Ethiopia
Sat, 11 Jun 2022 08:54:28 GMTGovt Reiterates Commitment to Diplomatic Resolution of Border Conflict With Sudan
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- "Sudan has encroached Ethiopia's territory illegally yet Ethiopia sticks to diplomatic efforts," the spokesperson of the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) ambassador Dina Mufti said in today's biweekly press...
Sat, 11 Jun 2022 08:55:56 GMTSouthwest State Jails 20 Defendants From 15-20 Years for Attempting to Dismantle 'Constitutional Order By Force'
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- A court in the newly constituted Southwest Ethiopian People's Regional State has jailed 20 defendants who are indicted accused of attempting to dismantle the constitutional order by force to lengthy prison terms rangin...
Sat, 11 Jun 2022 08:44:36 GMTDrought in Ethiopia - Call It By What It Is - a National Disaster
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) defines drought as "a period of abnormally dry weather long enough to cause a serious hydrological imbalance." Persistent drought has been a recurring disastrous phe...
Fri, 10 Jun 2022 14:54:24 GMTEthiopian Migrants Head Home On First Ever Return Flight From Yemen's Ma'rib
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- For the first time ever, 150 Ethiopian migrants are flying to Addis Abeba on a Voluntary Humanitarian Return (VHR) flight from Yemen's conflict-affected Ma'rib governarate, the UN migration agency, IOM, said on Thursda...
Fri, 10 Jun 2022 04:46:28 GMTTruce Opens the Door to African Mediators
[ISS] As encouraging steps are taken to resolve the military conflict, pressure for a negotiated settlement is needed.
Fri, 10 Jun 2022 07:07:02 GMTMSF Raises Alert Over Deadly, Escalating Nutritional Crisis in Afar State
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- "Many people in Afar cannot access the very minimum levels of healthcare, food and water necessary to sustain human life": MSF
Fri, 10 Jun 2022 07:04:50 GMTFederal High Court Disallows Bail for Three Journalists
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Federal High Court of Ethiopia today overruled a decision by judges at the Federal first instant court allowing the release on 10,000 birr bail each of three journalists.
Fri, 10 Jun 2022 06:56:52 GMTFirst-Ever Voluntary Flights From Yemen Airlift Stranded Ethiopians Home
[UN News] For the first time ever, 150 Ethiopian migrants are flying to Addis Ababa on a Voluntary Humanitarian Return (VHR) flight from Yemen's conflict-affected Ma'rib governarate, the UN migration agency, IOM, said on Thursday.
Thu, 09 Jun 2022 13:57:11 GMTArmy Chief in Türkiye to Take Part in EFES 2022 Military Exercise
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- A delegation led by the Chief of Staff of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF), Field Marshal Berhanu Jula, arrived in Türkiye on Wednesday 08 June to take part in the "EFES 2022 Military Exercise" organized b...
Thu, 09 Jun 2022 12:04:58 GMTEthiopian Airlines Resumes to Ticketing Services As Forex Situation Improves
[Nyasa Times] Ethiopian Airlines has resumed ticketing services for all travel agents in Malawi with effect from today following the improvement of forex situation in the country barely three week after President Dr Lazarus Chakwera's administration ...
Thu, 09 Jun 2022 07:48:30 GMT#asdailyscoop - Parliament Refers Draft Budget 16.6 Percent More Than Combined Regular, Supplemental Budgets of Previous Fiscal Year
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The House of People's Representatives (HPR) during its 11th session referred the 786.6 billion Birr draft budget bill for the 2015 Ethiopian Fiscal year to the Plan, Budget and Finance Affairs Standing Committee, repor...
Thu, 09 Jun 2022 07:48:25 GMTU.S. Appreciates Fed. Gov, Afar and Tigray Authorities for Increased Humanitarian Supply - Calls for Essential Services Restoration
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The United States government "welcomes the progress in securing more regular access for humanitarian assistance to communities in need in the Afar, Amhara, and Tigray regions and appreciated the federal government and ...
Wed, 08 Jun 2022 04:36:40 GMTExploring Ethiopia's Complicated Barriers to Peace
[African Arguments] Who are the main warring parties and what do they want?
Wed, 08 Jun 2022 07:45:22 GMTPolice Refuse to Release Journalists Granted Bail
[VOA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopia Holding Journalists in Detention Centers Without Charge
Wed, 08 Jun 2022 07:22:13 GMTMore Than 15 Million Quintals of Fertiliser Ready for Farming Season - Agriculture Ministry
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Ministry of Agriculture disclosed today that more than 15 million quintals of fertilizer have been prepared for the current Meher farming season in Ethiopia.
