Ethiopia
Fri, 09 Jul 2021 04:26:31 GMTEgypt, Sudan Seek UN Help to Resolve Mega Dam Dispute With Ethiopia
[VOA] The foreign ministers of Egypt and Sudan appealed to the U.N. Security Council on Thursday to intervene in their dispute with Ethiopia over the operation of a mega dam on the Nile River.
Fri, 09 Jul 2021 07:22:04 GMTParents of Students in Tigray's Universities Demand Transparency From Federal Govt
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Following the withdrawal of Ethiopian National Defense Forces out of Tigray, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (MoSHE) addressed the concerns of parents of university students in the region through its offic...
Fri, 09 Jul 2021 04:24:53 GMTUN Ready to Promote 'Win-Win Solution' for Blue Nile Dam Project
[UN News] The United Nations stands ready to support Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan in efforts to resolve their decade-long disagreement over the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), senior officials told the Security Council on Thursday.
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 10:59:22 GMTUN Security Council to Weigh in On Controversial Ethiopia Mega-Dam
[RFI] The UN Security Council is meeting Thursday to consider a resolution on giant hydroelectric dam being built by Ethiopia, which Egypt and Sudan say will block water access to millions of people downstream.
Fri, 09 Jul 2021 07:45:40 GMTEgypt Facing 'Existential Threat' Due to Ethiopia's GERD On Nile
[Egypt Online] Egypt's foreign minister said on Thursday that the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is a threat to the life of Egyptians.
Fri, 09 Jul 2021 06:59:53 GMTUN Rights Body Needs to Act On Ethiopia
[HRW] Human Rights Council Should Adopt Resolution on Abuses in Tigray
Fri, 09 Jul 2021 07:25:25 GMTObituary - in Memory of Abebech Gobena, the Jewel of Indigenous Humanitarianism
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The death of Abebech Gobena, also known as "Eddaye" by thousands of children she raised, sent shockwaves through Ethiopians who know her for dedicating her life to philanthropy. Thousands of children across Ethiopia we...
Fri, 09 Jul 2021 07:13:44 GMTEthiopia Recalls Dozens of Diplomats, Closes Consulates in Various Countries
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Addis Standard learned from sources close to the matter that Ethiopia is closing down a number of its diplomatic posts and recalling a number of diplomats from missions that will remain operational. The move comes thre...
Fri, 09 Jul 2021 04:28:01 GMTTunisia Asks UNSC to Push for GERD Binding Agreement Within Six Months
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Ahead of the planned in-person meeting later today, Tunisia, the outgoing non-permanent member of the African Group at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), has submitted a proposal to the 15-member states SC req...
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 05:58:48 GMTDonors Accuse UN of Mismanaging Tigray Refugee Response
[The New Humanitarian] London -- Tens of thousands of refugees who fled the conflict in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region are facing security risks and assistance shortfalls in camps in Sudan, according to a group of Western embassies and donors who ...
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 06:57:54 GMTHundreds of Women, Girls Brutalized By Soldiers in Tigray War
[VOA] Mekelle, Ethiopia -- The stories are eerily similar.
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 06:35:20 GMTEthiopia Resumes Filling Nile Mega-Dam Reservoir, Angering Downstream Nations
[RFI] Ethiopia has started the second phase of filling the reservoir of its mega-dam on the upper Blue Nile, Egypt and Sudan said, raising tensions Tuesday ahead of an upcoming UN Security Council meeting on the divisive project.
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 05:53:40 GMTTigray Conflict Decimates Maternal Health Services, Overwhelms Health Workers
[UNFPA] Shire, Tigray -- "When the conflict broke out, I was two months pregnant. We were forced to flee and walk for days under the blazing sun to reach safety and protection," said Merhawit Gebremedhin, who is from the town of Dansha in Western Tig...
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 05:17:40 GMTMSF Suspends Aid Operations in Parts of Tigray
[Nation] International medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) on Wednesday said that it has ceased aid operations in several parts of central and eastern Tigray.
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 08:03:54 GMTSudan Outraged As Ethiopia Announces Second Filling of GERD
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum / New York -- Sudan's Foreign Minister has voiced outrage following an announcement by Ethiopia that it has initiated the second filling of the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Sudanese Foreign Minister M...
