In its recent press release on the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa, Ethiopian Airlines, the continent’s leading carrier, has unveiled its precautionary measures concerning its flights from West African counties. The press release read thus: The safety and well-being of its customers and staff always come first for Ethiopian. Though Ebola has not been […]

It is surprising to see American media pay unusually high interest in the missing Ethiopian athletes. Most reporters imply that the athletes may file for Asylum even though they have six months valid visa and didn’t indicate interest in asylum. Do the reporters want the athletes to stay in in America and run for U.S.A.? […]

Sheikh Umar Khan fought on the front lines against Ebola and is credited with treating more than 100 victims Sierra Leone’s top Ebola doctor, Sheikh Umar Khan on Tuesday died from complications of the disease. His death came just days after three nurses who worked with him perished. Khan served on the front lines of […]

Thank you for that introduction, Dr. Admasu Tsegaye [President of Addis Ababa University]. Prime Minister Hailemariam; distinguished guests; faculty and students of Addis Ababa University. I am deeply grateful for this honorary degree. I never got my real degree. I dropped out to start Microsoft, and never went back. So getting a diploma I can […]

An Ethiopian opposition leader, who was sentenced to death while in exile for plotting a coup, has been extradited from Yemen to Ethiopia, his group says. Andargachew Tsege, who is also a British national, is secretary-general of the banned Ginbot 7 movement. The Ethiopian government allegedly requested his extradition after he was arrested in Yemen […]

The award was given to Ethiopian for achieving an average dispatch reliability rate of 99.4 percent, making it first in the overall Q-400 product category for the Middle East and Africa region. The award recognizes the skill and dedication of Ethiopian employees working on the turbo prop and light aircraft of the airline. Ethiopian CEO […]

Ethiopian airlines announced that it ranked 18th among the top 50 airlines in the world based on the 228 million USD operating profit it earned for 2013 by International Air Transport Association (IATA). Ethiopian has also got the leading place in Africa for its operating profit margin. For its total income amounting to 2.3 billion […]

Egyptian citizen Hamdy Al-Anany was deported from Ethiopia, an incident that prompted the Egyptian Foreign Ministry to express “deep regrets,” and demand explanation in a statement on Sunday. Getachew Reda communication advisor to the Prime Minister confirmed Al-Anany’s deportation to The Reporter. Al Anany served as Ethiopia’s director of Egypt’s official state-run news agency, the […]

The construction of the Assossa stadium which will be built with 300 mln birr is started. The construction of the stadium is also considered as one part of the preparation the region engaged in for the next year’s the 9th Nations and Nationalities day celebration. The beginning of the stadium’s construction is celebrated on the […]

Ahmed Shaker flew to Addis Ababa Sunday to participate in the US-Africa Energy Conference, aimed at developing sustainable energy projects on the continent Egypt’s minister of electricity and renewable energy, Mohamed Shaker, headed to Ethiopia Sunday to participate in the US-Africa Energy Conference aimed at developing energy plans in Africa, reported the state-owned MENA news […]

The satellite operator, ArabSat (Arab Satellite Communication Organisation) claimed last week that “many TV channels on-board its fleet of satellites have been the subject of intentional jamming for the past week” and the that the interference originated from Ethiopian territories. There was no reaction from Ethiopian officials so far. Though, it is speculated that it […]

The governor of Somalia’s Bakool region, Mohamed Abdi Tall, told VOA that the Islamist militant group raided the village of Aato early Tuesday. He said 27 pro-government militiamen and 12 al-Shabab fighters were killed in the ensuing clash. Afterward, the town remained in control of the militias, who have been working with governments on both […]

The sale of 7.1 billion birr ($367 million) of bonds over the past three years to domestic investors, has contributed to the 27 billion birr spent so far on the 75.5 billion birr Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam hydropower project, said Zadig Abraha, deputy general director of the GERD national coordination office. The central bank in […]

Egyptian citizen Hamdy Al-Anany was deported from Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, an incident which prompted the Egyptian Foreign Ministry to express “deep regrets”, in a statement on Sunday, and demand an explanation. Al-Anany, who served as the Ethiopia director of the Egypt’s official state-run news agency, the Middle East News Agency (MENA), was detained by […]

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said Ethiopia has not made a decision to withdraw its peace-keeping troops from the disputed oil-producing Abyei region. MoFA spokesperson Ambassador Dina Mufti denied reports that the Ethiopian government has threatened to withdraw its peace-keeping mission in Abyei, a region claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan. “As of […]