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The United States has announced visa restrictions on Ethiopian and Eritrean officials accused of increasing the six-month-old war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, saying those involved had taken no meaningful steps to end hostilities. US…

Service to social media platforms Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram has been restored in Ethiopia after they were restricted earlier on Monday, internet blockage observatory NetBlocks said. Update: Service to impacted online platforms in…

Ethiopia has postponed parliamentary elections on June 5, the country’s electoral body said, adding it did not foresee a delay of more than three weeks. The Horn of Africa was originally scheduled to hold the vote in August 2020 but it…

Thousands of Ethiopian Muslims gathered at a central square in Addis Ababa on Tuesday night for a massive evening iftar meal, praying for peace at a time of national upheaval. The event, the first of its kind in the capital, came as…

The United Nations(UN) announced that it has released $65 million for humanitarian aid in Ethiopia, including $40 million for the Tigray region where a military operation launched in November has escalated into a war in which widespread…

Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki is in Khartoum for talks with Sudanese officials, in a two-day visit taking place amid tensions between the governments of Ethiopia, a close ally of the Eritrean leader, and Sudan. Accompanied by…

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said the National Defense Forces and Federal Police are currently conducting joint operations in eight fronts to clear out those mercenaries engaged in the execution of civilians. His remark came on…

The foreign ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan will meet in Kinshasa from Saturday for talks on the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile, Democratic Republic of the Congo officials said. The three-day…

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has warned there would be severe regional consequences if Egypt’s water supply were affected by a giant hydropower dam being built by Ethiopia. Egypt, along with its southern neighbour Sudan, is…

The Ethiopian Federal Police Commission Saturday said it has apprehended 359 individuals for alleged involvement in organized and widespread crimes in Addis Ababa surrounding areas. In a statement it released on Saturday, the commission…