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 07:04:33 GMTElectoral Board Announces More Results
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) on Monday announced election in more continuities in both Oromia and Amhara regional states. In addition, the NEBE announced results in a number of constituencies in both...
Wed, 07 Jul 2021 09:39:14 GMTSecretary Blinken Asks Abiy to Withdraw Tigray Troops
[U.S. Embassy Addis Ababa] The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price:?
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 08:52:03 GMTMSF Staff Killed in Tigray, Ethiopia Are Remembered By Their Colleagues
[MSF] We continue to mourn the death of three of our colleagues who were working in Tigray region, Ethiopia, who were brutally murdered on 24 June.
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 07:03:49 GMTMSF Suspends Its Activities in Abi Adi, Adigrat and Axum
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Following the brutal murder of three of its staff in the Ethiopian region of Tigray on 24 June, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) calls for an immediate investigation into the killings and insist...
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 07:02:53 GMTEthiopia-Russia Hold Military Technical Cooperation Forum in Addis Abeba
[Addis Standard] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopia and Russia today held the 11thEthio-Russia Military Technical Cooperation forum in Ethiopia's capital Addis Abeba. The discussion aimed at strengthening the military cooperation of the two countries will start...
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 07:02:18 GMTUN Says Humanitarian Access in Tigray Improved, Govt Says Flights Permitted
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The UNOCHA says that humanitarian access has improved within Tigray, with large areas now accessible, allowing humanitarian partners to gradually resume humanitarian operations including food distribution, water trucki...
Wed, 07 Jul 2021 12:33:56 GMTMarching Against Desertification Through Planting Tree Seedlings
[Ethiopian Herald] EPHREM ANDARGACHEW
Wed, 07 Jul 2021 05:32:42 GMTEthiopia Tells UNSC It Rejects 'Unwelcome Meddling' By League of Arab States
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- In a letter from Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Demeke Mekonnen and sent to the United Nations Security Council, Ethiopia says it "rejects the unwelcome meddling by the League of Arab States on t...
Wed, 07 Jul 2021 05:11:34 GMTUN Appeals for Resupply of Aid and Fuel in Tigray Region
[UN News] Humanitarian operations have been gradually resuming in the war-ravaged Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, but resupply of aid and fuel for civilians caught up in the fighting is urgently needed, the United Nations said on Tuesday, citing ...
Mon, 05 Jul 2021 12:19:26 GMTTigrayan Crowds Jeer Captured Federal Troops
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Thousands of prisoners taken by Tigrayan forces have been paraded through the recaptured regional capital, Mekelle, in an apparent breach of the principles of international law governing the treatment of prisoners-of-war.
Wed, 07 Jul 2021 12:33:55 GMTBook Review - the Shepherd Became a Surgeon
[Ethiopian Herald] This is all about the life journey of an Ethiopian physician who transformed his skill and career from unknown shepherd to honorable surgeon. The essence of this statement is marked down in the last sentence of the book entitled "T...
Wed, 07 Jul 2021 12:50:29 GMTKenya Not Affected as Ethiopia Set to Close Over 30 Embassies in Austerity Measures - Sources
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Ethiopia is set to close more than 30 embassies across the world, but Kenya will not be affected.
Tue, 06 Jul 2021 19:35:02 GMTIn Call with Prime Minister, Blinken Presses for 'Immediate, Indefinite, Negotiated Ceasefire'
[State Department] Washington, DC -- Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed today. The Secretary stressed the need for all parties to the conflict to commit to an immediate, indefinite, negotiated ceasefir...
Tue, 06 Jul 2021 06:05:42 GMTRuling Party Ready to Form Strong Government If Elected - Abiy
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has expressed his party's readiness to form a strong government, if declared winner of the 6th General Election by the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia.
Wed, 07 Jul 2021 08:06:52 GMTEthiopian Diplomat - PM Abiy Ahmed 'Misquoted' on Kenya Embassy Closure
[East African] The Ethiopian ambassador to Kenya now says Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was being hypothetical when he said the embassy in Kenya was among those to be shut down to save costs.