LUSAKA, Aug 20 (Reuters) – Ethiopian Airlines has signed a shareholding agreement with Zambia’s main develoment agency to relaunch the southern African country’s flag carrier at an initial cost of $30 million. The Ethiopian state-owned […]
Kofi Annan, one of the world’s most celebrated diplomats and a charismatic symbol of the United Nations who rose through its ranks to become the first black African secretary-general, has died. He was 80. His […]
Dejen Ande Hishel was an elite Eritrean fighter pilot. He trained in Russia and flew twin-engine MiG-29 Soviet jets during Eritrea’s war with Ethiopia in the late 1990s. But in 1999, Eritrean authorities arrested him, […]
After winning the silver medal in the men’s marathon at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Feyisa Lilesa spent two years in self-imposed exile in the United States. Now, he’s returning home. […]
Ethiopia has released thousands of prisoners as a new prime minister reverses decades of security abuses. No one knows how many were tortured. But some of those torture victims are now talking openly — to […]
(Changes dateline to Addis Ababa) * Thousands of prisoners released in reform push * New PM acknowledges abuses, calls for forgiveness * Government should focus on justice, say rights groups By Maggie Fick ADDIS ABABA, […]
NAIROBI, Aug 14 (Reuters) – An Ethiopian court has freed 11 police officers on bail after they were detained on suspicion of negligence in a grenade attack on a rally in June attended by Prime […]
NAIROBI, Aug 14 (Reuters) – Ethiopian Airlines plans to build a new airport with annual capacity of 80 million passengers in Bishoftu, about 48km southeast of the capital Addis Ababa, state-affiliated media said on Tuesday. […]
At least 40 people were killed by paramilitary forces in eastern Ethiopia over the weekend, a senior regional official said on Monday, in the latest spate of violence driven by ethnic divisions. Unrest first broke […]
(Adds incident on Sunday, background) By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA, Aug 13 (Reuters) – At least 40 people were killed by paramilitary forces in eastern Ethiopia over the weekend, a senior regional official said on […]
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