By August 6th Ethiopia had recorded 20,900 cases and 365 deaths, with a recent upsurge since mid-July, particularly in the last fortnight. A fifth of the cases (20%) but more than a quarter of the deaths (28%) occurred in the…
The Oromia region wing of Prosperity Party (PP) has suspended Minister of Defense and former president of the Oromia Regional State, Lemma Megerssa, and two other officials from party membership, party spokesperson disclosed on Sunday. At the end of its…
(AP)-An official in Ethiopia’s northeastern Afar region says heavy flooding has displaced some 20,000 people from their homes. “The flooding has caused damages to properties and killed several dozens of animals,” Kulsuma Burhaba Ali, deputy head of the region’s disaster…
Police accused Workineh of selling cigarettes – a claim he denied. A 26-year-old Ethiopian national died in a hospital on Monday after allegedly being beaten by police while he was at his shop in Tembisa, a township northeast of Johannesburg,…
“They sicced a dog on him,” says Taher Omar Huru, a 47-year-old Ethiopian refugee and a local community leader in Cairo, pointing to different body parts. “The dog bit him here, and here and here … His only crime was being…
Ethiopia surpassed 20,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 Wednesday, with state health officials reporting 459 more cases and thirteen additional deaths linked to the disease caused by the coronavirus. The Ethiopian Ministry of Health in a statement issued revealed that from…
(Anadolu Agency)- Russia is planning to step up its military cooperation with African countries as part of its new Africa strategy, including building bases in six countries, Germany daily Bild reported Tuesday, citing a secret German Foreign Ministry report. The…
ታሪኳ ጌታቸው እነዛ ቀደምቶች በላባቸው የሚያድሩ፣ ይታደሱ ነበር በህብረት ሲዘምሩ። መጣር፣ መጋር ሲያርድ፣ ሲተሳሰር ጉልበት፣ ማንጎራጎር ነው ደግ፤ ያነቃል ከድክመት፤ አዝማሪም ዘማች ነው፣ ሲገባ ጦርነት። ተማሪውም ሲጓዝ እፍኝ ቆሎ ቋጥሮ፣ እየዘገነ ነው ከግጥም ማሰሮ። ያለአልቃሹ እንባ አይወርድም ኃዘኑ፣ አይፈርስም ድንኳኑ።…
By Abraham Verghese Abraham Verghese was born and raised in Addis Ababa to Indian parents who worked as teachers. He began his medical training in Addis Ababa and he completed his training at Madras Medical College, the year Emperor Haile…
Fourteen civilians were killed in an attack Monday in Guba woreda of Benishangul-Gumuz region, Amhara regional state’s director of communications said Wednesday. Organized groups armed with guns killed the civilians based on their ethnicity in the Gabu district of Benishangul-Gumuz…