Tag: Ethiopia
Ethiopia just entered 2015! 7 years 8 months behind
Ethiopia has just entered 2015. In the country, which has been struggling with conflict and political crisis for the last two years, politicians and religious leaders shared messages of peace…
Ethiopian government attacks UN commission
In Ethiopia, the situation seems frozen on the Tigray front, where the war is still taking place behind closed doors for the second week. On the political front, on the…
New fighting in Ethiopia after five-month ceasefire
Fighting has again broken out in northern Ethiopia, between government forces and the rebels in Tigray. Both sides accuse each other of violating the ceasefire agreed in March. Large scale…
Ethiopia’s Renaissance mega-dam has completed its third phase of filling
The announcement was made by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Friday in a televised speech. This mega-dam is the largest in Africa. Eventually it will be able to reach a…
new US special envoy calls for progress in peace talks
Mike Hammer, the new American special envoy for the Horn of Africa, has been in Ethiopia since Friday. Purpose of this trip, according to the United States Embassy in Addis…
“I was a critical voice inside the administration,” says Gebremeskel Kassa
It is a rare testimony, that of the former chief of staff of the Tigray administration during the war, the interim government of the province appointed by the Ethiopian federal…
First attack by Shebabs in Ethiopian territory
For the first time, the jihadist group of Somali Shebabs carried out a large-scale attack inside Ethiopian territory. Local authorities confirmed the attack over the weekend, saying the attackers were…
Ethiopian Gotytom Gebreslase world marathon champion
Ethiopian Gotytom Gebreslase is the new marathon world champion. The athlete, who won the prestigious Berlin Marathon less than a year ago, won on Monday July 18 in Eugene (Oregon)…
Ethiopian Tamirat Tola wins marathon final
Marathon runner Tamirat Tola won the final of the World Athletics Championships in Eugene (Oregon) on Sunday July 17. The Ethiopian completed his race in 2 hours 5 minutes and…
Ethiopia’s Letesenbet Gidey wins 10,000m gold
WORLD CHAMPIONS ‼️ After ? in Doha 2019, world record-holder Letesenbet Gidey ?? finally claims world 10,000m ?! She defeats Hellen Obiri ?? and Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi ?? in a…