Ethiopia’s agriculture-dependent rural population has been affected by severe weather patterns. This year, the worst drought in a decade is expected to hit a large part of the country and other East African nations. Meteorologists say the drought, which was… Read more ›
International human rights organization Reprieve is advocating for the release of a British man, who was arrested in Yemen and transported to Ethiopia, where he has been imprisoned for 15 months. Reprieve chided the UK government for not using a… Read more ›
Three East African long distance runners are set to be inducted into the New York Road Runners (NYRR) Hall of Fame, Class of 2015 later this month. Ethiopia’s Haile Gebrselassie as well as Kenya’s Tegla Loroupe and Paul Tergat are… Read more ›
The Eritrean government has criticized Israel for the death of an Eritrean man in the hands of an angry mob at a bus station in Bir-al-Saba this past weekend. The deceased, 29-year-old Haftom Zarhum, was seeking asylum in Israel where… Read more ›
NAIROBI – About 700 Kenyans, who joined al-Shabaab and a faction of the Islamic State in neighboring Somalia, have defected and returned home, according to a recent government survey. The Socio-economic and Survey Kenya was published this week by the… Read more ›
Seven members of Eritrea’s senior cycling team have fled to Ethiopia after being threatened with enlistment into the army – a dreaded service which is usually perpetual. The cyclists risked their lives in a daring escape through Eritrea’s heavily militarized… Read more ›
A 29-year-old Eritrean man seeking asylum in Israel has died after being fatally misidentified as a terrorist on Sunday. The innocent by-stander was shot by a security officer and beaten by an angry mob following a bloody attack at an… Read more ›
A High Court ruling has stopped Botswana from deporting 10 Eritrean national football players seeking political asylum in the southern African country. Last week, the athletes refused to go home after losing 3-1 to the hosts in a World Cup… Read more ›
The head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, will bring a message of peace and reconciliation when he visits Africa for the first time next month. On Saturday, the Vatican released the itinerary for the Pope’s trip, showing that he… Read more ›
A high ranking Ethiopian official has confirmed that the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is almost 50 percent complete. Debre-Tsion Gebre-Michael, the finance and economic cluster coordinator as well as the minister of information, communication and technology,… Read more ›
CONAKRY – The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Friday that two people have become infected with the Ebola virus in Guinea. This revelation comes a few days after medical studies conducted on male Ebola survivors showed that the virus… Read more ›
ADDIS ABABA – The four remaining imprisoned members of the Zone 9 blogging group appeared in a court in Addis Ababa on Friday for their 39th hearing. Since their arrest, the four bloggers – Abel Wabela, Atnaf Berhane, Natneal Feleke… Read more ›
GABORONE – The head coach of Eritrea’s senior football team and 10 players are seeking political asylum in Botswana – where they played a qualification match for the 2018 World Cup this week. On Tuesday night, the Red Sea Boys… Read more ›
ASMARA – A Canadian citizen, who has been imprisoned in Ethiopia for nearly 10 years, may soon be extradited to North America after officials in Ottawa signed off a request for his transfer. The request for Bashir Makhtal’s transfer has… Read more ›
BUJUMBURA – Ten people were killed on Tuesday night during a police operation to rescue kidnapped officers in Bujumbura. This is the latest wave of violence to hit the country since President Pierre Nkurunziza was sworn in for his third… Read more ›
NAIROBI – Amid financial woes, a group of staff and suppliers of Uchumi Supermarkets, one of the biggest retailers in East Africa, are protesting over fears that they would not be paid. The chain store, based in Kenya, has reportedly… Read more ›
DAR ES SALAAM – A 66-year-old Chinese woman who was arrested by a specialized wildlife task force in Tanzania last week will fight charges that she masterminded a multinational crime syndicate involved in smuggling over 700 tusks to Asia. On… Read more ›
ADDIS ABABA – Twenty-four years after the Derg regime was removed from the helm of the Ethiopian government, two top members of the Communist junta continue to hide in the Italian embassy in Addis Ababa – where they fled to… Read more ›
HARARE – Zimbabwean authorities announced on Monday that the American dentist, who killed Cecil the lion, one of the country’s most beloved animals, in June, would not faces charges. Officials say Minnesota resident Walter Palmer had all his legal papers… Read more ›
KAMPALA – High ranking Ugandan officials confirmed on Monday that the Ugandan People Democratic Force (UPDF) have started pulling out of war-torn South Sudan. The announcement comes after international observers and supporters of former South Sudan Vice President Riek Machar… Read more ›
ADDIS ABABA – Three East African teams became the first on the continent to advance to the second-round of qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia on Sunday. Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania managed to secure their places in… Read more ›
DNA from a man who lived in Ethiopia about 4,500 years ago is prompting scientists to rethink the history of human migration in Africa. Until now, the conventional wisdom had been that the first groups of modern humans left Africa… Read more ›
Eutelsat and Facebook have announced they are partnering on a new initiative that will leverage satellite technologies to get more Africans online. Under a multi-year agreement with Spacecom, the two companies will utilize the entire broadband payload on the future… Read more ›
The film Difret will be opening across the United States on October 23, 2015. It has already opened in theaters internationally. Click here for theaters near you. Watch official trailer Difret – Official Trailer (HD) by ethiovid
