By Rédaction Africanews with AFP March 23, 2021 Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said Tuesday his country did not want war with Sudan, as tensions over a contested region along their border spark fears of broader conflict. “Ethiopia also has many problems, and we are not ready to go to battle. We don’t need war. It […]
Agreement includes cooperation on security intelligence, information sharing, and control of organized crimes Benjamin Takpiny |22.03.2021 JUBA, South Sudan The police of South Sudan and Ethiopia have agreed to work together to fight cross-border crimes and ensure security along their borders, an official said. South Sudan’s police spokesman Maj. Gen. Daniel Justin confirmed on
BY BILEH JELAN @BILEHJELAN Addis Abeba March 22, 2021 – Reports of an ongoing conflict between Amhara residents backed by Amhara Special Forces (Liyu Hail), a claim by Oromo witnesses and Oromo residents of both Oromia Special Zone and North Shewa Zone in Amhara Regional State flooded social media over the weekend. The number of
Pnina Tamano-Shata, who immigrated when she was 3, says her firsthand knowledge of the ‘difficulties there are in coming to Israel’ made her want to help new arrivals By RON KAMPEAS JTA — To immigrate to Israel from Ethiopia, Pnina Tamano-Shata’s family had to trek on foot through the desert to Sudan in the middle of
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(Xinhua) — Ethiopia has recorded the highest number of weekly COVID-19 cases in the African continent with 9,329 new COVID-19 cases, the Africa Centers for Disease Control (Africa CDC) disclosed on Thursday. ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, March 21, 2021/APO Group/ –Daily: Laboratory test: 8,227 Severe cases: 576 New recovered: 586 New deaths: 29 New cases: 1,778Total:
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Members of local communities say they plan to relocate after spate of attacks by armed militia targeting civilians of ethnic Amhara origin. By Zecharias Zelalem 20 Mar 2021 Tibebu Girma cannot risk it any longer. A farmer in the Qellem Wollega zone of Ethiopia’s Oromia region, the 30-year-old makes a living by cultivating maize and selling
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The Globe March 19, 2021 Ethiopia’s prime minister issued a “final notice” Friday to the fugitive leaders of the country’s embattled Tigray region, saying they should surrender peacefully to avoid “severe punishment” and prevent the “misery of their people.” At the same time, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed urged the untold hundreds of thousands of ethnic
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The lucrative market is the latest in a burgeoning counterfeit medicines trade run by organised crime networks. 17 MAR 2021 / BY RICHARD CHELIN AND CRAIG MOFFAT New posters have popped up on the streets of South Africa advertising ‘vaccination R150’. At first glance they could be referring to any vaccine, but COVID-19 is likely the disease in question. And
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