Ethiopia

The Renaissance Dam crisis and Ethiopian allegations

By Mohamed Nasr El-Din Allam

EU announces €105.5 million of Covid-19 response support for Horn of Africa countries

BRUSSELS (HORN OBSERVER) The European Union (EU) is providing an additional €105.5 million to countries in the Horn of Africa as the coronavirus pandemic risks worsening the humanitarian situation across the region where many continue to suffer from armed conflict, displacement, and recurrent droughts…

UN in Somalia affirms support on the investigation of downed aid cargo plane in Bardale

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) The Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Mr. Adam Abdelmoula has said he was deeply saddened by the crash of plane carrying humanitarian cargo in Bardale on Monday.

Ethiopia: Forced evictions in Addis Ababa render jobless workers homeless amid COVID-19

ADDIS ABABA (HORN OBSERVER) Addis Ababa municipal authorities have demolished dozens of homes belonging to day labourers over the past three weeks, rendering at least 1,000 people homeless amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Amnesty International said today.

Africa: Armed conflicts and state repression fuel cocktail of human rights violations

Protesters across sub-Saharan Africa have braved bullets and beatings to defend their rights in the face of continuing conflict and state repression, Amnesty International said today as it published its annual review of human rights in the region.

AfDB approves $1.5 million emergency grant to curb desert locusts ravaging East and Horn of Africa

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, April 2, 2020/ -- The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank on Wednesday approved a $1.5 million emergency relief grant to assist nine countries in the East and Horn of Africa on the control of swarms of desert locusts that are threatening livelihoods and food security. 

CPJ: Ethiopian journalist Yayesew Shimelis detained following COVID-19 report

Nairobi, Kenya -- Authorities in Ethiopia should immediately and unconditionally release journalist Yayesew Shimelis and cease detaining journalists without charge, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Somalia: UK supercomputer to combat Africa's worst locust outbreak in decades

A supercomputer funded by UK aid is helping countries in East Africa to tackle devastating locust outbreaks by tracking the insects' movements around the continent.

What did Somalia's President Farmaajo tell African Union Summit in Addis Ababa?

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (HORN OBSERVER) Peace and Security Commission has submitted an outstanding report and I want to emphasise that Somalia is a great example of why we need to silence the guns because with total stability Somalia can be an economic powerhouse playing a key role in the development…

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets African leaders to advance conflict resolution and economic security

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia-- Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau convened a meeting for African heads of state, foreign ministers and representatives of the United Nations and other multilateral bodies on Monday to discuss ways to secure peace across the continent as a necessary condition for prosperity.

President Farmaajo to attend Trilateral summit on Somalia, Eritrea and Ethiopia

MOGADISHU, Somalia - The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, to join H.E President Isaias Afwerki of Eritrea and H.E Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia, in Asmara, Eritrea for the joint trilateral summit involving the countries of the Horn of Africa.

Somalia: Ethiopian officers serving under AMISOM undergo human rights training

BAIDOA . Somalia– Thirty-five Military Officers from Ethiopia serving under sector three of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) on Friday completed a three-day human rights training in Baidoa. The training was to boost their understanding and appreciation of International Human Rights Law…

ICRC: Millions trapped in near-constant crisis in Somalia, Ethiopia

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (HORN OBSERVER) – Millions of people in Somalia and Ethiopia are trapped in near-constant crisis as the combination of droughts, floods, and violence force people from their homes and erode already-fragile livelihoods, International Committee of the Red Cross President Peter…

The 33rd African Union Summit kicks off in Addis Ababa Ethiopia with the 39th Session of the Permanent Representatives Committee

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Under the theme guns: creating conducive conditions for Africa's development', the 33rd African Union (AU) Summit opened on Tuesday 21 January 2020, at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with the conference of the Permanent Representatives' Committee…

East African people risk plunging into hunger as locust outbreak threatens food security

NAIROBI, Kenya (HORN OBSERVER) - A serious and widespread Desert Locust outbreak is destroying crops and pasture across eastern Ethiopia and neighbouring areas of Somalia, parts of Sudan, Eritrea and northern Kenya with a high risk of further spread in the absence of immediate and significant scale…

Ethiopia: 8.4 million people are in need of humanitarian aid, UN says

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (HORN OBSERVER) - The United Nations says some 8.4 million Ethiopians are projected to have humanitarian needs in 2020, the majority of whom are in Oromia (3.3 million), followed by Somali region (2.4 million) and Amhara (1.0 million).

Ethiopia deploys new spies to Somali region amid fears of terror attack

JIGJIGA, Ethiopia, (HORN OBSERVER) - The Ethiopian Federal Intelligence Service says it has trained 532 Special Forces to fight terrorism in the Somali State amid fears of possible terror attacks.

One killed, another injured in the Ethiopian Somali region amid protests against mosques burn in Amhara region

JIGJIGA, Ethiopia (HORN OBSERVER) Authorities in Somali State in Ethiopia have said at least one person was shot dead and another wounded after the security forces clashed with angry protesters in Jigjiga on Tuesday.

Eritrea to build new embassy in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki together with Ethiopian prime minister Dr Abiy Ahmed have laid foundation stone for a new Eritrean embassy building in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopian media reported.