Tag: Ethiopia

Ethiopia bans 15 media outlets operating in Somali regional state

February 3, 2023

The Ethiopian federal government has suspended 15 foreign media outlets operating in the country's eastern Somali regional state, reports say. The country’s media authority, EMA, ... Read More

Ethiopia: Head of Supreme Court, her deputy resign

January 18, 2023

Meaza Ashenafi, President of Ethiopia’s Federal Supreme Court and her deputy, Solomon Areda Waktolla have thrown in the towel, more than three years into their ... Read More

Ethiopia: French, German foreign ministers in Ethiopia to support Tigray peace deal

January 13, 2023

The French and German foreign ministers began a two-day visit to Addis Ababa on Thursday January 12 to support the peace agreement in Tigray, more ... Read More

Tigray rebels begin handing in heavy weapons to Ethiopian army

January 12, 2023

Rebels in the Tigray region have begun handing in their heavy weapons, a key part of an agreement signed in November last year to end ... Read More

France, Germany to send top diplomats to Ethiopia to consolidate peace agreement with Tigray

January 6, 2023

France and Germany are sending next week their Foreign Ministers to Ethiopia to consolidate the peace agreement signed early November between Addis Abba and Tigrayan ... Read More

AU monitoring team visits Ethiopia’s Tigray to oversee peace deal implementation

December 30, 2022

African Union and East African officials arrived in Ethiopia’s Tigray region on Thursday (29 December) to launch a joint monitoring and verification mechanism for a ... Read More

Ethiopia govt team arrives in rebel-held Tigray to oversee peace deal implementation

December 26, 2022

A high-level delegation from the Ethiopian federal government was on its way this Monday (December 26) to the capital of the rebel-held northern region of ... Read More

Ethiopians sue US tech giant Meta over hate speech inflaming Tigray civil war

December 15, 2022

Two Ethiopians have filed a lawsuit against Facebook's parent company, Meta, over hate speech accusing the US tech giant of enabling violent and hateful posts ... Read More

Ethiopia reconnects Tigray’s capital to national power grid after year-long blackout

December 8, 2022

The capital of the Tigray region has been reconnected to Ethiopia’s national power grid after more than a year cut off due to the war ... Read More

First aid finally reaches Ethiopia’s Tigray region since cease-fire

November 16, 2022

A convoy carrying medical supplies arrived Tuesday (15 November) in the capital of Ethiopia's Tigray region, the first shipment of international aid to reach the ... Read More