Tag: Ethiopia
Ethiopia mourns top general killed 'in Amhara coup attempt'
Ethiopia has held a memorial for the army chief of staff, Gen Seare Mekonnen, who...
Eritrea's seizure of Roman Catholic Church properties criticised
Eritrea's Roman Catholic Church has condemned the government in the one-party state for seizing and...
Row as UK Queen Refuses to Return Stolen Ethiopian Prince’s Remains – Report
Europe13:06 12.05.2019Ethiopian Prince Alemayehu was brought to England as a small boy after his father, Emperor Tewodros II, committed suicide as British forces stormed...
Ivanka Trump in Ethiopia to 'promote women'
President Donald Trump's eldest daughter, Ivanka Trump, is in Ethiopia to promote a US government...
Scandal over Kenya's border fence that cost $35m for just 10km
Kenyan MPs have asked how a 10km wire fence built along the country's border with...
Ethiopia’s $4 Bln Nile River Dam May Start Working in 2020 Despite Egypt’s Fears
Africa09:49 04.01.2019Earlier, the project was stalled by construction delays and criticism from Cairo, which specifically expressed concern that Ethiopia's planned Grand Renaissance Dam would...
Letter from Africa: Africa's history makers in 2018
In our series of letters from African writers, Ghanaian journalist Elizabeth Ohene looks back at...
Eritrea sanctions lifted after nine years
The UN Security Council has unanimously agreed to lift sanctions against Eritrea after nine years....
Abiy Ahmed: Protesting Ethiopian soldiers wanted to kill me
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has said that some of the soldiers who entered the...
Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed does press-ups with protesting soldiers
Ethiopia's prime minister has done press-ups with dozens of protesting soldiers, who had marched into...
UK Government to Grapple With Threat Posed by Female Suicide Bombers
Opinion18:23 07.08.2018(updated 18:32 07.08.2018) A new military unit will be dispatched in the coming weeks to war-torn Somalia, where terrorist group Al-Shabaab has continued...
Why a photo of Mengistu has proved so controversial
Ethiopia's former Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has removed a controversial photo he had posted on...
How the Ethiopia-Eritrea peace process could reunite one family
Ethiopian journalist Addisalem Hadigu hopes to see his Eritrean wife and two daughters for the...
Ethiopia's Ginbot 7 opposition movement suspends armed resistance
An Ethiopian rebel group has suspended its armed resistance against the government. Ginbot 7...
