Somalis angered at ONLF transfer, Ethiopian Communication Minister confirms Somali government handed Muse over
Mogadishu (Hol) - Reports that a rebel commander with the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) has been handed “illegally" over to Ethiopian authorities by Somali government officials has caused a collective uproar by Somali’s both at home and in the diaspora.
The reports were confirmed...
Top ONLF leader handed down to Ethiopia
A top leader of the banned Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) has been handed down to Ethiopia by Somalia government, sources said.
Abdikarim Sheikh Muse, known by his nickname “Qalbi dagah” was captured in the northern town of Adado town, 500km north of the Somali...
Ethiopia’s coffee industry threatened by climate change
Global warming is affecting the lives of an estimated 15 million Ethiopian farmers, who heavily rely on the coffee industry for their livelihood.
Ethiopia is Africa's largest coffee producer and ranks fifth globally, but dry spells are having a direct effect on production.
"The amount of...
Ethiopia to Djibouti: A Journey Along the New Beijing-Backed Ethiopia-Djibouti Rail
BY JONATHAN KAIMAN AND NOAH FOWLER
BISHOFTU, Ethiopia—The shoe factory felt endless. Thousands of Ethiopians in yellow and red jumpsuits sat in neat rows beneath a cavernous ceiling, assembling, inspecting, and packaging women’s shoes. Overhead, red banners flaunted slogans in English, Chinese, and Amharic, Ethiopia’s...
Why Dozens of East African Teens Drowned Off Yemen’s Coast
Smugglers have twice forced African migrants off their boats near Yemen this month, leaving dozens to drown. Fatima Mohie-Eldin from Muftah explains the two deadly episodes and looks at why young Ethiopians and Somalis are still trying to sail to war-torn Yemen.
On August 10,...
Ethiopian maid thrown off 7th floor of Kuwait apartment returns home
An Ethiopian maid who was forcibly thrown from the seventh floor of a building in Kuwait has returned to the country four months after the incident that sparked outrage in the Gulf country and abroad.
The Addis Standard news portal shared photos of Adesech Sadik...
Ethiopia secures land for port facility in Sudan
By Birhanu Fikade
Following his official visit to the Sudan this week, Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn has inked an agreement that would enable Ethiopia to develop a port facility at the Port Sudan through which the government contemplates to handle half its foreign trade volume.
Asked...
Somaliland-Ethiopia relationship:an initiative for regional economic integration and deepening political stability in the horn of africa (By: Mohamed A. Mohamoud “Barawani”)
Horndiplomat-Somaliland-Ethiopia relationship:an initiative for regional economic integration and deepening political stability in the hornof africa (By: Mohamed A. Mohamoud “Barawani”).
ABSTRACT-This paper is going to analyze and light on the political, economic, and trade cooperation between Somaliland and Ethiopia, the paper explores how Somaliland and...
Ethiopian PM, others summoned by court as witnesses in terrorism trial
Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemeriam Desalegn and two other government officials have been summoned by a federal high court to serve as witnesses in the ongoing terrorism and criminal trials of two Oromo opposition leaders and 15 others.
The Prime Minister, Speaker of Parliament Abadula Gemeda...
Ethiopian camps swell with internal migrants as most aid goes elsewhere
Fourteen kilometres outside the Ethiopian town of Gode, a group of women with bands of dusty children clutching their dresses point to a patch of ground on the outskirts of their makeshift settlement, where their prized black-headed sheep lie dead.
The women remain friendly despite...