Mozambique’s long-held dreams of natural gas have got a fresh boost following an estimated $1.1 billion contract award by ExxonMobil for the Rovuma LNG Phase 1 project in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado region. The signing of the contracts represents a big leap towards FID for the project, whose objective is to build onshore LNG facilities with […]
Walk through Mekelle today and you will see shutters going up and banks serving customers again. Yet the Tigray conflict has left a city that is open but anxious. Ethiopian federal forces and allied fighters retook the Tigray regional capital on October 4, as renewed fighting raised fears that a fragile recovery could be derailed […]
Every cup of coffee you have ever enjoyed owes a debt to the highlands of Ethiopia. Ethiopian coffee is not just another origin on a café menu; it is where the whole story began. Long before coffee shops, espresso machines, or instant sachets, people in this part of the Horn of Africa were already picking […]
Eritrea has asked the world’s top diplomatic body to step in as tensions with Ethiopia edge toward open war. The call for Eritrea UN intervention in Ethiopia standoff came on Saturday, when Foreign Minister Osman Saleh wrote to the Security Council and urged it to take measures to deter Addis Ababa after what he called […]
Mekelle has fallen again, but peace has not followed. The Ethiopia Tigray war escalation is now pulling the whole Horn of Africa into a dangerous guessing game about who will act next. A capital retaken, a war unfinished After nearly two weeks of heavy fighting, Ethiopian federal forces entered the Tigrayan capital as rebel groups, […]
When the Tigray People’s Liberation Front walked out of its own capital, it sent a message across the Horn of Africa. Ethiopian rebel forces withdraw from Tigray capital Mekelle after weeks of fighting, leaving a city of hundreds of thousands to wonder what comes next. Residents have lived through this before, and few are celebrating. […]
Incidents of fighting, internet blackouts, and the closure of airports have increased in Ethiopia as there is increased fighting between the rebels of Tigray and the federal army, which may threaten the 2022 peace accord. There have been fighting incidents outside Tigray as they have spread to Amhara and Afar as people are buying food […]
The United Arab Emirates has launched its orphanage project in Ethiopia’s Oromia region on the orders of President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Dr. Abiy Ahmed who is the Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia officially opened the orphanage in front of several UAE and Ethiopian officials as well as Dr. […]
Prices on the menu at a small hotel on the outskirts of the Ethiopian capital have been erased. It was no mistake, say the waiters, as businesses in Addis Ababa struggle with rampant inflation since the government introduced a flexible exchange rate policy at the end of last month. The value of the Ethiopian birr […]
In a remote area of southern Ethiopia suffering significant rains, at least 157 people have been killed in mudslides. Local authorities said that among the deceased were numerous people trying to save survivors of a previous mudslide. The Kencho Shacha Gozdi area suffered the mudslides. Local administrator Dagmawan Ayele said among those who died were […]
Ethiopia’s Port Access Demands Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed restated the country’s need for access to ports without intentions of invading neighboring states. Abiy stressed Ethiopia’s reliance on the Red Sea for trade, highlighting the significance of port access for a landlocked nation. Peaceful Communication Amid Concerns Abiy’s earlier comments on Red Sea access sparked […]
Ethiopia-Oromo Talks: An Effort for Resolution In an attempt to quell the five-year rebellion in Oromia, the Ethiopian government and the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) are currently in discussions in Tanzania. The OLA, labelled a “terrorist organisation” by Addis Ababa, split from the historic Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) in 2018, initiating prolonged conflict. Optimism Amidst […]
A boat carrying migrants capsizes in Djibouti, killing more than 40 people. The death toll from a boat accident in the Horn of Africa country of Djibouti has risen to 42, she said. The International Organization for Migration on Tuesday, with the second disaster in less than a month. Sixteen children were among the dead, […]
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has warned that “all options are open” after the latest round of talks between his country, Sudan and Ethiopia about a giant dam built by the latter on the Blue Nile ended without progress. The formation of a dispute between Egypt and Ethiopia will be heavy, as Egypt sees Egypt […]
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced last week that Eritrean troops would withdraw from Tigray, in the north of the country, just three days after he finally acknowledged their presence amid growing reports of genocide and sexual violence. Ethiopia has confirmed that Eritrean troops fighting in the war-torn Tigrean region have “begun withdrawing” a day […]
Ruth Chepngetich ran from Yalemzerf Yehualaw of Ethiopia in the final round to win the Half Marathon in Istanbul and set a new world record; The 26-year-old beat the previous record, set 14 months ago by Ababel Yeshaneh, 29 seconds The 26-year-old, who won in 2017 and 2019, ran Ethiopia’s Yalemzerf Yehualaw in the final […]
Ethiopia is one of the rich variety of wildlife in Africa. Ethiopia has a large Variety of Indigenous Plant and Animal Species. The most common wild animals include leopard, cheetah, lion, civet, serval, African bush elephant, bushpig, gazelle, antelope, ibex, kudu, dik-dik, oribi, reedbuck, Somali wild ass, Grévy’s zebra, hyena, baboon, numerous species of monkey […]
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday described the violence in Ethiopia’s Tigrean region as “ethnic cleansing.” The secretary general’s statement comes after evidence emerged of abuses in the region during and after the war. Blinken insisted on the investigation and withdrawal of Eritrean troops from the region, stressing that abuses and ethnic cleansing […]
According to reports from Ethiopia, international staff and journalists arrested in connection with the Tigrey region have been released. Reports say four journalists recently detained in Ethiopia’s conflict-ridden region of northern Tigray have been released. Fitsum Berhane and Alula Akalu, interpreters for AFP and the Financial Times respectively, were arrested by the BBC’s Girmay Gebru […]