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Ethiopia Inaugurates Africa’s Largest Dam

By Rachel Mohamed Ethiopia has officially inaugurated Africa's largest hydroelectric dam, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), on the Blue Nile River. The dam's construction has been contentious, with Egypt challenging its development given the shared dependency of Sudan and Egypt on the Nile River. Despite these contentions, its operation is expected to generate 6,000 megawatts, transforming Ethiopia into the continent's largest power exporter. Speaking to VOC News, Doctor Paul […]

12 September 2025

Local

SA drug mule arrested in Ethiopia amid growing drug trafficking concerns

By Ragheema Mclean A 29-year-old South African woman was arrested in Ethiopia on Saturday (12 October) after being caught with drugs worth R5.4 million. The drugs, intended for South Africa, were reportedly sourced from Brazil. Gauteng police flagged the woman through Interpol South Africa, suspecting she had been traveling through multiple countries to smuggle the narcotics. This arrest comes amid a series of drug trafficking cases, with 14 drug mules […]

15 October 2024

International

Ethiopian gov’t, Tigray forces establish hotline following truce

INTERNATIONAL The Ethiopian government and Tigrayan forces have established a telephone hotline following a truce struck last week, the African Union’s chief mediator Olusegun Obasanjo said on Monday as both sides meet in Kenya for talks on implementing the ceasefire. On November 2, the federal government and regional forces from Tigray agreed to the cessation of hostilities, a diplomatic breakthrough two years into a war that has killed thousands and […]

8 November 2022

International

Ethiopia says aid is on way to Tigray, rebels say no aid in sight

The Ethiopian government on Friday said that some 21 trucks loaded with humanitarian aid are on their way to Tigray, the northernmost regional state affected by 16 months of armed conflict, Anadolu Agency reports. Ethiopia said that the consignment has been made available by the UN's World Food Program, according to local broadcaster FANA. On March 24, the Ethiopian government announced a humanitarian truce in its war against the Tigray rebels to […]

3 April 2022

International News

Ethiopia declares nationwide state of emergency

Ethiopia’s cabinet has declared a nationwide state of emergency effective immediately and authorities in Addis Ababa told citizens to prepare to defend the capital, as fighters from the northern region of Tigray threatened to march towards the city. “The state of emergency is aimed to protect civilians from atrocities being committed by the terrorist TPLF group in several parts of the country,” state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting reported on Tuesday, referring to […]

3 November 2021

International News

Market air raid kills dozens in Ethiopia’s Tigray, say witnesses

Dozens of people have been reportedly killed after an air attack targeted a busy market in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray village of Togoga on Tuesday, a day after residents said fighting had flared north of the regional capital, Mekelle. The bomb hit the market at approximately 1pm (10:00 GMT), according to a woman who told Reuters news agency that her husband and two-year-old daughter were injured in the attack. “We didn’t […]

23 June 2021

International News

Over 100 killed in clashes in Ethiopia’s Afar, Somali regions

Border clashes between Ethiopia’s Afar and Somali regions have killed at least 100 people, a regional official said, in the latest outbreak of violence ahead of national elections in June. About 100 civilians, many of them herders, were killed since clashes broke out on Friday and continued through to Tuesday, Ahmed Humed, the deputy police commissioner for the Afar region, told the Reuters news agency by phone. He blamed the […]

7 April 2021

International News

Egypt says current talks ‘last chance’ to stop Ethiopia refilling Nile dam

The latest meeting between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam may be the last chance to relaunch talks before it is filled for the second year in a row, Egypt said in a statement on Sunday. The meeting concludes on Monday in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Previous attempts at reaching an agreement over the giant dam that Ethiopia is building […]

5 April 2021

International News

Sudan, Ethiopia to hold border demarcation talks week after clash

Sudan and Ethiopia will hold negotiations next week to delineate their shared border, a statement from Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok’s office said on Sunday. The talks will be held on Tuesday, a week after Ethiopian forces reportedly ambushed and killed Sudanese troops along the border. “Hamdok and his Ethiopian counterpart Abiy Ahmed on Sunday discussed the meeting of the committee for delineating the borders which will be held on […]

21 December 2020

Ethiopia

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