Africa
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Op-ed: Nile Dispute: Taming the elephant in the room
Ethiopia’s team, led by its chief negotiator Dr. Seleshi Bekele (Pictured), should avoid signing any treaty that will give recognition…
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News update on detention of journalists by security forces
Left: members of Tigray Tv crew who were detained and subsequently released by security forces in Afar regional state. Right:…
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News Alert: Saudi Arabia bans travel to and from Ethiopia, cites corona virus threat
Ethiopian health workers prepare to screen passengers for COVID-19 at the Addis Abeba airport. Photo: Michael Tewelde / AFP/Getty Images…
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News: Parliament to swear in new Attorney General, Ministers of Health; Women & Children; and Revenue
Etenesh Abera Addis Abeba, March 12/2020 – The House People’s Representatives (HoPR) in its 14th regular session this morning is…
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News: NISS says it intercepts a global arms smugglers network shipping two containers of arms into Ethiopia
Demelash Gebremichael, pictured, is currently the Director General of Ethiopia’s National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS). In December last year,…
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Commentary: The Trump Trap
“…the Trump administration seems ready to use its power including its Departments and the World Bank to pressure Ethiopia.” Mehari…
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News: Tulu Moye Geothermal Operations begins drilling
Addis Abeba, March 09/2020 – Tulu Moye Geothermal Operations (TMGO), an independent energy company in Ethiopia, kicked off drilling on…
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News: Ethiopia condemns Arab League’s “blind support” to Egypt, commends Sudan’s “principled position”
The construction site of the multi-billion dollar Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Picture taken in June 2017. Bileh Jelan Addis…
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News: Unlawful arrests reminiscent of Ethiopia’s unchanged politics: OLF Chairman
Abdi Regassa is one of the ex-rebels who returned to Ethiopia in 2018 and subsequently became a member of OLF’s…
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Breaking: Ethiopia recalls eight Ambassadors including from Brussels, London, Cairo and Khartoum
From left: Amb Girum, Amb. Fesseha, Amb. Shiferaw and Amb Dina Addis Standard staff Addis Abeba, March 05/2020 – Ethiopia…
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