Africa
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News: AU Chairperson expresses hope Ethiopia peace talks will “lead to a ceasefire and opening a way to bring humanitarian support”
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and AU Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat in Ottawa, Canada. Picture: Moussa Faki Mahamat/Twitter Addis…
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News: Ruling party Central Committee member, Somali region MP Juweria Subcis shot dead “deliberately”: Regional official
Juweria Subcis, 26, is survived by her two children. Picture: Social Media Addis Abeba– Juweria Subcis, a member of the…
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News: Ethiopian federal police detain man, accomplices for alleged possession of more than five billion birr illegally, money laundering
Headquarters of the Ethiopian Federal Police in Addis Abeba Addis Abeba – The Ethiopian Federal Police says it has arrested…
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Business: Major landmark for Akobo Minerals as it begins excavation on Segele Gold Mine
Company geologists and surveyors lay out the location of the incline shaft (left). The mine manager supervises the first earth…
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News: UN Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia brief UNSC A3 group on “alarming abuses against civilians”
ICHREE Commissioners Kaari Betty Murungi (Chair), Steven Ratner and Radhika Coomaraswamy meeting the UNSC A3. Picture: Kenya PR to UN…
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News: US says immediate cessation of hostilities priority to end “this destabilizing conflict” as AU announces launch of peace talks in South Africa
AU-led Ethiopia peace talk facilitators. From left: Olusegun Obasanjo, Dr Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and Uhuru Kenyatta Addis Ababa: The US says…
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News: Southern region police apprehend officer suspected of trafficking 48 Eritrean nationals to Kenya
Addis Abeba – The Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s (SNNP) regional state Police Commission has announced that a member of…
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News: Ethiopia ranks 123 out of 140 in Rule of Law Index, a decline from last year
Addis Abeba – The 2022 World Justice Project (WJP) Rule of Law Index, which was released on 25 October, revealed…
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#NewsAlert: Somali region MP shot dead inside Jigjiga airport
Picture: Dr. Juweria Ali. Addis Abeba – Juweria Subcis, a member of the Somali regional state parliament, was shot by…
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News: Residents say drone strike killed dozens of civilians in West Shewa, Oromia region; OLF, OFC condemn relentless airstrikes across Oromia
By Addis Standard Staff Addis Ababa – Residents told Addis Standard that at least 68 people were killed in a…
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