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(W42ST)– After 25 years in New York City, Queen of Sheba — the much-loved Ethiopian restaurant on 10th Avenue — will serve its final meal on April 26. Owner Philipos Mengistu cited slow business over the past year as the reason…
(The Jerusalem Post)- Israel’s ambassador to Ethiopia was expelled from the African Union headquarters after member states refused to participate in an annual meeting, the Israeli Foreign Ministry confirmed on Monday. Ministry spokesperson Oren Marmorstein commented, “It is outrageous that,…
(RFI)-“For the first time in 83 years, the storied Voice of America is being silenced,” Michael Abramowitz, the organization’s director, said in a statement. He added that “virtually” the entire 1300-person staff was placed on leave. On Friday, Trump signed…
Armed groups of a dissident faction of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) reportedly opened fire on civilians in the town of Adi Gudem near Mekele on Tuesday evening, resulting in civilian casualties. The faction led by Debretsion Gebremichael has…
The Ethiopian government has distanced itself from an opinion piece penned by the country’s former president Mulatu Teshome, which provoked a strongly worded response from Asmara. A spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nebiat Getachew, said during a press…
Anger erupted in Chagni town, located in the Agew Awi Zone of the Amhara Region, following the shooting of two young men during a traffic stop. The regional government has arrested six suspects, including a kebele administrator. The victims, Meseret…
ዩክሬን እና አሜሪካ በማዕድን ዙሪያ ስምምነት ላይ መድረሳቸውን የዩክሬን ምክትል ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ኦልጋ ስቴፋኒሺና ተናግረዋል። የዩክሬን የዜና ድረ ገጽ ዩክሬንስካ ፕራቭዳ “ሰነዱን የዩክሬን የውጭ ጉዳይ ሚኒስትር አንድሪ ሲቢጋ እና የዩናይትድ ስቴትስ የውጭ ጉዳይ ሚኒስትር ማርኮ ሩቢዮ እንደሚፈርሙት” ገልፆል። ዶናልድ ትራምፕ…
Eight artisanal miners were killed on Monday in Seba Boru Woreda of the Guji Zone in the Oromia region after a tunnel they were digging for gold collapsed, the woreda administrator said. The incident occurred at 3 p.m. at an…
An Amnesty International report on human rights paints a grim picture of Ethiopia’s Amhara region, highlighting widespread arbitrary detentions four months after a state-led campaign began in September 2024. Tigere Chagutah, Amnesty International’s interim regional director for East and southern…
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, along with his wife and government ministers, visited ongoing renovation works in Jimma town, located approximately 335 kilometers west of Addis Ababa in the Oromia region, yesterday. As part of the redevelopment project, 15,000 residential…