Ethiopia: 15 arrests in Tigray before a local opposition demonstration
Around fifteen members of the opposition in Tigray were arrested on the eve of a planned demonstration against the “autocratic ...
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Ethiopia, a landlocked country, seeks greater sea access; a port agreement with neighbours may help the region
By Namhla Matshanda* Ethiopia’s access to the coast has occupied the minds of the country’s rulers since time immemorial. This is because ...
Talks over Ethiopia’s Nile dam dispute resume in Cairo
Negotiations over the controversial mega dam that Ethiopia is building on the Blue Nile river have resumed in the Egyptian ...
Ethiopian Prime Minister hails BRICS membership
Ethiopia's admission to the Brics, a bloc of emerging countries that until now has included Brazil, Russia, India, China and ...
An expanded BRICS could redefine global politics, but adding new members isn’t straightforward
What began in 2001 as an acronym for four of the fastest growing states, BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China), is projected ...
Ethiopian MPs approve state of emergency in Amhara region
Ethiopia's House of People’s Representatives votes in favour of the state of emergency declared by the federal government over violence ...
Ethiopia: Mobile internet outages in Amhara amid fighting, residents say
Mobile internet access was down in parts of Ethiopia's Amhara region and flights to two cities were cancelled on Thursday, ...
Ethiopia and Egypt to restart controversial dam talks
Ethiopia and Egypt have agreed to resume talks over a controversial hydroelectric mega-dam that Addis Ababa is building over the ...
Ethiopia aspires to join the BRICS group of countries: What are the benefits and downsides?
A few years ago, the BRICS grouping – Brazil, Russia, China, India and South Africa – had lost salience because ...
World Health Assembly re-elects Tedros as head of World Health Organization
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) members re-elected Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as Director General by a strong majority for another five ...