Thousands of people in Gondar, a city in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, gathered on Sunday to protest against a government decision to place an Amhara district under the administrative jurisdiction of Tigray, a neighboring region. The protesters, who allegedly numbered over… Read more ›
An Ethiopian seeking asylum in Egypt has been burnt to death after attempting to help a man who set himself ablaze in front of a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) building in Cairo during a protest. The protest… Read more ›
Police in Germany have arrested a 40-year-old Eritrean refugee accused of raping a 79-year-old woman in a cemetery. The suspect, who has been living in Germany since 2013, allegedly raped the woman last Sunday. The incident took place in Ibbenbueren,… Read more ›
An Ethiopian migrant was stabbed to death on Tuesday morning in France’s Calais migrant camp during violent clashes between groups from Africa and Afghanistan. The massive brawl, which involved about 200 African and Afghan migrants, began around 2 a.m. on… Read more ›
Ethiopia has suspended the importation of medicines from 11 Egyptian pharmaceutical manufacturers after they failed to meet the country’s health criteria. Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health suspended trade with the companies after officials visited Egypt recently to inspect their facilities,” Middle… Read more ›
U.S. border authorities have arrested a man at the Newark Liberty International Airport for trying to smuggle 18 pounds of heroin into the United States from Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa. Alfred Battle, a United States citizen, was arrested in New… Read more ›
The odor of live chickens has been found to be an effective way to repel mosquitoes and could be the next weapon in the fight against malaria and the Zika virus. The discovery was made by a team of Ethiopian… Read more ›
Ethiopia’s 5,000m and 10,000m world record holder, Kenenisa Bekele, who was not included in the country’s team for the upcoming Rio 2016 Olympic Games, has expressed his disappointment at the decision on Wednesday. “I’m deeply disappointed and sad. I have… Read more ›
Two Ethiopian athletes have been banned for four years after they failed a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) drug test. Ethiopia’s Athletics Federation suspended male runner Teame Shumiye, and female runner Sintayehu Merga this week after WADA confirmed the presence of… Read more ›
The coach of Ethiopia’s 1500m world champion Genzebe Dibaba, who was arrested in Spain last month during an anti-doping investigation, has said he is innocent. Jama Aden claims the anti-doping officials who raided his Catalonia hotel room on June 20th… Read more ›
U.S. officials have issued a temporary travel ban on Gondar, an Ethiopian city in Amhara state, which has been experiencing violent protests. The U.S. Embassy in Embassy issued the temporary travel restriction on Wednesday. The travel warning is directed at… Read more ›
Police in Switzerland have detained about 60 migrants found aboard a train heading in from Milan, Italy. The discovery of the migrants in southern Switzerland on Tuesday is reportedly the largest ever bust that Swiss border authorities have made on… Read more ›
Ethiopia has restricted access to all social media sites across the country. The shutdown, which began on Saturday, is scheduled to last until Wednesday when the national university entrance examination ends. Twitter, Facebook, Viber, and Instagram are among the social… Read more ›
Ethiopia has announced its support for Israel’s bid to become an “observer” in the African Union (AU) during Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the East African country on the last leg of his four-nation African tour. “Israel is working… Read more ›
Police in Italy have busted 38 suspected members of an international trafficking ring that deals in smuggling arms, drugs, human organs, and migrants from Africa to Europe. The suspects, who were arrested on Monday in three Italian cities (Rome, Palermo,… Read more ›
Hundreds of people took to the streets of Tel Aviv on Sunday to protest against alleged brutality and discrimination by the Israeli police against Ethiopian Jews. The demonstrators reportedly caused traffic jams along several main routes in Tel Aviv. Twelve… Read more ›
Ethiopia’s world 5,000m champion Almaz Ayana has won her first career 10,000-meter race in Hengelo, Netherlands during Ethiopia’s Olympic trials. Ayana made history on Wednesday with her 30:07:00 win, which is reportedly the fastest 10,000m debut performance time. Her finish… Read more ›
Ethiopian officials have announced the winners of the Grand Renaissance Dam Lottery, which was created to allow Ethiopian nationals to contribute to the construction of the 6,000 MW Dam. The first and second winning numbers for the lottery, which is… Read more ›
An Ethiopian court has adjourned the case against 22 high-ranking opposition members including Bekele Gerba, who face terrorism charges under the controversial Anti-Terrorism Proclamation (ATP). Judges at the Federal High Court in Addis Ababa were on Monday scheduled to pass… Read more ›
Ethiopian Athletics Federation has released a statement distancing itself from Jama Aden, the coach of Ethiopia’s 1500m world champion Genzebe Dibaba, following his arrest in Spain in an anti-doping probe. Aden, a Somali national, was arrested last week after Spanish… Read more ›
Eritreans in Europe have gathered in Switzerland to protest in support a new United Nations Commission of Inquiry (COI) report that accuses Asmara of committing crimes against humanity. The protesters, who came from all over Europe, demonstrated in front of… Read more ›
A former employee of the Ethiopian Shipping Lines & Logistics Services Enterprise (ESLSE) has been charged with masterminding a scheme to defraud the company of 19 million Birr ($873,236). Deres Abebe, who allegedly orchestrated the theft of the money via… Read more ›
Australia has charged a man with assaulting a high-ranking member of an Ethiopian government delegation visiting the country. The incident reportedly happened last week Friday outside a Wrest Point Casino in Hobart where the government delegation resided. The identity of… Read more ›
The coach of Ethiopia’s 1500m world champion Genzebe Dibaba has been arrested in Spain as part of a long-running anti-doping investigation. Jama Aden, a Somali national, was arrested on Monday after Spanish police raided his hotel room in Sabadell, Catalonia.… Read more ›
