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An Ethiopian rebel group recently welcomed back to the country accuses the reformist government of targeting it with airstrikes. The government denies it.

Priests, scientists, and local communities are partnering to save the less than 5 percent of forests that remain in northern Ethiopia.

An Edmonton father is fighting to bring his children to Canada after they fled a war zone in Ethiopia but a bizarre foul-up in one daughter's passport application is ...

Ethiopia's House of Peoples' Representatives passed a law on Thursday that will grant expansive rights to the nation's refugee population. These rights include ...

Ethiopia has deployed soldiers against an armed faction of a recently-legalised opposition group that is robbing banks and attacking residents in the country's ...

Djibouti, the Horn of Africa's smallest, nation will thus maintain its economic importance to the most populous nation - at least for the time being as other sea ...

After spending 50 days in captivity, Chaitanya Hari, an engineer with IL&FS Transportation Network Ltd (ITNL) in Ethiopia, was hoping to be released on ...

After rapid economic growth averaging 10% every year between 2004 and 2014, Ethiopia has emerged as an engine of development in Africa.

The nation's Ministry of Finance is tendering six large-scale projects in Afar, Somali, Oromia and Tigray. The plants will be developed under a public-private ...

Mebratu D Kelecha, For Addis Standard. Addis Abeba, January 15/2019 – There are diverse experiences of “democratic transition” around the world, as well as ...

Analysis - After rapid economic growth averaging 10% every year between 2004 and 2014, Ethiopia has emerged as an engine of development in Africa.

Addis Abeba, January 17/2019 – An estimated 36 million of a total population of 41 million children under the age of 18 in Ethiopia are multi-dimensionally poor, ...

Within a few shorts months, Ethiopia has witnessed a dramatic transformation. The new prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, signed a peace agreement with Eritrea after ...

Rebels who returned to Ethiopia last year accused the army of targeting them with airstrikes after they called for the renegotiation of a peace deal with the ...

The reforms by the country's new prime minister are clashing with its flawed Constitution and could push the country toward an interethnic conflict.

With more than 80 nationalities and ethnic groups, Ethiopia's political landscape is dominated by tribal allegiances. Paradoxically, since Abiy came to power in ...

Addis Ababa January 17/2019 The House of People's Representatives (HPR) has approved a draft bill on refugees today. House Legal, Justice and Democratic ...

Eissa Muhamad, from Niger, says he has been stranded in the transit section of Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for more than two months, ...

Published on 18.01.2019 at 15h21 by APA News. Share. An estimated 36 million of a total population of 41 million children under the age of 18 in Ethiopia are ...

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Protesters in Ethiopia's northeastern Afar region have ended a blockade of the landlocked country's main route to the sea that was ...

Ethiopia's attorney general has charged 68 people with involvement in deadly riots in and around Addis Ababa in September that left at least 49 dead, local ...

ADDIS ABABA, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- The following are news highlights in Ethiopia's major media outlets on Friday. -- An international bid for the construction of six ...

International bid for the construction of six mega solar projects costing about 800 million USD is going to be issued soon, according to Ministry of Finance.

From its hillside overlooking the Ethiopian capital, Berhanu Mengistu's century-old, gabled family home has seen emperors and governments rise and fall.

Addis Abeba, January 13/2018 – Protesters in Afar regional state have today blocked the main road connecting Ethiopia to Djibouti, the main import export route.

Opinion - There are diverse experiences of "democratic transition" around the world, as well as the causes that lead to such transition and its outcomes. As the ...

The airline is set to open the million-dollar hotel whose construction began in 2016, officially to the public on the 28th of January. The hotel, which covers 42000 ...

It's no wonder that he is many people's African prime minister of 2018. But will he make it through 2019?

A type of mosquito known to transmit malaria has been detected in Ethiopia for the first time, crossing from the Middle East, India, and China, putting more ...

The Ethiopian army on Sunday morning (January 13) started an aerial operation targeting areas in western Oromia believed to be he held by ex-rebel group, ...

Ethiopia hit the former head of military-run industrial conglomerate METEC with additional corruption charges on Monday, in a complex case seen as a test of ...

