Khartoum (HAN) July 13, 2014 – Nile water News Update. In light of Egyptian new startagy about the Nile waters and the Ethiopian expectation of the visit of Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to Ethiopia, the Egyptian-Ethiopian committee is working on resuming dialogue on the Renaissance Dam issue. Egypt’s State Information Service Chairman, Ambassador Salah […]

Ethiopia had a moral obligation to arrest the opposition leader who was controversially extradited from Yemen last month, Ethiopian leader Hailemariam Desalegn has told the BBC. “Andargachew Tsege is a Trojan horse for the Eritrean government to destabilise this country,” he said. He was sentenced to death in 2009 while in exile for plotting a […]

Foreign minister Dr Tedros Adhanom gives on Tuesday (July 8, 2014) direction to newly appointed diplomats. On the occasion, the minister said, with the highly globalised and interconnected world of today, the commitment, ability and strength of diplomats is crucial to the nation’s endeavor to sustainable development, democratization, peace and stability. Dr Tedros advised the […]

Human Rights Watch says an exiled Ethiopian opposition leader who was recently deported from Yemen to Ethiopia is at risk of abuses including torture. In a statement Monday, the rights group urged Ethiopia’s government to ensure the safety of Andargachew Tsige, the secretary-general of a banned Ethiopian opposition group called Ginbot 7. Andargachew was convicted […]

The counter-terrorism unit recalled that another British national of Ethiopian origin, Abebe Wendmagegn, was captured, along its collaborators, while preparing to bomb Bole-Medhanialem, a busy section of the capital city, on January 2014. The man, who was under Andargachew Tsigie’s command was tried and convicted later. The statement from from the Joint Counter Terrorism Unit […]

Human Rights Watch says an exiled Ethiopian opposition leader who was recently deported from Yemen to Ethiopia is at risk of abuses including torture. In a statement Monday, the rights group urged Ethiopia’s government to ensure the safety of Andargachew Tsige, the secretary-general of a banned Ethiopian opposition group called Ginbot 7. Andargachew was convicted […]

Djibouti President, Ismaïl Omar Guelleh puts himself under Ethiopia’s protection Indian Ocean Newsletter THE plan for economic integration devised by Djibouti and neighbouring Ethiopia could ultimately lead to a kind of political unification between the two countries. During the last few weeks, certain Ethiopian dignitaries have hinted at it and one of them even went […]

Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has said that negotiations with Egypt over the Renaissance Dam will not be easy, expecting Egypt to offer difficult proposals. In a speech on Monday at the Ethiopian Parliament, Desalegn said, “It is a new start. Ethiopia will follow on this. Negotiations will not be easy.” Desalegn also added that […]

Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazi said on Monday 7/7/2014 that Cairo will resume talks with Ethiopia and Sudan on the controversial Ethiopian dam on July 21. In statements to the Saudi newspaper of Okaz, Moghazi said the meeting that was held between President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn […]

The fourth year 11th plenary session of Chefe Oromia has been kicked off today at Aba Gada Hall in the Adama. Presenting report of the last four years’ of growth and transformation plan and the 2006 budget year, President of Oromia State Muktar Kedir stated that encouraging results have been registered with the major activities […]

A legal institution in Sweden is to charge Eritrean president Isayas Afeworki and other Eritrean officials on human rights abuse cases: Ethiochannel newspaper writes. The legal institution claimed to have an authority from the Sweden government to charge individuals of any country who committed human rights abuses. The institution said that it resolved to charge […]

Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ) party said that, in the past two months, the various kinds of beatings, detentions and abuses on its party members by government security forces as being aggravated. UDJ accused the ruling party for all the alleged abuses on its party members. As UDJ’s Ato Demessie Mengistu told reporters Thursday […]

The House of Peoples’ Representatives (HPR) on Thursday unanimously endorsed the bill recently presented to it granting Djibouti full and exclusive rights to develop and transport up to 103,000 cubic meters of ground water a day from Ethiopia at no fee. The House, which endorsed the bill, lauded Ethiopia’s foreign policy that enabled the tiny […]

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 […]

Addis Ababa Science and Technology University and the Adama Science and Technology University will be under the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), according to a new bill endorsed by the House of Peoples’ Representatives (HPR). The two institutions were under the Ministry of Education (MoE). In what was said to be a model driven […]