Africa
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News: Court rules to summon PM Hailemariam Desalegn, other senior government officials, as defense witnesses in high profile case
Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba, August 19/2017 –A panel of judges at the Federal high court 4th criminal bench…
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IOM: 160 Ethiopian Migrants Forced into the Seas off Yemen by Smugglers Today, Following Death of Up to 50 Yesterday
Aden, Yemen, August 11/ 2017 – 160 Ethiopian migrants were violently forced into the sea off Yemen’s coast this morning…
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News update: Prominent opposition leader Bekele Gerba denied bail
Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba, August 10/2017 – A panel of three judges at the Federal High Court 4th criminal…
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Pictorial: For the second day in a row several businesses in Ambo city remain closed
Addis Abeba, August 08/2017 Several businesses in Ambo city, 120 kms west of the capital Addis Abeba, have spent a…
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Pictorial: Bahir Dar city shuts down businesses to commemorate one year anniversary of protest killings
Addis Abeba, August 07/2017 Several businesses in the city of Bahir Dar, the capital of the Amhara Regional state, 558…
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Breaking: Emergency session by MPs lifts State of Emergency
Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba, August 04/2017 – Ethiopian members of parliament who are conducting an emergency session after having…
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Commentary: On Khat (Chat): Should Ethiopia criminalize it or Not?
A trader carries bundles of Khat (Chat) for the market Hewan Semon Addis Abeba, July 27/2017 – Increasingly popular…
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News: Co-defendants say Ayele Beyene died of ‘torture and neglect’ in prison, express fear of similar fate
Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba, July 26/2017 – The body of Ayele Beyene, who died while in police custody at…
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Analysis: The ailing state of health care in Ethiopia’s state-run hospitals: who takes the blame?
Dagmawi Melnilik Hospital, which was later upgraded to a referral hospital, is the nation’s first hospital built in 1909 …
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Pictorial: Businesses in Merkato, Addis Abeba’s bustling business district shut to protest tax hike
Addis Abeba, July 24, 2017 – Several business centers inside Merkato, the bustling business district in the heart of Addis…
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