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Australian obstetrician and gynecologist Dr Catherine Hamlin died in her home in Addis Ababa on Wednesday March 18. Dr. Catherine Hamlin, 96, devoted her life to treating Ethiopian women with a devastating childbirthg injury and helped develop pioneering techniques to treat these injuries. Her death was announced by the Catherine Hamlin Fistula Foundation in […]
The United States has urged Ethiopia to sign in the shortest possible time a deal with Egypt and Sudan about the giant dam it is building on the Nile. According to Steven Mnuchin, the US treasury secretary, the final testing and filling of the dam should not take place without an agreement. The government of […]
Ethiopia will release from jail 63 opposition activists and other high-ranking government critics by the end of the week, a spokesman for the attorney general’s office said on Tuesday. The decision had been taken “for the national good” and investigations against them had been dropped, Zinabu Tubu was quoted as saying. “The Ethiopian […]
Some 29 people were injured in a bomb attack on Sunday in the town of Ambo (100 km west of Addis Ababa). The attack targeted a rally staged in support of the party of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. “The bombing of a Dr Abiy rally left 29 people injured, 28 of whom were treated […]
The United States will provide financial assistance to Ethiopia as it pursues political reforms, the office of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said in a statement on Tuesday, following the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visit in the country. “An agreement has been reached regarding the strengthening of the holistic and ongoing reform in […]
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday denounced corruption in Angola, second leg of his current African tour. In Angola, an oil-rich country whose people remain impoverished, Pompeo met with President Joao Lourenco, who is making strides against corruption, including actions against close relatives of the former leader. The oil-rich nation is ranked […]
In Addis Ababa, a major meeting on the future of Africa’s biggest hydroelectric dam— (GERD)—has ended without agreement. This is the fourth meeting in the latest efforts by water ministers from Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan to find a resolution to the tensions over the project. The dam is under-construction on Ethiopia’s Blue Nile, a main […]
Ethiopia has launched its first satellite into space on Friday from a space station in China, Reuters reported. Senior officials and citizens of the Horn of Africa nation watched a live broadcast of the satellite’s launch at the Entoto Observatory and Research Centre just north of the capital Addis Ababa. The satellite was designed by […]
David Kaye, UN Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression, has urged Ethiopia on Monday to stop shutting off the internet without legal basis. The UN senior official also called on authorities in the East African nation to revise a draft law meant to curb hate speech to ensure it protects freedom of speech. Ethiopia has […]
Delegations from Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan met in Washington on Wednesday around President Donald Trump to continue discussions over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). The meeting was extended to the US Secretary of the Treasury and the President of the World Bank. President Trump said in a tweet that “the meeting on the Grand […]