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(ENA) The Interim Administration of Tigray region has been undertaking extensive efforts with a view to curbing the challenges being encountered in the region, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Interim Administration, Abreham Belay Said. The CEO made the remark today during his meeting with House of Federation’s Democratic Unity, Constitutional Education and Peace Building […]

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, the most senior U.S. official to visit Cambodia in almost a decade, voiced concern about a possible Chinese military base in the Southeast Asian nation and urged Phnom Penh to drop “politically motivated” court cases against opponents and critics, the State Department said. Sherman met Prime Minister Hun Sen, […]

The brother of World Uyghur Congress president Dolkun Isa has been jailed for life by authorities in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), a police officer from the region told RFA. Hushtar Isa, based in Aksu (in Chinese, Akesu), was reportedly detained in 1998 and sentenced to two years in prison. At the beginning in […]

Addis Ababa May 30/2021 (ENA) Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Sunday laid the foundation stone for the construction of the first phase of Adama-Awash expressway that covers 60-kilometers. The 130 kilometers Adama-Awash expressway as part of the Ethiopia-Djibouti Transport Corridor Project forms regional network serving Djibouti, Somaliland and Eritrea, it was learned. African Development Bank (AfDB) […]

KAMPALA – Thousands of Ethiopians gathered in the nation’s capital Sunday to protest outside pressure on the government over its brutal war in Tigray. Protesters at the rally in Addis Ababa carried banners that criticized the United States and others in the international community who are voicing concern over atrocities in Tigray, where Ethiopian forces […]