Source: Africa News
The European Union (EU) is disturbed over the arrest of a leading opposition leader by the Ethiopian government. The EU has subsequently urged the regime to make public any charges against Professor Merera Gudina.
‘‘I urge …
Source: Africa News
Ethiopia has restored mobile Internet services after the service was blocked for over two months. The blockage was connected with anti-government protests that broke out largely in the Amhara and Oromia regions.
Mobile service was restored on …
Ethiopian authorities have arrested high-ranking opposition leader Merera Gudina at Addis Ababa’s Bole International Airport on Wednesday after his arrival from Europe where he gave a speech concerning the ongoing state of emergency.
Professor Merera Gudina is the leader of …
Source: Fana Broadcasting
The Command Post established to oversee the implementation of the state of emergency, and opposition political parties operating in the country peacefully held a discussion on the emergency law on Wednesday.
During the discussion, the parties raised …
Source: Haaretz
Inexperienced students of circumcision have been practicing their skills on the babies of the poorest of Israeli society – Ethiopian and Sudanese families – often claiming to be fully-qualified mohels (Jewish ritual circumcisers), according to a …
Source: BBC News
A man who injured 11 people, one critically, in a rampage at Ohio State University was of Somali descent and a student on campus, US officials said.
Abdul Razak Ali Artan, 18, rammed his car into a …
Ethiopian authorities have foiled an attack from Ginbot 7 after the banned opposition group attempted to invade the country from neighboring Eritrea.
Ethiopia’s Ministry of Defense said on Saturday that about 113 armed members of the group tried to enter …
Source: Radio Sweden
A Swedish cardiac surgeon who has been imprisoned in Ethiopia since 2013 could face more time in prison.
The cardiac surgeon from Sweden has been imprisoned in Ethiopia for several years and could be charged with additional …
Ethiopian authorities have charged 38 inmates of a prison in Addis Ababa, where high-profile political prisoners are reportedly being held, with setting the facility on fire in September.
Ethiopia’s Federal High Court on Thursday charged the inmates, whose identities have …
Source: Fana Broadcasting Corporation
Belgium has modified its travel advice on Ethiopia from warning to caution.
Last week, Germany lifted its warning for German tourists planning to visit Ethiopia.
According to the German Foreign Ministry, cities such as Bahir …
Source: UPI
Scientists have observed signs of dominance among populations of an infamous ant species, Lepisiota canescens, in Ethiopia. The species has begun organizing into supercolonies in the ancient church forests of the East African country.
Only 20 species worldwide …
Source: Geeska Africa
Ethiopia will bid to hosting of 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). The plan to host the continental competition was revealed on Tuesday during a meeting between Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) president Juneidi Basha and CAF Secretary …
South Sudan’s rebel leader Riek Machar was arrested in Ethiopia on Monday after his arrival at the Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa from South Africa.
The former South Sudanese Vice President, who now heads the country’s armed opposition group …
Source: Arab American News
Police in Michigan are looking for several witnesses to a possible hate crime against a taxi cab driver in downtown Grand Rapids.
The Grand Rapids Police Department said the Grand Rapids Taxi driver, Yemaj Adem, was …
Source: Fana Broadcasting Corporate
The Ethiopian State of Emergency Inquiry Board has begun inspecting the handling of individuals detained under the state of emergency.
The inspection, which started on Sunday, would be held in two groups at the Awash, …
Source: BBC African News
A female Somali musician has released a song titled “Donald Trump,” urging the president-elect to accept the Somali-American community.
Prior to his election, Mr. Trump drew criticism after he warned that Somali immigrants in Minnesota …
Source: Fana Broadcasting Corporation
Germany has lifted a travel warning that restricted its citizens from traveling to Ethiopia.
The warning was lifted as peace and stability has been restored in the country, said Getnet Yigzaw, public relations head of …
Source: Africa News
A court in Ethiopia has sentenced a journalist to a year in prison on charges of defaming senior clergy members of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. Prosecutors had pushed for a three-year jail term.
Getachew Worku, the editor-in-chief …
Ethiopian authorities have charged 22 individuals with inciting violence, causing damages to government property and being members of a banned opposition group.
On Monday, the defendants were charged in a Federal High Court with being members of the Oromo Liberation …
Source: ENCA
Ethiopian police have re-arrested a blogger and human rights activist who criticized the government, especially its handling of the ongoing protests in the Oromia and Amhara regions.
Befeqadu Hailu, a member of the Zone9 blogging collective, …
A group of tourists from the Czech Republic and Slovakia has been attacked and robbed at gunpoint in Ethiopia while traveling through the southern part of the East African country.
The stone-throwing attackers targeted a vehicle that the six tourists …
Source: Fana Broadcasting Corporation
The Development Bank of Ethiopia (DBE) said it has sold Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) bonds worth $6.4 million in the first quarter of this Ethiopian fiscal year.
According to Dr. Behailu Kasie, Corporate Communication, and …
Source: IBTimes UK
Jawar Mohammed, political analyst and executive director of the Oromia Media Network (OMN), believes the Ethiopian government would kill him, should he return to his homeland.
