizing the civilian population in the eastern Ethiopian Somali region with impunity. Three weeks ago, out of the gaze of the international media, the Liyu (Amharic for (“Special") police slaughtered more than...
RWANDA, Kigali, March 26th 2019,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Morocco's Mohamed el Kettani emerged the 2019 African CEO of the year at the 7th edition of the Africa CEO Forum, which is taking place in Kigali from March 25, 2019.
Mohamed el Kettani has...
Abdirahman Mahdi, the Ogaden National Liberation Front’s (ONLF) foreign secretary, talks to Al Jazeera’s Martine Dennis
After 30 years of unsuccessful protests, even violence, Mahdi denies it is time for Ethiopia’s Somali rebel group ONLF to give up their dream...