An elite force has been created in Ethiopia responsible for protecting officials including Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, after a deadly blast while he addressed a ...

A rebel group popular with Ethiopia's largest ethnic community has accused the government of breaching a historic peace deal aimed at encouraging the ...

The people of Ethiopia participated in the second edition of a 'Car Free Day' event on January 13, championed by the country's health ministry. The maiden ...

He has signed a two-year contract with the Addis Ababa-based club.

A type of mosquito that transmits malaria has been detected in Ethiopia for the first time, and the discovery has implications for putting more people at risk for ...

Timket (The Amharic word for immersion or Epiphany) is one of the grand outdoor religious festivals celebrated among the Ethiopian Orthodox Christians on the ...

Rice to lead sister cities mission to Ethiopia. Starting Wednesday, Montgomery County Council Member Craig Rice plans to lead a “sister cities” tour to Gondar, ...

According to Ethiopian lore, the Ark of the Covenant is hidden in a church in Aksum–a small city in the northern highlands–and guarded by a single monk.

Many Tigrayans are wondering why the Prime Minister took such a sharp turn against their region. A move they believe undermines his welcome reform agenda.

Three UN entities continue implementing a capacity development project to support Ethiopia's coherence policy formulation for sustainable development goals ...

Ethiopia's parliament approved the creation of a reconciliation commission as the government seeks to end intercommunal ethnic violence, state-affiliated Fana ...

Long overdue political change needed to unlock growth.

Editorial: Though Abiy Ahmed's record to date is impressive, the developments he has set in train need a proper political roadmap and institutional backing.

Biggest political mistake is to be dismissive of with migration concerns – Varadkar.

The UNESCO site at Lalibela in Ethiopia is to be lit up with green lights this St Patrick's Day, it was announced today.

Press Release - Just 28 human cases of Guinea worm disease were reported in 2018, down slightly from 30 cases reported in 2017. When The Carter Center ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Eritrea has partially closed two border crossings with Ethiopia that opened this year after the former East African rivals made peace ...

Driven from their rural homes by family problems and lack of opportunity, more and more children are making for Addis Ababa.

Ireland has been directing significant aid to Ethiopia for 25 years, with our involvement likely to increase under the upcoming state aid plan due to be published ...

Taoiseach says money on Irish Aid is being 'well spent'

The African leader has gripped the continent's imagination because of the heady pace of change his appointment has engineered.

Bloomberg - Rebels who returned to Ethiopia last year accused the army of targeting them with airstrikes after they called for the renegotiation of a peace deal.

ADDIS ABABA, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- Chinese textile production firm Antex Group has won praise from among Ethiopians as the east African country moves to ...

Westerners see the African country as a permanent charity case, but this year it became an example of hope and transformation.

NEWSROOM (ADV) – Emperor Haile Selassie has brought Ethiopia into modernity and is also behind the creation of the Organization of African Unity, later the ...

Despite huge regional shifts, Eritreans continue to flee through Sudan, aided by resilient and flexible people-smuggling networks. Smuggling networks in east ...

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki (right) have reopened the Oumhajir-Humera border crossing that connects the two ...

An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 777 freighter, performing a non scheduled flight from Ethiopia to Singapore, was intercepted as it entered the Indonesian airspace ...

Two Indonesian F-16 fighter jets forced an Ethiopian Airlines [ETHA.UL] cargo plane to land on Monday at an airport on Batam island after it had flown into ...

The reopening of the border between former enemies Ethiopia and Eritrea has dramatically changed the towns near the frontier, writes the BBC's Emmanuel ...

Staffers stay captive; expect MEA to pressurise Ethiopian government, bank.

Every Tuesday and Friday, WTR presents a round-up of news, developments and insights from across the trademark sphere. In our latest edition, we look at a ...

Ethiopian DJ, song writer, composer and producer Rophnan Nuri is among 25 of Africa's talented artists chosen to participate at the 2019 Coke Studio Africa TV ...

Ethiopia is going through one of the fastest growing displacement disasters worldwide. Three million people have been forced to flee their homes over the past ...

More than 27 500 Eritreans have filed for refugee status in Ethiopia since the two countries reopened their joint border in September, according to EU ...

