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Thu, 08 Apr 2021 05:30:23 GMT
Amid Hostilities in Tigray, Humanitarian Situation Remains 'Dire' - UN
[UN News] The humanitarian situation in Tigray, Ethiopia, remains "dire", the Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General said on Wednesday.

Thu, 08 Apr 2021 07:35:57 GMT
As Election Draws Near, Ethiopia Grapples With Covid-19 Spike
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- A year after Ethiopia recorded its first case of Covid-19, the virus is spreading at an alarming rate. The number of people entering the intensive care unit (ICU) and the number of deaths have increased in the last cou...

Thu, 08 Apr 2021 07:34:24 GMT
Violence Once Again Leaves Civilian Casualties As Afar, Somali Regions Trade Blame
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Reports of renewed bouts of violence along the border areas between Afar and Somali regional states kept flooding social media since the weeknd when first violence was reported. According to Ahmed Humed, the deputy pol...

Thu, 08 Apr 2021 07:32:12 GMT
African Union-Led Negotiation On GERD Best, Says Water Minister
[ENA] Ethiopia is keen to reinforce the African Union (AU)- led tripartite negotiation on the Ethiopian Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD) as the union is the best platform for resolving the dispute, according to Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Energy.

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 14:32:33 GMT
Ethiopia Child-Murder Accused Asks for Release
[Namibian] ALLEGED child killer Kristofina Amutenya says she has not been given any justifiable reason for being detained in Namibia after she was returned to the country from Ethiopia, where she is claimed to have killed her two children in December...

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 11:48:17 GMT
Humanitarian Needs Continue to Grow, As More People Flee Their Homes
[ICRC] Almost five months after the beginning of the fighting in Tigray, people continue to flee their homes in search of safety. Every day, newly displaced people arrive to the main towns, where they stay with the host communities or in improvised s...

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 04:53:27 GMT
Ethiopia, Eritrea Targeting Tigray With 'Starvation Crimes' As Military Tactic - Report
[RFI] Famine is looming in Ethiopia's war-torn Tigray region as military operations specifically target food systems with systematic looting and pillaging of food and farms forming part of efforts to use hunger as a weapon of war, according to a new ...

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 04:37:25 GMT
Latest Round of Talks on Grand Renaissance Dam Collapse
[DW] Sudan and Egypt have grown increasingly concerned by Ethiopia's stance during negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. The gravity dam on the Nile has been under construction since 2011.

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 04:48:21 GMT
Ethiopian Press Release on the Trilateral Negotiations on the GERD
[Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia] Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo -- The Foreign and Water Affairs Ministers of Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan had a meeting in Kinshasa to resume the trilateral negotiation on the Grand Ethiopian Renais...

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 04:42:35 GMT
Kinshasa-Hosted Talks Failed to Achieve Progress On Relaunching Negotiations On GERD
[Egypt Online] Kinshasa-hosted talks gathering Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan on Addis Ababa's disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), held over the past two days, did not achieve any progress or reach an agreement on relaunching the negotiation...

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 06:56:17 GMT
The Weeknd Donates U.S.$1 Million to Ethiopian Relief Efforts
[VOA] Pop star The Weeknd has announced he will be donating $1 million to relief efforts in Ethiopia amid the country's ongoing conflict in the Tigray region.

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 05:27:14 GMT
Ethiopian Airlines Pilot Mistakenly Lands At Unfinished Airport
[DW] The plane's nonappearance took its original destination in Zambia by surprise. As the pilot informed air traffic control that he was about to land, they told him: "We can't see you."

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 10:44:12 GMT
Ethiopia Child-Killer Suspect Arrives in Namibia
[Namibian] THE woman accused of killing her two minor children in Ethiopia last year in December yesterday arrived in Namibia on board an Ethiopian Airlines flights.

Mon, 05 Apr 2021 16:32:19 GMT
More Than Two Million in Somali Region Hit By Drought
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Some 2.1 million people across 74 Woredas in Somali Region require humanitarian assistance as a result of drought, according to the Regional Disaster Risk Management Bureau (DRMB), the UNOCHA said.

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 08:01:13 GMT
Sudan Closes Border With Ethiopia After Attack
[Radio Dabanga] El Galabat / Kinshasa -- The Sudanese authorities closed the border crossing between El Galabat and the Ethiopian town of Metema on Saturday after several attacks by Ethiopian gunmen on members of the Sudanese security services.

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 07:57:11 GMT
Nile Dam - AU Mediated Talks Ongoing in Kinshasa
[Cameroon Tribune] The three-day talks are aimed at seeking a long lasting solution to the year-long wrangling.

