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South Sudan ambassador dismisses rift with Ethiopia (AP)
South Sudan’s ambassador to Ethiopia has dismissed reports that relations are strained between the two countries after President Salva Kiir visited Egypt early this month
By ELIAS MESERET, Associated Press
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP)...
Habtamu Ayalew Medical Fund
This is regarding our brother and a dear son of Ethiopia, Habtamu Ayalew.
Dear fellow Ethiopians,
We would like to express our sincere thanks and appreciation for your generosity in support of Habtamu Ayalew’s Medical Fund. Nine months...
EXCLUSIVE - 'Please just let me speak to my daughter': Biological mother of Angelina Jolie’s adopted girl Zahara, 12, demands access from Ethiopia after Brangelina love split (Daily Mail)
Mentewab Dawit Lebiso was forced to give her daughter up after she was raped
Poverty stricken 31-year-old was attacked then fell sick after her baby was born
Jolie adopted the daughter from Ethiopia believing she was an ‘Aids orphan’
Now...
New drought strikes millions in Ethiopia, still reeling from El Nino
Reuters
By Katy Migiro
NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Millions of Ethiopians face a hunger crisis for a second consecutive year after drought hit sub-Saharan Africa’s second most populous nation, the United Nations said on...
Ethiopia: U.S. Embassy suspends travel to Gondar
The U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa is temporarily suspending all travel for U.S. Chief of Mission employees to Gondar until further notice.
The Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) said in a security message to U.S.citizens that the Embassy...
Ethiopia: Year of Brutality, Restrictions (HRW)
Restore Rights, Address Grievances
(Nairobi) – Ethiopia plunged into a human rights crisis in 2016, increasing restrictions on basic rights during a state of emergency and continuing a bloody crackdown against largely peaceful protesters,...
Ethiopia targets opposition who met with European lawmakers (AP)
By ELIAS MESERET
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopia said Monday it will not release a leading opposition figure detained under the country’s state of emergency after meeting with European lawmakers in Belgium.
Prime Minister Hailemariam...