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Ethiopia turns on the turbines at giant Nile hydropower plant

Ethiopia began producing electricity on Sunday from its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a multi-billion-dollar hydropower plant on the River Nile that...

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Saudi Arabia urges its citizens to leave Ethiopia as soon as possible

Saudi Arabia urged on Friday its citizens in Ethiopia to leave the country as soon as possible, as concern grows of Tigrayan...

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US advises citizens to leave Ethiopia ‘as soon as possible’

The U.S. embassy in Addis Ababa warned all U.S. citizens to leave Ethiopia as soon as possible, a statement on their website...

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Ethiopia declares nationwide emergency as rebels advance: State media

Ethiopia declared a state of emergency on Tuesday after forces from the northern region of Tigray said they were gaining territory and...

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Tunisia-Renaissance Dam – Ethiopia: Tunisia made a “historic mistake”

The Ethiopian Foreign Ministry in a statement denounced Tunisia’s position, as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, in connection...

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Fighting in Ethiopia’s Afar forces 54,000 people to flee, official says

Attacks by Tigrayan fighters in Ethiopia’s Afar region have forced over 54,000 people from their homes, an official said on Thursday, and...

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At least 100 killed in border clashes between Ethiopia’s Somali and Afar regions – official

Border clashes between Ethiopia’s Afar and Somali regions have killed at least 100 people, a regional official said on Tuesday, the latest...

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Reporter and two media translators arrested in Ethiopia’s Tigray

A BBC reporter and two translators working with journalists from the Financial Times and Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency have been detained...

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Gunmen kill more than 100 in attack in Ethiopia’s Benishangul-Gumuz region

Gunmen massacred more than 100 people in a dawn raid in the western Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia on Wednesday, the human rights...

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Ethiopia PM: Tigray forces have 72-hour to surrender regional capital

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed delivered Tigrayan regional forces 72 hours to surrender before the military launches an attack on the regional...

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Ethiopia accuses WHO chief Tedros of backing Tigray rebels

Ethiopia’s military accused the World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday of supporting and trying to procure arms and...

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Gunmen kill 34 in attack on bus in west Ethiopia

Gunmen killed at least 34 people in a “gruesome” attack on a passenger bus in western Ethiopia, a part of the country...

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Ethiopian maids ‘dumped’ in the streets in Lebanon as COVID hits

Ethiopian mother Alemtsehay Nasir went to Lebanon dreaming that her maid’s job would let her earn money to make a better life...

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Breaking news-Ethiopia begins filling Grand Renaissance dam on Nile

Ethiopia has started filling Grand Renaissance, a giant hydroelectric dam it is building on the Blue Nile, its water minister said on...

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Over 150 killed in Ethiopia protests

At least 166 people have died during violent demonstrations that roiled Ethiopia in the days following the murder of popular singer Hachalu...

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At least 52 killed in Ethiopia protests over singer’s death

At least 50 people were killed in Ethiopia’s Oromiya region in demonstrations following the deadly shooting of a popular singer, a regional...

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3 deadly explosions rock Ethiopian capital during demonstrations

Three explosions wounded and killed an undefined number of people in the Ethiopian capital on Tuesday during demonstrations ignited by the death...

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Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan to agree Nile dam deal in weeks

Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan will accept an agreement to fulfil the giant Blue Nile dam in two to three weeks, after intervention...

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Egypt requests UN Security Council’s intervention over Ethiopia’s Nile dam

Egypt has inquired the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to intervene to settle the conflict over the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam...