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Ethiopian Prime Minister Resigns

(VOA)-Ethiopia’s prime minister has announced he will resign, in what he says is an effort to advance reforms aimed at easing the country’s political unrest. Speaking on state television Thursday, Hailemariam Desalegn said he has submitted his letter of resignation…

The first round of three-day talks between Ethiopian officials and representatives from the Ethiopian rebel group of ethnic Somalis, Ogden National Liberation Front (ONLF), began Sunday at a secret location in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi. Delegates from the two…

Four people have been shot dead in Hamaresa makeshift camp in the vicinity of Harar where Oromo ethnic group displaced from Somali region have taken refuge. Eleven others have been wounded, the state-owned Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation reported this evening. One…
Journalist Temesgen Desalegn denied entry to US

The recently released journalist and activist Temesgen Desalegn has been denied entry to the United States to address Ethiopian community there, friends said.Though he has a legitimate reason to travel to the United States, he has been denied a visa…
Seven killed at Kobo protest

Seven people have been killed in the northern town of Kobo after security forces fired on a crowd who were reportedly protesting Saturday’s killings in the nearby Woldia town, the Voice of America’s Amharic service reported. A ten-year-old boy and…