Ethiopia’s drought overlooked as aid funneled to more desperate crises

By James Jeffrey, Al Jazeera Health clinics such as this one in the town of Idaga Hamus, about 30 miles south of the border with Eritrea, aren’t yet inundated with malnourished children — but there are some, like this mother’s Read More ...

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Hand grenade attack kills two at Ethiopian university

By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – A hand grenade attack killed two students and injured six in a university in southern Ethiopia, police said, the second such attack in the country in three weeks. An attacker or attackers hurled Read More ...

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Hand grenade attack kills two at Ethiopian university

By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – A hand grenade attack killed two students and injured six in a university in southern Ethiopia, police said, the second such attack in the country in three weeks. An attacker or attackers hurled Read More ...

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Ethiopia: What if they were really set free?

If the government let people breathe, they might fly ADDIS ABABA AND LALIBELA I The Economist THE Ben Abeba restaurant is a spiral-shaped concrete confection perched on a mountain ridge near Lalibela, an Ethiopian town known for its labyrinth of Read More ...

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Ethiopia: What if they were really set free?

If the government let people breathe, they might fly ADDIS ABABA AND LALIBELA I The Economist THE Ben Abeba restaurant is a spiral-shaped concrete confection perched on a mountain ridge near Lalibela, an Ethiopian town known for its labyrinth of Read More ...

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Egypt’s Sisi tells Egyptians ‘not to worry’ about Ethiopian dam

Ahram Online The Egyptian president’s statement comes 24 hours after signing a new agreement between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Renaissance dam meetings extended to third day amid ‘hopes of positive results’ Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi told the Egyptians on Wednesday not to worry about the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam,

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Hiber Radio Interview with Chairman of Ethiopia Border Committee

የኢትዮጵያ ድንበር ለሱዳን ተላልፎ ሊሰጥ ጫፍ ላይ የደረሰ ይመስላል። የአገዛዙ <<ጠቅላይ>> ሚኒስትር አቶ ሀይለማርያም ደሳለኝ ባለፈው ወር ይሄንኑ ተግባራዊ የሚያደርግ ስምምነት ካርቱም ላይ ተገኝተው ፈርመዋል። ሕወሃት በትጥቅ ትግል ወቅት ወደ ስልጣን ለመውጣትና ከወጣም በሁዋላ በዛ በኩል ለስልጣኑ የሚያሰጉት እንዳይመጡ በአገር ጥቅም እስከመደራደር፣ አሳልፎ እስከመስጠት እየሄደ ነው የሚል ጠንካራ ስሞታ ይቀርባል። አቶ ሀይለማሪያም ሰሞኑን በኢትዮጵያውያን በኩል ይሄን ሩጫቸውን በመቃወም የአገራችንን ድንበር አትስጡ የሚል ወቀሳ ለማጣጣል ከመሞከር አልፈው <<ተቆርሶ የሚሰጥ መሬት የለም>> ከማለት አልፈው ለሱዳን ጥብቅና ቆመዋል። በዚህ ጉዳይ ላይ ኢትዮጵያውያንን በማስተባበር ድንበሩ ተቆርሶ እንዳይሰጥ ላለፉት ዓመታት ድምጹን በየመድረኩ የሚያሰማው የኢትዮጵያ የድንበር ጉዳይ ኮሚቴ ምላሽ አለው ። ከአቶ አለሙ ያይኔ የኮሚቴው ሊቀመንበር ጋር ቆይታ አድርገናል።

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Statement by National Security Council Spokesperson Ned Price on the Arrest of Journalists in Ethiopia

Whitehouse Having welcomed developments in Ethiopia earlier this year–including the release of several detained bloggers–that suggested increased protections for the fundamental right of free expression, we are deeply concerned by the recent arrests of other journalists in Ethiopia. We continue to urge the Ethiopian Government to build on earlier developments by strengthening free speech protections

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Ethiopia can’t fill in Renaissance Dam reservoir until studies are finished: Egyptian Minster

Ahram Online Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia agreed on Tuesday on a new French firm which will study the impact of the controversial dam on water shares for Nile basin countries Egypt’s irrigation minister said the Khartoum agreement that was reached on Tuesday between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia on the Grand Renaissance Dam prevents the latter

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French companies tapped to study Nile dam project

Egyptian FM Sameh Shoukri (L) shakes the hand of Ethiopian FM Tedros Adhanom (R) alongside Sudanese FM Ibrahim Ghandour after signing an agreement following talks on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project, in Khartoum on December 29, 2015. Two French engineering companies were chosen Tuesday to carry out environmental impact studies on Ethiopia’s planned Grand

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