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Oromia demonstrations broke out after assassination of well-known singer Haacaaluu Hundeessaa. The military has been deployed in the Ethiopian capital on Wednesday as violence broke…
View More Ethiopia: Military deployed after more than 80 killed in protests
ADDIS ABABA (REUTERS) – The military was deployed in the Ethiopian capital on Wednesday (July 1), as armed gangs roamed neighbourhoods in a second day…
View More Military deployed in Ethiopian capital after more than 80 killed in protests
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia has postponed parliamentary elections scheduled for August due to the coronavirus outbreak, the electoral board said on Tuesday, a move…
View More Ethiopia postpones August election due to coronavirus
August polls were seen as a key test of the reformist agenda of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Ethiopia has postponed parliamentary and presidential elections scheduled…
View More Ethiopia postpones August elections due to coronavirus
All 157 people on board Boeing 737 killed in plane crash en route to Nairobi, Ethiopian Airlines says. None of the 157 people on board…
View More Ethiopian Airlines plane crash: No survivors among 157 on board
The hair belonging to Emperor Tewodros II will be repatriated after a request from Ethiopia, National Army Museum says. Two locks of hair belonging to…
View More British museum agrees to return Ethiopian emperor's hair
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took a veiled swipe at China during a speech to Ethiopian business leaders on Wednesday,…
View More Pompeo takes veiled swipe at China on final leg of Africa trip
Ethiopians call for justice after four mosques burned in attacks in the Amhara region. Several thousand Muslims across Ethiopia in recent days have protested against…
View More Ethiopian Muslims protest after several mosques burned
NAIROBI, Kenya — When the Norwegian Nobel Committee chose the Ethiopian prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, for its peace prize this fall, it cited his efforts…
View More In Collecting Nobel Prize, Ethiopia’s Leader Plans to Sidestep Media
Immigration ministers of three countries meet in Cairo for talks aimed at resolving dispute over water distribution. The irrigation ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan…
View More Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan resume talks over disputed Nile dam
Third Point confirms EssilorLuxottica stake in investor letter BOSTON (Reuters) – Billionaire investor Daniel Loeb said on Thursday his hedge fund owns a $700 million…
View More Ethiopian activist calls for calm after 16 die in Ethiopia during clashes
MONTREAL/CHICAGO (Reuters) – Global regulators are looking at “startle factors” that can overwhelm pilots as they consider revised protocols for the Boeing 737 MAX, Nicholas…
View More Exclusive: Regulators weigh 'startle factors' for Boeing 737 MAX pilot training – Transport Canada executive
HRW report says Ethiopian, Yemeni and Saudi officials have taken few, if any, steps to curb violence faced by migrants. Ethiopian migrants and refugees who…
View More Ethiopians 'abused on Gulf route, forcibly deported from Saudi'
Ethiopians are angry that the country’s text messaging service has been shut down since Thursday without any explanation. Internet blackouts, which began last Tuesday, are…
View More Ethiopia anger over texting and internet blackouts