The Dawn of a New Era in the Horn of Africa
Since the signing of peace and friendship between Eritrea and Ethiopia last June, tremendous progress has been achieved in the Horn of Africa region. Hope has flourished. The driving force was the...
View ArticleEthiopia: PM Warns of Stern Action Over Violence
“It should be clear that there is a limit to patience” “The use of force and violence cannot be the way to demand rights or raise questions. We have to believe in discussion and not in violent...
View ArticleEthiopia Warns Sudan Over illegal Arms Smuggling
“We have informed Sudanese authorities to tighten their border control to deter smuggling, else will lead to eventual cutting or impacting of diplomatic relations” – Ethiopian FM Ethiopia’s border with...
View ArticleUN Chief: There Is ‘Wind of Hope’ in Africa
“UN to support the wind of hope in Africa” – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres BY MARGARET BESHEER | VOA NEWS United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday that there has been a...
View ArticleEthiopia Denies Reports About Severing Ties with Sudan
Ethiopia denies media reports about FM Workneh Gebeyehu threatening Sudan to either tighten its border security control or risk severing diplomatic ties. BY SUDAN TRIBUNE The Ethiopian government on...
View ArticleEU Allocates €20m to Reconnect Eritrean Ports with Ethiopia Border
Purpose: To rehabilitate road connections between the Ethiopian border and Eritrean ports in order to boost trade and create jobs. President Isaias today met EU Commissioner for International...
View ArticleEthiopia: Ogaden Rebel Groups ONLF Abandons Armed Struggle
Fully disarmed and reintegrated. With this, the decade old armed struggle in the oil and gas rich Ogaden region of Ethiopia comes to an end. (File photo: ONLF rebels returning back to Ethiopia from...
View ArticleLuxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn off to Ethiopia, Eritrea
The visit to the two African countries stands in an historical context since both countries are on course for a political rapprochement after years of conflict. BY JCA Luxembourg Minister of Foreign...
View ArticleIs the Honeymoon Over for Prime Minister Abiy?
Is the new PM in charge as a leader? Does he have the clout and respect, and not just love from the people, from the various political parties, factions and the military or is he being influenced and...
View ArticleEthiopia, Djibouti Sign $4b Gas Pipeline Construction Project Deal
Based on the production sharing agreement, the Ethiopian government has a 15 percent stake while China’s Poly-GCL owns a majority 85 percent. The 767km long Calub and Hilala gas development project in...
View ArticleEthiopian Medical Doctors Complete 2-Month Eritrea Voluntary Service
The Ministry of Health organized a farewell reception for the 35 young Ethiopian Doctors in recognition of their two-months voluntary health services in Eritrea. BY ETHIOPIAN EMBASSY (ASMARA) The...
View ArticleTPLF’s Latest Strategy to Return to Power, Restore Ethnic Apartheid in Ethiopia
The TPLF wolf in sheepskin is in your midst. Beware or the wiley wolf will get you by the jugular. The TPLF hunkered and bunkered down at the Axum Hotel in Mekele is negotiating to create an opposition...
View ArticleKenya, Ethiopia Leaders in Eritrea for Tripartite Summit
BY TESFANEWS* Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta and Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed have arrived on separate flights earlier on Sunday in Eritrea’s capital, Asmara for an official two-day visit....
View ArticleEritrea, Ethiopia Leaders to Visit South Sudan
“The visit aims at strengthening the relations between South Sudan, Ethiopia and Eritrea.” – South Sudan Information Minister BY SUDAN TRIBUNE The Eritrean and Ethiopian leaders are expected on Monday...
View ArticleEritrea, Ethiopia Leaders Paid One-Day Visit to South Sudan
BY TESFANEWS Ethiopia’s PM Abiy Ahmed and his Eritrean counterpart President Isaias Afwerki have departed from Asmara International Airport on Monday morning to Juba, the Republic of South Sudan, for...
View ArticleEthiopia and Eritrea Seek to Boost South Sudan Peace Deal
Their visit comes amid increasing warnings that a deal signed last year to end South Sudan’s civil war is falling apart. BY AFP The leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea met South Sudan’s President Salva...
View ArticleAmhara Regional State Warns Tigray Military Build up Unacceptable
Amhara regional state called up on the Tigray people to foil TPLF leaders push for war with Amhara BY BORKENA Amhara Regional State Council is holding its 12th regular congress in Bahir Dar starting...
View ArticleThe Praxis of ‘Medemer’ in the Horn of Africa
Is there anyone better than PM Abiy and President Isaias to teach, preach and demonstrate in practice that it is perfectly possible to have peace and reconciliation among “enemies”? What could South...
View ArticleOLF Rebels in Rehab Camps on Hunger Strike
Former OLF rebels at the Tolay rehabilitation camp in Ethiopia reportedly begun a hunger strike to protest poor living conditions. BY EZEGA NEWS Former Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) rebels being...
View ArticleEritrea Begins Engagement with Somaliland
The trip marks the first-ever Eritrean gov’t delegation visit to Somaliland BY SHABAIT Senior Eritrean delegation comprising Mr. Osman Saleh, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Presidential Advisor Mr....
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