African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat on Thursday expressed his hope that the ongoing peace talks between the Ethiopian federal government and the Tigray rebel forces will lead to a ceasefire. The peace talks, which entered day four, will…
Several people were killed in a drone strike at an Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) graduation ceremony in the West Shewa Zone of Oromia region, the BBC Amharic reported. The drone strike targetted a graduation ceremony organized by the group calling…
The African Union has announced that the United States, the United Nations, and the Intergovernmental Authority (IGAD) are participating as observers in the ongoing peace talks between the federal government and Tigrayan forces in Pretoria, South Africa. The African Union…
(Following is a translation of a report by the BBC Amharic about the attacks in the Amhara region carried out by the TPLF last month, published on the news website on October 13, 2022. The text was translated from the…
Rebel forces in the embattled Tigray region on Sunday summoned all the public of the region to war, urging them to join to crush the enemy’s forces. In a statement read on the regional broadcaster Dimtsi Woyane last night, the…
Ethiopia has given the green light to carry out observation field trials for genetically modified potatoes that are said to be resistant to blight, a move seen as a further sign of the country’s growing embrace of the controversial genetic…
(Reuters)-Seven Djiboutian troops have been killed in clashes between the army and an armed opposition group, a presidential adviser told Reuters on Saturday. Djibouti, home to one of East Africa’s major ports as well as U.S. and Chinese military bases,…
Former Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta will be heading to South Africa to join Nigerian counterpart Olusegun Obasanjo on Sunday as mediators for African Union-brokered peace talks between the Federal government and the forces of Tigray, according to Radio-France International (RFI)…
Captain Afework Yohannes (1927-1980) was an Ethiopian journalist, radio presenter, and lyric writer known for his short stories, plays, and reporting on scientific topics. He was particularly known for his lyrical poems and songs of love, which found a larger…