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The supreme body of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Holy Synod, has issued a strongly worded protest against Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed who cast the recent tension in the Church as “an internal matter” and “an ordinary dispute and personal disagreement…
US President Joe Biden nominated State Department diplomat Ervin Jose Massinga as ambassador to Ethiopia. A Foreign Service Minister Counselor and the State Department’s Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of African Affairs, Ervin Massinga served as the Acting…
(Xinhua)–Aid access to the northernmost Tigray region has been gradually opening up since fighting ended early last month, UN humanitarians said on Thursday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said food and other supplies are being…
U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken had meetings on Tuesday afternoon with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on the implementation of the November 2 Cessation of Hostilities Agreement and the urgent need for all Eritrean forces to leave Ethiopia,…
Nearly 50 African leaders, including Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, are attending the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit that begins Tuesday in Washington. The three-day summit is meant to advance shared priorities through conversations focused on numerous global crises and challenges, including…
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi called for Ethiopia to engage “in good faith” to reach a legally binding agreement on the Grand Renaissance Dam that Ethiopia is building on the Blue Nile River. In his speech at the first China-Arab…
Serious human rights violations including mass killings, violence, and mass displacement of civilians are occurring in various areas of the Oromia region, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) announced Thursday. The report by the state-affiliated but independent human rights watchdog…
The delegation of the African Union led by Olusegun Obasanjo, the AU High Representative for the Horn of Africa is in Mekele for a talk with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) leaders. The delegation, who visited Mekele for the…
Ethiopian Airlines is set to resume service to the Tigray region, suspended due to the conflict. CEO of Ethiopian Airlines Mesfin Tassew told local media that the airline has completed all preparations to resume scheduled service after the government and…
The federal government and Tigrayan rebels signed an agreement sketching out the roadmap for the detailed implementation of a peace pact that the two sides concluded in South Africa ten days ago. While signing the agreement in the presence of…