Ethiopia: 29 injured in ‘bomb attack’ at pro-Abiy rally
A “bomb attack” on a rally in support of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed injured nearly 30 people Sunday, a police official said, in the...
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76 Ethiopian refugees leave Kenya for home
The UN refugee agency said Thursday it has assisted 76 Ethiopian refugees who have been living in two refugee camps in northern Kenya to return...
Ethiopia says US plans ‘substantial financial support’
ADDIS ABABA, — America’s top diplomat in his final Africa stop on Tuesday discussed dramatic political reforms with Ethiopia’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning prime minister, and...
Safaricom seeks partners for billion-dollar Ethiopia entry
Safaricom has opened talks with undisclosed investors to form a consortium that will this year bid for one of two Ethiopian telecoms licences due to...
No deal yet on Nile talks, Ethiopia says
Ethiopian officials announced on Friday that negotiations between them and Sudan and Egypt that this past week in Washington ended without a final agreement on...
Ethiopian MPs ratify law criminalising hate speech
Addis Ababa, The Ethiopian House of Peoples Representative (HoPR), the lower house of the Ethiopian parliament, on Thursday ratified a new law that criminalised hate speech...
Ethiopia to hold parliamentary elections on August 29
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s election body on Friday set a date for free parliamentary elections. The election will be a first test of voter support for Prime...
Ethiopia passes law imposing jail terms for internet posts that stir unrest
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s Parliament passed a law on Thursday imposing jail terms for people whose internet posts stir unrest, a move the government says is needed...
Eyes on AU over Kenya, Djibouti UN Security Council seat dispute
The African Union Heads of State and Government meeting in Addis Ababa this weekend may have to address the continual disagreements on the validity of...
Hunger, fear and death: an Ethiopian migrant family’s story
First, drought in Ethiopia’s Oromiya region destroyed Asha Khalif Ali’s crops and animals. Then her husband and brother were killed in ethnic violence. She fled...