Eritrea has accused the United States of orchestrating its June 12 clash with Ethiopia in the disputed Tsorona area. The clash, which occurred at a contested border region that the two East African neighbors fought a bloody war over between… Read more ›
Authorities in Congo have discovered the bodies of 19 Ethiopian migrants who died of suffocation in the back of a Zambian registered truck used for transporting fish. About 76 Ethiopians were also found alive in the vehicle, which was stopped… Read more ›
An angry Ugandan soldier went on a shooting spree on Thursday killing seven people at a military barracks in Kampala, the capital. The soldier, who was eventually killed in a shootout with other soldiers following the incident at the Makindye… Read more ›
A new Human Rights Watch (HRW) report has accused Ethiopian authorities of using “excessive and lethal force” to suppress protests which began in the country’s Oromia region in November last year. The report, which was released on Thursday, claims Ethiopian… Read more ›
The Governor and the Senator of Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, engaged in a fist fight after a heated argument during a Senate Public Accounts Committee session on Wednesday. The altercation reportedly began after Senator Mike Sonko accused Governor Evans Kidero of… Read more ›
Addis Ababa on Monday denied Eritrea’s claims that Ethiopian forces mounted an attack in a contested border region over the weekend. Instead, Ethiopia’s Information Minister Getachew Reda said Eritrea sparked the clash by attacking Ethiopia soldiers. “Today we have managed… Read more ›
Eritrea has accused Ethiopia of attacking a contested border region which the two East African neighbors fought a bloody war over between 1998 and 2000. The clash between Ethiopian and Eritrean troops reportedly began on Sunday morning in the Tsorona… Read more ›
Addis Ababa on Friday denied claims that al-Shabab killed Ethiopian soldiers during an attack on the African Union (AU) base in Somalia. On Thursday, the Islamist group with links to al-Qaeda claimed to have killed over 40 Ethiopian soldiers after… Read more ›
Police in Britain and Italy are currently investigating the possibility that a suspected Eritrean human smuggler, who was extradited to Europe this week from Sudan, is the wrong man. Investigators in both countries celebrated the capture and extradition of Medhanie… Read more ›
Somalia-based Islamist militant group al-Shabab claims to have killed over 40 Ethiopian soldiers during an attack on the African Union (AU) peacekeeping base on Thursday. The group with ties to al-Qaeda reportedly attacked the base located in Halgan, in central… Read more ›
A group of Ethiopian runners are protesting against the country’s athletics federation. The athletes are unhappy about the federation’s process of selecting a team for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The athletes, who were reportedly over a… Read more ›
Ethiopian lawmakers on Tuesday passed the country’s first ever cybercrime bill. The bill was presented to parliament in April by the Ministry of Science and Technology. The Ethiopian House of People’s Representatives (HPR) approved the Computer Crime Proclamation bill which… Read more ›
A man in Harare has been charged with culpable homicide after he struck and killed Ethiopia’s former Ambassador to Zimbabwe Asrat Wolde while staring at a group of prostitutes. Gilbert Mutandagari, 50, allegedly struck Wolde on March 1, with… Read more ›
Ethiopia is the latest African nation to record cases of yellow fever cases following an outbreak of the disease in Angola last year. According to the United Nations, about 22 suspected cases of yellow fever have been reported in Ethiopia.… Read more ›
Uber has launched its online transport network service in Uganda following its success in other African countries. Kampala is the 10th city in Africa where the US multinational ride-sharing app is currently operating. Uber has already launched operations in South… Read more ›
Britain has received assurances from Addis Ababa that Andargachew Tsege, a British man who has been imprisoned in Ethiopia for 22 months, will have access to independent legal representation. British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond traveled to Ethiopia on Wednesday. During… Read more ›
Eritrea’s government has blamed the mass migration of its citizens on a politically-sponsored conspiracy designed to destabilize and isolate the country by tarnishing its image. Eritrea’s Foreign Minister Osman Saleh made the claims during a conference in Italy themed “Sustainability… Read more ›
Ethiopian officials have canceled a national university entrance examination scheduled to begin on Monday, May 30 after one of the papers was leaked online. Pictures of the English exam have been uploaded to social media and have gone viral. The… Read more ›
Egyptian officials are outraged by remarks by Ethiopia’s communication minister that the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is about 70 percent complete. Minister Getachew Reda said this week that the completion of the mega-dam has become a “reality,” and that… Read more ›
The 9-year-old daughter of a British man, who was arrested in Yemen and transported to Ethiopia, where he has been imprisoned for 22 months, is suing the British government for not demanding for her father’s release. Menabe Andargachew is the… Read more ›
An Ethiopian woman in Washington, D.C. is suing a former U.S. diplomat and her late husband’s estate for sexual abuses suffered while she worked for the couple as a maid in Yemen. Sarah Roe filled charges against Linda Howard and… Read more ›
Forty Ethiopian juveniles, who were incarcerated in adult Zambian prisons, have been released after receiving a presidential pardon. On Tuesday, Zambia’s President Edgar Lungu pardoned about 554 prisoners in celebration of Wednesday’s Africa Freedom Day. The president’s expression of his… Read more ›
Officials in Britain have arrested 28 illegal African immigrants who were found hiding in the back of a refrigerated lorry. Police reportedly discovered the truck at a lorry park located in Portsmouth, Hampshire this week. Officials reportedly stopped the articulated… Read more ›
Eritreans across the globe are celebrating 25 years since their country attained independence. Thousands in the diaspora are expected to travel to Asmara for the national holiday which remains a special occasion for many despite Eritrea’s repressive reputation in the… Read more ›