Mon, 05 Apr 2021 11:28:38 GMT
Juba to Ratify Nile Basin Agreement Soon
[ENA] South Sudan will soon ratify the Nile basin Cooperative Framework Agreement (CFA) which outlines rights and obligations for the development of the Nile Basin water resources, South Sudan's Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Manawa Peter sa...

Mon, 05 Apr 2021 08:35:29 GMT
Ethiopia - Eritrean Troops Pulling Out of Tigray
[VOA] Kampala -- Ethiopian authorities said on Saturday that Eritrean troops had started withdrawing from Tigray, where they have been fighting on the side of Ethiopian forces in a war against the region's fugitive leaders.

Mon, 05 Apr 2021 09:33:40 GMT
GERD is an Opportunity to Region's Development: Ambassador
[Ethiopian Herald] -- October 2, 2019 add comment

Mon, 05 Apr 2021 09:33:35 GMT
Covid-19 and Scientific Endeavors
[Ethiopian Herald] As COVID-19 continues to threaten the world in many aspects, scientists have also continued their relentless effort to come up with solutions to halt the pandemic. While human's understanding of the coronavirus has significantly im...

Mon, 05 Apr 2021 09:14:20 GMT
Ethiopia to Privatize Sugar Projects in First Quarter of 2020
[Ethiopian Herald] -- November 30, 2019 add comment

Mon, 05 Apr 2021 07:53:08 GMT
G-7 Nations Call for Swift Withdrawal of Eritrean Troops From Tigray
[VOA] G-7 foreign ministers have called for a "swift, unconditional and verifiable" withdrawal of Eritrean troops from Ethiopia's northern Tigray region.

Fri, 02 Apr 2021 13:29:06 GMT
Federal Troops Massacred Tigray Captives in Cold Blood - Reports
[allAfrica] International media stations have traced video footage of uniformed soldiers, allegedly Ethiopian federal troops, executing civilians in cold blood, as having been recorded near the town of Mahbere Dego in the Tigray region.

Sun, 04 Apr 2021 07:41:10 GMT
Previous Maladministration Takes Blame for Current Inflation - Commission
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA--The continuous demand-supply imbalance and ill-investment strategy of the former administration have resulted in the structural and worsening current inflation, so disclosed Planning and Development Commission.

Sun, 04 Apr 2021 07:35:29 GMT
EU Envoy Off to Saudi Arabia, UAE En Route His Second Trip to Ethiopia to Discuss Crisis in Tigray
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Pekka Haavisto, Foreign Minister of Finland, and EU's envoy to Ethiopia mandated by the block's High Representative Josep Borrell, is on his way to the Kindom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates "for discussio...

Sat, 03 Apr 2021 11:02:16 GMT
Despite Release Orders, OLF PR Head, His Driver Remain in Police Custody
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The head of the public relations bureau of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), Batte Urgessa and his driver Wondosen Abdulkadir remain under police custody after the court released them on bail. They appeared in Burayu d...

Sun, 04 Apr 2021 16:32:27 GMT
Raxio's Delayed Tier III Carrier-Neutral Data Centre in Uganda Looks Set for 1 May Launch, Also It Has Broken Ground in Ethiopia and Is Looking to Start in DRC
[Balancing Act] London -- The Covid-19 year has delayed capital projects across Africa so it's good to see Raxio's delayed Tier III carrier-neutral data centre in Uganda now set to launch at the beginning of May. Russell Southwood spoke to Robert Mul...

Fri, 02 Apr 2021 21:29:27 GMT
G7 Foreign Ministers' Statement On the Situation in Tigray, Ethiopia
[State Department] The text of the following statement was released by the G7 foreign ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and the High Representative of the European Union.

Fri, 02 Apr 2021 10:21:17 GMT
Tigray War - a Deadly, Dangerous Stalemate
[Crisis Group] Both federal and resistance forces are digging in for a lengthy battle in Ethiopia's Tigray region. Conditions for civilians are dire, with famine a growing danger. Outside powers should urge Addis Ababa to let more aid into the war zo...

Sat, 03 Apr 2021 14:29:17 GMT
Fed. Court Rejects TPLF Officials' Requests for Change of Trial Venue to Tigray & Replacement of Presiding Judge
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The 42 defendants on Abreha Tekeste's file, appeared at Federal first instance court, Arada Bench. The senior TPLF officials including Veteran TPLF members Sebhat Nega, Kidusan Nega, Ambassador Abadi Zemu and others we...



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