Ambassador Zewde Retta, a distinguished Ethiopian historian and diplomat, has passed away yesterday in London. The 81 years old Ambassador Zewde was in London, U.K., this week for a book signing ceremony of his new book. His previous three books… Read more ›
Some 16 kilograms of khat, a psychotropic drug (scientific name: Catha edulis) worth some $12,000 on the illegal market was seized at the post office on Tomášikova street in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, on September 21. The package arrived… Read more ›
In a new poll that was conducted by a popular Ethiopian news forum, Mereja.com, U.S. presidential Candidate Donald Trump leads both Republican and Democrat candidates with 25 percent support. Senator Ted Cruz is in second place with 24 percent, and… Read more ›
A controversial World Bank-funded scheme to dam a major Ethiopian river and import up to 500,000 people to work in what is planned to be one of the world’s largest sugar plantations has led to tens of thousands of Africa’s… Read more ›
LUSAKA, ZAMBIA – Police in Serenje, Zambia, have intercepted a truck carrying 100 prohibited immigrants of Ethiopian origin, who were hidden behind bags of dry lake sardines locally known as kapenta. The truck, which was seized at Kanona police check… Read more ›
Kenya police are investigating claims that an Ethiopian woman was raped at the Safari Park Hotel in Nairobi during a United Nations conference. The victim, said to be an employee of an international organization, reported that she was attacked and… Read more ›
Ethiopian jazz legend Mulatu Astatke will perform in Istanbul, Turkey, and give a lecture on Ethiopian jazz culture as part of the Red Bull Music Academy Night on Sept. 1 in Kucukciftlik Park. The 71-year-old musician gained fame late in… Read more ›
WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA — Dessalegne F. Desta, 61, entered not guilty pleas in Nobles County District Court during his arraignment Monday afternoon. Desta is charged with five felonies, including two counts of first-degree attempted murder and three counts of first-degree assault… Read more ›
Washington DC police arrested a suspect yesterday in the Aug. 22, 2015, killing of an accountant and financial analyst from Texas who authorities said was assaulted near Howard University when he was struck, fell and hit his head on the… Read more ›
On 27 August 1975 a French reporter phoned the Ethiopian imperial palace, which had been overrun by Marxist army officers the previous year. Haile Selassie I came to the phone. On a poor line, speaking good French, the “king of… Read more ›
An accountant and financial analyst from Irving, Texas, who was assaulted Saturday in Washington DC later died of his injuries, and the death is being investigated as a homicide, DC police said. According to police, Kassahun Abebe Edo, 35, an… Read more ›
Seventy eight Ethiopians who were arrested in a police lorry in Meru were sentenced to three months or a fine of Sh50,000 each before repatriation for being found in the country illegally. However, two other suspects were not able to… Read more ›
Minister of Supply and Trade Khaled Hanafi is researching the import of Ethiopian meat at discounted prices for citizens through meetings with Egyptian ambassador in Ethiopia Abu Bakr Al-Hanafi and Egyptian ambassador in the State of Togo Mohammad Karim Sharif,… Read more ›
Michigan State University has been researching Teff as a rotational crop alternative for hay producing farms. Their research has discovered that cattle and horses are especially fond of Teff. And, as it turns out, more and more people enjoy it as well!… Read more ›
An Ethiopian asylum seeker has been discovered alive in the hold of a plane that landed at Stockholm’s Arlanda airport on Friday morning, after smuggling himself on to an Ethiopian Airlines flight from Addis Ababa. The stowaway was found after… Read more ›
By Katie Riordan | IRIN HARGEISA – Qader and Abdi are two weeks into their journey. Carrying only one empty plastic water bottle each, flattened, with no liquid to return it to its cylindrical shape, the two men figure they… Read more ›
ZTE, a leading global mobile device maker, announced last week that it has signed double Olympic gold medalist and five-time world champion over 10,000m, Haile Gebrselassie, as its official smartphone brand ambassador for Ethiopia. Alongside this announcement, ZTE also confirmed… Read more ›
A 16-year-old Eritrean migrant who escaped captivity under the Islamic State (Isis) in Libya has exclusively told IBTimes UK that the jihadists forced him to watch the beheading and shooting of Eritrean and Ethiopian Christians. Nael Goitom, 16, fled IS… Read more ›
By Baraka Jefwa LG electronics is set to launch a portable Bluetooth speaker into the Kenyan market. Branded Music Flow Speakers, and recently launched globally, the rectangular devices will retail at an average price of Ksh17, 995 and will be… Read more ›
The final arrangements for the opening of Galabat-Matema border crossing between Sudan and Ethiopia will be made this April. State Minister at the Ministry of Transport, Sirajuddin Ali Hamid said the competent authorities held a meeting that included representatives from… Read more ›
By Minga Negash, Seid Hassan, Mammo Muchie and Abu Girma[1] On March 23, 2015, Egypt, Ethiopia and the Sudan signed a declaration of principles on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Since then, an intense debate has been going on… Read more ›
The Brooklyn Academy of Music hosted the latest installment of this year’s Eat, Drink & Be Literary program Wednesday evening, shining its spotlight on Dinaw Mengestu. Born in Ethiopia, Mengestu’s family immigrated to the United States when he was two,… Read more ›
By Fekade Shewakena Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan have signed what they called the ‘Declaration of Principles” to solve a simmering dispute over the building of the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) by Ethiopia. Although a lot remains to be seen… Read more ›
Ethiopian Airlines was forced to postpone two flights to Israel on Thursday after it did not have permission to fly on route due to the escalating turmoil in Yemen and in light of information received from security sources. About 280… Read more ›