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Exiled Ethiopian opposition group holds talks with government (Times LIVE)
Ethiopia’s newly elected prime minister Abiy Ahmed attends a rally during his visit to Ambo in the Oromiya region, Ethiopia April 11, 2018. Image: REUTERS
An exiled Ethiopian opposition party from the country’s restive Oromiya...
Ethiopia suspends MIDROC Gold mining license after weeks of protests
Ethiopia has suspended a mining licence for MIDROC Gold, company owned by Saudi billionaire Mohammed al-Amoudi, after more than a week of sometimes violent protests in a town near the mine.
Demonstrators had blockaded roads in the country’s...
Ethiopia drops terror, other charges against Swedish doctor
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia has dropped terrorism and other charges against a Swedish doctor who had been accused of corruption and orchestrating a prison fire, the state-owned Ethiopian News Agency reported Friday.
The Ethiopian-born...
Protesters Demand Ethiopia Cancel Billionaire's Gold-Mine Permit (Bloomberg)
Demonstrators say pollution caused illness, livestock deaths
Government extended mining license for a decade last month
By Nizar Manek
Protesters in Ethiopia’s restive Oromia region demanded the government withdraw a gold-mining permit...
The assassination of Gezahegn Gebremeskel: Who killed the Ethiopian activist? (M&G)
Simon Allison
Zagbo Pascal saw it happen. He was on the corner of Kerk and Polly streets in downtown Johannesburg, hanging out with some friends, when a single gunshot rang out. It was 5pm on Saturday, April 21, still broad daylight, and the...
Ethiopian state of emergency must end, says journalist freed from jail (Reuters)
Jackson Njehia
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s prime minister Abiy Ahmed should fulfill his pledge to expand political freedoms by lifting a state of emergency, said a journalist released in February after six years...