The Customs department at Mumbai airport arrested an Indian national with 16 kg of gold worth Rs 8.40 crore, said officials on Thursday. The man was arriving from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to Mumbai. “The Customs Department of Mumbai Airport arrested an Indian national arriving from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to Mumbai, […]
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German acting Foreign Minister calls for cessation of hostilities in Ethiopia
German acting Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has called on the parties to the conflict in Ethiopia to immediately cease hostilities. “The conflict in northern Ethiopia has dangerously escalated a year after its eruption. All the warring sides must immediately cease the hostilities. As earlier, Germany and its partners are calling for negotiations and the […]
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UN Secretary-General expresses concern over escalation of tensions in Ethiopia’s Tigray
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has voiced concern over the recent escalation of tensions in the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray. “Very concerned about the evolution of the situation in Ethiopia, I just spoke to [Ethiopian Prime Minister] @AbiyAhmedAli to offer my good offices to create the conditions for a dialogue so the […]
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Sudan marks notice by Ethiopia on Nile dam as ‘useless’
Sudan said on Tuesday that the notification it received from Ethiopia over the second filling of a huge dam on the Nile River is useless without a negotiated deal among related countries. “The Irrigation and Water Resources Ministry received a letter from its Ethiopian counterpart notifying it has started the second filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance […]
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Saudi Arabia suspends entry from UAE, Ethiopia, Vietnam over Covid-19
Saudi Arabia has suspended entry for citizens of the United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia, and Vietnam over the spread of the coronavirus and its strains in these countries, media reported. Saudi citizens are allowed to visit these countries only after getting a permit from the kingdom’s authorities, the state-run SPA news agency reported. The new restrictions will enter into […]
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Ethiopia reports 570 new Covid-19 cases
The Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health on Saturday reported 570 new COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours, taking the national count to 141,453. The COVID-19 death toll rose to 2,145 after nine new fatalities were recorded, the ministry said. With 290 more recoveries registered, the nationwide count amounted to 125,531, it added. Ethiopia, Africa’s […]
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Ethiopia PM orders final offensive against dissident Tigray leaders
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Thursday ordered Ethiopia’s army to launch a final offensive against Tigray’s dissident leaders in their regional capital Mekele, saying the deadline for surrender had expired. Abiy, the winner of last year’s Nobel Peace Prize, late Sunday gave the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) 72 hours […]