ETHIOPIA

The European Union has withdrawn its plans to send observers to a parliamentary election in Ethiopia next month, saying conditions had not been met on communication systems and the mission's independence. Announcing the decision late on…

The G7 group of leading economic powers on Friday called for a “swift, unconditional and verifiable” withdrawal of Eritrean troops from Ethiopia’s conflict-hit northern Tigray region. “We welcome the recent announcement from Prime…

The referee in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier match between Ivory Coast and Ethiopia collapsed and was stretchered off the field on Tuesday, resulting in the game ending with around 10 minutes still to play. Referee Charles Bulu of…

Ethiopia said it would receive 300,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses from China’s state-backed China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm) on Tuesday. The Sinopharm doses are the first shots Ethiopia has secured outside the global COVAX…

Sudan’s Prime Minister has written to the African Union, the United Nations, the European Union, and the United States to formally request their mediation on the Nile water being used to fill Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Sudanese…

United Nations Human Rights Chief Michelle Bachelet called on Ethiopia on Thursday to grant UN monitors access to the Tigray region to investigate reports of continuing killings and sexual violence that may amount to war crimes.…

The Ethiopian government has signed a 24 million U.S. dollars off-grid electrification project contract with three Chinese firms and one South Korean firm, an Ethiopian official said. Speaking to newsmen, Melaku Taye, Communications…

Ethiopia’s Gudaf Tsegay smashed the world indoor 1500m record by over two seconds in Lievin, France, beating Laura Muir, who became the first British woman to break the four-minute barrier when finishing second. Tsegay blew the rest of…

Ethiopia has registered 572 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 143,566, the country's Ministry of Health said. The death toll from COVID-19 in the country reached 2,158 on Tuesday evening after two…

Ethiopia is keen to learn from China's economic transformation as the east African country embarks on its own ambitious economic reform program, Ethiopian official said. Tagesse Chafo, speaker of the Ethiopian Parliament, made the remarks…