Ethiopia

Switzerland - The UN Migration Agency (IOM) is deeply concerned by the situation of approximately 260 Somali and Ethiopian migrants and refugees, including many children, held captive by smugglers and/or criminal gangs in Libya. In a video posted on Facebook on 9 June, hundreds...

By:Mfonobong Nsehe ,   CONTRIBUTOR I chronicle Africa's success stories and track its richest people Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. A few Ethiopians have built multi-million and billion dollar empires in industries as diverse as agriculture, food, construction, energy and distribution and earned multi-million dollar...

By Amine Ater Ethiopia is forced to find a new home port to break its addiction to Djibouti where pass 90% of Ethiopian trade flows The Ethiopian Government is currently negotiating to buy shares in a joint venture involving DP World Ltd. This company is about...

By:Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban SUDAN-Ethiopia and Egypt have called on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to suspend International Criminal Court (ICC) investigations against Sudanese president Omar Al-Bashir. The call was made by top diplomats of the respective countries at the UN. Omar al-Bashir is wanted...

Horndiplomat-(Addis Ababa ) The Ethiopian news agency ENA reports the Ethiopia will contribute its due share in resolving the dispute among Gulf countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced. As Ethiopia believes in the importance of peaceful resolution of disputes, it will contribute its share...

  Social media users in Ethiopia have been able to use social networking sites Facebook and Twitter from Friday night without proxy sites after the social media platforms were unblocked by Ethiopian authorities. For the last nine months, Ethiopia's two most popular social networking sites had...

Ethiopian authorities have restored internet access across the country a little over a week after imposed a blackout, the BBC reports. According to the authorities, the blockage was to preserve the integrity of nationwide examinations that were slated between May 31 and June 8. The Grade...

By Nizar Manek Friday June 9, 2017 Ethiopia is in talks to acquire shares in a joint venture involving DP World Ltd. that will manage a port in northern Somalia, a Somali official said, a move that could give the fast-growing yet landlocked Horn of Africa...

By Muluken Yewondwossen Ethiopia is looking to be part of the tripartite investment and shareholders in Berbera Port of Somaliland that was previously managed by the Dubai based DP World and the Somaliland government. Recently Somaliland media outlets quoted Hussein Ige Dayr, spokesperson for the president...

  Internet access across Ethiopia has been blocked to prevent national exam papers leaking online, a government spokesman has claimed. "The shutdown is aimed at preventing a repeat of leaks that occurred last year," Mohammed Seid at the Office for Government Communications Affairs, told the Reuters...