The Taoiseach has said that China, Russia and Saudi Arabia will be the dominant influences in Africa unless Europe urgently forges deeper links with the ...

Tribal elders in a town on the Kenya-Ethiopia border call for calm after 21 people die in a week of ethnic violence.

Ethiopian Airlines is working with Indonesian authorities to clear up the miscommunication over traffic rights that led to the interception by the Indonesian air ...

Ethiopia and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) agreed to boost bilateral economic and investment ties.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is to begin a week-long programme in Africa today, during which he will visit Irish troops in Mali and later meet Irish NGOs operating in ...

While the West fails to solve its border issues, countries in Asia and Africa have found a positive way forward.

Published on 18.01.2019 at 14h21 by APA News. Share. An international bid for the construction of six mega solar projects with an outlay of about $800 million ...

Ethiopia's prime minister, Abiy Ahmed was on Saturday 'reassured' by the newly established Republican Guard, which demonstrated its readiness to protect ...

Ethiopia has made progress in improving children well beings though the rate of change has been rather slow, a report disclosed.

ADDIS ABABA, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- A high-level consultation meeting of African leaders is deliberating Thursday on ways of resolution to the post-election issue ...

Addis Abeba, January 10/2018 – As part of the official visit of the Prime Minister of Ireland Leo Varadkar to Ethiopia, Prime Minister Varadkar and the Ethiopian ...

Ethiopia's nationalities battled hard for recognition. A reconfiguration of the federation that does not consider their struggle is a recipe for disaster.

borkena. January 14,2018. Six other banks are robbed in Wollega, West Oromo region of Ethiopia, yesterday. And that makes the number of banks robbed in the ...

International Finance Corporation (IFC), an arm of the World Bank Group is also playing a vital role to support local companies and the East African economy.

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian Capital for a High-Level consultation meeting of Heads of State ...

English Situation Report on Ethiopia about Agriculture, Food and Nutrition, Children, IDPs and Drought; published on 31 Dec 2018 by FEWS NET and WFP.

Addis Ababa — Ethiopian Minister of Defense, Aisha Mohammed held discussion with Djiboutian President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh in the capital Djibouti on ...

Ethiopia's opposition party, Patriotic Ginbot 7 (PG7) has become the latest to collaborate with other parties, as politicians and their organisations position ...

ADDIS ABABA, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopia said on Friday it has arrested 60 individuals for their suspected roles in ethnic violence in the western part of the ...

Addis Abeba, January 08/2019 – Ireland's Prime Minister Leo Varadkaris is scheduled to arrive in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, this evening for state visit which will ...

Kigali officers awarded after training six-month training.

Despite huge regional shifts, Eritreans continue to flee through Sudan, aided by resilient and flexible people-smuggling networks. When the border between ...

ADDIS ABABA, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Thursday met with Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Addis ...

17 banks were robbed in Oromia region over the weekend, in one of the largest cash robberies in Ethiopia history, reports say. The first incident was on Saturday ...

Epiphany ends with a communal pool party in the east African country.

It is that time of the year again when we look back on the news year and pick a person or institution that impacted the news over the course of the last twelve…

Anxiety over water is growing in Egypt as Ethiopian leaders press forward with plans to build a massive dam that officials here fear will block the flow of the Blue ...

Joshua Miller highlights the top news in Africa this week.

While the West fails to solve its border issues, countries in Asia and Africa have found a positive way forward.

In the wake of Ethiopia's April 2018 political transition, and the jubilation surrounding Abiye Ahmed's appointment as prime minister, the country appears to many ...

According to the research, the number of locations where Arabica coffee grows in Ethiopia could reduce by as much as 85 percent by 2080.

Abiy Ahmed has been celebrated as a reformer, but his transformative politics has come up against ethnic federalism enshrined in Ethiopia's Constitution.

When Abyssinia Restaurant and Cafe owner Azeb Getahun was a little girl in Ethiopia, she would watch her mother, Agebus Dubai, cook traditional meals in a ...

In a move that could help bring the ongoing hostage crisis in Ethiopia to an end, the Exim Bank on Friday informed the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia about the ...