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At least nine persons have been killed and dozens others wounded on Saturday at about midday in Moyale town of Oromia region, a border town crossing between Ethiopia and Kenya, after federal security forces fired on civilians, according to the…
Officials of the French business confederation (MEDEF) are in Ethiopia to explore and identify projects they want to invest in, according to the French daily Le Monde. After undertaking similar tasks in Kenya for three days, 40 business executives under…
Ethiopian authorities have arrested an outspoken university lecturer and a blogger Seyoum Teshome in Wolisso town, 114kms west of Addis Ababa today. Seyoum, a teacher at Ambo University in Wolisso campus, was picked up at his house by armed federal…
Ethiopian students benefiting from a Hungarian government scholarship complained about financial hardship and asked their government to support them to cater for their basic needs because their stipends are inadequate. The students, numbering over 30, are beneficiaries of the Stipendium…
Following the ratification of the controversial state of emergency last Friday, people in many parts of Oromia region stayed away from work today as part of a three-day strike called by activists. Shops were shut and roads deserted in the…
Ethiopian opposition politician Yonatan Tesfaye was released from Ziway prison as part of a presidential pardon. Yonatan had been among journalists and politicians line up to be freed on Mid-February but his release delayed because he refused to sign false…
Historian and a specialist in conflict resolution, Professor Gebru Tareke says he fears Ethiopia’s foundation that was laid 122 years ago in the aftermath of the Adwa victory against an invading Italin army could be crumbling, speaking in connection with…
Awash International Bank S.C. (AIB), one of the biggest private commercial banks in Ethiopia, found itself on the wrong side of the fence with accusation of unpaid bill. A lawsuit was brought at the Federal Higher Court by Giga Construction…
Effort began to resolve the Somali regional and Oromia dispute and political crisis using traditional problem-solving methods and customary negotiations, Ethiopia Observer has learnt. Led by Getahun Hussein, Chairperson of the Public Consultative Forum of Ethiopia on Peace Development and…
Ethiopian security forces opened fire on civilians at a market in Dembi Dolo, a town 450 kilometres south-west of Addis Ababa, of Oromia Regional State on Saturday, February 24. One person died and multiple people were injured, the Voice of…