“I am probably the most wanted person by the Ethiopian government …
Source: Associated Press
Swiss police raided a mosque in a northern city on Wednesday, detaining eight people including an Ethiopian imam who allegedly called for the killing of Muslims who refused to participate in prayers, the state prosecutor’s office said.…
Ethiopia has once again accused Egypt and Eritrea of sponsoring armed opposition groups which Addis Ababa claims are responsible for the recent unrest in the country.
On Tuesday, Ethiopia’s Minister of Federal Affairs and Pastoral Area Development Kassa Tekleberhan said …
Source: BBC News
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has dropped or moved several of his key allies in the cabinet, including the minister of foreign affairs and finance.
The changes are seen as part of the reforms which the government …
Ethiopian authorities have released about 2,000 individuals who were detained after a state of emergency was declared in the country earlier this month in response to months of violent anti-government protests.
The group, who were initially detained on suspicion of …
Source: Voice of America News
The Ethiopian government has ruled out holding new nationwide elections to address the grievances behind nearly a year of deadly protests. But the opposition says the changes the government is undertaking are not good …
Islamic insurgency group al-Shabab has taken over a strategic town in war-torn Somalia on Wednesday after Ethiopian troops withdrew from their positions on Wednesday.
Ethiopia, which has contributed thousands of troops to the African Union peacekeeping mission (AMISON) in Somalia, …
Ethiopian authorities have said that tourists are excluded from the country’s state of emergency which require foreign diplomats to seek permission before taking long trips away from Addis Ababa, the capital.
Under Ethiopia’s state of emergency, which was declared on …
Source: Africa News
Ethiopia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has slammed Human Rights Watch (HRW) for its reportage of the ongoing unrest in the East African country.
Dr. Tedros accused HRW and its senior Ethiopian and Eritrean …
The U.S. government has issued a travel alert for Ethiopia amid widespread anti-government protests which have led to the death of hundreds and the incarceration of thousands.
On Friday, the U.S. State Department warned its citizens against traveling to …
Source: Daily Mail UK
An asylum seeker has been stabbed to death by a lynch mob of people traffickers near Calais after he tried to flee to reach the UK on his own, French authorities have revealed.
Mohamad Omar Eyman …
Ethiopian authorities have recovered more than 700 arms and arrested about 1,600 people since October 9 when the government declared a state of emergency in response to months of widespread anti-government protests.
Ethiopian security officials have recovered about 744 arms …
The United States has called on the Ethiopian government to release a high-profile female prisoner and to stop its crackdown on peaceful opposition.
On Monday, the US ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Samantha Power called for the release of …
The Ethiopian government has accused seven people of joining a banned opposition group and planning to conduct terror attacks in the country.
The seven defendants, who appeared before a Federal High Court on Monday, were charged with joining the Oromo …
About 1,000 Ethiopians suspected of attacking and destroying the properties of foreign companies in the Oromia region have been arrested.
The suspects were detained on Monday in Sebeta, a town near Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital, Fana Broadcasting reported. The …
Ethiopian authorities have announced a set of rules as part of the ongoing state of emergency in the country, which was declared last week in response to months of violent anti-government protests.
Ethiopia’s Minister of Defense Siraj Fegessa issued a …
Source:Fruitnet.com
Dutch suppliers have halted imports and production at their Ethiopian operations after anti-government protesters damaged their facilities.
Prices have spiked in the Netherlands for products such as fine beans and exotic vegetables due to the disruption in supply …
Source: Africanews.com
The Danish ambassador to Ethiopia, Mette Thygesen, has revealed that the Ethiopian government has failed to give concrete promises on when mobile internet and social media services will be restored.
Thygesen, who is also the Danish representative to …
The U.S. has warned Ethiopian authorities not to use the newly imposed state of emergency to silence opposition voices.
On Tuesday, US State Department spokesman John Kirby said that the Ethiopian government needed to explain how it intends to enforce …
Egypt has dismissed allegations that it funds and trains members of Ethiopian opposition groups responsible for the ongoing violent anti-government protests in the East African country.
On Tuesday, Egypt’s Foreign Ministry denied the claims made by Ethiopian authorities on Monday. …
The Ethiopian government has declared a state of emergency over widespread anti-government protests raging in the country’s Amhara and Oromia region.
The protests, which started in November last year, have turned deadly after clashes between security forces and demonstrators. Human …
An Ethiopian Jew has been killed during unrest in Gondar, a city in Ethiopia’s Amhara region hosting thousands of Jews waiting to be transported to Israel.
The incident, which led to the death of Weta Chekla, is still unclear. However, …
Source: Inquisitr.com
A UC Davis postdoctoral researcher has been murdered near Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa after anti-protesters attacked the vehicle she was riding in with stones.
Sharon Gray, a 30-year-old researcher at the University of California’s plant biology department, died …
Anti-government protesters in Ethiopia’s Oromia region have attacked a cement factory belonging to Nigeria’s Aliko Dangote, the richest man in Africa.
The demonstrators were protesting over the death of more than 50 people in a stampede on Sunday during an …
Ethiopian authorities have announced a three-day national mourning period for scores of people who died on Sunday from a stampede which ensued after police clashed with protesters during a regional festival.
On Monday, the Ethiopia government announced that the mourning …
The Ethiopian government has allegedly recalled about 3,000 soldiers based in Somalia to help quell the ongoing anti-government protests engulfing the Amhara and Oromia regions.
The troops, who are reportedly not part of Ethiopia’s African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) …