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Ethiopian army takes over Somali region security - The East African
By ANDUALEM SISAY
The East African
Ethiopian army has taken over the security of the volatile eastern Somali region after heavy fighting over the weekend left an unknown number of civilians dead and thousands displaced.
The region’s...
Ethiopian government signs deal with Oromo rebels to end hostilities - Reuters
Aaron Maasho
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s government has signed an agreement to end hostilities with the Oromo Liberation Front, which it had previously declared a terrorist movement, state television reported on Tuesday.
The...
Civilians killed, thousands displaced in eastern Ethiopia - Times
BY AFP
Fighting in Ethiopia’s volatile eastern Somali region over the weekend has left an unknown number of civilians dead and thousands displaced, the patriarch of Ethiopia’s Orthodox church told state media on Monday.
It was unclear...
Unrest spreads in eastern Ethiopia after deployment of troops - Reuters
Aaron Maasho
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Mobs looted shops and burned down properties in Ethiopia’s eastern Somali region on Saturday, as unrest gained momentum and spread across the province following deployment of soldiers, witnesses...
Ex-Ethiopian dictator Mengistu meets former leader in Harare - ABC News
By ELIAS MESERET, ASSOCIATED PRESS
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia
The former Ethiopian dictator Colonel Mengistu Hailemariam has met with Ethiopia’s former Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn in Zimbabwe’s capital Harare on Wednesday.
The...
Ethiopian Prime Minister to UAE’s Crown Prince: ‘You have lost Islam’
Middle East Monitor
The Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed bin Zayed, was put in an uncomfortable situation by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali when he asked him to support the establishment of an Islamic institute in Addis Ababa.
Abiy...
