Ethiopia
Thu, 11 Mar 2021 07:22:47 GMTOpposition Party Out of Upcoming Election, Calls for Release of Jailed Leadership
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The opposition party Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) has officially announced that it has withdrawn from the upcoming election. In an interview with Addis Standard the party's interim public relations head, Batte Urgessa,...
Thu, 11 Mar 2021 07:06:12 GMTReport On War in Ethiopia's Tigray Province Undermines Peace Efforts in the Region
[Daily Maverick] Ethiopia's ambassador to South Africa has strenuously objected to a report carried in Daily Maverick and first published in print in DM168.
Wed, 10 Mar 2021 12:58:12 GMTOvercoming Challenges of Early Marriage Amid Covid-19 Pandemic
[Ethiopian Herald] Eighteen years ago, in Oromia State, Kersa Woreda, Jimma Zone, a baby girl came to this world.
Wed, 10 Mar 2021 12:58:12 GMTRelief Agencies Urged to Enhance Support to Tigray
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has called on international relief agencies to meaningfully enhance the current 30 percent contribution in aid supply in Tigray State.
Wed, 10 Mar 2021 12:58:13 GMTBenefitting Community From Energy Sector Development
[Ethiopian Herald] Access to clean energy is the key to the development of a country. Securing and sustaining renewable resources in the energy sector are the solutions for those challenges. The cost competitiveness, the availability of resources and...
Wed, 10 Mar 2021 12:58:13 GMTFive Factories Become Fully Operational in Tigray
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA (ENA) - Five factories in Tigray region have become fully operational, the Interim Administration of the region disclosed.
Wed, 10 Mar 2021 12:58:14 GMTPremier Says Int'l Partners Unsatisfactorily Acted in Tigray
[Ethiopian Herald] - Extensive rebuilding activities being undertaken in Tigray
Wed, 10 Mar 2021 12:58:14 GMTTrends in Developing Volunteerism in Ethiopia
[Ethiopian Herald] Trends in developing volunteerism in Ethiopia
Wed, 10 Mar 2021 12:58:13 GMTAfrican States in UNSC Stand With Ethiopia - Permanent Representative
[Ethiopian Herald] -Ethiopia to present food security endeavors to UNSC
Wed, 10 Mar 2021 12:58:13 GMTVergnet Gev MP Wind Turbines Deliver Energy and Cost Savings for Eepco
[Ethiopian Herald] Ethiopia is a country benefitting from an abundance of wind energy resources in every region. The Ethiopian government recognised the potential for harnessing this natural resource to help maintain economic growth through the energ...
Wed, 10 Mar 2021 12:58:13 GMTEthiopia's Money Can't Buy Techplomacy
[Ethiopian Herald] Ethiopia has established good diplomatic relations with most developed and developing nations worldwide since time immemorial. The country for long also remained committed to the realization of cohesion, unity and solidarity with v...
Wed, 10 Mar 2021 12:58:12 GMTAfrica Boarding On Adopts Green Pathways for Economic Growth
[Ethiopian Herald] Globally, people have well understood that climatic conditions differ from day to day, season to season. Metrological evidences suggest that natural climate variability has been changing from time to time.
Wed, 10 Mar 2021 12:58:11 GMTFM Demeke Exchanges Phone Call With Canadian Counterpart
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA (ENA) - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Demeke Mekonnen held a phone conversation on Monday with Canada's Minister of Foreign Affair, Marc Garneau on issues of mutual concern.
Wed, 10 Mar 2021 05:45:39 GMTGunmen Storm Church, Kill 29 in Horoguduru, Western Oromia - Residents
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Twenty nine people were killed in East wollega, Oromia regional state. Residents who spoke to Addis Standard said that that attack took place on March 05 in Abo church in Debos Kebele, where residents were celebrating ...
Wed, 10 Mar 2021 08:31:38 GMTEthiopia Gets First Orange Digital Center in Addis Abeba
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and Orange digital center established the first digital center in the horn of Africa that trains young people in digital technology and boosts the...
