Ethiopia Warns US Against Spreading False Information on War

ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia’s government has asked the United States to stop spreading what it considers falsehoods against the country, the state minister of communication Kebede Dessisa said Thursday, after the State Department issued an alert about potential “terrorist attacks.” Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government and rebellious forces from the Tigray region in the north have […]

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General Assembly Speakers Insist Security Council Reforms Include Increased Membership from Asia, Africa, Latin America, but Disagree on Use of Veto

Draft Texts on Atomic Energy Agency, Economic and Social Council’s Least Developed Country Category Unanimously Adopted After unanimously adopting two draft resolutions pertaining to the Economic and Social Council and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) today, the General Assembly also concluded its debate on equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security […]

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Ethiopia PM at ‘battlefield’ front to fight rebels: state media

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Wednesday reportedly joined the front line where government forces are battling rebels from the Tigray region, prompting US-led international calls for a diplomatic solution and immediate ceasefire to the conflict. The fighting in the north of Africa’s second-most populous country has killed thousands of people and forced hundreds of […]

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PM Abiy Congratulates Southwest Ethiopia for Joining Federation as Eleventh Region

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has extended his congratulatory message upon the establishment of the Southwestern Ethiopia Regional State. “Congratulations to the people of Southwest Ethiopia for exercising your constitutional rights in a peaceful, legal and democratic manner to establish the 11th region,” the premier said. According to him, this new regional state would be taken […]

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Time for Int’l Community to Stand with Elected Gov’t of Ethiopia, Support Reform Ambitions: Ambassador Hirut

It is time for the international community to support Ethiopia overcome its challenges and to realize its reform ambitions, according to Ambassador Hirut Zemene. In her latest statement on current affairs of Ethiopia, Hirut said Ethiopia is a nation that exhibits centuries old values that weld the people together in bad times and good times. […]

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