Wed, 08 Jun 2022 07:21:05 GMTNineteen People Killed in Clashes Between Benishangul Gumuz Special Forces, Militants in Kamashi Zone
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- At least 19 people, including head of a local administration, were killed in clashes between Benishangul Gumuz regional state Special Forces and militants from the Gumuz People's Democratic Movement (GPDM), a rebel gro...
Wed, 08 Jun 2022 07:19:49 GMTMSF Resumes Medical Humanitarian Activities in Gambella and Somali States
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF), an international medical and humanitarian organization, announces the restart of activities in Gambella and Somali regions of Ethiopia. "We are relieved to once...
Wed, 08 Jun 2022 07:05:23 GMTHumanitarian Assistance to Communities in Northern Ethiopia
[State Department] The United States welcomes the progress in securing more regular access for humanitarian assistance to communities in need in the Afar, Amhara, and Tigray regions of Ethiopia. In the past seven days, more than 1,100 trucks have rea...
Tue, 07 Jun 2022 04:31:26 GMTZimbabwe Hints At Sending Genocide Fugitive Mengistu Home to Ethiopia to Face Justice
[Daily Maverick] Is it just more Zanu-PF smoke-and-mirrors and deception? Some suggest it's meant to deflect criticism that Zimbabwe is harbouring genocidal killers.
Tue, 07 Jun 2022 06:08:16 GMTNigeria, Ethiopia, South Sudan Join Others As Countries With Acute Food Insecurity, Catastrophic Conditions
[This Day] The latest 'Hunger Hotspots of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) early warnings on acute food insecurity' report released yesterday showed that Nigeria, Ethiopia, South Sudan and Yemen remain at...
Tue, 07 Jun 2022 06:57:40 GMTEthiopia Accuses Drivers of Delivering Unapproved Fuel, Equipment to Tigray
[VOA] Addis Ababa, Ethiopia -- Amid efforts to provide aid to millions of people in Tigray, the Ethiopian federal government says commercial drivers of aid trucks are smuggling in banned products.
Tue, 07 Jun 2022 07:00:10 GMTNew Opposition Caucus Sets Conditions for Restructuring, Reforming Planned National Dialogue
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- An assembly of ten political parties, yesterday announced the formation of Caucus of Opposition Parties(COP), an institution aimed at presenting its alternatives for Ethiopia's planned National Dialogue. The presser wh...
Mon, 06 Jun 2022 07:48:04 GMTChakwera, Chilima Watch Flames Whip Ethiopia
[Nyasa Times] Malawi has won its opening match in the 2023 Africa Cup of the Nation's qualifier against Ethiopia at Bingu National Stadium.
Sat, 04 Jun 2022 18:19:25 GMTFAO Working to Benefit 620,000 Households With Agricultural Inputs in Northern Ethiopia
[ENA] Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said it is working to benefit 620,000 households in conflict affected areas of northern Ethiopia by providing agricultural inputs.
Sat, 04 Jun 2022 12:31:35 GMTEthiopia's Worst Drought Threatens 'Deadly Consequences' for Women
[UN News] Women and girls face "deadly consequences" in the Somali region of Ethiopia due to the worst drought conditions for forty years, according to the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA.
Sat, 04 Jun 2022 12:06:19 GMTDetained Journalist Temesgen Desalegn Physically Assaulted By Police: Family Members
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Journalist Temesgen Desalegn, the owner and managing director of the Amharic weekly magazine, "Fitih", was beaten by security forces while he was in jail, his brother Tariku Desalegn told Addis Standard.
Fri, 03 Jun 2022 05:12:23 GMTAbala, The Border Town Left in Ruins As Ceasefire Takes Hold
[The New Humanitarian] Abala, Ethiopia -- 'The main thing we need is to return home, but we don't know if we can. Everything there is destroyed.'
Mon, 06 Jun 2022 07:44:44 GMTMalawi President, His Vice to Watch Flames, Ethiopia Match
[Nyasa Times] Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera will watch the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifiers match between the Flames and Ethiopia on Sunday at Bingu National Stadium in Lilongwe.
Mon, 06 Jun 2022 06:09:24 GMTPolice in West Gondar Zone Arrest Man Attempting to Smuggle 21 People Into Sudan in Ambulance Vehicle
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The West Gonder Zone Justice Division announced that it has apprehended a driver who tried to smuggle 21 people into Sudan in an ambulance. Quara Woreda Health Bureau Secretariat was referenced as having said the drive...
Mon, 06 Jun 2022 06:08:40 GMTMeet Eziden Kamil, Problem-Solving Young Inventor
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- For most of the youths in Ethiopia, connecting to the vibrant economy has never been easy, because financial services are inaccessible for the startups from the lower segment of the economy. Startups also face difficul...