Why does Ethiopia fail to make a payment on its debt? – Borkena 21:27
December 29, 2023 By Staff Reporter ADDIS ABABA – (BORKENA) – Ethiopia’s failure to settle its coupon payment (annual interest rate) this month “is not because it lacks the capacity, but it is only for the reason not to harm the loan relief negotiations with other creditors,” State Minister of Finance Eyob Tekalign told Voice of […]
91% of Ethiopia’s Tigray population at risk of starvation, death: Regional president – Anadolu Agency 16:14
Thousands of Tigrayans have perished due to lack of food since November 2022, says regional leader Mohamed Dhaysane |29.12.2023 – Update : 30.12.2023 MOGADISHU, Somalia Ethiopia’s northern region is suffering from dire humanitarian conditions as the risk of starvation and death hovers above the population, the presidency of an interim regional administration said Friday. […]
Ethiopia’s Tigray warns of looming famine – Courthouse News 14:23
Ethiopia’s Tigray warns of looming famine The president of the regional authority highlighted the devastating consequences of the conflict including economic crisis, mass displacement and destruction of health facilities, combined with the shortage of seasonal rains followed by destructive rainfall, as well as locust invasions. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE / December 29, 2023FILE – Medhin Gereziher, 1, is […]
Northern Ethiopia facing famine, says official – BBC 11:28
29th December 2023, 11:23 ESTShare By Kalkidan Yibeltal BBC News, Addis Ababa Getty ImagesThe two-year conflict plus this year’s drought have left many in a desperate situation Ethiopia’s war-scarred Tigray region is “on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe” comparable to the famine in 1984-85 that prompted the global fundraising music event Live Aid, a […]
Cautious optimism as Hemedti makes first foreign trips – The East African 10:50
Sudan RSF chief Hemedti foreign trips end isolation FRIDAY DECEMBER 29 2023 Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni meets Sudan’s RSF leader Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo at Rwakitura in Kiruhura District, Uganda on December 27, 2023. PHOTO | PPUADVERTISEMENT By MAWAHIB ABDALLATIF Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo ‘Hemedti’ this week emerged from isolation […]
African Union Commission Chairperson welcomes the signing of the AU/Ethiopia Grant Agreement to Sustaining Peace in the Tigray Region – African Union 08:53
PRESS RELEASES December 28, 2023 Addis Ababa, 28 December 2023: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, welcomes the signing on 28 December 2023 of the Grant Agreement of one million United States dollars (US $ 1,000,000) between the African Union (AU) and the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia […]
BRICS to Grow as Saudi, Iran, UAE, Egypt, Ethiopia Join Ranks
Ana Monteiro, Bloomberg News The King Abdullah Financial District in Riyadh, (Bloomberg) — Membership of the BRICS group of emerging-market nations is set to double, with Saudi Arabia, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia and Egypt to join its ranks on Jan. 1, South Africa’s envoy to the bloc said. Current members Brazil, Russia, India, China […]
Egypt declares dead end in Renaissance Dam negotiations with Ethiopia, Sudan – Middle East Monitor 04:41
December 28, 2023 at 8:53 pm A view of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in Benishangul-Gumuz, Ethiopia on February 19, 2022 [Minasse Wondimu Hailu/Anadolu Agency] Egypt said Tuesday that the latest round of negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) have failed, Anadolu reports. The latest meeting held in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa did not yield […]
Ethiopia: Prioritize victims amidst legacy of rights abuses, United Nations (UN) office urges
Source: UN News | 20 hours ago The UN human rights office on Thursday urged the Ethiopian Government to ensure that ongoing efforts addressing a legacy of rights abuses, rooted in years of violence and ethnic unrest, prioritize the rights and needs of victims and their families NEW YORK, United States of America, December 29, 2023/APO Group/ — […]
Hemedti on Official Visit to Ethiopia, Holds Talks with PM on Sudan’s Stability – Asharq Al-Awsat 02:54
Arab World Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said he had received Dagalo and his delegation “for a discussion on securing peace and stability in the Sudan”, posting pictures of them seated around a restaurant table. (Ethiopian PM on X) 07:47-29 December 2023 AD ـ 15 Jumada Al-Alkhirah 1445 AH TT20 The leader of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid […]