Ethiopia Asks For Extension of Saudi Amnesty Deadline
Thousands of Ethiopians are still stuck in Saudi Arabia after a 90-day amnesty for undocumented migrants expired on Tuesday without ...
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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 ...
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 the ...
Ethiopia Blocks Mobile Internet
Mobile internet access in Ethiopia has been blocked by the government – but officials are refusing to say why. It ...
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 success in ...
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 ...
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 lifting some ...
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 promise to ...
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 ...
Africa’s Top Hashtags of 2016
Whether mourning the death of a musical giant, teasing presidents or launching protest movements, Africans took to social media in ...
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 (OFC), Dr Merera Gudina is ...
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 State Summit in ...
Ethiopian Troop Withdrawal From Somalia Exposes Peacekeeping Problems
Since October, Ethiopia has been withdrawing troops from Somalia. The redeployment highlights problems with the international community’s funding of military ...
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 ...
Top Ethiopian Opposition Leader Arrested
A prominent opposition leader in Ethiopia has been detained after he returned from Europe. Merera Gudina had violated Ethiopia's state ...
Ethiopian Airlines and Ghana Airways
A tale of two airlines: Ethiopian Airlines and Ghana Airways Anis Haffar The in-flight magazine of Ethiopian Airlines – Selamta ...
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 access to ...
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 at ...
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 ...