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  • Ethnic violence in southern Ethiopia kills 21, wounds 61

    Ethnic violence in southern Ethiopia kills 21, wounds 61

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    Kehinde Ajose
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    Heavy fighting between ethnic groups in southern Ethiopia has killed at least 21 people and wounded 61, its state news agency said on Saturday. The Ethiopia News Agency said violence escalated and sent hundreds fleeing across the border to neighbouring Kenya. Outbreaks of violence in the south between the Oromo and other groups have escalated…

  • Ethiopia appoints first female president

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    Bayo Millz
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    Ethiopia’s parliament has approved senior diplomat Sahle-Work Zewde as the country’s first female president, proceedings on state television showed, cementing another shift in the country’s political system from Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Zewde is at present UN under-Secretary-General and special representative of its Secretary General to the African Union. She replaces Mulatu Wirtu, who tendered…

  • Nigerian Christians not as committed as Ethiopian Christians

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    The world’s most committed Christians live in Africa, and Ethiopia ranks highest for Africa in a new study report released by the Pew Research Center (PRC). TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Ethiopia, with 98% committed Christians, toppled Nigeria that has 82% committed Christians and Ghana with 89% committed Christians in the world’s most committed Christians report. “Christianity…

  • Authorities shut down internet in eastern Ethiopia amid regional violence

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    Authorities have shut down the Internet in eastern Ethiopia amid an outbreak of violence in the region, a local resident said on Wednesday. The resident, speaking from the city of Harar, some 100 km from Jijiga, the capital of the region of Somali, said the connection had been off for three days. Rights group Access…

  • After 20 years of border war, Ethiopia appoints ambassador to Eritrea

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    Ethiopia has appointed its first ambassador to Eritrea in 20 years in the latest sign of rapprochement after a border war, the state-affiliated Fana news agency said on Thursday. An online report from Fana said Redwan Hussien, formerly Ethiopian ambassador to Ireland, had become Addis Ababa’s representative in Asmara. Since signing an agreement in Asmara…

  • After 20 years, first Ethiopia-Eritrea commercial flight takes off

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    The first commercial flight from Ethiopia to Eritrea in 20 years took off early on Wednesday, sealing a stunning reconciliation between the former enemies a week after they ended their military standoff. More than 400 passengers boarded two Ethiopian Airlines planes in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, many of them waving the countries’ flags and…

  • Direct telephone connection restored between long-time foes Ethiopia, Eritrea

    Direct telephone connection restored between long-time foes Ethiopia, Eritrea

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    Kehinde Ajose
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    Direct international telephone connection has been restored between Ethiopia and Eritrea “for the first time after two decades”, an Ethiopian official said. The Ethiopian Prime Minister’s chief of staff wrote the statement on Twitter after a summit between Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Eritrea’s President Isaias Afkwerki began. The meeting was the first of its…

  • Ethiopia fires senior prison officials for failing to respect rights

    Ethiopia fires senior prison officials for failing to respect rights

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    Kehinde Ajose
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    Ethiopia has fired senior prison officials hours before the release of a Human Rights Watch report detailing torture and other abuses in one notorious prison and urging the government to hold officials to account. Attorney-General Berhanu Tsegaye’s announcement of the dismissals and the appointment of new officials was broadcast late on Wednesday on state-affiliated television…

  • Gunmen kill Dangote’s manager

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    Olaotan Falade
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    Unidentified gunmen killed the manager of a plant owned by Nigeria’s Dangote Industries Limited in Ethiopia on Wednesday after he was attacked in the restive Oromiya region while returning to the capital from the factory, officials said. Oromiya, which surrounds the capital Addis Ababa, was plagued by violence for over two years, largely fueled by…

  • Ethiopia Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn resigns

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    Olaotan Falade
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    Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said on Thursday he had submitted his resignation as both premier and the chairman of the ruling coalition in an effort to facilitate reforms following a period of mass unrest. Hundreds of people have died in violence sparked initially by an urban development plan for the capital Addis Ababa. The…