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Ethiopia and Eritrea set for first match in 20 years
Ethiopia and Eritrea agree to play their first football match in 20 years as relations between the two nations continue to improve.
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Far from Ethiopia's capital, change remains a distant dream
* New Ethiopian PM has turned politics on its head * But provincial towns yet to feel winds of change * Many ethnic Oromo have felt left out for years By Maggie Fick HARAR, Ethiopia, […]
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UPDATE 2-Ethiopia prime minister calls for multiparty democracy – chief of staff
(Adds background, context) By Maggie Fick ADDIS ABABA, July 22 (Reuters) – Ethiopia must pursue multiparty democracy, the prime minister’s chief of staff said on Sunday in what could be the latest in a series […]
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Prime Minister: Ethiopia Has ‘No Option’ but Multiparty Democracy
Ethiopia has “no option” but to pursue multi-party democracy, the country’s reformist new prime minister said Sunday, again shaking up Africa’s second most populous nation that for decades has been ruled by a single coalition. […]
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Ethiopia prime minister calls for multiparty democracy -chief of staff
ADDIS ABABA, July 22 (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s Prime minister Abiy Ahmed says the Horn of Africa nation must adopt multiparty democracy supported by strong institutions that respect human rights and rule of law, his chief […]
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Ethiopian ‘prophet’ arrested after trying to resurrect corpse
Getayawkal Ayele convinced a family to let him try the miracle after telling the story of Lazarus.
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Hope, Mistrust Mix as Eritrean Diaspora Watches Ethiopia Thaw
The sudden thaw between longtime enemies Eritrea and Ethiopia is opening up a world of possibilities for the neighboring countries’ residents: new economic and diplomatic ties, telephone and transport links and the end to one […]
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‘He brought peace among people’
The family and friends of Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed tell the BBC what he was like when he was young.
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UPDATE 1-Ethiopia's birr black-market evaporates as confidence booms
* Ethiopia’s economy has faced crippling forex shortage * New prime minister has turned politics, economy on its head (Adds comment by AfDB president) By Maggie Fick ADDIS ABABA, July 20 (Reuters) – A “hard […]
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Egypt, Sudan Seek to Bolster Ties After Yearslong Tension
The leaders of Egypt and Sudan have agreed to mend ties, frayed by repeated failures to reach a deal over an upstream Nile dam being built by Ethiopia, and the revival of a longstanding dispute […]