The reopening of borders shut over two decades ago has often come with multi-pronged advantages, from the communal, familial and person – to – person exchanges....
Ethiopia’s regional state of Oromia and the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) agreed to a ceasefire on Thursday, following months of sparring amidst rising insecurity in the...
The ruling bloc in Ethiopia’s Oromia region, the Oromo Democratic Party, ODP, continues building political alliances with competing parties ahead of elections slated for 2020. ODP’s...
Ethiopia’s capital is no stranger to street beggars. Many people from the countryside flock into Addis Ababa looking for jobs and sometimes end up begging. But...
In a time where there is continued talk about the strikingly low involvement of women in top political and national leadership positions across Africa, the status...
Ethiopia’s parliament (House of People’s Representatives) on Thursday approved the nomination of Birtukan Mideksa as the new head of the elections board. Prime minister, Abiy Ahmed...
Ethiopia’s Lelisa Desisa won men’s title while Kenya’s Mary Keitany won a dominant fourth women’s crown at the New York City Marathon on Sunday. The 36...
Prominent Ethiopian human rights lawyer Meaza Ashenafi has been elected as the first woman to head the country’s federal supreme court. Her name was put forward...
Federal security forces in Ethiopia have clashed with members of an armed rebel group, the Oromo Liberation Front, OLF, multiple media sources in the country have...
Even before Ethiopia’s parliament approved Sahle-Work Zewde as the country’s new president on Thursday, the veteran diplomat had been receiving congratulatory messages on social media. Sahle-Work...
Ethiopia’s parliament will on Thursday appoint a new president, to replace Mulatu Teshome, according to state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting (FanBC). FanaBC said the parliament will hold a...
Foreign Affairs Ministers of Eritrea and Ethiopia arrived in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, October 17, for talks. Somalia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Ahmed Isse Awad...
As at Tuesday morning, Ethiopia’s parliament – The House of Peoples Representatives, HPR, was meeting to discuss a range of issues tabled by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed....
We’re used to countries having a ministry of defence but it’s not often a government creates a government ministry dedicated to peace. But Ethiopia’s Prime Minister...
Foreign donors must come forward to support Ethiopia and Eritrea after the long-time arch rivals ended a war which spanned two decades and hampered efforts to...
Ethiopia has passed a law that grants amnesty to political prisoners who have been released recently and reverses decades of security-obsessed rule. The law is in...
…To Support Empowerment of Girl Child Against all odds, tall and gorgeous Miss Ethiopia won the maiden Africa Beauty Pageant defeating Miss Mali, Miss Ghana and...
The University of Ilorin’s female 3×3 Basketball team has been selected as one of the two female teams to represent Nigeria at the 9th African University...
President Muhammadu Buhari will Friday depart for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to participate in the 30th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government...