Africa
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News: Passengers return home as inexplicable restriction on flights from Mekelle to Addis takes a toll
Passengers inside Alula Aba Nega International Airport in Mekelle. Photo: Haphtom Berhe from Tigray Addis Abeba – In less than…
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News: Despite public protests over exclusion, admin hurdle, Shaggar City Council established, mayor sworn in
Dr Teshome Adugna was sworn in as mayor of Shaggar City today. Photo: Shaggar City Communication Addis Abeba – Municipal…
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#ASDailyScoop: Ethiopia sees yet another fuel price increase as government subsidy continues to phase out
Addis Abeba – The Ministry of Trade and Regional Integration announced an increase on the current retail price of fuel…
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News: US offers $10 million in reward for information on al-Shabab leader Maalim Ayman
After the attack on Manda Bay Airfield, al-Shabab released a video on the attack showing the weapons used. Picture: Open…
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News: Ethiopia Rights Council urges release of four staff detained while on assignment to asses complaints of ongoing houses demolition in Addis Abeba
One of the dozens of pictures received by Addis Standard showing a recently demolished house. Addis Abeba – The Ethiopian…
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News: Two civilians, a police officer killed in clashes between residents, security forces in Derashe Special Woreda, southern region
Derashe Special Woreda. Picture: Screenshot/Archive By Natnael Fite @NatieFit Addis Ababa – Two people, including a policeman, were killed in…
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News: WHO chief applauds “good progress” in humanitarian aid flow to Tigray, but says Eritrean forces continued massacring civilians
Tedros Adhanom. Photo: Screenshot /AS Addis Abeba – Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom (PhD), said…
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‘Find and Treat’: A campaign to save lives in Borena zone
©UNICEF Ethiopia/2022/Mulugeta Ayene Finding and treating malnourished children in drought affected areas of Ethiopia Addis Abeba – After one of…
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News: Opposition party in restive Benishangul region asks immediate elections in constituencies skipped for security, condemns claims of ‘ancestral land ownership’
Members of the BDP Executive committee. Photo: BDP Addis Ababa – Boro Democratic Party (BDP) has urged the National Electoral…
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