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At UN, Eritrea’s Foreign Minister says peace deal with Ethiopia ends ‘dark chapter,’ paves way for development - UN News
Osman Mohammed Saleh, Eritrea’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, told the United Nations General Assembly that the recently signed Peace Agreement between his country and Ethiopia “brings to an end a dark, two-decades-old, a chapter of war,...

Ethiopia's Meskel festival: Bonfires, robes and crosses - BBC
Ethiopians are celebrating the annual Meskel festival, the first big festival of the Ethiopian religious year.
According to Ethiopian Orthodox Christian tradition, the national holiday marks the finding of the cross that Jesus was crucified...

Ethiopia: Statement by Oromo political groups irresponsible, detrimental to peaceful political reforms, says expert [by Engidu Woldie]
Ethiopia: Statement by Oromo political groups irresponsible, detrimental to peaceful political reforms, says expert
[by Engidu Woldie]
ESAT News (September 25, 2018)
A statement today by Oromo political fronts labeling other groups as enemies...

Ethiopia's Oromo Peoples Democratic Organisation rebrands - The East African (blog)
By ANDUALEM SISAY
Ethiopia’s Oromo Peoples Democratic Organisation (OPDO) has rebranded itself as the Oromo Democratic Party (ODP).
The party of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is one of the four corporate members of the ruling coalition,...

Turmoil kills dozens in Ethiopia
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Addis Ababa Police Commission says most victims were beat with clubs and stones, or in fist fight
Twenty-eight people were killed last week in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa amid turmoil in the city, police confirmed...

Toll from Ethiopia bloodshed at least 58 - Rappler
The cited figure is more than double government estimates, and could be as high as 65, according to another source
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – At least 58 people were killed during a weekend of ethnic violence in Ethiopia’s capital, an...