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Angering Egypt and Sudan, Ethiopia completes second phase of filling Afric
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], July 26 (ANI): The announcement made by the Ethiopian government last week that it completed the second phase of filling the giant Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD), which is Africa's largest dam, angered Egypt and Sudan.
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Tigray conflict could trigger all-out war in Ethiopia
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia] July 21 (ANI): Special forces and militias from a number of Ethiopia's regions are mobilizing to back the federal government's military operations in Tigray, which could lead to the intensification of the conflict in the country.
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Ethiopia ruling party scores landslide victory in general elections
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], July 11 (ANI/Xinhua): Ethiopia's ruling Prosperity Party won more than 400 out of 436 parliamentary electoral constituencies of the June 21 general elections, the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) announced on Saturday.
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Africa's COVID-19 cases surpass 5.78 million: Africa CDC
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], July 9 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 5,784,641 as of Thursday afternoon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
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Sudan marks notice by Ethiopia on Nile dam as 'useless'
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Khartoum (Sudan) July 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Sudan said on Tuesday that the notification it received from Ethiopia over the second filling of a huge dam on the Nile River is useless without a negotiated deal among related countries.
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UN chief expresses deep concern over situation in Ethiopia's Tigray
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], July 4 (ANI/Xinhua): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday expressed his deep concern over the situation in Ethiopia's Tigray.
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Saudi Arabia suspends entry from UAE, Ethiopia, Vietnam over COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], July 3 (ANI/Sputnik): Saudi Arabia has suspended entry for citizens of the United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia and Vietnam over the spread of the coronavirus and its strains in these countries, media reported.
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Rebel Tirgray forces gain control over Ethiopia's regional capital; declin
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), June 30 (ANI): Rebels in Ethiopia's Tigray region have taken control over the capital Makele region, the Tigray People's Liberation Front said in a statement.
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US terms Ethiopia's ceasefire declaration as 'positive step'
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 30 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States sees Ethiopia's ceasefire announcement in Tigray as a potential positive development if it leads to changes on the ground, State Department Spokesperson Ned Price said in a statement.
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Three employees of international medical charity killed in Ethiopia's Tigr
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Nairobi [Kenya], June 26 (ANI): Three employees of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), an international humanitarian medical non-governmental organisation of French origin, were killed in Ethiopia's war-torn northern Tigray region on Friday, confirmed the organisation in a statement.
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30 killed after airstrike hits market in Ethiopia's conflict-torn Tigray
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], June 24 (ANI): As many as 30 people were killed after an airstrike in Ethiopia's war-torn northern region of Tigray hit a market, according to eyewitnesses.
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Tigray Conflict clouds Ethiopia's 'historic' parliamentary election
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], June 22 (ANI): Amid a cascade of major crises in Ethiopia, Africa's second-most populous country, which left millions unable to vote, Ethiopian voters went to polls on Monday in a national election that has been held as a long-awaited emergence into a multi-party demo
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