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Headlines

Starvation Looms As Food Runs Out In Drought-Hit Ethiopia

The Somali people of Ethiopia's southeast have a name for the drought that has killed livestock, dried up wells and...

News

Ethiopia To Mark Refugee Day With Open-Door Policy In Question

Known for its open door policy towards refugees, Ethiopia on Thursday announced to celebrate the World Refuge Day in...

News

Ethiopia Blocks Mobile Internet

Mobile internet access in Ethiopia has been blocked by the government – but officials are refusing to say why. It was...

Headlines

WHO Reform A Top Priority For Ethiopia’s Tedros

The first African to head the World Health Organization, Ethiopia's Tedros Adhanom, says he aims to replicate his...

Headlines

Modern Life Intrudes On Ethiopia’s Ancient Salt Trade

Every morning, hundreds of men converge on a dry lakebed in a remote corner of Ethiopia, where they cleave the ground...

International

Ethiopia Extends State of Emergency After Relaxing Restrictions

Ethiopia has extended the nationwide state of emergency declared last year by another four months on Thursday after...

International

Ethiopian Government Lambasted For Flipping On Political Reform Promise

nternational Rights Group, Human Rights Watch (HRW), has accused the Ethiopian government of turning back on its public...

International

Ethiopian Dam ’causes Water Shortage In Kenya’

A huge newly-built Ethiopian dam is cutting off the supply of water to Lake Turkana in northern Kenya, threatening the...

International

Africa’s Top Hashtags of 2016

Whether mourning the death of a musical giant, teasing presidents or launching protest movements, Africans took to...

International

Ethiopia Says Oromo Leader Detained For Meeting Terrorist Group In Brussels

Ethiopian authorities have clarified that leading opposition figure and Chairman of the Oromo Federalist Congress...

International

AU Expresses Concern About Upcoming Summit In Restive Ethiopia

The African Union has expressed concern about Ethiopia’s current State of Emergency against the upcoming Heads of...

International

Ethiopian Troop Withdrawal From Somalia Exposes Peacekeeping Problems

Since October, Ethiopia has been withdrawing troops from Somalia. The redeployment highlights problems with the...

Africa & World

Behind Morocco’s New Tango with the African Union

Why is King Mohammed VI of Morocco suddenly keen to join the African Union (AU) after his late father King Hassan II...

International

Top Ethiopian Opposition Leader Arrested

A prominent opposition leader in Ethiopia has been detained after he returned from Europe. Merera Gudina had violated...

Top Stories

Ethiopian Airlines and Ghana Airways

A tale of two airlines: Ethiopian Airlines and Ghana Airways Anis Haffar The in-flight magazine of Ethiopian Airlines...

International

UN Wants Access To Ethiopia’s Protest-Hit Areas

The UN's human rights high commissioner (OHCHR) has repeated a demand that the Ethiopian government allow his office...

Opinion

The Iron-Fisted Ethiopian State

A political crisis of longstanding duration has been brought to the world’s attention by the actions of a competitor...

Opinion

Kenya’s Kipchoge Romps To Rio Marathon Gold

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Red-hot favourite Eliud Kipchoge stormed to a runaway gold medal in a wet men's marathon on...