Wed, 10 Mar 2021 05:50:32 GMTSudan's Engineers Work to Mitigate Effect On Nile System When Ethiopia Fills GERD
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- The Ministry of Irrigation in Sudan says that engineers are now working to anticipate all possible scenarios resulting from the filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) to mitigate the expected negative effect...
Wed, 10 Mar 2021 05:49:43 GMTPM Abiy Briefs AUPSC On Current Situation in Northern Ethiopia
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Tuesday delivered to the African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) on current situation in Northern Ethiopia.
Wed, 10 Mar 2021 05:44:17 GMTOrganizer Says More Than 350 Mainly Ethiopian Migrants Died in Yemen Detention Fire
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Abdullah, an organizer of Ethiopian migrant community in the war-torn Yemen who spoke to Addis Standard recounted the continued plight of Ethiopian migrants and refugees in Yemen and said there are no known survivors o...
Wed, 10 Mar 2021 05:42:37 GMTEthiopia Stays Firm On Solving GERD Issue 'Under the Auspices of AU'
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- In his latest biweekly media briefing to local media, Ambassador Dina Mufti clarified Ethiopia's long standing position on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) vis a vis Egypt's and Sudan's position to get third ...
Wed, 10 Mar 2021 05:41:07 GMTRaxio Kicks Off Construction of Data Center in Addis Abeba
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Raxio Group ("Raxio"), a premier pan-African data centre developer and operator, held a ceremony to formally kick-off the construction of the country's first private Tier III carrier neutral colocation data centre ...
Tue, 09 Mar 2021 07:48:32 GMTAddis Ababa May be a Victim of its Own History
[East African] Addis Ababa may be a victim of its own history, even as it walks the thin line between handling the Tigray crisis while fighting off pressure from international community.
Tue, 09 Mar 2021 07:42:29 GMTSecurity Forces Kill Scores of Civilians, Arrest Several in Metekel - Eyewitness
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- An eyewitness told Addis Standard that on February 26, 2021 members of the military opened fire on civilians killing 26 people including women and the elderly in Albasa kebele of Dibate Woreda, Metekel zone, Benishangu...
Tue, 09 Mar 2021 11:41:28 GMTAddis Ababa - President Paul Biya Rewarded
[Cameroon Tribune] The African Electronic Group (Ae Trade Group) and the African Business Council rewarded him for his valued contribution to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
Tue, 09 Mar 2021 12:16:13 GMTRegional States Donate Over 280 Mln Birr to Support Humanitarian Operation in Tigray
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- The Regional States of Oromia, Benishangul Gumuz and Gambella have today extended 282 million Birr to support the ongoing humanitarian operation in Tigray.
Tue, 09 Mar 2021 12:15:40 GMTFive Factories Become Fully Operational in Tigray
[ENA] Five factories in Tigray region have become fully operational, the Interim Administration of the region disclosed.
Tue, 09 Mar 2021 07:38:36 GMTRights Commission Urges Restraint in Gender-Based Hate Speech, Violence Against Women
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Marking International Women's Day, themed this year "Choose to Challenge", the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has called on all stakeholders to do their part to prevent gender-based/gender motivated hate spee...
Tue, 09 Mar 2021 06:06:43 GMTEthiopian President Sahle-Work Zewde in Kenya for Talks With Uhuru Kenyatta
[Nation] Ethiopian President Sahle-Work Zewde travelled to Kenya on Monday for a one-day official tour that will see her hold talks with President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Mon, 08 Mar 2021 12:53:33 GMTElders' Intervention Ends Hunger Strike By Oromo Opposition Politicians
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- After a consorted effort by a group of elders, which included Ethiopia's famed Olympian Derartu Tulu, religious and community leaders, imprisoned Oromo opposition party politicians have agreed to bring to an end the hu...
Mon, 08 Mar 2021 12:07:33 GMTAnglican Archbishop of Cape Town Intervenes to Prevent Rwanda-Like Genocide in Ethiopia
[Daily Maverick] Thabo Makgoba, the Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, has mobilised the church and reached out to the South African government in an attempt to halt the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Ethiopia.
Mon, 08 Mar 2021 12:04:02 GMTAs Crisis Deepens in Ethiopia, Need for Committed Diplomatic Response Grows
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