A woman in Ethiopia has given birth to five babies at once after waiting 12 years to become a mother, in a rare medical event that has drawn widespread attention. According to reports cited by the BBC, the 35-year-old woman from Ethiopia’s Harari region welcomed quintuplets after more than a decade of hoping to have […]
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Pakistan, Ethiopia agree to expand trade, JVs, tourism cooperation
Federal Minister for Commerce Jam Kamal Khan and Dr. Oumer Hussein Oba held a detailed meeting to explore new avenues for strengthening bilateral trade, industrial collaboration, and regional connectivity between Pakistan and Ethiopia, with a particular focus on expanding engagement across African markets. During the meeting, both sides expressed satisfaction over the growing momentum in […]
Pakistan, Ethiopia to strengthen agricultural cooperation
Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research, Rana Tanveer Hussain, held a high-level meeting with the Ambassador of Ethiopia, Dr. Jemal Beker Abdula, to explore avenues of enhancing bilateral cooperation in the agriculture and livestock sectors. Welcoming the Ambassador, the Minister underlined the longstanding relationship between Pakistan and Ethiopia, emphasizing that both countries, being […]
750 killed in north Ethiopia in second half 2021: rights body
Nairobi: At least 750 civilians were killed or executed in Ethiopia’s Amhara and Afar regions in the second half of 2021, the country’s rights body said in a report published Friday that cataloged widespread abuses, including torture and gang rape. The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission said at least 403 civilians died in air raids, drone […]
UN condemns ‘dangerous’ claims of bias against aid workers in Tigray
The UN’s humanitarian chief on Tuesday condemned “dangerous” accusations by Ethiopian government officials that aid workers were biased in favour of — and even arming — rebel forces in war-hit Tigray. Martin Griffiths also called for access to allow desperately needed aid into the northern region where the UN says hundreds of thousands of people […]
Ethiopia’s Amhara boss urges residents to fight Tigray rebels
Ethiopia’s Amhara region on Sunday called on all armed residents to mobilise for battle against rebels from conflict-hit Tigray, calling it a “survival campaign”, state media reported. Amhara borders Tigray to the south, and the two regions are embroiled in a decades-old land dispute that has become central to the eight-month-old war in Tigray. Sunday’s […]
Ethiopia hits second-year target for filling Nile mega-dam
Ethiopia has attained its second-year target for filling a mega-dam on the Blue Nile River that has stoked tensions with downstream countries Egypt and Sudan, an official told AFP on Monday. “The first filling already was done last year. The second one is already done today. So today or tomorrow, second filling will be announced,” […]
Ethiopia leaders threaten new offensive against Tigray rebels
Ethiopian leaders warned Wednesday they were ready to launch a new offensive against their “enemies” after rebels pushed deeper into Tigray, effectively tearing up a government-declared ceasefire in the war-torn region. Tigrayan forces this week claimed a series of fresh battlefield gains, two weeks after sweeping through much of the northern region and recapturing Tigray’s […]
Transformation and turmoil: Ethiopia under Abiy Ahmed
Abiy Ahmed promised a fresh start after years of iron-fisted rule in Ethiopia, where he became prime minister in 2018 following anti-government street protests in Africa’s second-most populous nation. Results issued Saturday showed his party winning a June election after the country witnessed rapid and historic change in the three years under Abiy. But Ethiopia […]
Ethiopia’s PM Abiy: From peace prize to wartime leader
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed took office vowing sweeping reforms that earned him a Nobel Peace Prize, before becoming mired in a gruesome internal conflict that has drawn global outrage. Now, as he prepares for a new term following a landslide win in a national election, he finds the surge of hope that accompanied his […]