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Abraham Fisseha
First overland aid flows into flooded Ethiopia
The first overland relief supplies for tens of thousands of victims of fatal flash floods reached devastated southern Ethiopia on Tuesday, amid fears of a sharp rise in the death…
Ethiopian floods: Rescuers scramble to find survivors
Emergency workers in south-west Ethiopia scrambled on Thursday to rescue thousands marooned by the latest in a series of deadly flash floods across the nation feared to have…
More bodies found in flood-hit Ethiopia
The death toll from weekend Ethiopia floods that devastated an eastern town rose to 250 on Thursday as rescue efforts entered a fourth day, making it the worst flooding disaster…
Hopes fade for survivors in Ethiopian floods
Hopes faded on Tuesday for finding survivors from hundreds of people missing after murderous weekend flash floods devastated a town in eastern Ethiopia, officials and residents…
Ethiopian flood toll passes 200
Rescuers clawed through mud and debris with their hands, garden tools and heavy equipment in eastern Ethiopia on Monday, searching for hundreds of people missing after lethal…
More than 70 killed in Ethiopian floods
At least 72 people were killed early on Sunday in flash floods after an intense, sudden downpour pounded eastern Ethiopia, many of the victims swept away while asleep, medical…
Court delays verdict in Mengistu genocide trial
An Ethiopian court on Tuesday postponed its verdict in the marathon genocide trial of former dictator Mengistu Haile Miriam until next year, saying it had to consider new defence…
Ethiopians face new famine threat
Halima Abdullah Aden was just a teenager when she watched her father and two brothers die during the last famine that hit Ethiopia’s remote south-east Somali state six years ago.…
Jailed Ethiopian opposition leaders denied bail
An Ethiopian court on Wednesday denied bail to a group of 131 detained Ethiopian opposition figures and journalists who face treason and other charges relating to an alleged plot…
AU seeks to defuse Chad-Sudan tensions
The African Union said on Saturday it had sent a delegation to Chad and Sudan in a bid to defuse rapidly escalating tensions between the neighbours marked by Ndjamena’s…
Ethiopian clashes alarm AU and US
At least 27 people were killed on Wednesday as armed police clashed with demonstrators in the Ethiopian capital, prompting calls for restraint from the African Union and the…
Appeal for African union on Security Council seats
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday urged divided African leaders to forge a consensus on United Nations reform to keep the continent from losing out if the UN…
Ethiopian opposition says fraud probes a ‘total failure’
Ethiopia’s two main opposition groups said on Tuesday that probes into alleged mass fraud in disputed May elections had been a ”total failure” and accused the government of…
Ethiopia’s election furore sparks boom for free press
The uproar over Ethiopia’s hotly contested general elections last week and confusion and delays in releasing the results have sparked a massive boom for the country’s nascent…
Ancient Ethiopian obelisk heads home
Bursting with national pride, Ethiopians this week celebrate the long-awaited return home of the famed Axum obelisk, a huge third-century BC funeral stela plundered by fascist…